https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pants-fit-article Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 10 May 2026 04:03:57 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pants-fit-article#post-2126761 Thu, 11 Jun 2020 13:05:23 +0000 Joyce B 2126761@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great information to read and re-read.<br /> Thank you for sharing it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pants-fit-article#post-2126753 Thu, 11 Jun 2020 11:52:02 +0000 Anonymous 2126753@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I noticed they have leg opening measurements too in descriptions La Ped- that should be helpful! Sometimes skinnies are so skinny they're even hard to get over feet :/ </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pants-fit-article#post-2126701 Wed, 10 Jun 2020 23:39:08 +0000 LaPed 2126701@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The front-to-back vs side-to-side thing makes sense to me. I have a prominent derriere, so to speak, but from the front my hips aren't very wide (narrower than my shoulders even, so I guess I'm a V according to Imogen). This means a lot of curvy fit pants are unflattering on me because they have extra fabric that poofs out at the hips. I also find a lot of so-called "curvy" cuts are just larger overall and I end up being sized out (usually a 0/25). High rises have generally been my best bet, although sometimes I can get away with a slouchy "hip-slung" fit, though it's been a while since we've seen that look at retail. </p> <p>My biggest pants fit issue is having larger-than-average calves. There are so many pants out there that I can't pull past my calves, even when the waist is huge. This was never an issue back in the good old bootcut days, but ever since skinny jeans took over, I've had a hard time.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pants-fit-article#post-2126693 Wed, 10 Jun 2020 23:04:20 +0000 Anonymous 2126693@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks all! Giving up and wearing skirts or leggings is what I mostly do- just so much easier. Not sure how to check the back view besides maybe in 3 way mirrors. Maybe it's something you feel too?<br /> It seems like everyone thinks a different body type has it easier with pants! Maybe they're just ananomically better on men? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pants-fit-article#post-2126651 Wed, 10 Jun 2020 18:12:39 +0000 Jules 2126651@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>"Take photos from the rear. If they have drag lines in the back (like the photos featured here, or maybe in some other arrangement), then the pants don’t fit right. Or learn to make your own pants. Both options are frustrating and take a lot of work. Y<i>ou could also give up and wear skirts." (</i>Italics mine<i>).</i><br />Indeed. Should the quest for perfect fit be so demanding as to completely eliminate entire categories of clothing? I prefer Angie's suggestion to not worry so much about the back view, and I don't see most of those photos as problematic either.<br />As for elliptical vs round, I think she means wide vs. deep. Carrying your weight side to side vs back to front. Something that changes for many of us as we age. Pants got easier for me to fit as I got older and more "round". I still have "wide" hips but as my depth got bigger front to back standard pant cuts fit me much better. Not that skirts or dresses were ever an easy solution either, mind you.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pants-fit-article#post-2126649 Wed, 10 Jun 2020 18:01:35 +0000 RobinF 2126649@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmm, very informative. I would probably be more elliptical but don't find pants easy to fit, mostly due to having a thick waist, narrow hips and thighs. I can often buy to fit my waist and sew the hips and thighs narrower but that depends on pockets, topstitching, etc. That is interesting about the u-shape rise though. I'll have to check it out.</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pants-fit-article#post-2126645 Wed, 10 Jun 2020 17:39:47 +0000 Angie 2126645@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Suz,</b> agreed. I think that elliptical body types to Imogen are what I might call inverted triangle and rectangle body types? Maybe even straight hourglasses - which is what I am.</p> <p>I dress women for a living and have found that apple shapes are easy to fit into pants/jeans as long at the waists are wide enough.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pants-fit-article#post-2126643 Wed, 10 Jun 2020 17:31:42 +0000 Suz 2126643@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am still scratching my head about this...I am not sure it is possible for a woman to be elliptical. I know we are talking about relative measurements, of course, and I get that...but all except the very thinnest of women will have some rounded areas, surely, from the side as well as the front?&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pants-fit-article#post-2126638 Wed, 10 Jun 2020 17:07:06 +0000 Angie 2126638@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks,&nbsp;<b>Suntiger</b>! A good starting point :)</p> <p>I also echo<b> Preppy Pear</b> 100%. I'm a stickler for good fit, and don't find some of the visuals a fit problem - like the back views of "the dragging lines" on the jeans and pants. If they are subtle, it's fine! That's how some of our bodies fit bottoms and that's okay. The front views are a lot more important.&nbsp;</p> <p>I find pants and jeans quite easy to fit, and am not elliptical in body type as the post suggests. I have a round bottom and relatively wider thighs compared to the rest of me. The only alteration I need to do from time to time is have the waistband taken in at the back on a high rise because of my sway back.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pants-fit-article#post-2126632 Wed, 10 Jun 2020 16:33:57 +0000 Vix 2126632@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great article from Imogen. The 5 out of 4 blog she linked to has awesome illustrations of this! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pants-fit-article#post-2126603 Wed, 10 Jun 2020 13:41:21 +0000 Anonymous 2126603@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I may just go for dresses and skirts and skip trying to fit pants. I looked at some of the other articles mentioned at the end of that blog, especially pant types recommended for various body shapes. For a petite like me, skinnies art recommended. Yuk. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pants-fit-article#post-2126576 Wed, 10 Jun 2020 13:10:23 +0000 Bijou 2126576@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This confirms my love for dresses and skirts! I seem to mainly buy trousers from a few retailers whose cut works on my figure. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pants-fit-article#post-2126574 Wed, 10 Jun 2020 13:07:02 +0000 Helena 2126574@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great share Suntiger, thanks! It is very complicated ... I admit I am the worst for saying "good enough!" with pants and living with it ... perhaps this is why I default to skinnies with stretch so often! I definitely get slouchy pants-butt syndrome with other pants </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pants-fit-article#post-2126569 Wed, 10 Jun 2020 12:49:00 +0000 Sisi 2126569@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Very interesting Suntiger, thank you!&nbsp; I will check better the rear view from now on. &nbsp;:) &nbsp;And <b>Preppy Pear -</b> great intuition about leggins! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pants-fit-article#post-2126561 Wed, 10 Jun 2020 12:17:02 +0000 nemosmom 2126561@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great article, ST! Thanks! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pants-fit-article#post-2126557 Wed, 10 Jun 2020 11:41:01 +0000 Vildy 2126557@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've been reading her for umpteen years and I don't see ads because I have adblockplus. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pants-fit-article#post-2126555 Wed, 10 Jun 2020 11:32:23 +0000 Preppy Pear 2126555@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It makes you understand why leggings have become pants for so many women. I also wonder if we are being too hard on ourselves about the rear view - what’s the line between good fit and tailor made? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pants-fit-article#post-2126552 Wed, 10 Jun 2020 11:22:52 +0000 Carla 2126552@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks suntiger! &nbsp;Informative article. Reminds me to not only fuss about the fit of pants, but check the ‘rear view’. The information on vertical lines due to fit issues with full leg pants is an eye opener. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pants-fit-article#post-2126550 Wed, 10 Jun 2020 11:07:13 +0000 Anonymous 2126550@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't like the ads either, but she's thorough in explaining a lot of things that I hadn't considered before. She's gone to a mostly video format lately though, which I'm not happy about amd I skip those. The same article that takes 2 min to read ends up being a 10 minute video :/ </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pants-fit-article#post-2126549 Wed, 10 Jun 2020 10:46:58 +0000 Style Fan 2126549@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Pants are so complicated.&nbsp; I stick to labels that I know work for me.<br />I like Imogen, but I do find there are a lot of advertisements on her site.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pants-fit-article#post-2126547 Wed, 10 Jun 2020 10:03:39 +0000 Jenni NZ 2126547@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow! She does seem very good, and I like that she’s Australian so close to where I live. I get annoyed with advertising on her site. I understand how lucky we are with YLF that Angie makes YLF ad-free.<br /> An instructive article. If I ever need non-elastic waist pants, I hope to remember it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pants-fit-article#post-2126546 Wed, 10 Jun 2020 09:52:47 +0000 rachylou 2126546@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Makes my head spin! Pants are so complex to buy off the rack. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pants-fit-article#post-2126543 Wed, 10 Jun 2020 09:42:27 +0000 Anonymous 2126543@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Perfect timing from Imogen </p> <p><a href="https://insideoutstyleblog.com/2020/06/what-you-need-to-know-about-pants-and-why-they-fit-so-bad.html" rel="nofollow">https://insideoutstyleblog.com.....o-bad.html</a> </p>