https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-sleeves-rolled-up Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 12 May 2026 16:30:13 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-sleeves-rolled-up#post-423986 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 23:02:08 +0000 Isabel 423986@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mo once recommended using rubber bands ( I think ) ....like the black elastics that bartenders wear. I think that they act like arm "garters".</p> <p>MO ? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-sleeves-rolled-up#post-423970 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 22:43:24 +0000 rae 423970@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I always pin! For a fold, I will do a standard safety pin job on the part of the sleeve that will face my body. For a scrunch, I do the pin vertically, through the "rouching" created by the scrunch. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-sleeves-rolled-up#post-423965 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 22:36:36 +0000 krishnidoux 423965@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I asked the same question to Angie and her answer was, if I understood correctly, to choose blazers carefully, i.e. that the sleeves be narrow enough for scrunching. Or to have the item tailored. I pay attention now and I must say I do notice a big difference in blazers: some sleeves are simply to wide and will slip down again, which is very annoying. </p> <p>The worse ones are those that will initially stay up, then slowly but surely as you walk slide down, while if you're carrying a large purse like I do all the time, tucked under my armpit, only one sleeve drops (the one from the free arm). It's impossible to discreetly push the sleeve back up because the hand that would normally do so is being used to stabilize the purse. I know it's very silly but I've pondered the problem many time walking to various places around town with one sleeve unfashionably dangling down, and the other up and exposing a lonely elbow and its forearm.</p> <p>Body tape: yes but what do you do when you want to remove the blazer? And that happens. Rubber band: it cuts my circulation too. Muscles: I do work out, but my muscles never want to bulge out enough to make a difference... AJ I am very intrigued by the pony tail scrunchies you describe. What on earth is it? I visualize a Barbie ponytail of soft hair... I'm sure that's not it... </p> <p>Let me add my own stopgap solution to the list. When wearing a shirt underneath, I like to pull the sleeves' cuff out and fold them over the blazer's. When style allows. It makes it stick up longer, as the shirt is usually cotton, not silk like the lining, and also narrows the sleeves. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-sleeves-rolled-up#post-423955 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 22:05:26 +0000 Theory and Practice 423955@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Tarzy,<br /> Try a bigger sized rubberband. Something that is just a tad snug, but not uncomfortable. In a pinch I've even used ouchless elastic bands. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-sleeves-rolled-up#post-423930 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 21:38:08 +0000 tarzy 423930@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gah - just realized this is a year old thread. Honestly, there should be a big red warning or something! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-sleeves-rolled-up#post-423929 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 21:37:07 +0000 tarzy 423929@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have the same problem. My sleeves never stay "scrunched." I envy Angie's ability to look so effortlessly scrunched all the time. I've tried the rubber band trick, but it cut off my circulation. </p> <p>I still can't get over how amazing you looked at breakfast last Saturday! So gorgeous! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-sleeves-rolled-up#post-423928 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 21:36:41 +0000 Lenni A 423928@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I find mine don't stay rolled if I just roll them up to a 3/4 length but if I roll them up to just at or above the elbows, then they stay up! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-sleeves-rolled-up#post-423921 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 21:24:03 +0000 Elly 423921@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I guess I just have arm muscles-- most women's shirts will stay scrunched on me if I roll (sometimes sloppily, as this adds more bulk) and then push them up on wider garments and just push up on narrower ones. My forearms near the elbows in the muscle-y part are quite a bit wider than my elbows, so they act as a "catch." Do most women have arms like that? I always just assumed they did. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-sleeves-rolled-up#post-423911 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 21:13:08 +0000 Theory and Practice 423911@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wear tons of blazers and I love to have a scrunched sleeve. What I do to keep them scrunched is put rubber bands over the sleeve right into the bend of my elbow and adjust the scrunch to cover the rubber band. Works like a charm! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-sleeves-rolled-up#post-113535 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:03:49 +0000 AJ 113535@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've never tried it, but turn the sleeve inside out and safety pin the seams to the height you want.<br /> Another idea is to take a big soft ponytail holder/scrunchie and as you are rolling your blazer sleeve, put the scrunchie in before the last fold or two.<br /> Maybe even see how much it would cost at the tailors to ruche the sleeves of the tops that you like to wear this way.<br /> Again, I've never tried any of these, but that's what came to my mind. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-sleeves-rolled-up#post-113516 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:28:55 +0000 Vani 113516@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Maya, not a dumb question at all. I've had the same problem with my BF blazer. I eventually figured that after rolling the sleeves up normally to the length I want, one accordian style (push the fold over a layer of the sleeve, I wish I could show you how) fold seems to keep them in place much better. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-sleeves-rolled-up#post-113512 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:26:00 +0000 chewyspaghetti 113512@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Have you tried using the invisible dress tape? I've never used it for that, but I don't seem to have thsi issue. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-sleeves-rolled-up#post-113507 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:14:46 +0000 Maya 113507@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>AJ! Too funny! I totally fell for it.</p> <p>I roll my BF blazer sleeves, but I think the lining is so silky and slippery that they just slip down again.</p> <p>With the shirt, I like the look of scrunched sleeves rather than rolled sleeves, but if that is inevitably going to fail me, I guess I should just roll them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-sleeves-rolled-up#post-113448 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:33:05 +0000 Louise 113448@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Do you push or roll?<br /> Mine don't stay if i just push them up but i ususally fold them back a couple of times this seems to do the trick x </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-sleeves-rolled-up#post-113439 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:03:23 +0000 AJ 113439@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well my secret is to take Super Glue and put just a tad bit on the inside of the cuff and then hold it on your arm where you want it to stay and wait a few seconds. It's a pain to take off at the end of the night but so worth it cause you don't have to mess with it all the time. I'M JOKING!! : )<br /> Well, I'm not sure what you mean. Don't you just roll up the sleeve to the height that you want? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-sleeves-rolled-up#post-113437 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:42:48 +0000 Maya 113437@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is a really dumb question but I just can't figure it out. I want to keep my bf blazer sleeves up, as is the style, but they never stay that way. Same with my plaid shirt, which has to stay pushed up because the sleeves are too short. What's the secret? </p>