This was one of my biggest problems in life for a quite a lot of years. Almost all the jeans that I bought would be baggy at the crotch and I so hated the look.
I almost gave up on my hopes of getting a perfectly fitted jeans and had accepted that no jeans were made for my body type!
But thanks to my cousin John who ended up staying with us for a few days on his vacation. He is a fashion designer and has worked with many models and actors.
He had told me how they fix every outfit within seconds for their models using pretty simple and quick hacks and I at last found the solution to fixing the baggy crotch of my jeans.
Excited to find out the ideas?
Let’s roll on…..
Washing the jeans in hot water and then using the dryer to dry them would shrink the jeans and give you a better fit within minutes. Instead of sewing the baggy crotch, use staples to make a quick fix.
Wearing the pants high enough with a tight belt and spreading the front fabric to the sides is another quick hack to solve the problem of baggy crotch of jeans!
Don’t worry! I am not going to leave with these small instructions, the detailed description of all the processes have been discussed below in the article…..
Why do my jeans sag (become baggy) in the crotch?
Before heading to the solutions, you need to first learn about the root cause of the problem so that you can avoid buying those ill-fitted jeans that sag or become baggy in the crotch:
1.) The very first reason that your jeans are baggy in the crotch area is that the waistband of the jeans is too loose for your waistline.
What happens in this case is that when you tie the belt tight in order to have a proper fit at the waist (so that the pants do not come down as you walk) all the excess fabric gathers in the crotch area.
2.) The second reason is that the thigh of the jeans fits you more tightly than in the waist area. In this too the extra fabric of the jeans will be all around the upper portion of the jeans and that extra fabric will accumulate in the crotch area.
3.) The length of the jeans is too much for the length of your waist to ankle. This will also give you an I’ll fit at the crotch area.
4.) You are wearing jeans too low. When you wear the jeans too low than the actual rise of the jeans, that’s when the excess fabric will gather at the crotch area.
Ways to fix baggy crotch in jeans without sewing
Not all of us know how to use the sewing machine or even thread and needle. Or it might be that most of us might not have a sewing machine at our homes.
So, what’s the solution to those baggy crotches in the jeans?
Throw away the jeans or wear them as it is?
No way!
So, here are some quick fixes to those baggy crotches in the jeans without sewing them:
1. Choose jeans with high waist rise:
Jeans that have a high rise waist are least likely to have baggy crotches. This makes sense. When you wear high rise jeans, most of the fabric will be pulled above the waist area (somewhere around the above of your naval). These jeans will mostly give you a clean look in the crotch area.
2. Choose the right size waist of your jeans:
If your waist is say 34 inches and you go for jeans that have waist width of around 35 inches or say 36 inches, the extra fabric will gather in the centre of your jeans when you tie the belt and this will give the crotch area a baggy look.
So, make sure that you choose the exact size of the waist width of the jeans matching your waist size.
3. Use safety pins to fix the sides of the jeans:
This is a really cool hack to solve the problem of baggy crotch in seconds. All you need to do is just wear your jeans and collect the extra fabric of the jeans at both the sides of the waist and use a pin to mark the extra area.
Now, turn the jeans inside out and open the pins and put safety pins on the excess fabric that you had pinned earlier. Turn the jeans again to normal and wear them. Wear a belt to hide the folded sides. Voila! You are done!
4. Soak the jeans in hot water and then dry them in the dryer:
Heat is a great source for shrinking clothes, especially denim. All you need to do is fill a bucket with hot water and then soak the jeans in it for an hour.
Drain excess water by squeezing it out with your hands and put the jeans on the dryer. Once the jeans are crisp dry in the dryer take them out and iron them. Wear your tighter jeans within minutes.
5. Take a hot shower with your jeans on:
This is almost similar to the previous process yet a more effective one because taking a bath with the jeans on will let the jeans take the shape of your body easily. And then when you dry them in the dryer, they will fit you better.
6. Use a stapler to pin down the excess fabric in the crotch area:
Most of us have staplers at home that we use to staple papers and even some tags of our clothes are stapled using a stapler. So, why can’t that same stapler be able to solve the problem of excess fabric in the crotch area of your jeans?
See also: How to Stop Jeans Creasing at the Crotch
It can and it definitely will. How?
Wear your pants and fold the excess fabric in the crotch area. Mark the area using pins (to create the folds). Wear your pants off and turn it inside out.
Take a chalk and mark the pinned area. Take the pins out safely. Use the stapler to staple the marked area (you might need to use a number of them).
Again turn the pants to their normal and wear them. Baggy crotches are vanished just like that!
And it’s a wrap!
Hope these hacks would help you solve the problem of baggy crotch in jeans and you can now wear them without getting conscious or embarrassed!
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