https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pant-length-1 Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 28 May 2026 01:39:38 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pant-length-1/page/2#post-1796440 Sun, 09 Apr 2017 19:08:59 +0000 Shirley 1796440@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I find out that I just have to give up premium jeans and go with petite size from Gap or Nordstrom for trendy crops. Since a lot of design is on the hems and shortening will ruin the look. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pant-length-1/page/2#post-1796303 Sun, 09 Apr 2017 02:03:52 +0000 Staysfit 1796303@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My resistance to crops is immense because almost every pair of pants I try on is too short. I'm like Runcarla. I check hems to see if there is an allowance so they can be let out. I'm just shy of 5'9" and apparently my legs are longer than ready-to-wear standards. </p> <p>On rare occasion, I have encountered pants that require a hem. Designer wool slacks are an example. The inseam length is often an unfinished 36" which is longer than I need even with heels. </p> <p>If I'm feeling lazy, I fold under and use double sided fashion tape. I'm pretty good about heading to the tailor. It's very hard for me to justify cutting off a pair of pants that are long enough. They are so hard to find!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pant-length-1/page/2#post-1796295 Sun, 09 Apr 2017 01:33:31 +0000 Aquamarine 1796295@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I learned this method for a finished or professional European hem. Scroll down for the Professional (looking) European or Original hem. A bit more work but the final product looks nice both inside and out, like you purchased perfect length jeans....one step further than what Minimalist linked to.</p> <p><a href="http://www.cottonandcurls.com/2010/12/hemming-jeans-while-keeping-original-hem/" rel="nofollow">http://www.cottonandcurls.com/.....ginal-hem/</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pant-length-1/page/2#post-1796288 Sun, 09 Apr 2017 00:37:11 +0000 minimalist 1796288@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Pending Aquamarine's return, here's a link to one video about European finished hem on jeans:</p> <p><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5LTAjoPnWqM" rel="nofollow">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5LTAjoPnWqM</a></p> <p>Comments worth reading for further tips.</p> <p>This works best on fairly straight legs, on hems that are OK done straight across. (Unlike Mr Max's hems, which look like a form of sculpture. He's not able to take advantage of included-with-purchase tailoring services, even at a high-end department store which shall remain nameless, because no matter how specific he was, the tailors think they know better and end up hemming straight across to shortest length. So he does his own.) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pant-length-1/page/2#post-1796193 Sat, 08 Apr 2017 13:45:28 +0000 kerry 1796193@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>On my stubby legs ppl is important. I wish it weren't so. Winter's so much easier for me because hems are mostly tucked into boots where it doesn't matter. I had my new linen/cotton Uniqlo pants hemmed (it's free) to just above the ankle bone. I like this length best with low vamped footwear. However with high vamped shoes, I like hems shorter so I cuff them once to achieve this. It works because the pants are casual. I've also realized my past aversion to cuffs was the bulk so now I only ever cuff once (jeans and shorts included). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pant-length-1/page/2#post-1796184 Sat, 08 Apr 2017 12:59:41 +0000 Anonymous 1796184@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'd like to know what the European finished hem is as well. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pant-length-1/page/2#post-1796183 Sat, 08 Apr 2017 12:59:39 +0000 Colette 1796183@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>PPL is exhausting!</p> <p>Also want to add that I'm loving all the cheater hem ideas here. I may or may not be using some of these in the near future. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pant-length-1/page/2#post-1796182 Sat, 08 Apr 2017 12:55:50 +0000 Joyce B 1796182@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>@Aquamarine, what is the European finished hem? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pant-length-1/page/2#post-1796175 Sat, 08 Apr 2017 12:14:57 +0000 Aquamarine 1796175@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've taught myself the finished European hem because a)Angie has convinced me that PPL--whatever that may be each season--is important; and b)I don't know any tailors who offer this hem and if they did, it would likely be expensive. </p> <p>I can't unhear Angie :-(</p> <p>The European finished hem is not simply cutting and reattaching the existing hem, FYI. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pant-length-1#post-1796093 Sat, 08 Apr 2017 03:30:24 +0000 minimalist 1796093@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, I just deleted a very long and unendingly detailed defense of PPL in my own case, because it was sounding a bit unhinged. </p> <p>Here's to whatever version of voluntary unflattery keeps you having fun with fashion! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pant-length-1#post-1796091 Sat, 08 Apr 2017 03:19:10 +0000 BrieN 1796091@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I distract myself when my pants aren't the right length to the point they annoy me all day. &nbsp;Have I taken them all to the tailor? no. But I should. IMHO pants length can make or break an outfit.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pant-length-1#post-1796072 Sat, 08 Apr 2017 02:37:57 +0000 Keix 1796072@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm 5'2", almost 5'3" (the doctor claims 5'3" but I'm not convinced), and I need a 29" inseam for full length pants. Lots of hemming in my past and future! I've started getting sleeves shortened too, because my long torso means that regular-size tops sometimes fit better than petite sizes, but the sleeves are always too long. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pant-length-1#post-1796068 Sat, 08 Apr 2017 02:25:37 +0000 Anonymous 1796068@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gaylene. Duct tape ( or if more fashion minded, fashion tape). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pant-length-1#post-1796062 Sat, 08 Apr 2017 01:58:57 +0000 Suz 1796062@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The crop trend is a blessing and curse for me. Curse because I really do have short legs and they look shorter in crops if I'm not super careful. Blessing because crops also feel very "me" for the reasons <b>LaPed</b> expressed. It's a gamine thing. (BF's cuffed are also good).&nbsp;</p> <p>Anyway, I can buy some crops and have them work as is -- bonus!!&nbsp;</p> <p>I don't know what that is -- but it is.&nbsp;</p> <p>All other pants I need hemmed. I am 5'4" but can't wear petite pants -- rise is too short and proportions are wrong on me, also the leg length is usually too short.&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pant-length-1#post-1796059 Sat, 08 Apr 2017 01:52:13 +0000 Gaylene 1796059@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>She-who-remains-nameless refuses to admit she has a well-used stapler in her home, along with numerous safety pins--and, in an emergency, even a washable glue stick. It is what it is...</p> <p>Why do I see poor Angie cringing in the corner? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pant-length-1#post-1796056 Sat, 08 Apr 2017 01:46:26 +0000 Carla 1796056@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Outlier here. After getting my new red pants (which I am sure are meant to be full length) I picked out the hem and let them down as much as I could without having a raw hem. Sewed them up and pressed. I still think they are too short, and was thinking of cropping them to above ankle bone!</p> <p>The cropped and rolled trend is a blessing. I'm 5ft 7in with a long inseam. I believe I own only one pair of dress pants that are PPL - everything else is too short (and would make Angie cry), and I am ashamed sometimes to post the pics! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pant-length-1#post-1796052 Sat, 08 Apr 2017 01:40:04 +0000 Aziraphale 1796052@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Haha, STAPLER. The ultimate "temporary fix".</p> <p>These days, all I want to wear is baggy rolled-up jeans. It doesn't matter how long they are if you're going to roll them up anyway. I have grown tired of caring about PPL. I have grown tired of skinny jeans. I just want to be comfy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pant-length-1#post-1796051 Sat, 08 Apr 2017 01:37:01 +0000 shedev 1796051@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I leave skinnies and straights as is, but I like a little scrunch. I hem flares and dress pants. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pant-length-1#post-1796035 Sat, 08 Apr 2017 01:04:17 +0000 binkle 1796035@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sterling, I am the same, only probably because I am tallish, and also because I'm not too much of a tweaker of detail. (The true definition if RATE??)</p> <p>Seems to me that most of the posts and questions about pants length are regarding creating the "cropped" look. This may not be true, but it seems that way. I am tall enough that if I try crop-style pants, that's the way they look on me. Obviously won't work on a shorter person. Also, the look is a little too trendy/dateable to my eye, so I'm not cropping any existing pants. </p> <p>But if the hems are dragging and sloppy, especially nice work pants, I have them shortened a bit so that I'll look professional, and so the fabric isn't dirtied or torn.</p> <p>Are you happy with the length of your pants right out of the bag? Are the long ones dragging and looking sloppy? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pant-length-1#post-1796031 Sat, 08 Apr 2017 00:45:07 +0000 Irina 1796031@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I take most of my pants to a tailor. Have to, I am 5"3 and only petite pants I buy from BR are suit pants. For the summer, casual pants I use glue tape that I got from Ikea with some curtains works well, last a year or so and can be re-glued. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pant-length-1#post-1796025 Sat, 08 Apr 2017 00:03:09 +0000 UmmLila (Lisa) 1796025@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gaylene. Stapler. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pant-length-1#post-1796023 Fri, 07 Apr 2017 23:49:51 +0000 Anonymous 1796023@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I hate it when my pants are too short. It's the way a lot of women wear them, and the way they look on all the online pics (except Angie's PPL pics), but it bothers me because I know better. Like Angie, my mother was a stickler for PPL.</p> <p>As for hemming up pants, it's not a big cash outlay to take them to the dry cleaner to be sent to the tailor - only $8 to $10 per pair, and she does an expert job. I rarely have to hem anything up, and if I get the pants on sale, then it's not much at all. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pant-length-1#post-1796003 Fri, 07 Apr 2017 22:58:40 +0000 Jenni NZ 1796003@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yep, I've had precisely one pair hemmed by a tailor, they're my most expensive pair of pants at $207, black "evening pants" I call them. I'm not so sure that there is a PPL any more when there is such variation. Ones that are truly too long I hem myself or I do a quick job like our nameless person or even just turn cuffs under a la Garance Dore's "French cuff for jeans". For my dark straight jeans I've done the cuffs under and used a small safety pin on each side. But what can really work for 5 foot 2 me is buying a supposed 7/8 pant or ankle grazer which is full length on me, I prefer full length or else properly cropped where it doesn't look like they are just too short. I will not be chopping any jeans and letting them fray, I feel- same worry as Robin F. I do have wide-leg jeans from 2007 in my holding zone so COULD do it on them... it may be too RATE for me though. As yet unsure. They are faded denim too which seems less current. Not getting worn as is since I bought the new straight-leg dark jeans last year.<br /> Agree with Sterling and Lisap re "white underbelly" and "too much work for the average woman". Angie's very sad face will be sad dance soon! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pant-length-1#post-1795917 Fri, 07 Apr 2017 18:36:05 +0000 Kate 1795917@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I do what nameless person does all the time! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pant-length-1#post-1795914 Fri, 07 Apr 2017 18:30:44 +0000 LaPed 1795914@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>JoyceB, yes! This is me, too: "I always think about what will happen after I cut the pants, probably they will be out of style for the next season and I will have to buy all over again, that disuades me from cutting hems short."</p> <p>I have some jeans I'm tempted to chop, but I know that raw, frayed hems on pants are not really me, even though they look current, and after a couple seasons I'll have to pass the jeans on, whereas if I leave them be and just cuff them, the jeans will basically last forever...</p> <p>I do hem dress pants, that's worth the investment, but for casual pants, I actually prefer the look of a cuff in most cases. Always have. It's not just the tomboy/RATE thing, it's also the visual heft/presence aspect, a la <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.alterationsneeded.com/">Alterations Needed</a>. Which jives with good ol' Kibbe's recs for gamines. So yeah -- rolling, folding, scrunching FTW. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pant-length-1#post-1795904 Fri, 07 Apr 2017 17:46:49 +0000 Anonymous 1795904@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I just had my first pair hemmed above ankle length. That is way outside my comfort zone. Don't get too excited though, they are NOT wide leg.<br /> I had no idea what I was doing - just showed the tailor a picture of the model on the company website and said "make them look like that, please." </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pant-length-1#post-1795899 Fri, 07 Apr 2017 17:33:13 +0000 Diana 1795899@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hehe, Gaylene, I might know someone who did that to her really long bootcut jeans, the ones that everyone compliments every time she posts outfits with them... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pant-length-1#post-1795889 Fri, 07 Apr 2017 17:08:27 +0000 Greyscale 1795889@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Safety pins work too!</p> <p>But it's taken me a long time to shift my perspective to shorter hems. I still think shoe-length looks at least as good on me as ankle-length. Still, most "cropped" pants are longer than my full inseam, so I'm trying to get back in the habit of taking them to my tailor. </p> <p>I used to hem my own but I gave up after they'd sit in a mending pile for a year. Now that raw hems are in, at least I can just do the quick chop and be ok with it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pant-length-1#post-1795885 Fri, 07 Apr 2017 17:01:12 +0000 kkards 1795885@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>hmmm...if I had an iron, I might be tempted to do what the nameless person did </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pant-length-1#post-1795881 Fri, 07 Apr 2017 16:55:21 +0000 Thirkellgirl 1795881@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gaylene, I may be intimately acquainted with someone who just did that with some Old Navy linen-y pants. They're going to be a one-summer item, I'm not paying the tailor this time! </p>