https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/it-is-my-turn-now-for-slouchy-trousers Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 10 May 2026 23:16:56 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/it-is-my-turn-now-for-slouchy-trousers/page/2#post-602560 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 03:58:42 +0000 Fruitful 602560@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, thanks Jonesy! The Phillip Lim outfits are gorgeous, my favourites! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/it-is-my-turn-now-for-slouchy-trousers/page/2#post-602559 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 03:52:14 +0000 Fruitful 602559@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sveta, I loved seeing you in the slouchy pants! But I understand your reservations, and am intrigued by your dedication to PPP (I am, but sort of falling off that wagon)! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/it-is-my-turn-now-for-slouchy-trousers/page/2#post-602555 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 03:27:35 +0000 Sveta 602555@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ah Jonesy, there could be no battle as I am at least one size bigger than you in pants!:-) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/it-is-my-turn-now-for-slouchy-trousers/page/2#post-602553 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 03:25:27 +0000 Jonesy 602553@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, I'm glad that my pics were helpful and persuasive, even if the persuasion was in the opposite direction of what I was imagining :). It's really great that you have zeroed in on exactly what you want. Now hopefully the fashion gods and goddesses will supply you with your Dream Slouchy Pants sometime soon!</p> <p>LOL about the floral pants from Chicago--we could have had a battle on the Macy's floor over them :)! But, your polka dot dress is super-awesome, so that's a good consolation prize! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/it-is-my-turn-now-for-slouchy-trousers/page/2#post-602320 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:26:50 +0000 Sveta 602320@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie, shorten to what length? I have not thought about this option...<br /> Yep, I am so frustrated that Jonesy found her floral trousers while I was getting my polka-dot dress sorted out: I could have tried them on as well and who knows what would have happened...:-) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/it-is-my-turn-now-for-slouchy-trousers/page/2#post-602288 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:55:46 +0000 Angie 602288@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ah. Sveta. I was also going to suggest that you shorten the black trousers seeing as they fit so well on the thigh and seat (sorry that I was late with my suggestion - I am jetlagged). </p> <p>J. Crew does GREAT tall lengths in bottoms. Keep an eye out for the right styling on their website. </p> <p>Una, as much as I would like to generalize about slouchy trouser fits - it's hard to write guidelines for it. Some styles have dropped crotches whereas others have regular length rises. Some are pleated, some are flat front. Some are high waisted. And so the variables continue. </p> <p>More thanks to Jonesy for her great visuals! Sveta needs a pair of pants like the floral pair you bought in Chicago. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/it-is-my-turn-now-for-slouchy-trousers/page/2#post-602272 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:46:33 +0000 Transcona Shannon 602272@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It looks like you've really thought this out Sveta so good decision made. You've learned from the process and are now ready to move forward in finding the perfect slouchy trousers. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/it-is-my-turn-now-for-slouchy-trousers/page/2#post-602245 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:29:00 +0000 Sveta 602245@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It is very interesting but I came to the decision to return the slouchy trousers before opening this thread and reading Angie's comment. Sorry, Jonesy - but it was you who helped me make up my mind or more precisely the pictures you attached to your post. After going throug them and identifying which I liked and which i did not like I realized that I really like the slouchy trousers to be longer and a bit more relaxed below the knee while still tapered (I would enjoy to have a bit more room at my calves too :-). I am diligently following Angie's PPP principle and don't wnat to settle for something "good enough"!<br /> On the positive note these trousers helped me to understand that this style can indeed work for me and look good - something I was not sure about before. Now I can invest some energy and money into finding a perfect pair knowing that it is worth it - and thank you all for helping me to understand that!<br /> I am also returning the blue jeans: I really want to find something more relaxed that skinnies for lighter color...tight behind and thighs make me uncomfortable. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/it-is-my-turn-now-for-slouchy-trousers/page/2#post-602116 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:43:39 +0000 Scarlet 602116@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love the fit of the trousers EXCEPT that length drives me batty. I know a lot of people like it, but it just reminds me so of elderly ladies. Think twice about returning the jeans. I think they look good and that photos in this case show wrinkles and add girth that just aren't there in real life. Take a long hard look in the mirror and ask hubby. If you shortened them like Angie's recent post I think they could be really fun. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/it-is-my-turn-now-for-slouchy-trousers/page/2#post-602107 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:33:55 +0000 Elly 602107@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is not helpful at all (although I do like the slouchy pants, but as a fellow tall-ish girl, I like my pants as long as possible-- and these aren't bad but are short enough to make me nervous), but I just wanted to point out that I think you look rather proportionate in these pictures. Yes, you do have pear tendencies, but I also see lovely broad shoulders. I think this helps with the dramatic side to your style. </p> <p>Also, I have the same problem with skinny pants--- I don't even have "big" calves (I think mine are in the 14-15 inch range) but often can't pull skinny pants up over my calves . . . and if they fit in the calves, the upper thighs are another hurdle before I ever get to booty fit! Straight leg pants usually fit clingy like skinnies on me, and often wide-leg but not crazy pants fit like straight legs. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/it-is-my-turn-now-for-slouchy-trousers/page/2#post-602105 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:32:32 +0000 catgirl 602105@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie, can we get a tutorial on slouchy pants fit? Rise, length, scrunch, slouch, body types? I feel like lots of us are struggling and not sure how to give feedback! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/it-is-my-turn-now-for-slouchy-trousers/page/2#post-602102 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:26:41 +0000 cinnamon fern 602102@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Jonesey's #6 and #7 are horrifying, esp when I bear in mind that these women's legs are probably a foot longer than mine. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/it-is-my-turn-now-for-slouchy-trousers/page/2#post-602090 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:08:41 +0000 Angie 602090@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sveta, to my eye these slouchy trousers would be killer if they were 3 inches longer. </p> <p>To Jonesy's point, slouchy pants are being shown shorter on the runways too - very, very hard look to pull off, even on slim leggy models. It is as clear as day seeing Jonesy's models pics side by side how much better the longer trouser versions look, (to me, that is :)) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/it-is-my-turn-now-for-slouchy-trousers/page/2#post-602084 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:03:40 +0000 cheryle (Dianthus) 602084@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi Sveta. I was absent this weekend - busy driving my new car - and am just trying to catch up a bit.</p> <p>I like the slouchy pants on you. I don't mind the length either. You have gorgeous long legs and that gives you more leeway on the length I think.</p> <p>I am glad you were able to find a pair that works. Now to style... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/it-is-my-turn-now-for-slouchy-trousers/page/2#post-601796 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 04:12:29 +0000 ManidipaM 601796@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, Jonesy's got lots of looks catalogued! So useful for all bodies!</p> <p>Sveta and Una, I suspect the scrunching or non-scrunching ideal may vary from body shape or proportions to body shape... That said, I suspect it helps to have a little more slouch on tall girls, to show the length is intentional and not accidentally cropped by height; whereas with petites it could go either way. Also, again a personal preference, but I think a slouchy taper is better than a sharp one on curvy girls (speaking as one myself) to avoid looking peg-legged.</p> <p>And oh, Sveta, DO i hear you on the calf fit issue! As a petite wearing regular sizes, I can get away with straight legs, but have yet to find a true skinny (as opposed to just slim fit) that actually fits me! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/it-is-my-turn-now-for-slouchy-trousers/page/2#post-601783 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 03:49:43 +0000 Sveta 601783@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ah Jonesy, you are a connoisseur of slouchy pants! Thanks for the inspirational pictures, I am going to study them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/it-is-my-turn-now-for-slouchy-trousers/page/2#post-601782 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 03:46:06 +0000 Jonesy 601782@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sveta, you must keep these pants!! Scrunch at the bottom can go either way. Slouchy pants can be long and drapey, slightly cropped, scrunched, not scrunched....there aren't really any "rules," though some silhouettes may flatter some bodies more than others. I think if you let out the hem an inch, they will look fab, or even fabber (since they already look fab).</p> <p>Some pics of slouchy pants in various lengths, from the spring RTW 3.1 Phillip Lim collection (1-6), Chloe (7-8), Dries van Noten (9), below.</p> <p>ETA: I just added some more, from Balenciaga. This is a little different silhouette: Sitting at the waist, pleated/slouchy through the hips, then a relatively slim leg ending right above the ankle. My point is that there are lots of different takes on slouchy pants right now. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/it-is-my-turn-now-for-slouchy-trousers/page/2#post-601767 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 02:57:13 +0000 Sveta 601767@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That is a pretty emotional endorsement, Kyle - thanks!<br /> Claire, you are right. I asked my hubby to make pictures of my ...hmm.. backside in Paige flares in dark wash and these cobalt jeans so I can compare. They fit exactly the same in the thighs but because dark wash does not show every wrinkle and crease as easily as the lighter one they are OK... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/it-is-my-turn-now-for-slouchy-trousers#post-601763 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 02:51:13 +0000 Anonymous 601763@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Something about colored jeans, the fabric shows everything. These looked fine to me from the pictures, but I'll trust your judgement. </p> <p>I am no expert on slouchy pants, but I love the front view of the black pants with the waist tie--so elegant! I think bigger is better with these, and I wouldn't take them in. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/it-is-my-turn-now-for-slouchy-trousers#post-601762 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 02:49:22 +0000 Kyle 601762@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Please do not return the black trousers. I think they are fab on you, truly. But do let out the hem on them. Those are going to be killer. Killer! Hold out for the perfect cobalts and you will find them. I'm not sold on the idea of shortening these. You are just too fab. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/it-is-my-turn-now-for-slouchy-trousers#post-601760 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 02:44:59 +0000 Sveta 601760@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yep Una, it is not easy to learn a new thing - especially when our style guru is away!<br /> We will learn together... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/it-is-my-turn-now-for-slouchy-trousers#post-601755 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 02:42:22 +0000 catgirl 601755@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think some of us need a tutorial on slouchy pants and cropped/ankle vs. scrunch requirements. My posts have also gotten feedback both ways, and I am entirely clueless myself! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/it-is-my-turn-now-for-slouchy-trousers#post-601754 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 02:39:15 +0000 Sveta 601754@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you all for commenting and moral support. As this style is completely alien to me I value your feedback so much!<br /> I think I need Angie's assessment as a final decision point. I see two concerns here: the length and the contrast between a loose top and tapered legs.<br /> On the length they do cover my ankle bones and this is what Angie said I need in one of her threads. If I let out another inch it will be covering it with a bit to spare. It will not give me any scrunch though.<br /> As for the contrast between the top and the tapered legs...well, when you have hips this is how it will look I guess. I don't know if it looks right or not and again I would need Angie's help there.<br /> I also bought a pattern of pleated slouchy trousers and I may ask my mom to make ones for me as well if these ones won't work.<br /> I have made up my mind to return the blue jeans. Not because of the length - I could have shortened them to the clam length if nothing else worked - but because I don't really like that snug fit when the color is that light. I am afraid they will end up like my red jeans which I can wear with tunics only and it is very limiting. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/it-is-my-turn-now-for-slouchy-trousers#post-601741 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 02:18:48 +0000 Beth Ann 601741@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sveta: Love the idea of the slouchy pants on you, but I think I'd like they better with a little "scrunch" in the ankles and a little less "extreme" in the taper -- most I've seen aren't quite so peg-legged. That said -- I don't have this look figured out yet and some of the others do. I love the rise on you and the look in the top half of the pant is perfection.</p> <p>As for the cobalt skinnies -- could it be that the fabrication isn't quite right? A thicker denim with less stretch won't get those "wrinkles" across the backside quite as easily. I say this as a gal with curvy thighs and calves. I've noticed that my lighter-weight, super-stretchy pants offend the most. I either size up (with creates some issues in the belly area -- I feel your pain) or I look for another fabrication.</p> <p>BTW -- You look great! Tall and curvy is an awesome combination! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/it-is-my-turn-now-for-slouchy-trousers#post-601724 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 01:40:17 +0000 Deborah 601724@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love the slouch pants on you Sveta. The fit looks perfect. They are incredibly flattering. </p> <p>Given you misgivings regarding the cobalt jeans I would return. I like but don't love them. I think you will find better. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/it-is-my-turn-now-for-slouchy-trousers#post-601697 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:57:43 +0000 Jaime 601697@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmmm, first reaction - love slouchy pants, blue jeans bad length. Read responses - thought, hmmm, would they slouchy pants look better a bit longer? Hadn't even thought of that! Blue jeans shortened - would do if I thrifted them, not sure if they were expensive. Look again, hmmm, no, I really like slouchy pants, will leave the rest up to you and everyone else. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/it-is-my-turn-now-for-slouchy-trousers#post-601637 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:18:31 +0000 Anonymous 601637@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't think those slouchy pants are too low. IMO they look better and are kind of meant to be low slung. They look great on you, they could have more scrounching around the ankle but I don't they they need to.</p> <p>I'm not crazy for the cobalt jeans, love the color and yes maybe if you shorten them that would do it. Are they comfortable? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/it-is-my-turn-now-for-slouchy-trousers#post-601636 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:15:54 +0000 lynn 601636@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I really like the black pants except for the length. I'm not sure an inch is enough unless you wear flats with them. I actually like the cobalt ones if you shorten them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/it-is-my-turn-now-for-slouchy-trousers#post-601606 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 22:14:24 +0000 Anonymous 601606@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ah, I admit, the slouchy pant thing is growing on me. I think that since these are sooo easy to get wrong, you are better off waiting for Angie, especially given the price tag. </p> <p>As far as the cobalt cropped skinnies, I don't see an issue per se, especially if you plan to crop them to a more flattering length. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/it-is-my-turn-now-for-slouchy-trousers#post-601590 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 21:36:43 +0000 sarah 601590@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sveta, I think that the slouchy pants are FAB and I would NOT take them in the hips/thighs. I think they're perfect the way they are!</p> <p>I would pass on the cobalt jeans. </p>