If you are a big girl like me and still want to wear hip sports skirts and dresses, and even long tunics, without the risk of looking ridiculous, here is one great solution which works for me: wear opaque solid color leggings or tights beneath. The color of the tights in my case is preferably dark, because dark solid colors like black, dark grey, blue navy, or dark brown minimize hips and make you look slimmer and fitter. On the other hand I usually put more colors or patterns on the top part to balance out the ensemble. Here comes my trouble, the stores I visits usually don’t have on stock the color I need in my size, and putting one a tight one size smaller causes it to slide down the legs.