https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-the-spirit-of-giving-it-the-old-college-try Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:33:15 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-the-spirit-of-giving-it-the-old-college-try/page/2#post-1791611 Sun, 26 Mar 2017 17:16:20 +0000 Suz 1791611@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Janet</b>, I'm with those who say you can wear this well, if you choose to. My own short waist and long rise does lead to some similar issues with higher waists but my adaptations are rather like <b>Ummlila'</b>s and that helps. It's all in whether you want to bother. I have really enjoyed the denim culotte as a warm weather option. I don't wear on the stickiest days but it's great for evenings -- much cooler than typical jeans, which for me grab thighs -- as for you.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-the-spirit-of-giving-it-the-old-college-try/page/2#post-1791587 Sun, 26 Mar 2017 15:17:59 +0000 Janet 1791587@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm glad this was helpful or entertaining for many of you! Sometimes I feel compelled to suck up my vanity and share the non-flattering things I try. Maybe I'm too self-deprecating or just a glutton for punishment. </p> <p>But in all seriousness, I am glad if this is helpful. I have gotten in the habit of taking frequent dressing room photos, and it really helps me figure out what's going on with fit and flattery when I'm on the fence, or even when I know it's a "no" to help me identify *why* it's a "no." </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-the-spirit-of-giving-it-the-old-college-try/page/2#post-1791556 Sun, 26 Mar 2017 13:18:34 +0000 Sheila 1791556@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you for showing us this Janet. </p> <p>I am similar to you... I imagine my bust would be hitting the belt loops. </p> <p>Really dislike high waisted pants/ shorts anything...</p> <p>However at the same time I am contemplating # 2. I have a pair of thin drapey Frank Lyman navy pants that are way too long - I am thinking of cutting them about 2 inches above the ankle to show off some shoes. </p> <p>IF I wore a tunic style top I now think it would work... maybe to the crotch length. I am feeling it now...after seeing your # 2. &nbsp;</p> <p>Wonderful inspiration....</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-the-spirit-of-giving-it-the-old-college-try/page/2#post-1791461 Sun, 26 Mar 2017 01:00:18 +0000 rachylou 1791461@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lol. Very River Runs Through It </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-the-spirit-of-giving-it-the-old-college-try/page/2#post-1791455 Sun, 26 Mar 2017 00:31:11 +0000 Anonymous 1791455@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>As always, <b>Janet</b>, your bravery inspires me. &nbsp;I am even more inspired to try this silhouette on. &nbsp;Unlike you, I very much doubt I would ever post it. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-the-spirit-of-giving-it-the-old-college-try/page/2#post-1791307 Sat, 25 Mar 2017 12:58:27 +0000 viva 1791307@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I also think a less stiff fabric could work. Then again, I saw a picture taken of me yesterday in my drapier wide crops and I looked QUITE wide. I try not to think about it. I love the comfort, and I will keep wearing mine, but it's really not a flattering look, even on someone who doesn't have hips to begin with.</p> <p>As for the high waist thing, I'm with you. I am short-waisted and have a couple of higher-waisted pants. I cannot expose the waistband or I look like I am drowning. I think I'm actually going to pass a pair on because they really are not comfortable. We have to work with what works on us. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-the-spirit-of-giving-it-the-old-college-try/page/2#post-1791243 Sat, 25 Mar 2017 03:23:10 +0000 Brooklyn 1791243@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You are a good sport Put me in the no 2 could work with some tweaking camp. I think a less stiff fabric would help. And I totally get the desire to have some air circulation around the thighs. Especially in warm weather. This is part of the reason why I am going to experiment with this look myself. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-the-spirit-of-giving-it-the-old-college-try/page/2#post-1791238 Sat, 25 Mar 2017 02:45:03 +0000 Anonymous 1791238@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you for being a good sport. I do see what you mean in #1. If I superimposed my body over yours, my feet would be UNDER the pants, that's how short my legs are. </p> <p>Like Angie says, I definitely think you could make #2 work, maybe with an untucked curved hem. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-the-spirit-of-giving-it-the-old-college-try/page/2#post-1791229 Sat, 25 Mar 2017 01:15:44 +0000 gradfashionista 1791229@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's not you, it's the pants. You pull them off well in #2, but I'd love to see that style with just a bit less volume. I have a long rise and long torso and have found the rise to be too high on many culottes/wide-leg bottoms. In fact, my own recently taken incriminating photos of new jeans--one wide-leg, the other skinny--convinced me to go back to long skinnies. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-the-spirit-of-giving-it-the-old-college-try/page/2#post-1791220 Sat, 25 Mar 2017 00:26:52 +0000 Momo 1791220@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmmmm 2 isn't bad.. it is hard to get used to the wide pants though . I agree that if anyone can it is you ! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-the-spirit-of-giving-it-the-old-college-try/page/2#post-1791206 Fri, 24 Mar 2017 23:35:50 +0000 UmmLila (Lisa) 1791206@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a similarly short waist and this is how I look in just a tank and wide pants (except that my legs are shorter).</p> <p>I think it could work with an almost-cropped knit top that has a banded bottom that only slightly covers the high waist of the pants.&nbsp;</p> <p>I have also worn a cropped, little wide sweater with wide jeans successfully. (See finds.)</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-the-spirit-of-giving-it-the-old-college-try/page/2#post-1791205 Fri, 24 Mar 2017 23:26:48 +0000 Aziraphale 1791205@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Janet, you're a good sport, and I haven't read everyone else's responses, but here's my cold read: yes, they fit. In #1, your legs look a mile long, and your torso looks humorously short. I've seen you in other pics and your torso is definitely NOT humorously short, which means these pants are a fail. In #2, it's not too bad, but still not particularly flattering. I think it would work better if the rise was a bit lower, actually, and if the overall fit was looser. You've got a fabulous figure, so just move on to the next pair and see if you like the look.</p> <p>This is part of the reason wide-leg cropped pants don't get a lot of love from the general population. If a tall woman with a great bod has to work hard to get the proportions right, what do us short women do? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-the-spirit-of-giving-it-the-old-college-try/page/2#post-1791196 Fri, 24 Mar 2017 22:42:04 +0000 jill58 1791196@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Janet, I too love the idea of wide crops and thought they might be an interesting change. My body type is much like yours so it's interesting to &nbsp;see you in these pants. I'm wondering if the problem is that they're just a bit too wide in the legs. I keep thinking that this should be a rather flattering style but I'm not sure if they're as easy to pull off as I originally thought. I wouldn't give up. I don't think this pair is perfect -- I think you can do better. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-the-spirit-of-giving-it-the-old-college-try/page/2#post-1791174 Fri, 24 Mar 2017 19:44:00 +0000 Karie 1791174@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>#2 has potential, but it all depends on how much you want to work at styling that silhouette. In spring and summer I tend to put a lot more work on new and interesting stylings, whereas in the cold winter months I fall back on the same old, same old outfit formulas. The right cropped top and the right footwear will work wonders. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-the-spirit-of-giving-it-the-old-college-try/page/2#post-1791166 Fri, 24 Mar 2017 19:30:54 +0000 karen13 1791166@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you for post - I have nothing new to add, but I'm in the camp that says #2 looks pretty good. I hear you on the joy of non-calf sucking. I recently bought some trouser jeans from BR that just feel good - because the leg is looser. I will probably not indulge the wide crop trend as I am 5'2", burn like crazy and don't have the footwear to support it.But I like it on you. &nbsp;Maybe try a drapier fabric, kind of palazzo pant but shorter? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-the-spirit-of-giving-it-the-old-college-try/page/2#post-1791153 Fri, 24 Mar 2017 19:01:48 +0000 Kate 1791153@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You're a great sport to try these on and show us. I actually like the wide legged crops with the untucked top. You look good. But if you're like me, you have to feel right in something, and if you don't, you'll always pass over it when getting dressed. So if you don't feel right, pass 'em up. Maybe you'll run across a pair with a lower rise that will hit your sweet spot, and you'll end up living in them all summer. The wide legged, high rise crops I bought last summer I wore all the time. I loved the ease and breeziness of them in our wretched heat and humidity. They are barely JFE. And that was just fine. I've got three versions coming to me from Angie's picks of a couple of days ago, hoping to find another pair that I can use to cover my shanks while beating the heat. And I'm with Angie: I don't see any weight gain. You must be carrying those pounds in your purse, because they aren't showing up on you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-the-spirit-of-giving-it-the-old-college-try/page/2#post-1791143 Fri, 24 Mar 2017 18:38:01 +0000 Ledonna N. 1791143@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You are such a great sport. Hahaha. Proves to me you can have sky high kegs and something stll not look right. You are beautiful and these are unflattering. But you did try and you shared. Thank you </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-the-spirit-of-giving-it-the-old-college-try#post-1791141 Fri, 24 Mar 2017 18:33:09 +0000 Anonymous 1791141@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Actually, in 2, you look like you might be exactly the type of person to look really good in these? I might choose black for you rather than green but you wear the style really well! I think you of you as being good at incorporating new trends in a way that looks natural to you and I also think these are flattering to your body.<br />A little more dressed option maybe in black? And black shoes or suede boots? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-the-spirit-of-giving-it-the-old-college-try#post-1791138 Fri, 24 Mar 2017 18:22:17 +0000 approprio 1791138@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have <b>exactly</b> this problem with high waisted pants. They are rather comfortable though. Good under a fitted top that ends just below the waistline.&nbsp;</p> <p>Now I understand why these wide-legged jeans I'm wearing Just Don't Work when cropped - the waist is too high. Thanks for the insight. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-the-spirit-of-giving-it-the-old-college-try#post-1791135 Fri, 24 Mar 2017 18:12:11 +0000 AndiB 1791135@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wouldn't abandon the trend, just wait for the perfect pair. &nbsp;There are more and more coming on line. &nbsp;I am waiting for delivery of two pairs right now. &nbsp;I have a terrific navy wide leg ponte JCrew from last season, oh how I wish I'd gotten them in black too. &nbsp;What I find for me and this style is more fitted at waist and hips, and not quite such a large flare in the legs. &nbsp;I'll see if I can do finds for my soon to be arrivals, one may have come from an Angie post earlier in the week. &nbsp;</p> <p>well, here are links, not sure how to do a find...</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.jcrew.com/p/F9246?srcCode=FBLK00001&amp;color_name=dark-rinse">https://www.jcrew.com/p/F9246?.....dark-rinse</a></p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.madewell.com/madewell_category/DENIMBAR/flarejeans/PRDOVR~F2609/F2609.jsp">https://www.madewell.com/madew...../F2609.jsp</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-the-spirit-of-giving-it-the-old-college-try#post-1791120 Fri, 24 Mar 2017 17:25:23 +0000 Laurie 1791120@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>In my experience anything that doesn't feel amazing gets little to no wear in my closet and then goes to my wonderful friend,eventually,. &nbsp; You look and feel <i>so fantastic</i> in so many things - and if you put any one of those 200 &nbsp;awesome WIW photos next to this one, my eye is not going to go the wide legs. &nbsp; &nbsp; I have only a couple of wide leg items - 2 jumpsuits, one black and new one from Gap, striped. I love the concept and the photos on models, but then I feel much less happy when I see my own photos. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Perhaps a less stiff, more fluid fabric for your next wide-leg experiment?</p> <p>Thanks for sharing. &nbsp;We all could post more things that don't work for us here, not just the best outfits, as it's really instructive.</p> <p>Is this the summer we bike?! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-the-spirit-of-giving-it-the-old-college-try#post-1791105 Fri, 24 Mar 2017 16:13:54 +0000 Style Fan 1791105@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am with Angie.&nbsp; I think you could rock these with the right top.&nbsp; But you have to want to wear them.&nbsp; My Kamm pants are almost under my bust when I sit down.&nbsp; It is a very unusual feeling but not awful.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-the-spirit-of-giving-it-the-old-college-try#post-1791096 Fri, 24 Mar 2017 15:40:34 +0000 Anonymous 1791096@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I can see #2 working just fine for you.&nbsp; It's amazing how #1 adds about 20 pounds to your frame, and then just by untucking, it's 20 pounds gone.&nbsp; That's my kind of diet.&nbsp; :)</p> <p>Very generous of you to share this experiment in the interest of fashion research! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-the-spirit-of-giving-it-the-old-college-try#post-1791093 Fri, 24 Mar 2017 15:26:06 +0000 Jules 1791093@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm also short-waisted and the proportions of #2 are within my comfort zone. I feel like I want to see the crops with bare ankles, nude-ish or otherwise low contrast sandals with a heel, and light-coloured top with some shoulder-widening going on - nothing extreme, but the tank does not give the X-shape I think is required here (I realize it wasn't a styling choice on your part!). I'm specifically reminded of a wide, knee-length skirt I had about 10 years back when those were in - it just looked dumb with a tank top, but perfectly nice with a v-neck tee.<br />Like Angie, I think these could be pretty cool on you! </p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-the-spirit-of-giving-it-the-old-college-try#post-1791092 Fri, 24 Mar 2017 15:25:43 +0000 Angie 1791092@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Janet, it's TAILORED comfort, isn't it - <b>unlike BF jeans</b>. I'm GLAD you're open to the silhouette, and let that be an inspiration to others. FWIW, I hadn't noticed any weight gain. You look terrific.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-the-spirit-of-giving-it-the-old-college-try#post-1791091 Fri, 24 Mar 2017 15:20:32 +0000 Nebraskim 1791091@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>High-waisted things look like this on me as well. Why is that? Is it my slightly too-short torso? On me, anything mid-rise is "high waisted" and anything high-waisted hits me just under my breasts, almost like a baby-doll look. When fit instructions say that my waist is the narrowest part of my torso, is that supposed to be 4 inches higher than my belly-button? This is so frustrating for me. I do find the second look to be interesting on you. Would the high waist be uncomfortable and dig in? That's another reason why high waists are not appealing to me.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-the-spirit-of-giving-it-the-old-college-try#post-1791090 Fri, 24 Mar 2017 15:19:59 +0000 Elle 1791090@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think this style would be great in hot weather. &nbsp;But I don't think these particular pants are right for you. &nbsp;Maybe a pair that isn't as high waisted or with more drape or even (gasp) a bit narrower.... &nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-the-spirit-of-giving-it-the-old-college-try#post-1791089 Fri, 24 Mar 2017 15:17:37 +0000 chewyspaghetti 1791089@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What Angie said... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-the-spirit-of-giving-it-the-old-college-try#post-1791082 Fri, 24 Mar 2017 14:58:35 +0000 texstyle 1791082@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think with the right top the shape of #2 looks promising so I agree with Angie that maybe in denim a pair might be a good change and as you said offer that "air flow" that you might enjoy. All of these wide leg crops are kind of like wearing a maxi skirt in my eyes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/in-the-spirit-of-giving-it-the-old-college-try#post-1791077 Fri, 24 Mar 2017 14:47:43 +0000 Sara L. 1791077@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, #1 is not your friend but I like #2. &nbsp;I think those proportions look good on you. &nbsp;I had some wide-leg crops a few years back in a grey denim that I loved. &nbsp;They looked polished and the wide legs allowed air to circulate so they were actually fairly cool to wear in the summer. </p>