https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/about-the-levis-wedgie Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 02:35:29 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/about-the-levis-wedgie/page/2#post-1967164 Sun, 21 Oct 2018 00:29:13 +0000 DonnaF 1967164@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>These are Wedgie straight legs. The wash looks similar to yours but they have a raw edge at the bottom so I can easily hack them shorter. I find high rises extra comfy because they tend to stay up without a belt. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/about-the-levis-wedgie/page/2#post-1967105 Sat, 20 Oct 2018 21:05:30 +0000 Angie 1967105@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Colette</b>, glad to hear it. Keep me posted.&nbsp;</p> <p><b>Cindy</b>, you crack me up.&nbsp;</p> <p>Ooooh, <b>Sharan</b>. Fun new jeans. Want to see them on!&nbsp;</p> <p><b>Marianna</b>, good to see you! It IS a luxe cashmere hoodie that I wear with a real pair of chunky pearls - not so out of charater :)</p> <p><b>Gryffin,</b> YES. Know thy rise. And it sounds like we have a similar sweet spot.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/about-the-levis-wedgie/page/2#post-1967071 Sat, 20 Oct 2018 18:01:57 +0000 gryffin 1967071@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think Laura makes a really good point, we all have our sweet spot for rise.&nbsp; If you have a short rise, a midrise jean is your high rise.&nbsp; If you have a long rise then you are going to be able to wear the super higher rise jeans.&nbsp; That rise # should be the best help in getting any look we want but to achieve it best for our anatomy!&nbsp; The madewell skinny 9" comes to my umbilicus but lower than my natural waist.&nbsp; Any higher would make me look short waisted.&nbsp; But I have midrise jeans that also have a 9" rise but they sit lower due to the construction and material.&nbsp; And I have 9" rise more contoured that are my version of lowish midrise.&nbsp; That number is a key to less returns and more success for me.&nbsp; Know thy numbers! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/about-the-levis-wedgie/page/2#post-1966971 Sat, 20 Oct 2018 12:04:32 +0000 marianna 1966971@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh goodness, I’ve been away from YLF for too long... “wedgie” jeans and Angie in a hoodie! Oh my!</p> <p>I’m more surprised at the hoodie actually! Somehow the jeans just work on you beautifully - as does everything! Fun look. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/about-the-levis-wedgie/page/2#post-1966962 Sat, 20 Oct 2018 11:06:30 +0000 Anonymous 1966962@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Passing for myself, as i like my jeans thin and stretchy, but you rock them! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/about-the-levis-wedgie/page/2#post-1966918 Sat, 20 Oct 2018 05:20:09 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1966918@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie, these are so adorable on you! Your experience with them is exactly what my experience is like with the off-white ones I got in spring/summer of 2017. I love them. I've considered getting a blue pair. They would have to be the same button fly and fit, or I'd be disappointed. I got these OSKA jeans instead, and they do have a bit of a similar feel, but they don't go with the same things; they are a little harder to style. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/about-the-levis-wedgie/page/2#post-1966894 Sat, 20 Oct 2018 02:27:00 +0000 cindysmith 1966894@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's kind of disgusting how good those pants look on you </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/about-the-levis-wedgie/page/2#post-1966851 Fri, 19 Oct 2018 20:47:31 +0000 Colette 1966851@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you Angie! I'm going to keep trying different styles for sure. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/about-the-levis-wedgie/page/2#post-1966808 Fri, 19 Oct 2018 17:41:11 +0000 Angie 1966808@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for the kind words and giggles, ladies. </p> <div><br /></div><div><b>Laura,</b> LOVE those on you. (How quickly the eye can adjust!). Good job getting the slightly shorter rise, and maybe give the hems a slight hack. See how it goes. Flattering on your petite curvy figure. Thanks for sharing. WOOHOOO. Waving at my jeans twin and ‘80s style sister.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Kkards</b>, maybe it was too soon? Try them again in a dark wash. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Kate</b>, you were wedged into a wedgie. HAHAHAHAH :)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Colette</b>, I see a LOT of gorgeous potential there. You need a slightly different fit and a shorter or longer hem length. Add footwear and you’ll be rocking it.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Lisa p,</b> agreed. It’s going to boil down to personal figure flattering priorities. How much conventional figure flattering are you willing to forgo to have fun with trends, or change things up from skinnies? Of course, there are many options. This look is just one of them, and probably not a popular one - for now :)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Jaime</b>, there is cross-over between the late ‘80s and early ‘90s. Think of Elaine from Seinfeld as the example.</div></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/about-the-levis-wedgie/page/2#post-1966743 Fri, 19 Oct 2018 14:42:18 +0000 Marilyn 1966743@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love these on you!&nbsp; The look is so fresh with the white boots. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/about-the-levis-wedgie/page/2#post-1966719 Fri, 19 Oct 2018 12:34:42 +0000 RobinF 1966719@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Truthfully I am not sure what I think of these jeans. They look really nice on all you who have posted pics of them but my eye has not adjusted to the shape or the light color at all. Maybe it will just take me a little more time - I am not generally an early adopter of fashion :)</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/about-the-levis-wedgie/page/2#post-1966667 Fri, 19 Oct 2018 06:15:27 +0000 Jane 1966667@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Perfect! They look great and I love that they sing with your Furla bag. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/about-the-levis-wedgie/page/2#post-1966661 Fri, 19 Oct 2018 05:48:13 +0000 Anonymous 1966661@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>These jeans look fantastic on you. Great that the Wedgies don't give you a wedgie. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/about-the-levis-wedgie/page/2#post-1966656 Fri, 19 Oct 2018 03:56:56 +0000 Beth Ann 1966656@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for this post! Your fresh stylings make what was old seem new again! I will be wearing more high rise, and even semi tucking, but I think I’ll go for more of a slim straight silhouette. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/about-the-levis-wedgie/page/2#post-1966649 Fri, 19 Oct 2018 03:15:42 +0000 Windchime 1966649@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>They look fabulous on you; no wonder you smiled every time you saw them! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/about-the-levis-wedgie/page/2#post-1966648 Fri, 19 Oct 2018 03:10:02 +0000 Jaime 1966648@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>These look perfect on you! I am feel a little slow this morning in terms of parsing the difference between 80s, 90s and current jeans styles. I am pretty sure this style never worked on me even when I was at my thinnest. I will stick to bootlegs as my next shape I think. Those are all I remember wearing! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/about-the-levis-wedgie#post-1966647 Fri, 19 Oct 2018 03:01:54 +0000 Anonymous 1966647@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie - I really like them on women like you , and actually enjoy this new fit and silhouette for jeans . I feel decidedly out of it in my skinny mid rises , and one of these days I’ll find the time to shop around and try some new jeans on. I find this Wedgie/mom Fit flattering on so few people though , making the trend a tricky one for the a average woman to adopt . The back pockets can be deadly . </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/about-the-levis-wedgie#post-1966620 Thu, 18 Oct 2018 23:58:05 +0000 Colette 1966620@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie, I did try a size up and they were big on me.</p> <p>And, I quickly got the hint the SA was giving me when she said that the pockets on this jean are sized and placed to purposely emphasis the butt...as she was handing me a different style of jeans to try. </p> <p>ETA: The pair I'm wearing in the picture are size 28 which seems to be my usual size lately.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/about-the-levis-wedgie#post-1966610 Thu, 18 Oct 2018 23:13:18 +0000 Kate 1966610@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love that shade of blue in the wedgie jean. It looks adorable on you, Angie.</p> <p>Me, I’m staying FAR away from the wedgie. My figure is pretty much rctangular with broad shoulders, and I love a high waist, so I thought they might work.</p> <p>Boy was I wrong. Can you say crotch point strangulation? Couldn’t get out of those suckers fast enough—and then found I really couldn’t<br /> get out of them. I was trapped in wedgies! WITH a wedgie.</p> <p>I will admire them on other people! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/about-the-levis-wedgie#post-1966607 Thu, 18 Oct 2018 23:02:21 +0000 kkards 1966607@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting &amp; annoying that the fit would be so different depending on the wash. I tried the white earlier this year, and while they fit fine-they were just did nothing for me. Totally unflattering.<br /> Love this pair On you, great fit..and love the light color </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/about-the-levis-wedgie#post-1966606 Thu, 18 Oct 2018 23:01:41 +0000 Laura 1966606@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, that was fast! ShopBop delivered in a day. Wow. First, I laughed! Then I stared at them for a while. Verdict: I love them! I say, try them if you are curious. Why not! Now to find some shorter tops. For reference, I am 5’3” and these are 28. I cuffed them in the first photo to get the cropped length. In the second photo I left them full length, which is to the ankle on me. Sized up so they are wedgie in name only. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/about-the-levis-wedgie#post-1966592 Thu, 18 Oct 2018 22:08:44 +0000 Mainelady 1966592@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Those wedgie jeans are so cute on you! Fit changes across the washes is annoying, but I think you found the gem of the jeans....love them with your hoodie and white booties. Methinks that is an outfit you will be repeating! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/about-the-levis-wedgie#post-1966591 Thu, 18 Oct 2018 22:02:10 +0000 Laura 1966591@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I ordered mine from ShopBop, as I noticed that most of the Wedgie jeans Nordstrom offers are "high rise," with a rise over 11" ... that's really, really high on me, so I went with this version that has a 10.25" rise. </p> <p>I'm shocked at how quickly my eye is adjusting to high rise denim. Everything else is starting to look somewhat off. Still,&nbsp;it's been a loooooooong&nbsp;time since I had a pair of jeans this shape and fabrication. For sure, the try-on is going to be entertaining! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/about-the-levis-wedgie#post-1966588 Thu, 18 Oct 2018 21:45:53 +0000 Sal 1966588@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am keen to try it and think my Country Road white jeans are similar - high waisted, button fly, ease at the hips, fitting on the butt! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/about-the-levis-wedgie#post-1966583 Thu, 18 Oct 2018 21:35:59 +0000 Angie 1966583@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You make good points, ladies. I'm nodding along with all of you.</p> <p><b>Cardiff girl</b>, isn't that the truth. Wise lady, you are.</p> <p><b>Greyscale</b>, the high rise look is made for you.</p> <p><b>cjh</b>, "Mom Jeans" - (dreadful name) - are baggier up top and more tapered in the lower leg. But a close cousin.&nbsp;</p> <p><b>Eliza</b>, you crack me up. I think the silhouette used to give women who wore thong undies with them a wedgie - so it stuck.&nbsp;</p> <p><b>Janet</b>, if the rise isn't too high, I think you'd probably look great in them.&nbsp;</p> <p><b>Scarlet</b> and <b>Merwoman</b>, good for you. Keep us posted,&nbsp;</p> <p><b>Rebekahphoto</b>, YAY. That's so fun :)</p> <p><b>FashIntern</b> and <b>La Ped</b>, YES. This style of jean is actually made for curvy figures because it follows the silhouette of the conventional female form. Yet many curvier women prefer skinnies. It's fascinating. No right or wrong here - simply preferences that vary from person to person.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/about-the-levis-wedgie#post-1966572 Thu, 18 Oct 2018 21:05:52 +0000 LaPed 1966572@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>FI, I think that's about right. Vintage fits like the wedgie jeans cater to the hourglassy, I presume because that shape was the standard of beauty for so long. I'm pretty small but have a defined waist and pronounced waist/hip ratio. Plus really muscular legs. Skinnies and leggings are the hardest look for me to pull off, at any weight or size, because the proprtions are wrong. They actually looked better when I was pregnant, when I had no waist to accentuate anyway! In any case, hooray for retail diversity and options for everyone. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/about-the-levis-wedgie#post-1966564 Thu, 18 Oct 2018 20:46:15 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 1966564@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie, you are too funny with your wedgie selfies! But I do know exactly what you mean about pants &amp; shorts that do that. </p> <p>Janet, funny, but a friend of mine who is stick straight was just complaining recently that she thinks these styles are for women with curves (by that she means boobs, butt &amp; hips, not simply extra weight the way some people seem to want to use that word). She says they all just hang on her and look sad. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/about-the-levis-wedgie#post-1966551 Thu, 18 Oct 2018 20:27:54 +0000 rebekahphoto 1966551@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>after a while of searching a month or so ago, I found a pair of the Wedgie style in a plus size (amazon) in a medium wash--love the button fly &amp; higher rise!&nbsp; They stretch out a bit, but not overly so.&nbsp; </p> <p>I really wanted a lighter wash (non-distressed) and have a pair in a smaller size on the way...Im kind of in between sizes, so will see if the largest "straight" size will work. it is a bit annoying how they all fit a bit inconsistent across the washes---but its so great to see higher rises on the move. No fun having to yank up jeans all day!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/about-the-levis-wedgie#post-1966549 Thu, 18 Oct 2018 20:22:31 +0000 merwoman 1966549@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for responding back Angie... might give these a whirl! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/about-the-levis-wedgie#post-1966547 Thu, 18 Oct 2018 20:18:36 +0000 Scarlet 1966547@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>These are on their way to me, and I am curious to see how they fit. Nordstrom makes it pretty painless to try something, so I figured they are worth a shot. I sized up. My husband wears only 501s, and I would say the fit on those varies by the wash as well. But they all stretch out with a few wears. That’s my memory of Levi’s, back in the day when wearing men’s Levi’s was the thing. First they were too tight, then just right, then too baggy, and you had to wash them and start over. </p>