Perfect pants length with straight legs?

mayapple

I'm just full of questions tonight...

OK, I know the perfect pants length for wide/bootcut/flared pants and also for skinnies, but what about straight pants and jeans?

18 years ago

Dressing

7 replies

Latest reply was from manivilla

mayapple

Active Member

Nevermind, I found my answer here, so I'll share with anyone else who might be interested: http://www.zafu.com/roller/pag....._too_short

I'm so relieved! I was afraid I had hemmed my straight jeans too short but they're just right

18 years ago

Nicole

Veteran

Thaks for the link mayapple! I like the fact that they explain why certains styles look best with certain lengths.

I thought the skinnies with the boots looked a bit too short though.

18 years ago

Angie

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Fashion Stylist

I love the link that zafu have provided. It's visually rich and informative. I have to say though, that I’m an absolute stickler for pant lengths and other than the illustrations of the scrunched up skinnies and wide legs (1 and 5) – the jeans shown in the other illustrations are still too short by at least an inch.

18 years ago

mayapple

Active Member

I have problems with straight legs because if they look right from the front, they look too short from the side...and if they look right from the side, they look too bunchy from the front. I love the scrunched skinnies they show though.

I think the bootcuts looked too short for my taste and the wide legs were just plain dumpy at any length.

18 years ago

Angie

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Fashion Stylist