<p>I have old pics of myself in shorts - my knees looked just fine. Now they have fat pads above them…yuk. Yoga doesn’t seem to help. Even when I was down 20 lbs from now, the pads were still there. Fat knees. Puffy ankles. That’s why I love dark jeans with boots!</p>
<p>FYI - they’re called “elephant knees.” And the same thing happens to elbows!</p>
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<p>LOL, thanks for giving us the proper vocabulary. Now we all feel better about ourselves. :)</p>
<p>Toneranger, I agree about playing up the positive. It’s just that when people do something too dramatic - always wearing skirts to their ankles to hide their legs, or wearing huge glasss and long bangs to hide their face - it tends to *attract *attention.</p>
<p>LOL, Gourmetmom! A pretty graphic name.</p>
<p>Speaking of elephants… I was looking at a pair of lovely pants online and was about to pull the trigger and buy them, but then I noticed that the color was listed as “elephant” - hmmph! I lost my interest in them, just like I lost any interest in buying the pair of glittery sandals with 3-inch heels when I realized that the style was called “Baboushka” (old lady or grandma)!</p>
<p>I have not been a happy camper since pantihose went the way of the dinosaurs, partly because I own a gazilion pair, and also because, as others have mentioned above, legs dont look good without them. Much easier to hide stuff with them. I have worn out my few pair of black and brown tights, though do love the spandex quality of them.</p>
<p>Anyone esle also notice that half slips have disappeared from stores as well? They have those body stocking things (21st century version of the old girdle, I say) but I looked forever before I could find slips.
And wish I could wear boots. My legs dont fit into them, no matter what size I am . Even when i wore a size 4-6 dress, I couldnt get my legs into boots.</p>
<p>Yes, jym - I had to hunt for a slip online, because there were none in the stores when I needed one!</p>
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When I finally found 1/2 slips at Marshalls, I bought 3!! (black, white and almond). What do they think- we all want to reinact the Princess Di “see-through dress in the sunlight” experience? With the absence of pantihose now, this is NOT a pretty picture!</p>
<p>Yeah, I have a friend who is a little on the chunky side…but she has GORGEOUS legs…smooth and shapely with really thin ankles. She looks terrific with short skirts worn with no hose.
OK, I just googled “fat knees” and the tips are 1) Eat Less 2) Work the leg muscles (leg presses, squats 3) When all is fails, cover them OR get lipo…lol.</p>
<p>The Sears in our mall still carries slips. Last year I searched high and low to find a slip for my D to wear under her black graduation dress. I could not find one that was short enough. We ended up going with a pair of black bike short type of item from the lingerie department at Sears. I think the brand was the Beverly Hills plastic surgeon who had the TV show.</p>
<p>I think I need to start concentrating on keeping my mind young. Today I had 2 major errors of memory. First I thought I had a massage this morning at 10 am. I get there and don’t see her car. I look at my card and realize the massage was at 10:15. I walk in say I know I am early. But the real blunder was I wasn’t just 15 minutes early but a week early. My massage is next Thursday.
Next am in a panic that my D is not answering her phone and has a dentist appt at 11 am. I think she is sleeping. I pass her as she is driving out about 10 minutes late. She calls me and says my appointment is not at 11 it is at 1! She was an extremely good sport especially since I was going to really get on her case about being late.
I have a calendar at home but I used to pride myself on never needing a calendar since I had a great memory. Not anymore. I think I need to carry a pocket calendar or get a phone that has a calendar feature and learn how to work it.</p>
<p>Re: slips.
A couple years ago I found a cute cocktail dress that I was going to wear to D’s school auction. Barely hit the knee, rhinestone straps, lined bra. But it was made of this heavy material that was so stretchy and clingy that you could see my navel.
I do not own a slip- and I had to look all over town to find one that would work. I didn’t think of Sears, I was hoping to be able to go to Target cause I knew I would only wear it with that one dress, but I eventually had to go to Nordstroms.
:rolleyes:</p>
<p>Ankles are funny, mine are fine, but I am thinking of a woman I know who is like a stick, all the way down, but she has thick ankles ( and wears cropped pants that kinda draw attention to them)</p>
<p>Memory I don’t think is so much getting older ( although I admit there is that), but we just have so much to keep track of. It is hard to keep it straight.</p>
<p>For goodness, there is an ad for a men’s bra to the left!</p>
<p>I’m seeing an ad at the top for Papa John’s large pizzas. Just what our elephant knees need!</p>
<p>the kids call those thick ankles “cankles”.</p>
<p>There are ads for bathroom towel bars on the left here…was shopping for those online this week.</p>
<p>PackMom, how can it be that you’re seeing ads for towel bars and I’m seeing ads for see-thru lingerie?!</p>
<p>Hillary has cankles. Mine are not nearly as bad as hers but they’re still puffier than I’d like. </p>
<p>You know, life can be cruel. When I was a teen, my legs were so skinny, I wanted to hide them (kinda looked like one of those pink flamingos). Now I got the elephant pads going. </p>
<p>Anyway, bought a new suit today. Nice slim fitted black jacket (Ellen Tracy) with a zipper and matching low cut black pants. Makes me look thin! (sort of). Will wear with a springy looking color underneath (powder aqua). Who needs stupid skirts anyway?</p>
<p>Did anyone else see Oprah yesterday when they talked about which shoes to wear if you have cankles? Also, they recommended a certain J. Crew boot for ladies with thick calves who have trouble fitting them into boots. </p>
<p>Ok, so those of you who avoid the pantyhose situation by wearing slacks to work-- what do you wear under your slacks? Bare feet in your pumps? I wear hose everyday-- skirt, dress or slacks :(</p>
<p>worrywart… I go bare in the warm months and wear trouser socks (black) in the cold months. I don’t think I could handle full ph under my pants. </p>
<p>Did not see Oprah. What did she recommend? I have no trouble fitting into boots but I AM self conscious about my sort-of thick ankles. They’re certainly harder to hide than elephant knees! Anyway, I remember a woman I worked with years ago, and somebody once told me she had “piano legs” - they were thick and had no definition whatsoever. And she was thin with a tiny little waist! Genetics can be cruel…</p>
<p>I wear knee-his with pants. Because I’m so pale I have very visible (although not varicose) veins, and that includes on the tops of my feet. The knee-his give just enough color to my legs/feet so they look normal. I do, however, have shapely ankles. ;)</p>