https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/flawed-pants Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:45:19 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/flawed-pants#post-1465735 Tue, 31 Mar 2015 15:10:48 +0000 mushroom 1465735@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Traditionally, if American women's trousers/dress pants&nbsp;have a front zipper the zipper&nbsp;has&nbsp;a&nbsp;flap that&nbsp;laps right over left to match the way a woman's button front shirt laps. Jeans always have a zipper that&nbsp;laps left over right like a mans. And casual pants might be either way.&nbsp;</p> <p>But now most front zippers are made the same way whether a mans or womans.</p> <p>I wouldn't consider it a flaw, but it is something you don't find as often today. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/flawed-pants#post-1465637 Tue, 31 Mar 2015 12:33:57 +0000 Joyce B 1465637@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You can go Nordstrom to see if they can locate another pair for you. If they can't you have to decide if you want to keep or return them. If the flaw bothers you more than not having the pants, then you can return them. I would return them, especially if I paid full price for them, but if you love the pants or if you need them more than you hate the flaw you may want to keep them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/flawed-pants#post-1465632 Tue, 31 Mar 2015 12:20:13 +0000 Aquamarine 1465632@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, who knew? I have never purchased pants from Boden. Interesting. </p> <p>Not sure what my options are, anyway. Nordstrom is out of the pants in most sizes now. You make me feel better, Carter, with your response. It bugs me less if I think of the "flaw" as a "design feature for European markets." LOL </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/flawed-pants#post-1465477 Tue, 31 Mar 2015 02:08:30 +0000 carter 1465477@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It sounds like maybe they were intended for a European market (or some other). This is why I can't buy pants from Boden anymore. It drives me nuts to have this "backwards". I don't know if I'd take them back. I probably wouldn't, but I imagine it could go either way. I get the frustration! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/flawed-pants#post-1465468 Tue, 31 Mar 2015 01:33:11 +0000 Aquamarine 1465468@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Another question for you fabbers...I duplicated a pair of ponte pants a while ago. They were from Nordstrom and I paid full price for both. After wearing the second pair a couple of times, I (finally) noticed that the zipper flap was on the opposite side compared to the first pair. It took me a while to figure out why it was so awkward zipping them up and down...I am right-handed, and I had to reach around the flap. Hopefully I am describing this clearly.</p> <p>What would you do? I feel this was a manufacturing flaw but other than that, the pants are fine. But I am bit irked because they were pricey *and* I didn't really notice (duh) for a while. I am not even sure if Nordstrom has any left. </p>