https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-help-with-jeanspants-rises Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 19 Apr 2026 06:45:45 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-help-with-jeanspants-rises#post-2000621 Sat, 09 Feb 2019 21:47:19 +0000 Angie 2000621@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks, ladies - for stepping in. You're all dead right.&nbsp;</p> <p><b>Molly Mac</b>, the term "waist" in fashion is confusing! I hear you.</p> <p><i></i><i><u>waistline</u></i>&nbsp;=&nbsp;The narrowest WIDTH of the torso. Sometimes referred to as a waist. It's a horizontal dimension.&nbsp;</p> <p>But the LENGTH of your waist is a VERTICAL dimension. It's the measurement from shoulder neck point to your waistline.&nbsp;</p> <p><i><u>rise</u></i> = measurement from waistline to crotch point, both at the front and back. People refer to a FRONT rise measurement most of the time. The back rise measurement is always longer than the front to accommodate the volume of the bottom.</p> <p>If you are short in the waist AND rise, you have a very short torso.&nbsp;</p> <p>I'm regular length in the waist, but short in the rise. A 10 inch front rise is high rise on me. Reaches my belly button. On others, a 10 inch rise is mid rise, and a 14 inch rise is high rise on them.</p> <p>Hope that makes sense.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-help-with-jeanspants-rises#post-2000603 Sat, 09 Feb 2019 20:37:48 +0000 Suz 2000603@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This post (and others on the site) might also help. <a rel="nofollow" href="https://insideoutstyleblog.com/2009/04/body-proportions-explained.html">https://insideoutstyleblog.com.....ained.html</a></p> <p>I'm slightly but not extremely short-waisted. Meaning the distance between my shoulders and waist is on the short side -- even for someone of my height, which is 5'4". &nbsp;My smaller bust helps to disguise the fact; if I had a larger bust it would become more noticeable.&nbsp;</p> <p>But until I measured, I never actually realized this, because I have a proportionately long rise...which means that overall, my torso is slightly longer than my legs.&nbsp;</p> <p>For comparison, at the same height as you, a 9 inch rise comes about an inch below my navel.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-help-with-jeanspants-rises#post-2000601 Sat, 09 Feb 2019 20:33:22 +0000 Molly Mac 2000601@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>SarahD8 and Karl's, both these previous blogs were helpful. I learned that I am short waisted and short rised (if that is a term). I guess I just have a short torso for my height :). Thanks for channeling Angie. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-help-with-jeanspants-rises#post-2000593 Sat, 09 Feb 2019 20:12:52 +0000 kkards 2000593@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><a href="https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/short-waisted-vs-short-rise-confused" rel="nofollow">https://youlookfab.com/welookf.....e-confused</a><br /> Not sure if this is the same post that SarahD8 just linked to. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-help-with-jeanspants-rises#post-2000591 Sat, 09 Feb 2019 20:09:38 +0000 SarahD8 2000591@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not Angie, but here's a previous post about long waisted vs. short waisted:</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://youlookfab.com/2009/06/29/how-to-tell-if-you-are-short-or-long-waisted/">https://youlookfab.com/2009/06.....g-waisted/</a></p> <p>The short answer is that "short-waisted" refers to the distance between the shoulders and waist.</p> <p>It sounds like you have a short rise (distance between crotch {sorry} and waist).</p> <p>It's a little counterintuitive but as I understand waist length is about the upper torso and rise length is about the lower torso. </p> <p>ETA: corrected the definition and then re-corrected it! Haha I'm trying to help out but obviously still confused.&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-help-with-jeanspants-rises#post-2000589 Sat, 09 Feb 2019 20:05:30 +0000 Molly Mac 2000589@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>There have been several post recently discussing rises on jeans. This has me thinking about what is a low/mid/high rise and how that is influenced by body type. I consider myself to be "short waisted". From crotch (Sorry, I hate that word but can't think of another one) is barely 7 inches. A 7" rise on jeans hits at my belly button. 9 inch rises are as high as I can go or the waistband and my bra band are touching. I am 5'4" so a pretty average height. You mentioned being short waisted and that a 10" rise hits your belly button. Another forum member referred to herself as short waisted and this meant high rise looked mid rise on her and mid rise looked low rise. I am starting to think I don't really understand rises ar all. </p>