https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ppl-platforms Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 02 May 2026 19:08:24 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ppl-platforms#post-297379 Sun, 13 Feb 2011 05:27:50 +0000 Maya 297379@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Alas, I don't think I can justify the price for such limited wearability. I don't think flares are for me, which is too bad because I adore the look *sniff*</p> <p>Interestingly, Goldsign has provided a solution to this dilemma, but they are way too long for me and Goldsign isn't a good fit on me anyway:</p> <p><a href="http://www.farfetch.com/shopping/women/item10063816.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.farfetch.com/shoppi.....63816.aspx</a></p> <p>Funny how they don't mention the angled hem anywhere in the description though. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ppl-platforms#post-297339 Sun, 13 Feb 2011 03:54:11 +0000 Julie 297339@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Pretty hard to go wrong with the Seven jeans. I have several pairs of their boot cut style, and I have them hemmed for both my 4 inch heels, and my flat boots. The hem required a slight angle to best cover my knee high boots. No break or buckle in the jeans, and the toe and heel of the boot just peeks out. I will admit it works better on the 4 inch heels than on the flats, though.</p> <p>Julie </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ppl-platforms#post-297283 Sun, 13 Feb 2011 01:54:23 +0000 Maya 297283@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I guess I'll wear them with bootcuts.</p> <p>But that also means these jeans have no chance of being 8 hour jeans, and therefore probably not worth the price I paid Sad. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ppl-platforms#post-297274 Sun, 13 Feb 2011 01:16:50 +0000 Angie 297274@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Have you tried your clogs with bootcut jeans? This might work better. </p> <p>Try your mary jane clogs with socks and dresses/harem pants. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ppl-platforms#post-297259 Sat, 12 Feb 2011 23:47:21 +0000 Maya 297259@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I do too. But that means the clogs really have no purpose. The whole point of getting them was to give me the height needed to wear a wider leg without the pain of heels. I have the bootie version of those shoes too. I'd hate for them to be orphans...</p> <p>Do you think a wider leg opening that would cover the shoe would work? Like so:</p> <p><a href="http://www.shopbop.com/bell-bottom-jean-7-all/vp/v=1/845524441889470.htm?folderID=2534374302023851&#038;extid=affprg-2379092-SEVEN4000425710" rel="nofollow">http://www.shopbop.com/bell-bo.....4000425710</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ppl-platforms#post-297258 Sat, 12 Feb 2011 23:42:27 +0000 Angie 297258@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>*chuckle*</p> <p>You should see the movie. </p> <p>I like #3 and #4 best. And you? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ppl-platforms#post-297245 Sat, 12 Feb 2011 23:09:59 +0000 Maya 297245@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie, I did not see the movie. I almost did...until I found out it was mostly about her love life and other personal details. I'd rather watch Coco After Chanel. </p> <p>While I like androgynous dressing, I don't actually do it very often. I'm a ball of wonders, I know. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ppl-platforms#post-297241 Sat, 12 Feb 2011 23:03:40 +0000 Maya 297241@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Picture 1 shows how they would look at PPL with the clogs. I really, REALLY don't like that break. It looks so sloppy. It wouldn't be there if the leg opening was wider, hence leaning towards bell bottoms.</p> <p>Picture 2 shows the length I have them pinned at now. This length works for most of my heels (not that I have very many). </p> <p>Pictures 3-4 show the same length with other shoes that do not have a platform. They look a little short because of the perspective, but you can't see the gap unless you're crouching on your hands and knees.. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ppl-platforms#post-297240 Sat, 12 Feb 2011 22:58:46 +0000 Angie 297240@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am going to wear this outfit soon: </p> <p><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7GVe6Cd5_Mc/SLYWKCj0rcI/AAAAAAAABJM/POoqnN9NSqQ/s320/coco_avant_chanel_movie_poster.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7GVe.....poster.jpg</a></p> <p>And you're off the hook with red shoes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ppl-platforms#post-297239 Sat, 12 Feb 2011 22:57:19 +0000 Angie 297239@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you :)</p> <p>Have you seen the movie: </p> <p><a href="http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&#038;source=imghp&#038;biw=846&#038;bih=766&#038;q=audrey+tautou+chanel&#038;gbv=2&#038;aq=1sx&#038;aqi=g-s1g-sx9&#038;aql=&#038;oq=audret+tautou" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.com/images?h.....ret+tautou</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ppl-platforms#post-297232 Sat, 12 Feb 2011 22:36:45 +0000 Maya 297232@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am so sad those red Blochs do not come in my size :(</p> <p>I have a pair of red Fitzwell wedge sandals in my shopping cart though. I just realized that I have the red Smooches too, but I forgot about them, seeing as how I haven't worn them in months. But red flats would be divine.</p> <p>I *did* wear my big soft black tunic blouse with long pearls and little tulle bits the other day. </p> <p>I'm reluctant to do an angled hem. I'd like for them to work with ALL of my shoes, and I don't trust tailors AT ALL, especially given the cost. It costs about $20-$25 to do an original hem, so doing an angled original hem would surely be at least $40, with dubious results and the possibility of only working with one pair of shoes. Uh, no thanks! Off to snap a picture. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ppl-platforms#post-297226 Sat, 12 Feb 2011 22:27:10 +0000 Angie 297226@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sorry to be an *absolute stickler*, but my tools are blunt unless I see the jeans pinned with the shoes. </p> <p>AND! Maya, you are much more of Chanel gal than you think (just not a classic Chanel gal). You love androgynous dressing - Coco invented that (see the French Chanel Movie with Audrey Tautou if you don't believe me). </p> <p>AND! I expect to see a pair of red shoes in your wardrobe this year. It's sacrilege that as a red lover, you don't have a pair. Although you may have made up for it with your killer new red coat </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ppl-platforms#post-297225 Sat, 12 Feb 2011 22:24:38 +0000 Marley 297225@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love the shoes BTW! I don't really have any suggestions (except for the angled hem!) so I will be carefully watching this thread! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ppl-platforms#post-297222 Sat, 12 Feb 2011 22:17:06 +0000 CocoLion 297222@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Maya, I totally get this dilemma. My suggestion is to stick with the pants you love and get them tailored/hemmed at an angle. If you say you want 32" in the back and 31" in the front they can sew it to that specification (or whatever measurement you prefer).</p> <p>My best advice is this: you live in NYC, right? I noticed that there was a preferred service provider list on the Sartorialist site. I recall you don't like this guy, but maybe the "SartoriaList" or something like that, has some good tailor suggestions.</p> <p>It's really important to find a good tailor. I live in a cow town and my seamstress has ruined two pair of $150-200 jeans already. Well, not ruined but I have to get one of them re-worked and both are now only wearable with flats. </p> <p>-- Denise </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ppl-platforms#post-297214 Sat, 12 Feb 2011 22:05:59 +0000 Polly (thunalata) 297214@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You're way ahead of me on all of this, but in case it provides any useful thoughts:</p> <p>1. Why are they too long in the front when pinned PPL at the back? I mean, what don't you like exactly when they are pinned PPL at the back?<br /> 2. Why not go for hemming at an angle? Could you ask to try it when it has been pinned/tacked ie before they actually go ahead and cut off fabric? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ppl-platforms#post-297191 Sat, 12 Feb 2011 21:09:59 +0000 Maya 297191@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am trying to get an idea of what length to hem my trouser jeans to, and used <a href="http://www.endless.com/BC-Footwear-Womens-Gamma-Ray/dp/B003IN01FU">these shoes</a> as a guide. The problem is that when I have them pinned at PPL in the back, they are way too long in the front. I think my options are as follows:</p> <p>-Try to have them hemmed at an angle. The downside is that it would probably be expensive, risky (requiring a skilled tailor and irreversible if anything goes wrong), and they probably wouldn't work with any of my other shoes.</p> <p>-Hem them for other, non-platform shoes. This idea is a little unappealing because I bought these shoes specifically to give me height without pain when wearing wider pants. If I can't wear them as intended, I should have returned them.</p> <p>-Find another pair of jeans that covers the foot completely, I think they would have to be at least 22" after hemming, so probably as much as 25" unhemmed. In that case I need to return the ones I got and look for something more like this:</p> <p><a href="http://www.zappos.com/7-for-all-mankind-bell-bottom-in-vintage-california-2-vintage-california-2" rel="nofollow">http://www.zappos.com/7-for-al.....lifornia-2</a></p> <p>The leg opening would be smaller and less dramatic looking after hemming, but it would drape better over my shoes. I know the whole foot-covering look isn't popular around here, but I actually like it. It looks cleaner to me and your shoes still show as you walk or sit down.</p> <p>Right now I'm leaning towards option 3 from a practical standpoint, even though I really liked the slim trouser jeans. I'm sure I'd like these too though. They seem to have the same fit, just a wider leg opening. Unfortunately, they are also more expensive.</p> <p>On another note, either I'm shrinking or I measured my inseam incorrectly all these years. I just measured where I pinned them for another pair of shoes with 2.5" heels, and it came out to only 31". I thought that was my inseam with flats. Weird! I guess I'm not as much of a petite freak as I thought </p>