Cute sweatpants/other comfy casual wear that are quality and won’t pill??
Joggers/sweatpants for v tall teen girl
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Trying to rebuild my wardrobe from scratch after having a baby. I lost all the weight I gained but all my clothes either fit different or are just not my style anymore. Right now I am drawn to athleisure and comfy casual. I’m a stay at home mom to my 8 month old, so it needs to be easy to move around in but also look put together enough that I don’t feel self conscious walking around the block or going to the store.
I don’t have a ton of money to spend on this, I’m looking to buy like 3-4 pairs of pants to rotate through and around 5-6 tops. However, I want them to be quality and able to stand up to repeated washing and a lot of wear. I recently bought a pair of dick sporting goods brand cotton sweatpants, but after 3 months there is a lot of fabric pilling in the thigh area :( does anyone have any recommendations for a pair that won’t do this?
ETA: Thank you for all the thoughtful responses!! This sub is the best.
It's super common for parents and children to disagree about what a child will need to be wearing in the immediate future (eg, when we get outside.) Anyone who lives in a place with a cold winter has had this argument about coats, hats, gloves, scarves, boots and so on.
My approach: say once that I think you should wear this. Take your word for it when say you you don't want to wear it. Bring it with us when we go. When you say that you are cold, or that your leg got scratched, or that you're getting muddy, offer the item that was previously spurned. DO NOT use a phrasing like "Oh, so I was right was I? Does this mean you wish you were wearing [item] after all? Ha! Ha!" but more like "Would these pants help?" or "I brought you a hat" and that's all. (In your case you might also need to bring something to help deal with the scenario that made pants appealing, like a damp cloth to clean up with.) The key is that what you happened to wear when you first got up or as you were leaving the house is not a binding commitment. You can change. There are often good reasons to do so. This eliminates any aspect of stubbornness or digging-the-heels-in from the decision.
Over time, you might change your initial offer from "I think you should wear [item]" to "remember yesterday when you didn't want to wear [item] but wanted it later?" but you might not need to. Over time, you might get fed up of being the one who is carrying [item] and possibly also the removed [original] but that is a milder problem to address.
It could be the rough feel of the fabric or a tight fit in some parts that she finds uncomfortable.
- If she doesn't like the tight waist, she may like bib-overalls.
- I have also seen jeans lined with sweatpants type of material that she may find more comfortable, although it is significantly warmer and probably only appropriate in winter.
- In summer you could just let her use a skirt and let her knees get muddy.
- I have also noticed that the fit of girls jeans tends to be extremely "skinny". She may want to shop for boys jeans with a looser fit.
- If the only reason for her to wear slacks is fashion (you think she looks good in them), then let her win this part of the argument. I can't think of an occasion where they would be necessary, where a skirt couldn't be just as appropriate.
My school has a strict dress code about leggings, so lately I've resorted to wearing sweatpants and jeans. But when I wear sweatpants, I always look like I just got out of bed, even if I've brushed my hair and put on a little makeup. Any advice?