A little extra around the calves
September 6th, 2006Despite your height, weight and body type, the size of your calf is what it is. If you carry a little bit of extra weight around your calves, don’t feel obliged to cover them up all the time. It’s easy to slim down an exposed calf when you know what to do.
Avoid:
- Tapered pants, which cling to your calves in an unflattering way.
- Ankle length pants and capri pants, which will make your legs look shorter.
- Clingy three quarter length skirts and dresses, which emphasize the width of your leg above the foot.
- Calf length boots and ankle boots, which tend to make even the daintiest of calves look large.
Stick to:
- Knee-length walk shorts, which raise the hemline and expose the smallest part of your leg, automatically slimming down your calf.
- Knee length a-line skirts and dresses, which also expose the slimmest part of your leg and add volume away from the calf, which will make it appear smaller.
- Heeled knee length boots that are tight around the ankle, which add shape and a bit of height to the ankle, cover up the calf and expose the knee, creating a taller and leaner look.
Wide legged pants and pointy toed shoes are not your only option when you have a thicker calf. Be girly and raise that hemline with style. There will be plenty of opportunities to cover up when the weather gets colder.
Do: pull-on, knee-length boots.
Don’t: slouchy, calf-length boots.
March 27th, 2007 at 9:30 pm
I’d agree with all of this, but … it’s so hard to find knee-length boots that actually fit over the calves if they are already big. I love boots, but I’ve only found one pair (ever) that I could get to fit over my calves, and even they had to be streatched. Can you recommend any particular brands?
September 10th, 2007 at 6:54 am
Duo boots do a big range of really lovely boots that really do fit those of us with slightly skinnier and also more well endowed calves. I’ve bought from them before and they deliver quickly as well.
You can see their range here: http://www.duoboots.com/boots.php
These are my particular favourites:
http://www.duoboots.com/calf_f.....sic/zamora
http://www.duoboots.com/calf_f.....ic/ravenna
September 12th, 2007 at 9:27 am
found this great site www.WideWidths.com and they beat ALL the others by far. First of all, every single boot on their site comes only for wide calves so you don’t need to look for 30 minutes and then get frustrated to find either no wide calf boots at all or just one or 2 pairs that won’t even zip up. I just got my second pair of boots with a wide calf circumference and I have NEVER been able to find a pair of boots before in my life! They have nice styles that aren’t fuddy-duddy either - all the stuff that the skinny calf women are wearing! Their customer service department is great too since they answer you within a few hours and they are very nice and helpful.
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November 28th, 2007 at 7:09 pm
Wow. At first read, I didn’t agree. I’m a 5′3 girl with big calves and loves skirts so have a lot of skirts. Thus far, I have chosen A-line skirts that’s length end at the widest portion of my calves, thinking that would hide them. After reading your tips, contrary to what I thought, I realize that this length does attract attention to my calves! Any ideas on what I should do with all my skirts of this length while I start collecting knee length skirts?
December 4th, 2007 at 8:16 am
Definitely take all those skirts to the tailor to have them hemmed to knee length, it would be a shame to waste all those cute skirts!