Okay ladies, first let me say that I feel your pain when it comes to finding pants that fit. If you are one of the women who is convinced that there are not a pair of pants out there cut for your body, trust me, you are not alone. What is it with fashion these days? It seems that finding pants that fit is more challenging than ever. There is not one client I have worked with who doesn't seem to grapple with finding pants that fit well. From my plus-sized clients to my slender and fit ones, it is never easy.

This article will help figure out how to find your best fitting pants. But let me preface my advice with this disclaimer. I can guarantee that the suggestions I am making in this article are not going to solve your pant issues perfectly. If it was then I wouldn't spend huge amounts of time with my clients in the dressing room. Truly finding pants that fit is all about trial and error. But what this article will hopefully help you do is navigate the experience with some tips that I have found to work.

How to Find Pants in the Store
OK, so you hit the stores and are completely overwhelmed by all the merchandise. Take a deep breath and start one rack at a time. If you see a pair of pants you like, grab them. Secondly, don't just grab the size that you think you are, take the size smaller and larger than what you wear. In the day and age of glamour sizing, it is hard to know what size you will wear. And as we all know, there is nothing worse than having to run and get a different size once you are naked in the dressing room. Grab every pair of pants that jumps out at you, even if you arent completely sure. If you are doing this right you should have armfuls of pants to try on.

Customer service people in clothing stores may not always be the most helpful but they always are with me. Why? Well it isn't because they know who I am, but when I shop with clients I start loading up my arms with merchandise. Any sales associate will run at the opportunity to service you, and if they don't, simply ask them to start a room for you. Think this only happens at high end stores?

Think again -- I get service like this at Club Monaco and Banana Republic, J. Crew and Anthropologie plus many other mid-range price point stores. If you want to ensure that someone will start a room for you, it is always better to shop during off-peak hours like weekdays before 5 p.m., and early mornings on the weekends. When shopping during peak hours you may find that nobody will be available to service you.

This exercise of loading up on pants is particularly effective if you shop at a department store where there are several brands to choose from. Go through all of the different labels and grab their pants. I don't care if you grabbed black pants from one designer, grab a pair in several sizes from another designer as well, you never know whose label is going to fit you best. If the pants are hanging there and you like them, grab them.

What to Do Once You Get into the Dressing Room
Most people don't just shop for pants, usually they load up on other things as well. So when you get into the dressing room and you are staring at your loaded dressing room of things to try on, always start with pants. I don't know how it happened, but when I started shopping with clients I would always begin with pants. What was a fluke idea became genius because, as you know ladies, the emotional turmoil of trying on pants can be really challenging. By starting with pants you have all of your physical and emotional reserves in tact.