Who wears 30 inch length men's pants?

[Anonymous]

My husband is 5'10" and wears a 32" inseam. I am 5'2" and wear a 30" inseam. Weird how we are 8" in height and only 2" in inseam. It's almost like different bodies can have different proportions!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow, this got quite a reaction. I'm not intending to indicate anything is wrong with needing shorter pants, just that there are stacks and stacks of them at stores, and given that my son is on the considerably shorter end of most adult(ish) males I see on a day to day basis, I can't imagine the demand for the 30s meets the seemingly very abundant supply.

It's the most common pant length.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:5'7" is not "fairly short", it's average. My dad is 5'2". 30" pants are for him.

People who wear 30" inseam are a huge range of heights, as this thread proves. It is a very common inseam.

[Anonymous]

Average or even tall men with fat bellies that have to wear them very low.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am 5’11 and wear 30 or 31 inch pants. We are all built differently.

NP here
Yes, my son is about 6 feet and wears 30 inch pants. OP, maybe your son has long legs in proportion to the rest of his body?

[Anonymous]

My 12yo wears 32-30.
Why you judging?

[Anonymous]

I am 6'2" and wear 30 inch pants. I don't think I have a freakishly long torso...

[Anonymous]

My son is 6’4” and wears a 33. Lots of variation in where a person is long vs short.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow, this got quite a reaction. I'm not intending to indicate anything is wrong with needing shorter pants, just that there are stacks and stacks of them at stores, and given that my son is on the considerably shorter end of most adult(ish) males I see on a day to day basis, I can't imagine the demand for the 30s meets the seemingly very abundant supply.

You’re confusing height with inseam. They’re different as you can see.

[Anonymous]

5’10” and wear 33 waist, 30 inseam. Extremely average build.

[Anonymous]

Wow, this got quite a reaction. I'm not intending to indicate anything is wrong with needing shorter pants, just that there are stacks and stacks of them at stores, and given that my son is on the considerably shorter end of most adult(ish) males I see on a day to day basis, I can't imagine the demand for the 30s meets the seemingly very abundant supply.


You’re confusing height with inseam. They’re different as you can see.

Got it, that makes sense then. I never really dated men (beyond basic high school stuff), don't have any brothers, and my dad passed away when I was young, so clearly I am out of the loop on how this works!

[Anonymous]

Wow, this has been crazy and educational. My 15-year-old son is 5’8” and has a 34” inseam! Two moms here so I had no idea how unusual this was. I swear his proportions look normal, he doesn’t look like a spider or anything.

I think the real lesson here is that a couple of inches either way don’t make a huge difference visually but do affect pants fit…

[Anonymous]

So OP. it is obvious that your son does not go to a majority Latino school. Most of the boys I see at ours are about 5-4 and the dads are about 5 foot even.

Those pants would be too long.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow, this got quite a reaction. I'm not intending to indicate anything is wrong with needing shorter pants, just that there are stacks and stacks of them at stores, and given that my son is on the considerably shorter end of most adult(ish) males I see on a day to day basis, I can't imagine the demand for the 30s meets the seemingly very abundant supply.

I don't think anyone's mentioned it but the most fashionable menswear looks these days feature very short pants compared to prior decades. Pant hems are high and expose socks. There is no break from trousers over the shoe, caused by the hem sitting on the top of the shoe. Teen boy and twenty-year olds' preferred stores tend to carry these shorter looks.

https://articlesofstyle.com/blogs/news/a-guide-to-pant-breaks#:~:text=Break:%20the%20menswear%20term%20for,Sockless%20shoes.

[Anonymous]

My husband is 5’10” and he has a 30” inseam.