Robes with an open "slit" in the back area could work depending on the type of tail (in-fact, depending on the level of dexterity/thumb having, wearing them "backward", with the robe fastening in the back instead of the front would also work. Skirts+Stockings could work as well.
edited 3rd May '11 12:10:01 PM by deuxhero
Maybe some kind of (manlier) apron ? Well, if you don't have any problem with showing their rear...
Otherwise, some kind of roman skirt (you know, the ones made of multiple leather bands, which would allow their tail to "go through")...Sry, that's all I can think of^^'
Or that. Way less weird.
edited 3rd May '11 12:12:09 PM by DhanaRagnarok
Look upon my R.O.U.S., ye mighty, and despair!I discovered this
◊ on a how to draw manga website years ago.
A long time ago I created a character design for Satan (a cheerful punk-rocker type of guy) who had a pointed devil tail. He didn't have specially fitted jeans so he just sagged them and let his tail poke out over the waistband.
edited 3rd May '11 12:38:26 PM by annebeeche
Banned entirely for telling FE that he was being rude and not contributing to the discussion. I shall watch down from the goon heavens.Wrap-waist pants can easily be made so that they wrap and tie on the sides instead of the front and back, This leaves the center back overlap unsewn. The butt-flap idea (Like the American {{Dennis The Menace}'s jammies have, would also work
edited 3rd May '11 1:31:22 PM by Madrugada
You could do what Jak And Daxter did, and have pants with a third leg.
edited 4th May '11 7:37:42 PM by RTaco
Because this picture
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It also occurs to me that slipping the tail in through an open slit between the waistband and tailhole, then buttoning the slit shut, is probably quicker and easier than trying to snake the tail through—especially a furry one.
Don't forget, too, that you'll also have to be able to take your pants off easily when you go to the bathroom, and put them on again.
edited 6th May '11 8:37:59 AM by annebeeche
Banned entirely for telling FE that he was being rude and not contributing to the discussion. I shall watch down from the goon heavens.A basic wrap-waist pant
. To allow the tail free play, all you would do would be leave the back center seam open for part of its length (wherever is most comfortable for the tail) and run the back waist tie all the way across the top of the back piece instead of only fastening it at the corners. That would hold the top center back together.
Or you could sew only the lower part of the crotch curve and and tie the pants on the sides rather than center back and center front.
edited 6th May '11 11:28:22 AM by Madrugada
Incidentally, with wrap waist pants, you can also sew the outer leg seams shut — they don't have to drape open like the ones on that picture. Hakama
◊ are wrap-waist pants with a (mostly closed) outer seam. again, to leave the tail unimpeded, all you would do would be leave a section of the center back seam open.
For my demons, I usually just have the tail stick out through a hole, which admittable is kinda silly whne they're wearing armour. If they're wearing robes or skirts, the tail is usually under it. Funny thing is, whenever I draw Zaran on my computer, her tail sticks out from under the skirt, but when I draw her by ahnd, I always make it stick out over the waistline of her skirt (probably because when I draw by hand, I maker her tail a lot more prehensile, while when drawn on a computer it just hangs there).

So I've got a sci-fi species that have Prehensile Tails, and I was trying to imagine their culture, and ran headlong into this problem. Obviously, shirts and so on work mostly the same, (apart from proportions) but what would they wear on the lower half of their bodies?
One idea that occurred to me was monk-style robes, but since they use their tails for balance, the robes would seem to get in the way. Trousers wouldn't really work because they'd be awkward to fit a tail through, or would be too low down to pull tight easily.
Anyone got any ideas?
edited 3rd May '11 12:22:49 PM by Yej