https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-experiment-with-wide-leg-pants Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 18 Apr 2026 20:25:22 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-experiment-with-wide-leg-pants#post-1738707 Tue, 11 Oct 2016 18:52:04 +0000 Anonymous 1738707@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Bonnie, you are so stylish.<br /> You look marvelous in everything and I like how you have styled everything and would not change a thing.<br /> I love these jeans and I really like how you ironed a pleat into them at the front.<br /> The length of the pants looks good to me.<br /> I do prefer the tunic with the skinnier pants as they both seem to have the same level of casualness. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-experiment-with-wide-leg-pants#post-1738702 Tue, 11 Oct 2016 18:17:16 +0000 Bonnie 1738702@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>peacechick: Thank you. Highlighting the waist was one of my challenges and I'm glad to hear that you like the way I did it.</p> <p>Diane G: Thank you. I think my next steps will be to shorten the length but that's a big step and a bit scary.</p> <p>Mirjana: Thank you, you are so supportive.</p> <p>mtnsofthemoon: Thank you. These pants are going to make me do a lot of shopping to make them work, but if they are the wave of the future I want to try to make them work. After I shorten them, I'll shop for shorter tops and toppers.</p> <p>Tanya: Thank you. That's good information - I guess my eye just needs to adjust to this new silhouette.</p> <p>Elizabeth P: Thank you. I could lose 2 inches in width, too, especially my hips. I hope you post your culotte styling because looking a photos of fabbers, not models, is very helpful.</p> <p>Bennett: Thank you. Trying the pants with different shoes is a great idea.</p> <p>rachylou: Thank you. I'm really leaning toward taking Angie's advice and hemming the pants although I think this length works, too.</p> <p>Traci: Thank you. I got the blazer idea from Pinterest and agree they look pretty good.</p> <p>Style Fan: Thank you. The Fly London boots are so comfortable. I wanted a style of boot more refined than the boots I usually wear but still a bit edgy and these seemed to fill that need.&nbsp;</p> <p>Joy: Thank you. I am getting a lot of good comments and suggestions which I really appreciate because these pants are a style that I would have never considered without Angie's support.</p> <p>El Cee: Thank you. You can see that I am busy working on my Fall/Winter Style Challenge, "Styling my new boots with pants". I didn't realize what a challenge I took on when I chose the wide leg pants.</p> <p>Suz: Thank you. Pinterest photos showed a lot of longer toppers with this style pant in their street style photos. I decided to use that as my inspiration because that's what I already have. I'm retired and feel free to be creative with my outfits and am having fun with this challenge.&nbsp;</p> <p>shevia: Thank you. I wore #8 shopping at our town's upscale shopping center and got several compliments. Then when I came out of the dressing room wearing the new pants, #7, two very fashionably dressed friends convinced me that my outfit looked fab. But this happened at Anthropologie so .......</p> <p>lyn67: Thank you. I like these looks, too.</p> <p>CocoCat: Thank you. I like this length, too. I think it is more conservative, if anything about these pants can be called conservative, and probably the shorter length is more trendy.</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-experiment-with-wide-leg-pants#post-1738612 Tue, 11 Oct 2016 13:19:50 +0000 Cococat 1738612@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My first reaction was Wow! I really like these looks, with favourites being 1-6. I can see Tanya and Angie's point about hemming but I still think that they look great as is the way you have styled them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-experiment-with-wide-leg-pants#post-1738587 Tue, 11 Oct 2016 12:22:40 +0000 lyn67 1738587@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, they fit you PERFECT! I like them &nbsp;at the length &nbsp;they are now&amp; find &nbsp;they are&nbsp;just gorgeous with all your longer toppers! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-experiment-with-wide-leg-pants#post-1738482 Tue, 11 Oct 2016 02:31:59 +0000 Jaime 1738482@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>#4 and #6 are my favorites - and absolutely show the appeal of the new wider jeans. I find the last two interesting, I'm not sure which I prefer and it might be that my eye is adapting to the new widths. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-experiment-with-wide-leg-pants#post-1738469 Tue, 11 Oct 2016 02:02:02 +0000 Suz 1738469@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I <b>really</b> like these on you with the longer open straight toppers and the tucked turtleneck, as well as with the denim jacket. #4 is my absolute favourite. I do think they might be shortened a little bit but that might ruin the hem detail, so it's a tough call. I know that I wear mine a little bit on the long side as well. I like what Joy said -- you've taken the trend and adapted it to your own style in a very thoughtful way.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-experiment-with-wide-leg-pants#post-1738440 Tue, 11 Oct 2016 00:35:24 +0000 El Cee 1738440@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>These outfits are all stunning, Bonnie. My personal favorites are 3, 4 and 5. This silhouette is fabulous on you.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-experiment-with-wide-leg-pants#post-1738436 Tue, 11 Oct 2016 00:20:19 +0000 Anonymous 1738436@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Bonnie, you have done a wonderful job of putting your personal style in this trend. I will be reading this thread with interest. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-experiment-with-wide-leg-pants#post-1738434 Tue, 11 Oct 2016 00:12:38 +0000 Style Fan 1738434@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great looks Bonnie.&nbsp; These remind me of the pic from Angie's post about the short crossbody.&nbsp; The model had on culottes with a long topper.&nbsp; I like the length of your pants but shorter would be good.&nbsp; Unfortunately you would lose the cool hem detail.&nbsp; :(&nbsp; Love your Fly London booties. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-experiment-with-wide-leg-pants#post-1738427 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 23:44:56 +0000 Traci 1738427@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think these look wonderful on you! &nbsp;I especially love them with the longer blazers in #3 and #4. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-experiment-with-wide-leg-pants#post-1738358 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 20:54:48 +0000 rachylou 1738358@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree this silhouette is fresh. And probably showing a little more leg (hemming) would be flattering. All the outfits are great. Lotta possibilities! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-experiment-with-wide-leg-pants#post-1738357 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 20:38:12 +0000 Bennett 1738357@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like the length of your jeans and prefer mine the same way. The tucked-in turtleneck satisfies the shorter top 'rule' and the long slim toppers look great because you left them open so we can see where your waistline is. My eye likes the slim toppers more than the A-line toppers with this style of pants. And picture #1, the juicy red coat over the dark column- LOVE!</p> <p>I love the dark footwear with these looks, but would love to see a sleeker, less chunky tall shaft boot on you. </p> <p>I'd say you scored with these looks! Thanks for the fashion show! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-experiment-with-wide-leg-pants#post-1738354 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 20:29:51 +0000 Elizabeth P 1738354@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I really like these on you bonnie. I especially Ike 6, and I think 7 is my least favorite. Tough call on the length, perhaps shortening them would look better, but it would ruin the look of these pants. So I say work with it :). I'm following this with interest as I have a pair of similar culottes on these way to me. I also have a similar issue with shorter tops. With me it's not needing to be 2 inches taller, but 2 inches narrower. The IT shoulders make me look like a box if the length is not there. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-experiment-with-wide-leg-pants#post-1738348 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 20:03:03 +0000 Tanya 1738348@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I also really like the last outfit you posted, with the denim jacket.&nbsp; The proportions look really good to my eye. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-experiment-with-wide-leg-pants#post-1738347 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 20:01:11 +0000 mtnsofthemoon 1738347@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Bonnie, for what its worth I prefer the tucked in turtleneck and I think you look great in the denim jacket. &nbsp;Its actually my favorite look. &nbsp;To my eye you look like you are drowning in the other toppers. &nbsp;Of course taking 2 inches off the length of the pants may change that. &nbsp;And I absolutely love your hair! &nbsp;Gorgeous. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-experiment-with-wide-leg-pants#post-1738336 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 19:35:43 +0000 Mirjana 1738336@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I see what you mean but I am sure you will find solution. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-experiment-with-wide-leg-pants#post-1738333 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 19:34:51 +0000 Anonymous 1738333@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The new culotte pants are fab on you Bonnie! Angie has spoken on the length, which I think will be great and I love how you styled them. My faves of the bunch are 2,4,5 and 6. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-experiment-with-wide-leg-pants#post-1738327 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 19:25:25 +0000 peacechick 1738327@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love the culottes and the graduated colors! I like pics #3 to #5 because they aren't overwhelming in volume and they are open in the middle, creating that narrow column Angie talks about and highlighting the waist. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-experiment-with-wide-leg-pants#post-1738317 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 18:48:35 +0000 Bonnie 1738317@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>texstyle: Excellent observation. No, I would not wear the t neck tucked in with the pants. I need to find a top I would wear and that is the challenge.</p> <p>Mirjana: #3 and #6 are probably my favorites, too. Short toppers don't work with my short waist so I only have one that I never wear.&nbsp;</p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-experiment-with-wide-leg-pants#post-1738312 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 18:41:15 +0000 Bonnie 1738312@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I want to thank all of you for your helpful responses.&nbsp;</p> <p>Tanya: You make an excellent point about hemming the pants. Shortening them will spoil the look.</p> <p>Firecracker: &nbsp;You're right, the open jacket look does seem to work for me. I'm not really following Angie's formula, am I? I need to try the pants with short tops and toppers, but I don't have any.</p> <p>viva: Short tops and toppers are a big flattery challenge for me, too. If only I was two inches taller.......</p> <p>Karie: I agree that the blazers look best of the bunch I tried.</p> <p>bj1111: I think my photos do show a kind of interesting and quirky take on Angie's formula.</p> <p>Barbara Diane: I like slim toppers, too</p> <p>Angie: I really appreciate you commenting on your day off.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-experiment-with-wide-leg-pants#post-1738308 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 18:33:54 +0000 Mirjana 1738308@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am not a specialist for new style and proportion but I like you tried that and love #3 and#6 the best. I don't know how you will shorten the culottes, I will rather try with shorter topper, just suggestion if you like to change something. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-experiment-with-wide-leg-pants#post-1738302 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 18:23:22 +0000 texstyle 1738302@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like the way you have styled them and think you look great. How do they look without a jacket? Will you wear them that way? I'm not a good judge of length as I like longer for myself. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-experiment-with-wide-leg-pants#post-1738284 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 17:56:08 +0000 Angie 1738284@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shorten the culottes by a couple of inches, and YOU ARE IN BUSINESS.&nbsp;</p> <p>VERY nicely done.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-experiment-with-wide-leg-pants#post-1738270 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 17:37:30 +0000 Barbara Diane 1738270@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love these pants on you. I tend to prefer the slimmer toppers with the pants, but that is my personal preference, and not necessarily a fashion savvy perspective. Probably through the lense of how I would wear them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-experiment-with-wide-leg-pants#post-1738266 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 17:23:02 +0000 bj1111 1738266@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love the length of both the pants and the tops. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-experiment-with-wide-leg-pants#post-1738262 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 17:17:27 +0000 Karie 1738262@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My favorites are #3 - #6, and although the jeans are pictured in the stock photo as shorter than yours, I think the length of yours is fine. I like the shorter/tucked tops with blazers and think they work with this silhouette.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-experiment-with-wide-leg-pants#post-1738235 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 15:55:39 +0000 viva 1738235@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love these jeans on you, Bonnie. I've been wondering how they look - have been spying them for myself. Personally, I love them the length they are. I think they are perfect with your boots, and I love looks 3 and 4 in particular. I do think that it would be great to see the pants with some shorter tops, as Tanya suggests and in keeping with what Angie wrote today about the trend of shorter tops, although this is a flattery challenge for me personally. You'll probably look marvelous. :)&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-experiment-with-wide-leg-pants#post-1738225 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 15:31:20 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1738225@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I really like these looks on you, Bonnie. I think you've got it down. These cropped wide-legs look current and chic in these outfits. The silhouette is in proportion with your frame. I especially like all the open-jacket looks and adore #6 with the bit of A-line look on top. The tunic in 7 is a bolder move, in my opinion, a just-flattering-enough look, whereas the others are more conventionally flattering, giving you that long line down the front where the toppers are open. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-experiment-with-wide-leg-pants#post-1738223 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 15:16:56 +0000 Tanya 1738223@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The outfits all look pretty good, especially #3 and #4.&nbsp; However, I think that the pants need to be at least 2" shorter, but don't know if the hemming is possible with that released hem.&nbsp; I also think the outfits would be more conventionally flattering with shorter toppers, hipbone or shorter.&nbsp;&nbsp; The longer toppers you have here work too, but is more of a fun and different look. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-experiment-with-wide-leg-pants#post-1738219 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 15:02:10 +0000 Bonnie 1738219@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have worn and loved the long over lean look for several years but have been curious about the new silhouette in pants and tops. Two days ago, I bought these Anthro culottes and yesterday I tried them with my black tee neck and toppers. I have been looking at the photos I took and trying to analyze what I can do to make this new style work for me. Are the pants too wide, too long, wrong color, wrong fabric.? I know that the column of color works for me and it's hard to find blues that work together. Maybe I should try black pants? Different shoes? Shorter toppers? Any suggestions would be welcome. </p>