https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-successful-taper Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 25 Apr 2026 03:08:50 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-successful-taper#post-1837515 Fri, 18 Aug 2017 16:54:25 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1837515@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nice job, Anne! With this taper, they will look nice hemmed as Angie suggests. I'm envisioning that they would just cover your ankles, perhaps. I have jeans that length, and then I turn them up to wear with oxfords (so that my ankle shows), or I tuck them into booties or tall boots. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-successful-taper#post-1837439 Fri, 18 Aug 2017 12:54:42 +0000 Bijou 1837439@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>These look great, I can see you getting much more wear out of them now that they have such a flattering fit. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-successful-taper#post-1837437 Fri, 18 Aug 2017 12:46:26 +0000 Scarlet 1837437@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nice! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-successful-taper#post-1837426 Fri, 18 Aug 2017 12:31:36 +0000 RobinF 1837426@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love them tapered. I would think the length sort of depends on the shoes you would wear.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-successful-taper#post-1837425 Fri, 18 Aug 2017 12:28:03 +0000 anne 1837425@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fashiontern, no I just sewed a new seam from the around the knees.</p> <p>RL - I just googled "how to taper jeans" and found some instructions. Not that I really needed to, (I did it in 1989 without the internet!) I just like the extra confirmation </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-successful-taper#post-1837406 Fri, 18 Aug 2017 11:36:31 +0000 unfrumped 1837406@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Very nice work! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-successful-taper#post-1837396 Fri, 18 Aug 2017 08:48:29 +0000 rachylou 1837396@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm also impressed! Yes, how did you do the tapering? My lazy punk self would just safety pin... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-successful-taper#post-1837264 Thu, 17 Aug 2017 21:34:57 +0000 DonnaF 1837264@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Can you roll or fold them up to a cropped length without too much bulk?&nbsp; I run cold, so I like to have my jeans warming my ankles during the winter months. . .Of course a hem is dressier than folds. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-successful-taper#post-1837151 Thu, 17 Aug 2017 15:37:35 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 1837151@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm impressed. Did you have to take off the waistband to alter the angle at which the two pieces of fabric come together, or do you just sew a new seam and cut off the excess? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-successful-taper#post-1837140 Thu, 17 Aug 2017 14:51:08 +0000 Angie 1837140@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think they need a one inch to 1.5 inch hem.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-successful-taper#post-1837139 Thu, 17 Aug 2017 14:50:51 +0000 karen13 1837139@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>They look great! Nice job. I'm eager to see responses on hem length as I have a pair with similar issues. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-successful-taper#post-1837136 Thu, 17 Aug 2017 14:35:39 +0000 anne 1837136@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Angie. Do you think I should hem, fold or leave as is? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-successful-taper#post-1837129 Thu, 17 Aug 2017 14:23:58 +0000 Angie 1837129@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good job, Anne.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-successful-taper#post-1837128 Thu, 17 Aug 2017 14:07:47 +0000 anne 1837128@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, it was easy. The only hard part was finishing the edges with zigzag as my thread snapped every few cm. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-successful-taper#post-1837126 Thu, 17 Aug 2017 14:02:04 +0000 Sara L. 1837126@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nice! &nbsp;I've tapered jeans too and I'm not a great seamstress. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-successful-taper#post-1837125 Thu, 17 Aug 2017 14:01:28 +0000 anne 1837125@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I tapered the jeans that were the subject of a recent post <a href="https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trying-an-outfit-with-orphan-white-jeans" rel="nofollow">https://youlookfab.com/welookf.....hite-jeans</a>, and I am happy with the results. Impressed DD 14 too!</p> <p>ETA. I have not hemmed it properly, just cut off a little. Would like to read your opinions on length. </p>