https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-j-crew-fit-and-sizing Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 15 Apr 2026 02:58:40 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-j-crew-fit-and-sizing/page/2#post-2157225 Wed, 02 Dec 2020 06:42:42 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2157225@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So strange about different fabrics for different colors! Something I’ve encountered recently is the fabric content not being displayed until the size is selected. That makes no sense to me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-j-crew-fit-and-sizing/page/2#post-2157120 Tue, 01 Dec 2020 18:15:20 +0000 Suz 2157120@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm late here, but just nodding along with your decisions and sympathizing -- also adding that <b>Angie</b> and <b>Roxanna </b>are dead right about fabrication -- sometimes the same pant style that is awful in one fabric will work well even in the same size in a different fabric!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-j-crew-fit-and-sizing/page/2#post-2157097 Tue, 01 Dec 2020 16:44:06 +0000 Roxanna 2157097@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Liesbeth, I hope they work out! Caution on the dark grey version of the BR pants - they don't have wool content like the beige ones do - they are mostly polyester. In case that matters to you (I am very picky about fabric content.) Anchie I hope you are able to find them too! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-j-crew-fit-and-sizing/page/2#post-2157029 Tue, 01 Dec 2020 10:16:49 +0000 anchie 2157029@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>How weird. I see them now too. Thanks for the tip. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-j-crew-fit-and-sizing/page/2#post-2157023 Tue, 01 Dec 2020 09:17:39 +0000 Liesbeth 2157023@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie, I also liked the BR pants Roxana shared and did find them on the EU site but only when using the search function (searched 'elastic'). Very weird. I have them on order because half price right now! Also available in dark grey it seems. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-j-crew-fit-and-sizing/page/2#post-2156983 Tue, 01 Dec 2020 01:39:54 +0000 Sal 2156983@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You have a lovely shape but these pants are cut wrong for it.&nbsp; I think they are cut for a straight rectangle figure.</p> <p>I can't offer suggestions as to brands sorry....always a bit out of the loop there. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-j-crew-fit-and-sizing/page/2#post-2156971 Tue, 01 Dec 2020 00:20:00 +0000 nuancedream 2156971@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie, my bi-weekly link about J Crew's ever changing CEOs may have something to do with their inconsistency. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-j-crew-fit-and-sizing/page/2#post-2156970 Tue, 01 Dec 2020 00:16:59 +0000 Gretchen 2156970@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Anchie, do you have access to Anthropologie? I wonder if their essential trousers might work? I usually have to alter pants in the back - my seamstress just laughs when I come in as it’s always the same fit issue, but the Anthro’s worked out of the box. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-j-crew-fit-and-sizing/page/2#post-2156969 Mon, 30 Nov 2020 23:56:15 +0000 Angie 2156969@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yay,<b> Andrea</b>. Happy to have been the guinea pig! They are NOT a top pick: </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-j-crew-fit-and-sizing/page/2#post-2156968 Mon, 30 Nov 2020 23:28:10 +0000 nuancedream 2156968@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie, I'm glad you chimed in about those pink plaid pants because I was seriously thinking about ordering them. No way now with itchy fabric, no lining and an inconsistent/weird fit. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-j-crew-fit-and-sizing#post-2156966 Mon, 30 Nov 2020 22:43:24 +0000 Angie 2156966@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I received the pink plaid and they were nasty. Itchy, not lined, and not the same fit. It's very inconsistant :(&nbsp;</p> <p>Now I'm waiting for these: </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-j-crew-fit-and-sizing#post-2156964 Mon, 30 Nov 2020 22:05:40 +0000 anchie 2156964@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, they are gorgeous. Unfortunately not available in this part of the world. What about pink one? Have you got them yet? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-j-crew-fit-and-sizing#post-2156963 Mon, 30 Nov 2020 21:52:55 +0000 Angie 2156963@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You are right. I had both my velvet Boden pants altered a whole size down because I was sized out.</p> <p>Actually, the J.Crew pants you tried don't work on me either. Too clingy, stretchy and big in the waist! I don't fancy that fabric.&nbsp;</p> <p>But these checked J.Crew pants were different! Stretch wool. AMAZING fabric and lining. But they had to be altered at the waist too. Now they are perfect :)</p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-j-crew-fit-and-sizing#post-2156954 Mon, 30 Nov 2020 21:30:32 +0000 anchie 2156954@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you all for the feedback.<br /> Angie - pants are already packed and ready to be returned. I do have few of the same pants from the first group and I agree they all have good fit at the waist, except Boden plaid pair, but I think mine are wrong size - I was still loosing weight when I got them. From other group, I have one pair - Boden red velvet and they also fit me ok, but I got them in smaller size than my usual. I remember how surprised I was that smaller size was only smaller at the waist - which worked for me. But you were probably not able to size down. If I have a chance, I always like to try pants that worked for you, because they often work for me too. Not this time though. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-j-crew-fit-and-sizing#post-2156930 Mon, 30 Nov 2020 18:26:46 +0000 Angie 2156930@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Pants and jeans I have had to alter at the back waist:&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-j-crew-fit-and-sizing#post-2156929 Mon, 30 Nov 2020 18:25:38 +0000 Angie 2156929@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think all the pants should go back. First two, too tight. But the turquoise is the best of the three. Not too tight, but very Summery.&nbsp;</p> <p><b>Anchie</b>, I've dressed you, and your bottom half is a similar shape to mine. Not that curvy, so curvy fits will probably be too roomy in the legs and thighs, like they are for me.&nbsp;</p> <p>But we have the same waist challenge at the BACK with high rises - like your pic #7 is showcasing - because of <i>sway back tendencies</i>, and not curvy hips. I usually have the back waist altered now that rises are high. It was not a challenge with lower rises.&nbsp;</p> <p>Pants and jeans I have NOT had to alter:&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-j-crew-fit-and-sizing#post-2156686 Sun, 29 Nov 2020 01:42:12 +0000 Gigi 2156686@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>As a fellow person with a curvier figure, I agree that these pants are made for a straighter figure. I've been down this road too many times to count! My eye agrees with yours--I actually thought the blue pair was the least flattering of the lot. I was borderline OK with no. 10, but the fit could definitely be better. I agree that returning them all would be the best thing to do. It's too bad, because they sure are cute from the front.</p> <p>I unfortunately can't recommend any brands for curvier figures as far as work pants go. I work mostly from home so don't have a need for tailored work pants. If I did, I would probably look for pants specifically labeled as "curvy fit". You could also check out Good American, if that line is available to you. That label is generally cut bigger in the booty. I just went to their website, and they do have some pants, but most of them are unfortunately not work appropriate. I have a pair of black jeans from them, and they could pass for skinny pants, the material is so nice. &nbsp;A lot of the stuff I've tried from GA has fit well. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-j-crew-fit-and-sizing#post-2156685 Sun, 29 Nov 2020 01:20:42 +0000 Carla 2156685@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>JCrew is out for me. &nbsp;The fit model they use must be very narrow and straight. &nbsp;Massimo Dutti, Boden, and a lot of BR as well. &nbsp;I do well with American designers Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein who cut for ‘athletic’ X’s - broad shoulders and long arms and legs.</p> <p>I agree, Anchie, once you’ve found a designer or ‘house’ that cuts for a fit model with your shape - it makes shopping (online) so much easier. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-j-crew-fit-and-sizing#post-2156677 Sun, 29 Nov 2020 00:28:45 +0000 MsMaven 2156677@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I’ve never found JC pants that fit me right so I gave up and just buy tops from them. I do like Theory but they don’t fit into my current life. And yes, it’s not you, it’s the pants. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-j-crew-fit-and-sizing#post-2156674 Sun, 29 Nov 2020 00:14:52 +0000 Lynne 2156674@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Anchie, it's not you, it's the pants! I suspect they're made for a straighter body, and you have a beautiful waist! Also, some pattern or texture will disguise any VPL, while solid colours don't. You could try Simone Perele or Chantelle for their invisible underwear? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-j-crew-fit-and-sizing#post-2156673 Sat, 28 Nov 2020 23:51:50 +0000 DonnaF 2156673@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is why I don’t buy dress pants. . .J. Crew and BR tend to be cut for straighter body types. My sense is that Boden is as well. I think Talbots may be cut for waists but I don’t know if they are available in Europe. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-j-crew-fit-and-sizing#post-2156657 Sat, 28 Nov 2020 22:10:57 +0000 JamC 2156657@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>These pants fit you like J Crew pants fit me; not a good fit at all. They always have a very big waist and too small legs with weird fit on bum. I don’t look at their pants anymore though do buy sweaters, tops, and pajamas there. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-j-crew-fit-and-sizing#post-2156652 Sat, 28 Nov 2020 21:45:28 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2156652@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>While I understand that you don’t want to show off your cute round tush at work, 18 makes it look like a rectangular flat pack, which is not something you want to do to yourself. I liked one of the red pairs, but understand that you’ve got them all packed up to go back. I no longer have a bubble butt, so can’t give advice on brands, but do think it might be worth your while to go into a department store. We are often pleasantly surprised here at how very well SAs know their wares—quite different from the US, where some are real pros and others just there to pick up rent/spending money while they study something else in school. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-j-crew-fit-and-sizing#post-2156651 Sat, 28 Nov 2020 21:26:11 +0000 anchie 2156651@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting how pictures can be deceiving- I had biggest issue with 18-19. They had even larger gap arround the waist than pink, and because they don’t have belt loops they would require alterations, and they also had extra fabric and drooping in crotch area that I really don’t like. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-j-crew-fit-and-sizing#post-2156646 Sat, 28 Nov 2020 20:33:56 +0000 cjh 2156646@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have to agree with those who feel only the last pair 18-19 shows a proper fit. Maybe it’s the soft fabrication, or the rise is too short? Sometimes there’s just a fine line (that one shouldn’t cross) between a comfortably snug, trim-looking fit and too revealing. That may be what’s happening with these pants - you’re probably right that this isn’t the model for you.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-j-crew-fit-and-sizing#post-2156645 Sat, 28 Nov 2020 20:29:01 +0000 anchie 2156645@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Roxanna - thanks, unfortunately not available in EU BR shops.<br /> Also I can’t find Lafayette 148, and when I look for Tahari I only get Elie Tahari - is that a same thing? Theory seems promising - lot of options, on sale too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-j-crew-fit-and-sizing#post-2156640 Sat, 28 Nov 2020 20:15:57 +0000 Roxanna 2156640@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Anchie I meant to add this find - I bought them a couple of weeks ago on Erin’s recommendation and they are warm, drape well, lined, fitted but not too fitted. And reasonably priced! Might be one to try for you... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-j-crew-fit-and-sizing#post-2156635 Sat, 28 Nov 2020 19:56:48 +0000 anchie 2156635@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Roxanna - it is so frustrating. I don’t think I own good fitting pants in winter weight at the moment. I think I will also have to make peace with alterations. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-j-crew-fit-and-sizing#post-2156632 Sat, 28 Nov 2020 19:48:27 +0000 Roxanna 2156632@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi Anchie - I find Theory pants to be about the same sizing as J Crrw, but it really depends on the fabric (they come in all sorts of blends.) pants are soooo difficult - it took me about a year to get a collection that fit well and looked good! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-with-j-crew-fit-and-sizing#post-2156629 Sat, 28 Nov 2020 19:37:43 +0000 anchie 2156629@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks, Andrea, will check them out too. Pants can be so difficult. Too many variables. </p>