https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-determine-my-rise-length Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 04 Apr 2026 15:38:54 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-determine-my-rise-length#post-857145 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 21:15:31 +0000 Suz 857145@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yup - we are all different! Glad you found it, JennyK. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-determine-my-rise-length#post-857138 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 21:04:35 +0000 JennyK (NC) 857138@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>oh I found it on her blog. Yay Google! I just did this exercise and am very surprised. :-)</p> <p>I realize now why jeans labeled mid-rise leave me feeling extremely exposed! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-determine-my-rise-length#post-857086 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 19:19:10 +0000 Freckles 857086@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is such an interesting analysis. Whenever I think I have it figured out and go shopping something if off... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-determine-my-rise-length#post-857075 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 19:01:53 +0000 JennyK (NC) 857075@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Where can I find the body proportions exercise please? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-determine-my-rise-length#post-856768 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 14:08:55 +0000 Lisa 856768@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am so glad you posted this Tanya. I feel like when I wear a tucked in shirt it looks very similar to your's and I always wondered why to my eye this looks "off" to me. I always seem to prefer the untucked version of an outfit. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-determine-my-rise-length#post-856685 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 10:17:24 +0000 Keix 856685@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Is a long/short rise measured from the belly button or from the natural waist?</p> <p>I'm short with long torso/short legs, and I guess I have a short rise based on my belly button. But my waist is significantly higher than my belly button--not that I would ever wear pants at my waist, because it's pretty close to the bottom of my ribcage and the halfway point of my torso.</p> <p>Mo - I am marveling at how an 8" rise can be a hand's width below your belly button! I'm wearing a 7" rise right now and it sits two inches below my belly button. But I can fit one and a half hands between my belly button and my natural waist. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-determine-my-rise-length#post-856514 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 03:22:09 +0000 Sveta 856514@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Suz, you are quite an analyst! :-)<br /> I am not as good at analysis as you so I simply say: finding perfect fit in trousers is an art! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-determine-my-rise-length#post-856493 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 03:01:59 +0000 Suz 856493@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Just to add to the confusion (well, actually, i hope i don't!) - as Angie said in the blog this morning, I have a long rise and a short waist. </p> <p>I'd never realized that I had a short waist until I did Imogen's body proportions exercise. It shocked the heck out of me. </p> <p>As a matter of fact, because of my short waist, technically I am not "long in the torso" as I had always supposed -- OR "short in the leg." Technically, I am even. </p> <p>BUT - because I"m quite short in one area, I'm proportionately long in the other, and hence I need a higher rise in trousers. </p> <p>This is why Malina and I, at 5'4", often do better in petites jackets, dresses, and shirts. </p> <p>But in my case, anyway, not always. For instance, I fit BR petites better than their regulars (for the top body). And I CAN wear Ann Taylor petites, too, especially jackets, especially if I size up (for my shoulders). But actually, taking the lowest possible size in regulars was a bit better at Ann Taylor than sizing up in petite. </p> <p>Sveta, I haven't worn the Editors so I don't know, but I am going to hazard a guess. They may be cut with some looseness over the thigh area. This is a tradtional problem area for me, in addition to the rise. My thighs are somewhat narrower these days but still quite muscular, and besides the rise issue, that can be a cause of whiskering and discomfort in trousers. Hence the appeal of a slightly slouchy or baggy fit. It glides over those areas and doesn't make them seem to bump out. </p> <p>What I've learned is that at my medium short height with a longish rise, I can't ever wear petite pants unless I size way up. And sometimes, that can be a good idea -- especially if I am going for a slightly slouchy look. </p> <p>Regular pants are a much better fit in the rise -- but will always need some hemming. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-determine-my-rise-length#post-856484 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 02:52:34 +0000 Sveta 856484@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmm, now I am officially confused...if Tanya has a high rise and I have low rise how does it happen we both fit Editors well? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-determine-my-rise-length#post-856426 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 01:52:32 +0000 Tanya 856426@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you very much again Angie! This helps a lot. I guess it also explains me preferring Editor pants from Express ( looser through the thigh) while you wear Columnists (lower rise and less wide in the thigh). Now if they only made those Editors with less stretch! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-determine-my-rise-length#post-856419 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 01:48:25 +0000 Angie 856419@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mo, you DO have a long rise. There's the mystery solved right there :).</p> <p>Tanya, a higher rise is a good option on trousers, although my feeling is that fabric and ease on the thigh plays a large role too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-determine-my-rise-length#post-856413 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 01:43:48 +0000 Mo 856413@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>good point - perhaps. I always marvel at how anyone can wear 7 or 6" rise. It would be positively obscene on me lol. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-determine-my-rise-length#post-856410 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 01:40:15 +0000 Tanya 856410@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmm, maybe you have both short waist and long rise Mo? Seems theoretically possible to me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-determine-my-rise-length#post-856407 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 01:36:45 +0000 Mo 856407@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This confuses me. I am relatively short, with a high/short waist and 8" is as low as I can go. It is a full hand's width below my belly button. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-determine-my-rise-length#post-856406 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 01:36:24 +0000 Tanya 856406@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you so much Angie! That perfectly explains my original reaction when you asked earlier today if the majority of my torso length was below or above my belly button. I thought that both areas seemed long to me :D<br /> Anyway, it looks that I need to look for trousers with longer/higher rise, correct? My favorites so far ( Max C by Theory) have the same 8" rise as these jeans, but perhaps I need even higher one? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-determine-my-rise-length#post-856400 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 01:28:16 +0000 Angie 856400@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You are both long in the rise and torso! 8 inches looks quite low rise on you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-determine-my-rise-length#post-856395 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 01:24:45 +0000 Tanya 856395@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>On Angie's very helpful blog post today, I mentioned that I wasn't sure if having a long torso/ short legs body type like I do means that I have a short rise or a long rise. Angie's reply was that depends upon whether most of that torso length is above or below the belly button. Well, honestly, I have no clue, and here are the photos to help me determine that ( after looking at them I think I might have an idea but I could be wrong).<br /> I have put a safety pin on the t-shirt to mark where my belly button is. The jeans have medium, 8" rise (Amber by COH). Thank you very much for your help with this! </p>