https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pants-semantics-skinny-or-slim-vs-cigarette Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:13:50 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pants-semantics-skinny-or-slim-vs-cigarette#post-1388730 Mon, 03 Nov 2014 17:37:28 +0000 Angie 1388730@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>YES, Alexandra. Great sausage analogy.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pants-semantics-skinny-or-slim-vs-cigarette#post-1388709 Mon, 03 Nov 2014 17:26:40 +0000 catgirl 1388709@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think of cigarette pants as less tapered, and also with less detail than skinnies can have - streamlined, perhaps?&nbsp; Also the fabric matters to me (no jersey, for instance) - I think of&nbsp;more structured. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pants-semantics-skinny-or-slim-vs-cigarette#post-1388703 Mon, 03 Nov 2014 17:23:12 +0000 Alexandra 1388703@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ah ok, so skinnies = sausage casings, cigarette pants = slightly less sausagey. Or something like that? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pants-semantics-skinny-or-slim-vs-cigarette#post-1388634 Mon, 03 Nov 2014 16:03:41 +0000 Angie 1388634@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Skinnies are very tight on the calves and ankle. Cigarette pants are not jeans and can be full length. Also tight, but not necessarily skinny. Cigarettes can be straight leg.&nbsp;</p> <p>Slim-fit is a generic term that&nbsp;refers to skinnies, straight legs and cigarette pants at any length.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pants-semantics-skinny-or-slim-vs-cigarette#post-1388608 Mon, 03 Nov 2014 15:44:59 +0000 Michelle 1388608@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Cepantics!! *applause* I love it!<br />Confession: I was kind of using the terms interchangeably, so I'd love to know the difference too. I'm further confused by the fact that my current favourite black slim-legged pants, which are actually so long that I can roll them a bit, got referred to as cigarette pants both by me and by Angie when I posted them, and I'm pretty sure only one of us is right (hint, not me).&nbsp; There's no side zip in sight, and they're certainly not cropped, so I'm not sure what to make of it. :)<br />Either way, I think we can all agree that it's a fab silhouette in general irrespecctive of the minute...cepantics? :)<br />Your reply </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pants-semantics-skinny-or-slim-vs-cigarette#post-1388605 Mon, 03 Nov 2014 15:42:19 +0000 Suz 1388605@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Sharan</b>, you are on fire this morning! (hahahahah) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pants-semantics-skinny-or-slim-vs-cigarette#post-1388601 Mon, 03 Nov 2014 15:36:43 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1388601@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like Suz's categories--they are kind of what I think of, even though I coudn't have explained it in such detail. We could rename cigarette pants: pencil pants.&nbsp; But maybe the point is they are ankle length, so not as long a look as a pencil. </p> <p>Oh, and Viva, here's a new word for you: sepantics.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pants-semantics-skinny-or-slim-vs-cigarette#post-1388583 Mon, 03 Nov 2014 15:20:27 +0000 Suz 1388583@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hahah, Lisa!!&nbsp;</p> <p>I guess the idea is that it makes a woman's legs look like cigarettes. Oh, how sexy!&nbsp;</p> <p>Or, maybe they are part of "le smoking." Hmmm.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pants-semantics-skinny-or-slim-vs-cigarette#post-1388579 Mon, 03 Nov 2014 15:15:28 +0000 Anonymous 1388579@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think Suz nailed it. I see cigarette leg pants as the Audrey Hepburn look - shorter, side-zip (but that wouldn't be the defining feature anymore) and tapered, or not? &nbsp;Although if they were tapered, the descriptor "cigarette" no longer makes sense, does it? &nbsp;I'm thinking aloud here.....</p> <p>I'm off to have a smoke.&nbsp;</p> <p>(kidding)&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pants-semantics-skinny-or-slim-vs-cigarette#post-1388512 Mon, 03 Nov 2014 14:10:05 +0000 Janet 1388512@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You know what, I pretty much lump all of those words together -- they're almost meaningless for someone who has, um, substantial legs like mine. Someone else's BF cut is my straight leg. I am sure there is some sort of distinction, but I bet the difference in cut varies widely depending on the brand. I have "skinny" cuts that actually have room in the calf, which to my mind would make them more "slim" or "straight." I try to ignore the label and look at the cut. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pants-semantics-skinny-or-slim-vs-cigarette#post-1388481 Mon, 03 Nov 2014 13:33:26 +0000 Suz 1388481@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am not sure that manufacturers all use the term correctly, so that muddies things even more than they're already muddied.&nbsp;</p> <p>In my own mind (and I could be completely wrong) --&nbsp;</p> <p>A skinny is a pant (usually a jean)&nbsp;that is very slim all the way down the leg, and may have scrunch (i.e. extra length) on the bottom. Increasingly, these pants are literally skin-tight -- but that is not a necessary part of the definition. The skin tight ones tend to run a little bit shorter, for a look that gives little to no scrunch. Depending on your point of view, your body type, your fashion preferences, and how to intend to wear it, this look is either&nbsp;"sleek" or "calf-sucking."&nbsp;</p> <p>Cigarette pants emerged much earlier. Earlier versions were all side zip, I believe -- though that is not true any more. In my imagination, a cigarette pant is also very slim but perhaps not skin tight,&nbsp;and it tapers gradually to the bottom so the ankle area is quite slim. Often these are ankle pants.&nbsp;</p> <p>Slim pants? Who knows? Those could be anything from straight legs to skinnies to cigarette.&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pants-semantics-skinny-or-slim-vs-cigarette#post-1388478 Mon, 03 Nov 2014 13:30:30 +0000 Tania 1388478@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>great question!&nbsp; I wish I could answer.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pants-semantics-skinny-or-slim-vs-cigarette#post-1388457 Mon, 03 Nov 2014 13:12:45 +0000 Sharon 1388457@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think of cigarette as being slightly cropped. Apart from that, I've got nothing </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pants-semantics-skinny-or-slim-vs-cigarette#post-1388453 Mon, 03 Nov 2014 13:02:31 +0000 Alexandra 1388453@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'd like to know, too. Thank you for asking the question. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pants-semantics-skinny-or-slim-vs-cigarette#post-1388429 Mon, 03 Nov 2014 12:06:48 +0000 viva 1388429@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What is the difference? I remain somewhat baffled.</p>