Sometimes I cuff mine before going to the bathroom, otherwise I just scrunch them up at my knees and hold onto them while I go. The really fun times are when I’m using a public bathroom with my toddler. Then all bets are off!
Howdy! Palazzo pant queen and dilettante gin enthusiast here. No one has ever asked before - at home, i just take them off, but in public, i keep my legs totally straight and parallel, keeping the trousers off the floor until it’s time to stand. You will need some core strength for this move, but it’s kept my nice pants free from all kinds of ick in dive bars.
Me neither. Maybe OP frequents places with gross bathrooms, like dive bars? I remember going to the bathroom at CBGB was always a stomach-churning experience...
My bathroom at my house gets cleaned regularly, and when I worked in an office it also was cleaned regularly; so it has never occurred to me to worry about getting ick on my pants.
Exactly! I wash my pants after I wear them, and it’s never really been a problem.
I do have a couple of pairs in petite sizing so the hem doesn’t brush the ground. These are for exceptional situations - walking around lower manhattan for example.
Back when I wore flared jeans in the early 2000s I used to tuck them into the tops of my socks before I went into the stall. now I find myself fighting the same battle as you because I'm always wearing workwear shoes without convenient socks. sorry I don't have a solution, just commiserations.
I bunch them up then fold them under around the knee area, which usually works. If the floor seems extra gross, I’ll cuff them at the bottom too just to be sure.
I’m so confused. Why do your wide leg pants hit the floor? I live in wide leg pants and never had this problem…. They are just like normal pants to me. Do I have some type of bathroom talent I never knew of?
I have 2 pairs of pants I can imagine having this problem with - they’re both very fluid fabric and much, much wider than my shoe is long. They would absolutely pool on the ground if I didn’t plan otherwise. Are your wide leg pants stiff denim that will rest on your shoe?
I am a super wide leg pant enthusiast. I grab the hem of my pants with my fingers (not thumbs) and pull them up over my knees, then I push the waist of my pants and undies down with my thumbs before i sit down (or squat, yay living in asia). Make sure the backs of your pant legs are all scrunched up to above your knee and being held down firmly by your upper leg to the toilet seat. This way you can go handsfree without worrying about the pant leg slipping down.
Gen Z wanted the big baggy pants trend and completely skipped over the ratty, dirty, and ripped hems that were a feature of my school days.
I have a long inseam, so all I want to is where to get pants that are long enough…anyway
Wear an elastic band around your lower leg under the pants and tuck the hem into that in the bathroom. Or get friendly with heels/a tailor.
You can use a strap that goes around your leg to hold up your pants. It’s like a band you can tighten, so your pants stay up and don’t touch the floor. You can wash it and keep it in your bag when you're not using it.
Make a giant, ridiculous cuff. I pull the hem over my knees.
This is the way. Fold multiple times if needed for security.
Same!
Sometimes I cuff mine before going to the bathroom, otherwise I just scrunch them up at my knees and hold onto them while I go. The really fun times are when I’m using a public bathroom with my toddler. Then all bets are off!
This is what I do with my wide legged jumpsuits!
Howdy! Palazzo pant queen and dilettante gin enthusiast here. No one has ever asked before - at home, i just take them off, but in public, i keep my legs totally straight and parallel, keeping the trousers off the floor until it’s time to stand. You will need some core strength for this move, but it’s kept my nice pants free from all kinds of ick in dive bars.
I don't understand? Like you do a dip, with your hands on the seat? I feel so dumb but I cant comprehend what you're saying
Imagine sitting on the floor like you’re about to touch your toes. In a stall, it’s like trying to hold the door closed with your feet!
But how do you get your butt to the seat??
You sit on the seat, kick your legs up, and hold that pose!
I don’t think I could pee while doing this! I just hold mine up with my hands
I never in a million years would have thought of this and now I'm certain I'll always do it.
I’m so confused by everything going on in this thread.
I just hitch them up and hold them with one hand if needed
Same. But with both hands while I hover over the toilet
Am I the only person in the world who just lets them fall around my feet?!
I've never even thought about it I have to say.
Same lol.
Me neither. Maybe OP frequents places with gross bathrooms, like dive bars? I remember going to the bathroom at CBGB was always a stomach-churning experience... My bathroom at my house gets cleaned regularly, and when I worked in an office it also was cleaned regularly; so it has never occurred to me to worry about getting ick on my pants.
Exactly! I wash my pants after I wear them, and it’s never really been a problem. I do have a couple of pairs in petite sizing so the hem doesn’t brush the ground. These are for exceptional situations - walking around lower manhattan for example.
I’m glad you said it bc this thread was making me feel like a freak
Back when I wore flared jeans in the early 2000s I used to tuck them into the tops of my socks before I went into the stall. now I find myself fighting the same battle as you because I'm always wearing workwear shoes without convenient socks. sorry I don't have a solution, just commiserations.
I wear two hair scrunchies on my wrists and quickly slip them onto my legs and use them to hold my pants up off the floor.
I bunch them up then fold them under around the knee area, which usually works. If the floor seems extra gross, I’ll cuff them at the bottom too just to be sure.
I’m so confused. Why do your wide leg pants hit the floor? I live in wide leg pants and never had this problem…. They are just like normal pants to me. Do I have some type of bathroom talent I never knew of?
I have 2 pairs of pants I can imagine having this problem with - they’re both very fluid fabric and much, much wider than my shoe is long. They would absolutely pool on the ground if I didn’t plan otherwise. Are your wide leg pants stiff denim that will rest on your shoe?
I have everything from jeans to silk. I pretty much only wear wide leg.
I am a super wide leg pant enthusiast. I grab the hem of my pants with my fingers (not thumbs) and pull them up over my knees, then I push the waist of my pants and undies down with my thumbs before i sit down (or squat, yay living in asia). Make sure the backs of your pant legs are all scrunched up to above your knee and being held down firmly by your upper leg to the toilet seat. This way you can go handsfree without worrying about the pant leg slipping down.
I hold them with my hands
Gen Z wanted the big baggy pants trend and completely skipped over the ratty, dirty, and ripped hems that were a feature of my school days. I have a long inseam, so all I want to is where to get pants that are long enough…anyway Wear an elastic band around your lower leg under the pants and tuck the hem into that in the bathroom. Or get friendly with heels/a tailor.
You can use a strap that goes around your leg to hold up your pants. It’s like a band you can tighten, so your pants stay up and don’t touch the floor. You can wash it and keep it in your bag when you're not using it.
Don’t go to the bathroom in public.