Winter is here - waving my white flag at straight leg jeans/pants

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Anonymous wrote:I love straight-leg ankle length jeans/pants. For winter, I just get longer pairs, so they cover my ankles, or I wear booties that more or less cover the lower leg. I will never, ever go back to skinny jeans.

This. Get a pair of mid-height booties that are fitted and wear your straight-leg jeans over the top.

+1
Love these.

This would look horrible when seated.

As in the leg would ride up?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:- Don’t get ankle length?
- Wear them with nice boots?

I don’t have “pasty white ankles” though, so I might not be a part of the we /our crew that you’re looking to for fashion advice.

OP here. Thank you for noting this - by we/all I meant other individuals who have the misfortune of having pasty white ankles in the winter, making the straight leg ankle jeans an especially unfortunate trend. I did not intend for this to be a non-inclusive post - the “beauty” of this forum to me (no pun intended) is how inclusive it is!

Thank YOU OP! I appreciate your inclusive response. PP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Get a pair of spat legs for the winter. Sounds like a fit that might work for you.

https://normakamali.com/products/spat-legging-jeans-black-acid-wash-st4227de541511

You and your Normal Kamali acid wash jeans. Oh honey!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are we all just supposed to let our pasty white ankles hang out of the ankle length straight leg jeans/pants and freeze? I tolerated it on the summer/fall when these pants looked cute with tank tops or light flannels, but now that it’s cold I’m breaking up with these pants until spring. Additionally, I find the straight leg jeans look unflattering with sweaters…just too much material and nothing is balanced out. Sticking with flares or skinnies with chunkier boots until further notice, unless someone has figured out the secret…

I struggle with this too. I'm 5 ft 6 and a half and the ankle cut ends up a little short on me which doesn't matter much in warm weather, but is so annoying in cold weather.

If I buy talls, the whole fit is off, having them hemmed isn't enough.

If I do skinny with tall boots, apparently that's no longer stylish or screams millennial or something?

I think I'm going to go back to the flare legs I wore in the 90s given they are supposedly in style anyway. Then you can wear pants down to your foot and also then not have weird amounts of boot shaft showing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love straight-leg ankle length jeans/pants. For winter, I just get longer pairs, so they cover my ankles, or I wear booties that more or less cover the lower leg. I will never, ever go back to skinny jeans.

This. Get a pair of mid-height booties that are fitted and wear your straight-leg jeans over the top.

But these look weirdly short with half the boot shaft visible?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love straight-leg ankle length jeans/pants. For winter, I just get longer pairs, so they cover my ankles, or I wear booties that more or less cover the lower leg. I will never, ever go back to skinny jeans.

This. Get a pair of mid-height booties that are fitted and wear your straight-leg jeans over the top.

But these look weirdly short with half the boot shaft visible?

That's how they're supposed to look. You allow the thinnest part of your (booted) ankle show, which is more flattering. This look works best with sock boots that hug the leg. I don't care for it as much with the raw hem above because the white fringe visually interrupts the leg line but would be great with a finished hem.

And for the PP who was worried how it looks when seated, a mid-shaft height boot will still cover your leg. I even wear knee boots under my straight legs sometimes, which is great when it's really cold. Because they're sock boots, they don't look bulky under my jeans. These are the ones I have:

https://www.nordstrom.com/s/ella-stretch-knee-high-boot-women/7184152

[Anonymous]

Some of you have no idea how anything works. If the jeans are loose, wear a form fitting sweater for balance. If the jeans are tight, wear a loose sweater. Try to always have the pants meet the shoe in a way that doesn’t show ankle. This isn’t rocket science.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:- Don’t get ankle length?
- Wear them with nice boots?

I don’t have “pasty white ankles” though, so I might not be a part of the we /our crew that you’re looking to for fashion advice.

OP here. Thank you for noting this - by we/all I meant other individuals who have the misfortune of having pasty white ankles in the winter, making the straight leg ankle jeans an especially unfortunate trend. I did not intend for this to be a non-inclusive post - the “beauty” of this forum to me (no pun intended) is how inclusive it is!

Try self tanner if you find your ankles this horrendous. Just swipe it on before bed

[Anonymous]

Do some of you actually wear boots from November thru March? Unless there is snow on the ground or sub zero, I prefer shoes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some of you have no idea how anything works. If the jeans are loose, wear a form fitting sweater for balance. If the jeans are tight, wear a loose sweater. Try to always have the pants meet the shoe in a way that doesn’t show ankle. This isn’t rocket science.

This. I was happy when we moved on from skinny jeans because I personally think it’s easier to balance proportions when your jeans are actual pants and not just glorified leggings. Skinny jeans look best with either a tall boot or a dainty flat. I can still wear flats with straight leg jeans, but now I feel like I have other options that look balanced with them: loafers, Chelsea’s, combat boots, sneakers, etc. I live in DC, which is only really cold enough that I don’t want to expose ankle for like two months of the year. I wear my Chelsea boots or hiking boots (depending on if I’m dressing up or down) those months. But then I can wear the same jeans the rest of the year with pretty much any of my shoes. Straight leg jeans are much more versatile than skinnies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do some of you actually wear boots from November thru March? Unless there is snow on the ground or sub zero, I prefer shoes.

Good for you? I love boots for colder weather and anything rainy or sloppy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love straight-leg ankle length jeans/pants. For winter, I just get longer pairs, so they cover my ankles, or I wear booties that more or less cover the lower leg. I will never, ever go back to skinny jeans.

This. Get a pair of mid-height booties that are fitted and wear your straight-leg jeans over the top.

But these look weirdly short with half the boot shaft visible?

That's how they're supposed to look. You allow the thinnest part of your (booted) ankle show, which is more flattering. This look works best with sock boots that hug the leg. I don't care for it as much with the raw hem above because the white fringe visually interrupts the leg line but would be great with a finished hem.

And for the PP who was worried how it looks when seated, a mid-shaft height boot will still cover your leg. I even wear knee boots under my straight legs sometimes, which is great when it's really cold. Because they're sock boots, they don't look bulky under my jeans. These are the ones I have:

https://www.nordstrom.com/s/ella-stretch-knee-high-boot-women/7184152

I think this is a generational thing. I was born at the end of 1979 so sorta gen X, millennial, early 40s now. My DH would ask me where the flood is if I wore something like this. It just looks weird to me and makes people's legs look short.

I prefer the flare leg jean look that cover the top of the food, perferably with a heeled boot. That was what was trendy when I was in college and given flare jeans are making a come back, I'll stick to that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do some of you actually wear boots from November thru March? Unless there is snow on the ground or sub zero, I prefer shoes.

I love boots. I wear them in summer too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I pull my socks up so they peek out between my boots and my jeans.

Yes, I do this too! I think it looks cute to see a little bit of your socks. It adds another element to the outfit. I'm all for short jeans, socks and boots!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love straight-leg ankle length jeans/pants. For winter, I just get longer pairs, so they cover my ankles, or I wear booties that more or less cover the lower leg. I will never, ever go back to skinny jeans.

This. Get a pair of mid-height booties that are fitted and wear your straight-leg jeans over the top.

But these look weirdly short with half the boot shaft visible?

I think they look great. I saw a woman wearing this look yesterday (I am in Florida so it's rarely cool enough for jeans and boots) and she looked very stylish, I thought.