https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/need-help-with-pants-lengths---kick-flare-cropped-straights Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 15 Apr 2026 23:15:56 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/need-help-with-pants-lengths---kick-flare-cropped-straights#post-1563931 Mon, 28 Sep 2015 02:09:37 +0000 Suz 1563931@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>These are great!! Wishing I had a pair in my own cupboard to play with like this.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/need-help-with-pants-lengths---kick-flare-cropped-straights#post-1563913 Mon, 28 Sep 2015 00:59:55 +0000 Jaime 1563913@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The hack job looks great to me. Maybe they could be a smidge shorter but I would need to see them with other shoes to be sure.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/need-help-with-pants-lengths---kick-flare-cropped-straights#post-1563879 Sun, 27 Sep 2015 22:41:28 +0000 Style Fan 1563879@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think they look great on you.&nbsp; Thank you for doing this.&nbsp; Now I might try it with an old pair of 7s that I have.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/need-help-with-pants-lengths---kick-flare-cropped-straights#post-1563872 Sun, 27 Sep 2015 22:07:16 +0000 Deborah 1563872@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Denise I really like the first pair. The length, the fit and the wash ...they look fab. I'm not loving the wash of the second pair:(. I also prefer the straight cut to the more flared versions but that's just me;) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/need-help-with-pants-lengths---kick-flare-cropped-straights#post-1563785 Sun, 27 Sep 2015 18:04:40 +0000 Angie 1563785@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>*blushing*</p> <p>Thanks, Denise. I wasn't planning on touching the length! Both of my cropped flares are a perfect length - I'm a lucky fish.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/need-help-with-pants-lengths---kick-flare-cropped-straights#post-1563782 Sun, 27 Sep 2015 18:01:56 +0000 CocoLion 1563782@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you for all of the honest and supportive replies! &nbsp;I think tomorrow or Tuesday I will try the jeans on with different booties. &nbsp;</p> <p>In the meantime, I have some pictures with the Acne vs Marc Fisher vs Aquatalia bootie quandry. &nbsp;I will post about that in a separate thread.</p> <p>Angie those Express jeans look AMAZING on you, and don't mess with the length to me it's fashion-shoot perfect. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/need-help-with-pants-lengths---kick-flare-cropped-straights#post-1563756 Sun, 27 Sep 2015 16:26:31 +0000 Tanya 1563756@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think that they both work and fit you beautifully, Denise!&nbsp; And&nbsp; I love how you chopped the older jeans off.</p> <p>As Angie said, try them with booties you are planning to wear them with - I have run into some unexpected issues with the loss of the flare if the booties do not fit snug (described on a separate thread). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/need-help-with-pants-lengths---kick-flare-cropped-straights#post-1563710 Sun, 27 Sep 2015 15:12:51 +0000 Gail 1563710@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think both lengths look good and I am sorry that I recently purged &nbsp;all my old jeans however I have ordered a pair of the Express jeans Angie recommended . They aren't arriving until October 5 though :((</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/need-help-with-pants-lengths---kick-flare-cropped-straights#post-1563705 Sun, 27 Sep 2015 15:07:51 +0000 Missey 1563705@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think the both pairs are very current. I would leave 1 as is foor now and since 2 was on the chopping block anyway, try with booties, and then chop away! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/need-help-with-pants-lengths---kick-flare-cropped-straights#post-1563704 Sun, 27 Sep 2015 15:06:44 +0000 Carole 1563704@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Your cute and clever! Can't wait to see with booties! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/need-help-with-pants-lengths---kick-flare-cropped-straights#post-1563674 Sun, 27 Sep 2015 14:18:22 +0000 Angie 1563674@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Both lengths look good, Denise. The hack job on the old jeans is a <b>great </b>idea.&nbsp;</p> <p>DO try both lengths with booties too. That will determine whether you will want them a little shorter. Perhaps an inch or so.&nbsp;</p> <p>Wore my Express cropped kick flares to the YLF gathering yesterday - more flared than your jeans. Haven't hemmed them but think they are a little shorter than your lengths here. See pic.&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/need-help-with-pants-lengths---kick-flare-cropped-straights#post-1563658 Sun, 27 Sep 2015 13:37:19 +0000 Anonymous 1563658@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm fussing with this issue too (the cutting off of an old pair ) . Glad you posted this. &nbsp;Both jeans look great in terms of fit and current-ness (made that word up) but to be a true crop, shouldn't they be a tad shorter? I'm only asking that question of myself, or the universe in general because I'm not really sure. &nbsp;My eye wants both pair about an inch shorter to really show your ankle.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/need-help-with-pants-lengths---kick-flare-cropped-straights#post-1563651 Sun, 27 Sep 2015 13:08:03 +0000 Debbie 1563651@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like them both. I think the 7's could be a little shorter but not much.what a great use of something you already have. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/need-help-with-pants-lengths---kick-flare-cropped-straights#post-1563633 Sun, 27 Sep 2015 12:34:00 +0000 cheryle (Dianthus) 1563633@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting. &nbsp;My first thought was that I prefer the second as is and would leave them that way. &nbsp;I like the first pair too but they could be a bit shorter.</p> <p>I don't think either looks dated. at all. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/need-help-with-pants-lengths---kick-flare-cropped-straights#post-1563624 Sun, 27 Sep 2015 12:15:18 +0000 Stephanie 1563624@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree with Maneera - both are beautiful! I would love to see some photos of both worn with ankle boots as well. At first glance, I prefer the Phoebes and agree you might want to try them just a tad shorter.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/need-help-with-pants-lengths---kick-flare-cropped-straights#post-1563616 Sun, 27 Sep 2015 11:56:01 +0000 Maneera 1563616@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like them both. They DO NOT look dated to my eye, at all. The Phoebes look good....they could be just a smidge shorter to make them more 'deliberately' cropped. Can you wear booties with them and see how it looks? </p> <p>The 7 needs to be shorter. You could remove a couple of inches more, I think. The fit of both is amazing!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/need-help-with-pants-lengths---kick-flare-cropped-straights#post-1563590 Sun, 27 Sep 2015 08:31:28 +0000 CocoLion 1563590@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Sally. &nbsp;I own them both. &nbsp;So you think the Phoebes are good at the current length? &nbsp;And the 7s could be shorter. &nbsp;I can definitely pin them an inch up and see how they look. &nbsp;Thanks for the suggestion! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/need-help-with-pants-lengths---kick-flare-cropped-straights#post-1563588 Sun, 27 Sep 2015 08:16:30 +0000 Sal 1563588@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like them both. On my phone so pics small but the phoebe look great, flattering and quite straight. The 7 jeans are more flared, and I like them too. Maybe a tad less flattering.....but still great. If keeping both I would be tempted to hem the 7 shorter to have variety but I am hopeless with pant length on others! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/need-help-with-pants-lengths---kick-flare-cropped-straights#post-1563584 Sun, 27 Sep 2015 07:39:17 +0000 CocoLion 1563584@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>In YLF lemming fashion I now feel the need to own and successfully wear a pair of these pants! &nbsp;Or in my case, jeans.</p> <p>Picture 1 -- I got these Phoebe cropped straights last year, I like them a lot. They have a 26" inseam. &nbsp;I like this length but <u>should they be shorter?</u> &nbsp;They look sort of kick flare-ish on the model but on me they look very straight. &nbsp;Worn here with 1.5" heeled sandal.</p> <p>Picture 2 -- An experiment. &nbsp;These are a pair of old 7 for All Mankind high-waisted straight legged jeans that I never wore because of the 33" inseam. &nbsp;I think they were in some "to do" pile for 5 years -- you know, hem, donate or post on eBay. &nbsp;I recently re-discovered them and decided they would be a good candidate for a cropped experiment.&nbsp;I have them pinned to 25". The leg opening is 14", which used to be the standard for straight leg jeans, so not exactly a flare. &nbsp;The sandals are flat. &nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Should the jeans be longer? Shorter? &nbsp;Do they work or do they look ridiculous? </u>&nbsp;They are a high rise cut, but what went for a high rise back then is more mid-rise now. &nbsp;I cut them off at 28" and if I can't make a cropped length work I can further cut them into shorts, since I have plenty of time to wear shorts (it's still in the 90s here). &nbsp;I do not have access to a tailor. &nbsp;I do have access to a sewing machine.</p> <p>Looking at the two pictures it could also be that the Phoebe is a better/more flattering wash. &nbsp;Or maybe it's useless trying to make a dated pair of jeans work again?</p> <p>Thank you! </p>