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NP with a few related pant/shoe questions.
Multiple posters suggested wide legged and/or trouser jeans and pants. Several teamed these with loafers or flats. At what point do you hem the pant vis a vis the shoe- where does the hem brush on your foot - how much of the loafer or ballet flat shows? If you wear cropped versions of these style pants and team with booties, does the pant reach to below the top of the boot, or do you show bare leg in between and if so how much? |
| Can someone post a link to trouser jeans? |
I wear these with my grandma's dirndle this season, love combining vintage and new |
Where are you shopping? I've only had time to try on pants in two stores but nothing was cropped and I couldn't wear any of the wide legs, it was back to the 2000s in a bad way when I couldn't find wide leg or flared jeans I wasn't stepping on. Unfortunately, since I'm not a teenager anymore I can't spend Saturday trying on in every store in the mall. |
Amen! I usually have to go straight from the store to the seamstress. I have no sympathy for tall people when it comes to clothes. |
Since you're an adult, you can just go get those pants hemmed. It's an inexpensive alteration. If the store I'm buying from doesn't offer the service, I use the tailor at my dry cleaner who does a good job and never charged more than $15. Many women have fit issues that are much more difficult to address than just needing things hemmed a bit, so I never understand this complaint. Most pants cannot be let out so tall women don't have this option. Or try having a small chest and very wide hips and shopping for dresses, or simply having a very large chest. Or being extremely long or short waisted. |
This! Skinnies look terrible on me (broad shoulders), so I started buying wider jeans once they hit the stores again. If you like skinnies, do for it! |
What? You can cut off fabric! I cannot add it on. No need to be so rude. |
NP but I'm 5'2" and do well with the current "cropped" styles, which are usually full-length on me. I shop at Anthropologies, Nordstrom, Saks, etc. mostly online. Brands I like for these styles are Paige, Frame, and Mother - haven't had to get any of those hemmed (but again, only with the cropped/ankle-length fits). I do have trouble finding nice work pants right now - just caved and ordered a few pairs from Talbots. I got the Italian wool wide-leg pants in the petite length and was surprised how nice the quality was. Most of their pants are poly blends (like all pants it seems!) but these are pure wool, fully lined, and draped nicely. JCrew and Banana Republic are the other usual suspects for nicer petite-length pants. |
I definitely do not have the inclination to wear the fugly mom jean trend. |
I’m 5’11” with a 33.5 inch inseam and I still have to get things hemmed all the time. Nobody has a universal inseam. They don’t make pants by the inch. |
They have been "everywhere" for the last 6 years or so, so hopefully they're on their last legs. We shouldn't all have to dress like we're 80-year-old grandmas at the country club. |
| Are shackets still a thing? |
No |