Cut away show jackets and curvy ladies?

[Muddywellies]

Is this a bad combo? Do cut away jackets not suit anyone over a size 8? I do like the look of them, but I'm about a 16 and have a tummy (carry all my weight from the waist down - true pear shape). I've trawled the internet but every picture has a minescule lady wearing one. Should I steer clear, or can they work?

 

[Pearlsacarolsinger]

The only way to find out if one suits you is to try one on. But it probably won't, tbh.

 

[Cortez]

No, no, no: just no. For the seriously svelte only.

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

Sorry but I have to agree with Cortez

 

[ester]

Bad combo

 

[Muddywellies]

Oh poo. OK I'll steer clear.

 

[conniegirl]

Not really for the show ring either (except sidesadde) but think you can use them dressage

 

[The Xmas Furry]

No no no.
Look for a well cut twin vented jacket, a decent length and not a bum freezer.

 

[Muddywellies]

No no no.
Look for a well cut twin vented jacket, a decent length and not a bum freezer.

Indeed, I have always worn traditionally cut jackets and can't bear those bum freezer jackets.

 

[Muddywellies]

Not really for the show ring either (except sidesadde) but think you can use them dressage

I was thinking of the Fair Play Beatrice which is a beautiful jacket. I was once told they can be worn by curvier people but I had my doubts.

 

[Kat]

Definitely only for very firm flat stomachs!

 

[Velcrobum]

If you were set on a cut-away dressage jacket I would look at a single breasted fastening as optically that is more slimming like the Annabelle
http://www.dressagedeluxe.co.uk/Shop.asp?viewmode=vp&pid=4774&ppid=4085

As others have said you need to try on and see what it is like. Some cutaway jackets have a lower cutaway than others that combined with the points would cover lower. Steph Croxford and Alice Oppenheimer are not size 10 ladies but they manage to carry off tails.

 

[Nicnac]

Try it with Spanx or similar? As Velcrobum says there are some pro dressage riders who aren't skinny minnies and wear tails which are cut away. Maybe they have a M2M 'front' which is lower than a normal cut away?

 

[Cortez]

If you were set on a cut-away dressage jacket I would look at a single breasted fastening as optically that is more slimming like the Annabelle
http://www.dressagedeluxe.co.uk/Shop.asp?viewmode=vp&pid=4774&ppid=4085

As others have said you need to try on and see what it is like. Some cutaway jackets have a lower cutaway than others that combined with the points would cover lower. Steph Croxford and Alice Oppenheimer are not size 10 ladies but they manage to carry off tails.

Well, it is a requirement to wear a cutaway tailcoat for FEI levels so the, er, heftier ladies have no choice. I would debate whether they carry it off, exactly.