https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jean-hacking-frenzy Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 27 Apr 2026 19:59:28 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jean-hacking-frenzy#post-1631253 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 12:30:15 +0000 Tanya 1631253@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I haven't done it yet, but I intend to do exactly as you have done.&nbsp; I also have two pairs of straight jeans that are getting no wear at all so they are ripe for hacking.&nbsp; One is high rise made of dressier uniform dark denim so those I plan to hem.&nbsp; The other one is more casual so I will probably leave the hem raw.&nbsp; I will post the pictures to get length advice at some point in the next week. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jean-hacking-frenzy#post-1631101 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 02:24:23 +0000 Aziraphale 1631101@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks, Beth Ann! You are funny. (That reminds me...remember back in December when I had the bad Sound of Music haircut? Your comment, which I didn't see until way later, was hilarious -- something like <i>how to solve the problem of Maria</i>). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jean-hacking-frenzy#post-1631091 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 02:03:57 +0000 Beth Ann 1631091@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Atta girl! &nbsp;Be the boss of your clothes! &nbsp;I'm excited to try new denim silhouettes, since my world gets more casual all the time. &nbsp;However, it does take some work to get the new proportions right when putting together outfits! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jean-hacking-frenzy#post-1630909 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 18:28:02 +0000 Aziraphale 1630909@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Jules! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jean-hacking-frenzy#post-1630829 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 16:09:59 +0000 RoseandJoan 1630829@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Just make sure you leave a couple of pairs full length </p> <p>Your title made me think of Edward Scissor Hands which is never a bad thing.</p> <p>Good luck with the shoe experiment, I'm sure you'll have a pair of Fluvogs (sp?) which work&nbsp; perfectly. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jean-hacking-frenzy#post-1630807 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 15:42:28 +0000 Aziraphale 1630807@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks, Suz! Actually, the R&amp;B jeans I tried on yesterday are pictured in that blog post you linked to. But the model is wearing low-vamp heels with them. Could I do that? I like how the low-vamp heels look with my recently chopped wide-leg pants, but that's a much different look -- more like slim culottes.</p> <p>I do have ankle-strap heels that are very high, but it's not an everyday look for me. I have 3" block-heeled sandal boots that should work. I'll have to experiment later on tonight. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jean-hacking-frenzy#post-1630788 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 15:02:22 +0000 Suz 1630788@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie says about 2 to 4 inches above ankle BONE and for shoes, wear something with a higher vamp or ankle strap. She has <a rel="nofollow" href="http://youlookfab.com/2016/01/28/huge-trend-flared-cropped-jeans/">some blog posts </a>about this.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jean-hacking-frenzy#post-1630774 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 14:40:52 +0000 Aziraphale 1630774@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, I can see the lower rise being a problem, Angie. The fit on the waist of the R&amp;B ones I tried on yesterday was very nice -- and I agree that a slightly higher rise elongates the leg. But I can't bring myself to buy jeans that I'm going to immediately take the scissors to! I would be different if I was taking them to get professionally hemmed -- but what I love about this cropped jean/kick-flare trend is the raw edges. :-)</p> <p>Any advice on how to wear these experimental self-chopped ones so I don't look like my legs are six inches long? It needs to be heels, but which heels look most current? How much leg should be exposed?</p> <p></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jean-hacking-frenzy#post-1630771 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 14:35:42 +0000 Angie 1630771@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Elisabeth, it's because the fit on my lower legs is better with the real deal - <i>you know I can split hairs about fit</i>. The rises are also a little higher, which elongates the leg line when I semi-tuck. The old jeans that I hacked have very low rises, which shorten the leg line.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jean-hacking-frenzy#post-1630761 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 14:23:07 +0000 Aziraphale 1630761@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>smittie -- I'm short too, so I usually have to hem, although with most jeans these days (they seem to make the inseams shorter now) I only have to hem them an inch or two. But I remember back when skinnies were first popular, or even further back, when flares were in (circa 2002!) and many jeans came in a 34" inseam. Ack! I would always hold out for jeans that were no longer than 32", but I'd still have to chop them.</p> <p>Diana -- I love that you're wearing a <i>third incarnation</i> of your jeans!</p> <p>Angie -- Glad to hear you wear yours! My next step is to figure out how to wear them so I don't look like a shrimpie. How do you mean, the "real thing" is better? Is it because the frayed edge looks better? Or because of the higher waist? (I'm usually more excited by a brand-new item, but since I'm not sure if I can make these cropped straights work, this seems like an inexpensive trial run).</p> <p>Suz, I wear quite a few pairs of my jeans rolled up with ankle boots, so only a sliver of skin shows. This has pretty much been a FFBO this past winter, actually. But it's a different look with rolled racers (I have some too!) and Dres -- more of a slim-boyfriend style. I don't find it leg-shortening at all because of "closing the gap". My recently-hacked straight legs have a much wider leg, and for some reason I feel that a raw hem is a completely different look than a rolled hem. But yes, they shorten my legs A LOT. I think I can only get away with this look with heels.</p> <p>El Cee -- sadly, I can't wear mine with flats or flat sandals. I love the look on others -- especially when you see them worn with flat oxfords or sneaks -- but I don't have the height or leg length for it! Grrr.</p> <p>texstyle -- I am an old pro at hacking jeans into shorts, too. I've been doing it since I was a teenager. In fact I've never actually bought a pair of denim shorts -- mine have always been self-cutoff jeans! Shorts are much less troublesome than crops, because they don't seem to have the same leg-shortening issues.</p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jean-hacking-frenzy#post-1630748 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 13:54:01 +0000 texstyle 1630748@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I did try hacking a pair of dark denim that were a boot cut style I never wore. I ended up hacking again into shorts though and was much happier with the end result that way. I don't think the typical cropped kick or cropped straight is for me - though I do have a pair of cropped slim jeans with embroidered large hems and those do work for me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jean-hacking-frenzy#post-1630735 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 13:18:26 +0000 El Cee 1630735@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My first try at the crop flare look was last summer when I hacked off a pair of old bootcuts that were no longer PPL after years of laundering. I left the edges unhemmed and frayed them. I may have cropped them a bit too short, but they are still fun for summer wear with cute flats or sandals.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jean-hacking-frenzy#post-1630611 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 04:18:52 +0000 Suz 1630611@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have! I cut off a pair of old skinnies that I wasn't wearing much. They have a slightly higher waist. The only trouble is, they barely fit because my weight is up a bit, so they're less than gloriously comfortable. Having said that, they look good.&nbsp;</p> <p>I'm also going to crop my old white Kuts, and probably a few other pairs.&nbsp;</p> <p>I also wear my Racers rolled up to crop length quite a bit in summer especially. That works on me as long as I wear a relatively monochrome outfit (i.e. column of colour more or less). Otherwise my legs are shortened too much.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jean-hacking-frenzy#post-1630516 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 02:10:13 +0000 Angie 1630516@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes. Twice. Skinnies and straight legs. Okay, and wear both pairs that have been hacked. Not as good as the real thing though.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jean-hacking-frenzy#post-1630506 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 01:57:35 +0000 Diana 1630506@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The kick crops I was experimenting with last summer were actually some really ancient bootcuts, which I had hacked off 4-5 years ago and used to wear rolled up as clamdiggers. I just unrolled the hems (which were raw bc I am lazy and never bothered to hem them) and voila, kick flares. Pretty good for a third incarnation of an ancient pair of jeans. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jean-hacking-frenzy#post-1630499 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 01:49:41 +0000 Anonymous 1630499@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, yes, I have been cutting off my skinny jeans myself for a while now and have been rolling them to cropped height. The thing is, my legs are so short that I have to cut off a LOT of material, so much so that the cut line is quite a bit wider than my ankle. So basically, I think I've inadvertently been wearing cropped jeans for years without realizing that this was not the right look. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jean-hacking-frenzy#post-1630494 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 01:38:04 +0000 Aziraphale 1630494@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I had a field trip to the Vancouver Art Gallery today, and on my way back to the car I walked right by a shop that had the cutest cropped R&amp;B cutoff straight leg jeans. I'm a little unsure about cutoff flares, but I love the vibe of the straight ones -- provided they have raw hems. These ones had a colour variation on the hem that made it look like they'd been hemmed before, washed a lot, and then un-hemmed -- you know what I mean, right?&nbsp;</p> <p>Anyway, I dashed in to try them on. Predictably, they were too long on me -- almost cropped but not really. It was sad because they fit nicely at the waist. (I'm trying to develop a tolerance for higher waisted pants; these ones were a bit higher than my usual, but not truly high). It's not like I could have them shortened, unless I want to do that thing where they cut off the hem and re-sew it on, which is never quite the same.</p> <p>But then, on the way home, occurred to me that I have <i>two</i> pairs of straight leg jeans that get almost no wear because the legs are wider than has been fashionable for about a decade. After my success with the chopping of the wide-leg jeans the other day, I decided to have another go! Now I have two pairs of raw-hem crops. The only difference is that the waist is lower than the ones they're selling now. We'll see if I feel "current" wearing them, or just silly. ;-)</p> <p>Anyone else tried the self-made cropped jeans approach? Did you have success? </p>