https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-coat-lengths-with-culottes-and-crops Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 25 Apr 2026 04:03:51 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-coat-lengths-with-culottes-and-crops#post-1751303 Thu, 17 Nov 2016 15:32:08 +0000 Suz 1751303@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you all again. <b>Angie</b>, I just love your coats!!&nbsp;</p> <p><b>Elisabeth</b>, yes, the knee length type of item works well especially if belted, slightly A-line, or worn open. I can probably use my knee length trench layered and maybe even my puffer -- I'll have to experiment with that.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-coat-lengths-with-culottes-and-crops#post-1751299 Thu, 17 Nov 2016 15:27:33 +0000 Aziraphale 1751299@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie, you have an enviable collection of very nice coats and boots! (I just love the rust-coloured ones).</p> <p>Suz, thanks for starting this thread. I hadn't really given this a whole lot of thought, but after reading this discussion I realize that I already have a knee-length trench which I've been wearing with my crops (and also a knee-length cardi) and the proportions work, so I had not noticed that there could potentially be a coat + crops proportion problem. I will keep it in mind.</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-coat-lengths-with-culottes-and-crops#post-1751099 Wed, 16 Nov 2016 23:01:24 +0000 Angie 1751099@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>(Thanks, Dana and Jaime. You're lovely as always).&nbsp;</p> <p>Suz, forgot to include these cropped pants. Wear both with my cream or ink coat. See Finds. And YES. You need to add the more extreme coat lengths to your wardrobe - short and long.&nbsp;</p> <p>Lisa, YES. All these photos are pictured with a 2 inch heel accept for the Prada boots which are a one inch heel. My new K&amp;K boots are fabulous at 1.5 inches (and so are the Wood Wood shooties). I also wear my Timberland sneaks with my crops, which are flat. See pics below.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-coat-lengths-with-culottes-and-crops#post-1750997 Wed, 16 Nov 2016 17:52:14 +0000 Dana 1750997@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ooh, Angie...your coats are SO BEAUTIFUL!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-coat-lengths-with-culottes-and-crops#post-1750969 Wed, 16 Nov 2016 15:59:26 +0000 Suz 1750969@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Liz</b>, that's fabulous!&nbsp;</p> <p><b>Tanya,</b> I think you and I might be facing a similar issue -- with shorter legs vs. torso the lengths/ proportions become a bit trickier. Most of my coats are just wrong for culottes. They're mid-thigh length, a bit longer than traditional peacoat. I do have a knee length red coat but the cut is wrong -- quite straight and this seems to "bunch" a wider culotte or trouser unless worn open, which is totally impractical for me. I need a more traditional style coat, double breasted maybe, or belted, like a trench. Plus a hip-length jacket. Hmmm.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-coat-lengths-with-culottes-and-crops#post-1750947 Wed, 16 Nov 2016 15:34:58 +0000 approprio 1750947@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ah, this is music to my ears. Or would be if YLF was in audio.</p> <p>Ok, so while I was fretting over hanging onto stuff, I realised those lovely Cacharel flares I was thinking of purging would look just so with <i>those</i> boots if they were about five inches shorter, and then I'd have a reason to wear my vintage coats. It's all good. Hooray for shopping the closet. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-coat-lengths-with-culottes-and-crops#post-1750932 Wed, 16 Nov 2016 15:19:22 +0000 Tanya 1750932@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Count me in as another person happy you have asked this question, Suz.&nbsp; Like a couple of previous posters, I have also found that pretty much any length coat works with cropped straights and kick flares. When it comes to culottes, I like two extremes the best: either a fairly long coat, around the knee, or a pretty short one, not longer than hipbone, like a skirt-length jacket. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-coat-lengths-with-culottes-and-crops#post-1750918 Wed, 16 Nov 2016 14:44:22 +0000 Anonymous 1750918@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm so glad you asked Suz! I'm going back up thread to devour all the repies </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-coat-lengths-with-culottes-and-crops#post-1750916 Wed, 16 Nov 2016 14:38:56 +0000 El Cee 1750916@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>We are not fully into coat season here -- but I have had a few "try on" sessions because I had the same concerns about how these new silhouettes would work with my outerwear. Just like Angie, I am finding that most of my coats (from short/cropped to mid-calf and even maxi) work just fine with my new culottes, wide-leg crops and cropped flares. I am especially liking the look of my old cape-coat (just below knee length) with these styles. I would suggest playing dress-up with your coat capsule (in front of full length mirror) and trying on the different bottoms with each coat style. That really worked for me.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-coat-lengths-with-culottes-and-crops#post-1750897 Wed, 16 Nov 2016 14:21:05 +0000 Suz 1750897@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Lisa</b>, I hear you. When I'm out walking for exercise or on the super snowy days I'll be wearing lug soles or snow boots and wouldn't wear my culottes; I might wear my slimmer crops tucked in (and change into shoes or indoor booties at destination if required).&nbsp;</p> <p>I tend to wear a 2 inch heel most of the rest of the time, though, so from that point of view, I'm good.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-coat-lengths-with-culottes-and-crops#post-1750781 Wed, 16 Nov 2016 03:21:43 +0000 Jaime 1750781@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Who knew I was going to find so much Angie eye candy when I opened up this thread! (Nothing more helpful to add I'm afraid.) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-coat-lengths-with-culottes-and-crops#post-1750760 Wed, 16 Nov 2016 02:18:45 +0000 UmmLila (Lisa) 1750760@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm finding this very instructive. Yet I notice that Angie's examples all feature a heel, with the exception of the last toffee puffer and chelsea boots. I love a bit of a heel all the time, and of course it works best with the wider hemlines, but there's just a period of the year when I need that solid,not too high lug sole to prevent falls. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-coat-lengths-with-culottes-and-crops#post-1750749 Wed, 16 Nov 2016 01:44:41 +0000 unfrumped 1750749@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think a pea coat works with some of the culottes but may not be enough coversge for very cold weather. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-coat-lengths-with-culottes-and-crops#post-1750727 Tue, 15 Nov 2016 23:55:11 +0000 Suz 1750727@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you <b>Angie, Diana</b>, and <b>Dana</b>! I think I see what I need to do.&nbsp;</p> <p>I need a more traditional knee length coat like your ink military coat, <b>Angie</b>, as well as a shorter puffer for days when it's not frigid.&nbsp;</p> <p>I like the proportions with my gilet but that won't work for me as an outerlayer because, no sleeves! :)&nbsp;</p> <p>The slim straights I wear are probably between a skinny and a straight, Angie. They're CoH and they are not sausage casing; there's some room in the calf and they are not exactly tapered. (The blue Agnes ones look ridiculous on the model here but on me they're more like the white Elsa pair, which I also own and wear.) &nbsp;They work with all my current coats so it's really not an issue, as <b>Dana </b>said. </p> <p>I also wear slim BF like the Dres at a cropped length. Plus the BR flares, the Halogen cropped flares and the culottes (denim and wool). As <b>Dana</b> pointed out, it is really the culottes that are the trickiest. Pretty much all the others will work assuming I have the footwear and sock layer sorted so that I'm not freezing.&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-coat-lengths-with-culottes-and-crops#post-1750653 Tue, 15 Nov 2016 19:46:05 +0000 Angie 1750653@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>These are the only cold weather visuals I can offer at the moment: </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-coat-lengths-with-culottes-and-crops#post-1750649 Tue, 15 Nov 2016 19:32:56 +0000 Diana 1750649@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm liking mine with my classic knee length black trench. I like the length and the fact that I can tie the belt to get some waist definition. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-coat-lengths-with-culottes-and-crops#post-1750647 Tue, 15 Nov 2016 19:31:54 +0000 Angie 1750647@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great question, Suz.&nbsp;</p> <p>I like knee-ish length, low contrast quite a bit (same proportions as our gilet) with <i>wider</i> culottes. I like ALL my coats with my slimmer than culottes flared and straight crops (low and high contrast). I have worn almost ALL my coats and warm jackets with my crops so far. See below. (And I don't wear skinny crops anymore. Only straight and flared). &nbsp;&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-coat-lengths-with-culottes-and-crops#post-1750641 Tue, 15 Nov 2016 18:40:33 +0000 Dana 1750641@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great question! It would seem that in light of the fact your legs will be somewhat exposed a maxi coat would be the solution ! I feel like the slim crops are going to work with almost any "car coat." </p> <p>It's the wider cut culottes that will be trickier. (I'm super visual, so just imagining all this at the moment.) Perhaps you want a little bit of a shorter coat, closer to your hip than ankle.&nbsp;</p> <p>I'm actually probably going to give up my culottes when the weather gets too cold, as they're more 3 season fabric. And we've had a super warm fall in CO, 77 F today--I'm actually wearing the culottes today!&nbsp;</p> <p>I admire that you're coordinating your coats with outfit. I know it's very cold where you live. I love to be stylish, but when I'm cold sometimes that goes out the window and I get the warmest clothes/coat possible!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-coat-lengths-with-culottes-and-crops#post-1750631 Tue, 15 Nov 2016 18:01:37 +0000 Suz 1750631@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So...as the temperatures threaten to dip here...what proportions do you think work best for coats with slim crops and wider culottes?&nbsp;</p> <p>I fear that none of my current coats are really right. I am not against buying a new coat; I expect to be wearing culottes and wider bottoms for a while and also the slim straight crops.&nbsp;</p> <p> </p>