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Here's a real dumb question I never figured out: how do people like Berle and Greco (during their appropriate eras) wear dickies so fitted? I can't wear dickies without either looking like Stranger in Skypager or crushing my balls to jelly. Do dudes with those really well-fitted dickies just accept the ball crunch like I do with my evil "i have to go to work now" pants? Do they have longer legs so they don't look as much like a child skating (like I do)? I feel like I will never figure this out
I have the same crushed balls problem but I'm pretty tall. I always assumed somehow I have a longer crotch/ass area than short people and Dickies don't take that into account when they make bigger sizes. I've even tried on pairs way too big that are still pressed right into my taint.
I feel like you need to just have the right dimensions from like taint to dick base to where the button is/ top of legs to hip length.
I'm crazy average in both height and weight and I still even get them dragging on the ground if I size up... I looked at some of the slim cut once and I don't honestly know how someone could skate in them with that crotch, and I typically wear slimmer clothes
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Perhaps the taint measurement is as important as the leg opening…..I equate it to the fingers of flat measurment…
yeah it defiitely is, its called the front rise for people wondering. the larger the front rise the less ball crushing the pants.
Yes but it's still not perfect. You need to look at all the measurements together. You can end up with some tube crotch no hip movement pants (see thynan Costa parts) where the inability to move your legs freely sideways means your thighs are either restricted or going to hulk out the sides or crotch of the pants.
More than anything, body shape is the main factor whether or not those pants (or the different styles, mainly 872, 873 and 874) will fit well or not.
I first got a pair of 874 a long time ago and thought they were the weirdest fit I have ever had. Others had said go up a size, so when I did get a size up and put a belt in them, it was a whole different experience and I haven't looked back, maybe 20 years in 874s now. I still am not a fan of brand new pants, but the well worn in pants are now so soft and comfotable to skate in, as well as live in, sleep in, etc - yes sometimes I have gone days without changing for whatever reason.
The others like the 872 are so totally weird and I could or would never be able to wear them, but some others I skate with swear by them and say they are the best pants in the fit department for them.
Some also prefer the 873 pants too, so just different body shapes and types, as well as getting whatever size that works and getting used to how the pants wear.
I know others who have had their 874s taken in more so in the lower leg, so they actually look more like the slim fit pants but still had the regular rise and seat.
As an example, I wear my 874s pretty high, belt tight on the normal x 32 length which fit best overall, but I do have some x 30 length and they are too short in the body / crotch (cut them off as shorts so not so bad), just like x 34 length are a bit long overall, but have a lot more room in the crotch area too (taken up to be 32 length).
How you wear them will change the feel and fit as well, so nowdays I feel weird and the 874 pants feel uncomfortable if I am not wearing a belt and they sit lower than I am used to, but the 872 and 873 are lower rise pants so they will often fit better if they are not pulled up so high too.
Some people trip out on this when I explain it to them, but when they try on the three different pairs they realise pretty quickly how different they fit too.