https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-have-experience-with-j-crew-pants Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 03 May 2026 16:12:29 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-have-experience-with-j-crew-pants#post-787911 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 01:18:16 +0000 K. Period. 787911@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Don't say no to the toothpicks until you've tried on the mid-rise. I hated the toothpicks and only tried on the mid-rise to humor my personal shopper there after about uh the tenth time she told me I should try them. Then I immediately bought them. They made me look curvy and slim, a rarity (especially the curvy bit) for me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-have-experience-with-j-crew-pants#post-787910 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 01:17:58 +0000 Angie 787910@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love the matchsticks sized up so they look all baggy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-have-experience-with-j-crew-pants#post-787905 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 01:14:42 +0000 Aziraphale 787905@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Haha, Kcan, I don't actually have that many pairs of Fluevogs. Maybe 13 or 14? I've been collecting them for quite a while, too. And I wear them nearly every day....except when I need to wear my rain boots. Which is actually quite a lot this time of year...sigh.</p> <p>You know, I think I'm actually going to have to trek all the way down to the J. crew store and start trying stuff on. It's miles away but oh well. I'll report back, though! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-have-experience-with-j-crew-pants#post-787893 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 01:08:51 +0000 K. Period. 787893@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Elizabeth, oh she of many awesome Fluevogs, including the uber-awesome Harlows... the matchsticks are just long enough that I considered getting them hemmed, but I haven't yet gotten around to getting them hemmed despite wearing them several times. For 5'1", I'd say you would need to get the regular length ones hemmed shorter. FWIW, mine are in the dark denim, and I think that they are cut a little closer around the knee than the lighter denim. Don't know why. (shrug.)</p> <p>The toothpicks should be a fine length, with just a smidge of pooling. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-have-experience-with-j-crew-pants#post-787890 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 01:05:28 +0000 Aziraphale 787890@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks, Suz. I think we don't have quite the same shape. I'm probably about the same level of slim as you, but my slimness is more in my lower half, with a regular bust that looks fuller than it is because of my proportions, and I have less of a defined waist than you. So it sounds like the toothpicks might work for me...although sheesh, they look impossibly skinny on the models! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-have-experience-with-j-crew-pants#post-787883 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:54:22 +0000 Suz 787883@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mmm. I thought you were talking about the pants vs. the jeans. I don't know if the fit is the same, but AG and Kcan might know. I tried the Matchstick jeans on...I was trying to size up for a slouchy skinny look, as someone here suggested I try that. It didn't work for me...they looked okay (not brilliant) in my real size but sizing up did not create an attractive slouch. It just looked all over too big and baggy. I am a slim hourglass whose slimness is mainly up top and who has some curves to the bottom. I didn't get a chance to try the toothpicks on, so I can't report on those. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-have-experience-with-j-crew-pants#post-787881 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:48:43 +0000 catgirl 787881@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>They were regular length on me in P. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-have-experience-with-j-crew-pants#post-787879 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:46:14 +0000 Aziraphale 787879@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for the advice, ladies.</p> <p>Suz -- exactly. It won't be the first time I've bought "ankle" pants that are in fact regular length on me. :-)</p> <p>Una, when you said the length in petite was good, did you want them to be ankle length?</p> <p>K can shop, I'm 5'1" and relatively slender. Definitely a rectangle. What you say sounds promising. When you say the matchsticks are long on you, do you mean they are not ankle length, but more regular length? Because yes, I like a little bunching around the ankles too. Normally I shy away from ankle length because they make you look shorter, and clearly I don't need that. Haha. Although I'm sort of thinking I might like an ankle-length pair to wear with my new 3.5" Harlows, because the high heels should mitigate the leg-shortening effects of the pants, while at the same time showing off the entire awesomeness of the shoes. Hmmm. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-have-experience-with-j-crew-pants#post-787875 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:33:03 +0000 K. Period. 787875@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've tried on both and actually own both. Una is right that they're cut for rectangles or slim hourglasses. I'm a definite rectangle. </p> <p>I wear and like the matchsticks, but some are perfect and others are a little gappy around the knee for me. They are long on me and I'm 5'4" or 5'5" if I stand up straight. </p> <p>Toothpicks are much skinnier. I don't generally like them on me. A bit too tight. However, I own one pair that is the mid-rise version. They definitely require sizing up compared to the matchsticks. I would say that regular rise toothpicks require two sizes, whereas mid-rise toothpicks require one size. I have curvy legs and I feel like these are tighter than Gap Really Skinnies on me. More like second skin. They are short too. Definitely long ankle length on me. I usually like a little more pooling at the ankles on skinnies. These are just long enough for flats and boots on me. In their favor, though, I must say that they are really nice quality and that they only stretch a tiny bit. I feel like my Gap jeans stretched a full size or more during the day. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-have-experience-with-j-crew-pants#post-787861 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:03:22 +0000 catgirl 787861@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I tried on matchstick and toothpick velvet pants. Matchstick were much too straight legged on me, but the length in P (or maybe short) was good. Toothpick was slimmer and cut a lot like some Gap fits with a lower rise. Definitely cut for rectangles and slim hourglass iIMHO. I returned both because ultimately didn't know how I'd style them, but almost kept the toothpick. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-have-experience-with-j-crew-pants#post-787859 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:00:39 +0000 Suz 787859@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think at your height, Elisabeth, you will find them to fit like regular length (vs. ankle) pants. They are meant to be ankle length, but if they work as regulars, so what? </p> <p>I will leave others to talk about the merits. I have only tried the jeans on, not the pants. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-have-experience-with-j-crew-pants#post-787856 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 23:58:38 +0000 Raisin 787856@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't know, but I'm curious about the matchstick ones too. How they fit, tts, small, large... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-have-experience-with-j-crew-pants#post-787850 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 23:55:23 +0000 Aziraphale 787850@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi everyone,</p> <p>Do any of you have experience with J. Crew pants? The matchstick ones? the toothpick ones? How to they fit? Are they comfy? </p> <p>Also, it seems like most of their pants end right above the ankle -- what's up with that? Are they supposed to do that, or is it just because they are modeled by skinny girls who are 6 ft tall? (I'm wondering if I can get away with a regular, not petite, size and have them be normal length on me -- I'm short). </p>