https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ef-merino-slouchy-pants Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:42:00 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ef-merino-slouchy-pants#post-1414647 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 01:59:42 +0000 shiny 1414647@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Keturah - I *adored* your WIW!!! Love love love! I'm really trying to get this look to work for me, which is one of the reasons I ordered these EF pants. But there's something goofy about my lower half that makes pants (all pants)&nbsp;problematic. It's not just short legs. I think it's that I really have no hips. You'd think that would work but the more pants like this that I try on, the more I am concluding some hips are needed to make them hang right.&nbsp;&nbsp;Or maybe it's not my hips, maybe it's waist to hip ratio (my waist is not slim).</p> <p>Sorry Joy I have not yet gotten the hang of this collecting thing. Here is the link&nbsp;<br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.eileenfisher.com/EileenFisher/collection/petite/Pants/PRD_R4MF-P1611P/Petite+Drawstring+Slouchy+Pant+in+Merino+Jersey.jsp?bmLocale=en_US">http://www.eileenfisher.com/Ei.....awstring+S</a></p> <p>They don't look like that on me though. Maybe it's my belly. I don't know. I do know they are insanely comfortable ... enough I don't care if I never wear them out of the house. If I adopted them as PJ bottoms and slept in them and lounged around, I'd be happy with this purchase. It's just that my mental space for "PJ's &amp; loungewear" says... machine washable.</p> <p>I do have niggling hunch that if they shrunk a bit in the wash they may fit better for wearing outside the house. They need to shrink lengthwise (all over) not width wise (that part is fine). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ef-merino-slouchy-pants#post-1414643 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 01:57:20 +0000 unfrumped 1414643@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Usually I would start with the most conservative care and then become braver after I have some idea of how the fabric behaves.<br />That said, I agree that gentle cold cycle isn't much different from hand washing except if the spin cycle does a number. so what Joy said--mainly avoid the dryer heat. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ef-merino-slouchy-pants#post-1414632 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 01:50:23 +0000 Keturah 1414632@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If it were me, since we're talking about pants, I'd baby them and probably hand wash. I like babying my wool. But that's just me. Others may have better experience with EF wool.&nbsp;<div><br /></div><div>As for wearing them out of the house... I took the plunge and wore men's sweatpants (styled as track pants) to work. I loved them, and that's saying a lot because I don't wear loungewear all that much.&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="http://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-mens-sweatpants-to-work">http://youlookfab.com/welookfa.....ts-to-work</a></div><div><br /></div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ef-merino-slouchy-pants#post-1414629 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 01:48:51 +0000 Kristin L 1414629@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If you're going to wash them on delicate, you may want to also put them in a lingerie bag as well. I've done that with a few of my hand wash things and and it seemed to help. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ef-merino-slouchy-pants#post-1414627 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 01:46:34 +0000 Anonymous 1414627@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If you don't mind a tad shrinkage, I think you would be ok with cold water and delicate cycle. I would tumble them in the dryer on no heat to get rid of wrinkles, then hang them to dry. Can you collect them or provide a link? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ef-merino-slouchy-pants#post-1414620 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 01:35:43 +0000 shiny 1414620@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I bought the Eileen Fisher Merino wool slouchy trousers. QUESTION: do they have to be hand washed or can you machine wash them on delicate cycle? And, can you toss them in the dryer?&nbsp;</p> <p>Not sure I'd wear them out of the house... they feel like lounge wear. But Oh MY how comfy cozy &amp; warm&nbsp;they are for lounge wear!!! </p> <p>I am going to very likely&nbsp;keep them but just curious about the maintenance. It says on the tag to hand wash. Which is a lot of work for lounge wear.&nbsp;</p> <p>I don't mind if they shrink a tad -- they are a little long and baggy (I got the PP).</p> <p>I've always babied my merino sweaters but I toss my Smart Wool socks in the wash &amp; dryer without batting an eye and they come out just fine.</p> <p>&nbsp; </p>