https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quick-question-on-jeans-length Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:46:36 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quick-question-on-jeans-length#post-1654997 Wed, 04 May 2016 19:19:29 +0000 Angie 1654997@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nancy,<b>&nbsp;you are dead right.</b>&nbsp;My hardest clients to dress are apple shaped plus size petites. <i>They need the width but not the length.</i> And the higher you go in size, the longer the lengths and sleeve lengths are on the garments. It is extremely hard finding items that fit in 14P, 16P, 18P and 20P. Bless retailers like Talbots for making them though.&nbsp;</p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quick-question-on-jeans-length#post-1654992 Wed, 04 May 2016 19:10:27 +0000 Mochi 1654992@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie, I guess your and your tall clients' problems are the other side of the coin of mine, where I can't seem to find above a size in petite jeans (Gap being one example for many of their jeans, going only up to 30 where a regular inseam goes at least to 33). It's like you can't weigh more than a certain amount if you're short??? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quick-question-on-jeans-length#post-1654930 Wed, 04 May 2016 17:52:23 +0000 Angie 1654930@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Aida, I haven't found knee-breaks to move up and down too badly with the sizes.&nbsp;</p> <p>Linda, exactly.&nbsp;</p> <p>Laura, only <i>nearby</i> sizes and that usually happens with budget wear. It's less expensive to produce an item when the lengths are not graded.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quick-question-on-jeans-length#post-1654926 Wed, 04 May 2016 17:41:11 +0000 milehighstyle (Linda) 1654926@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I noticed this on these BR jeans.&nbsp; I ordered two sizes to try and was tempted to go with the bigger size but the length was too long.&nbsp; The smaller ones still fit nicely&nbsp;and the length was perfect so they were the ones I kept. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quick-question-on-jeans-length#post-1654923 Wed, 04 May 2016 17:37:11 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 1654923@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It seems to depend on the brand. Some brands keep the same inseam for all sizes (or at least nearby sizes) and some grade inseam by size as well as width. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quick-question-on-jeans-length#post-1654910 Wed, 04 May 2016 17:23:23 +0000 Aida 1654910@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Since pants are usually 1-2" too long for me I never noticed the length changes! I actually bought two petite jeans this year and they are a LOT shorter than the regulars holy moly! Rises are a little too short but it was getting impossible to find something that would otherwise fit without needing loads of alterations (shorten, waist darts, knee break raise, and some shape slimming on some *sigh*). Do the knee breaks move up too with smaller sizes? That's my biggest issue, too low in regulars.</p> <p>EDIT: Hmm now that I think about it more pants lengths fit better at my current size. I'd just assumed it was because of all the cropped lengths around! Must also be the small size. (Sorry to hijack your thread, Brie!) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quick-question-on-jeans-length#post-1654901 Wed, 04 May 2016 17:12:54 +0000 Angie 1654901@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Absolutely, Aida. That's why I lament the lengths of things and wearing a size 0 when I am 5ft 6. The size 4 or 6 is often the length I want, but does not fit. A 0P fits my body well in the width - but is a <i>disaster</i> in the length.&nbsp;</p> <p>We try to size up with my tall clients to get more length too. Pattern grading sizes increases with width AND length.&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quick-question-on-jeans-length#post-1654890 Wed, 04 May 2016 17:02:29 +0000 Aida 1654890@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie, with pants too? If so the difference must be slight, I've never noticed it. Definitely noticed with other bottoms (shorts, skirts, dresses, and sometimes trousers) just not so much with jeans. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quick-question-on-jeans-length#post-1654888 Wed, 04 May 2016 16:57:30 +0000 Angie 1654888@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><i>Actually,</i> there <b>IS</b> a length difference with sizes. The smaller the size, the shorter the length and sleeve length.&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quick-question-on-jeans-length#post-1654885 Wed, 04 May 2016 16:53:31 +0000 BrieN 1654885@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Aida and ALeigh -- that's very helpful.&nbsp;</p> <p>I guess I was used to shopping for kids clothing where the pants get longer the higher the size.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quick-question-on-jeans-length#post-1654687 Wed, 04 May 2016 03:50:40 +0000 ALeigh 1654687@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nope they're typically the same. Exception is if you go from a regular 12 to a petite 12 for example. Petite are designed with a similar width but shorter length, and anyone under 5"2 wish is petite regardless of actual shape </p> <p>Size indicates rather generally a bigger waist, sometimes also thigh, leg or hipline but that also varies between types and brands just as much. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quick-question-on-jeans-length#post-1654663 Wed, 04 May 2016 01:54:11 +0000 Aida 1654663@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not really. They tend to be the same length regardless of size, unlike how tops will often be shorter/longer as you size down/up. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quick-question-on-jeans-length#post-1654658 Wed, 04 May 2016 01:49:01 +0000 BrieN 1654658@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If you go down a size in jeans will they be shorter? </p> <p>(or conversely if you go up a size are they longer?)</p> <p>I see jeans listed as "x inches inseam" and don't know if that's for all of them or just an example. &nbsp;If they do vary by size, any idea how much they lengthen for each increase in waist size?&nbsp;</p> <p>Thanks. </p>