https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ribcageultra-high-rise-jeans Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 11 Apr 2026 16:30:26 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ribcageultra-high-rise-jeans/page/2#post-2196919 Sat, 22 May 2021 03:22:44 +0000 Jenni NZ 2196919@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well those were my faves of the 3 choices so yay! And yay for $13! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ribcageultra-high-rise-jeans/page/2#post-2196906 Sat, 22 May 2021 02:19:12 +0000 anne 2196906@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p> <div>UPDATE!!</div><div><br /></div><div>So I decided to buy the ribcage straight ankle (number 2) - the same one as Sal.&nbsp; While I really liked number 3, I have two dark bootcuts in reasonable condition from the 00s so it seemed a bit extravagant to get another pair just for the&nbsp; waistline.</div><div><br /></div><div>They had gone on special and combined with a gift card, meant I only paid $13!!</div><div><br /></div><div>And then the wide leg pants in number 4 went on special at half price for the darker colour and I ordered them too.</div><div><br /></div><div>I'll post separately for hemming suggestions (and will check out Sal's thread if her pics are still there)<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ribcageultra-high-rise-jeans/page/2#post-2196428 Wed, 19 May 2021 22:41:45 +0000 anne 2196428@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Sal, suntiger and Angie, that's really helpful. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ribcageultra-high-rise-jeans/page/2#post-2196423 Wed, 19 May 2021 21:52:33 +0000 Angie 2196423@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Anne</b>, I don't think the creases are a deal breaker. The fit looks good from what I can see in the pics. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ribcageultra-high-rise-jeans/page/2#post-2196389 Wed, 19 May 2021 19:51:35 +0000 Anonymous 2196389@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Another vote for the dark ones in #3! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ribcageultra-high-rise-jeans/page/2#post-2196275 Wed, 19 May 2021 06:21:55 +0000 Sal 2196275@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Here you go Anne - quite late in the day with chopped cabbage for our salad in the background....</p> <p>One leg I rolled a wee bit and I posted the rear view too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ribcageultra-high-rise-jeans/page/2#post-2196250 Tue, 18 May 2021 23:06:10 +0000 anne 2196250@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh wow Sal, am looking forward to seeing the photos!</p> <p>Your height must play into this too, in terms of whether your rise is long. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ribcageultra-high-rise-jeans/page/2#post-2196231 Tue, 18 May 2021 21:20:14 +0000 Sal 2196231@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Anne, I ended up buying the ribcage ankle straight Levis jeans yesterday.&nbsp; I went to a specialist jeans retailer in Auckland (had 45 minutes to spare), tried on six pairs of jeans and fell in love with these.</p> <p>Will post a photo later.</p> <p>They are long - I am 5 foot 8 and I am considering whether I crop mine a wee bit too.</p> <p>I always feel as though I am short waisted but the waist here is at my naval so my shortness must be in my torso. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ribcageultra-high-rise-jeans/page/2#post-2196194 Tue, 18 May 2021 14:51:58 +0000 anne 2196194@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks robin, yes I have an unusual body and I know that many, like you, don't go for this.<br /> Thanks for chiming in with your favourite and comments on fit </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ribcageultra-high-rise-jeans/page/2#post-2196176 Tue, 18 May 2021 13:01:06 +0000 RobinF 2196176@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The creases don't bother me. I like #2 the best but all three look like they fit well. I don't have any personal experience with the high rises, they are just laughable on me :)</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ribcageultra-high-rise-jeans/page/2#post-2196160 Tue, 18 May 2021 08:36:22 +0000 anne 2196160@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well I didn't make it to the shops (weekly food shop had me flaked out on the couch) so more time for input. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ribcageultra-high-rise-jeans/page/2#post-2196144 Tue, 18 May 2021 06:05:12 +0000 anne 2196144@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Firecracker for your thoughts on the wrinkles and Levi quality! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ribcageultra-high-rise-jeans/page/2#post-2196127 Tue, 18 May 2021 02:44:49 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 2196127@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><div>Anne, I love the dark wash ones on you (pic 3), and I think they all look good. I disagree that the creases are a problem. A lot of jeans do that. If we were looking at dress trousers with a more fluid fabric, yes, I would say it's a fit problem. But in my experience, the denim and style of jeans do create some creases across the front that you don't usually see in other pants. (see the finds below, for example)</div><div>I have a few pairs of Levis Wedgie style jeans, but here in the US they are actually less expensive than some of the other brands I usually buy. So I appreciate that they are a relative bargain. I don't know that I would pay more for them. It comes down to how much I love the style, really. If you like the other brand just as well, I don't see a reason to pay more for Levis. I will admit to having preferences for brands based on pocket design, so I could totally understand paying extra for the distinctive Levi's pocket if that's part of the appeal.</div><div>I don't have a long enough rise to wear ribcage jeans. They are too high for me. Looks like they are a great fit for you!<br /></div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ribcageultra-high-rise-jeans/page/2#post-2196101 Tue, 18 May 2021 01:31:53 +0000 anne 2196101@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Angie! Do you think the creases that Jenni mentioned are a deal breaker?</p> <p>My preference, BTW, is for number three, the dark boot cuts. But I like all of them.<br /> I unexpectedly have some free time today, (I'm in Australia, it's 9:30am) so may get to the shops so if anyone has further feedback speak now! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ribcageultra-high-rise-jeans/page/2#post-2195998 Mon, 17 May 2021 17:20:02 +0000 Angie 2195998@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like #2 and #3, with a little length adjustment.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ribcageultra-high-rise-jeans#post-2195895 Mon, 17 May 2021 10:43:20 +0000 anne 2195895@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi Zaobi - good points (which I forgot to do!) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ribcageultra-high-rise-jeans#post-2195873 Mon, 17 May 2021 06:52:16 +0000 Zaeobi 2195873@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like the white &amp; dark wash jeans. </p> <p>Another thing I'd recommend is to try sitting &amp; squatting in them, to see how they fit in the rise when you actually try to move in them (make sure to check the back view whilst doing so). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ribcageultra-high-rise-jeans#post-2195823 Sun, 16 May 2021 23:52:20 +0000 anne 2195823@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Smittie and Rebekahphoto </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ribcageultra-high-rise-jeans#post-2195821 Sun, 16 May 2021 23:40:12 +0000 rebekahphoto 2195821@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like the ribcage strait. they feel very fresh on you</p> <p>Nice fitting at the hip. you might want to fold up the hems in photo to see how the leg shape is more closely to what it would be after hemmed<br />the dark pair are a little too bunchy to see how they would hang--but I like the possibility of the dark&nbsp;</p> <p>(Most pants are typically several inches too long for me too)&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ribcageultra-high-rise-jeans#post-2195750 Sun, 16 May 2021 13:16:34 +0000 smittie 2195750@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like the white ones best!<br /> I think you can always find something nearly as good for cheaper, but the question is: what is your time worth?<br /> I don’t have experience with the really high waisted Levi’s, but I do have experience with the wedgie jeans. I have them in 100% cotton and they bag out at the knees and become a little looser in the waist. Not too bad. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ribcageultra-high-rise-jeans#post-2195739 Sun, 16 May 2021 08:19:03 +0000 anne 2195739@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><div>Hi FI&nbsp; Thanks for returning to the thread.- Not sure about more fitted flares - these were the only styles available with the ultra high waist<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Jenni - I really wanted jeans that are at my actual waist. My current high rises sort of rest over the tops of my hipbone at the side. I have a very long rise. I think the pulling could be because it was quite tight through the hips (though as said above, apparently they stretch). But I tried on the size above and&nbsp; mostly didn't even bother to take photos, it was so clearly too big (I did in the wide legs - see attached)<br /></div><div><br /></div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ribcageultra-high-rise-jeans#post-2195738 Sun, 16 May 2021 08:08:55 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2195738@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I hear you on being over skinnies. Didn’t mean to suggest them, but can see how my comment reads that way. </p> <p>How do flares that are more fitted in the seat &amp; thighs work for you? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ribcageultra-high-rise-jeans#post-2195732 Sun, 16 May 2021 06:43:53 +0000 anne 2195732@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Another factor - reviews I have read say that you should size down, as they stretch. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ribcageultra-high-rise-jeans#post-2195658 Sat, 15 May 2021 23:20:43 +0000 anne 2195658@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Jenni - I hadn't even noticed the pulling! I want to try on all the jeans I already have to see if they pull now! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ribcageultra-high-rise-jeans#post-2195657 Sat, 15 May 2021 23:07:37 +0000 Jenni NZ 2195657@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh and regarding your other questions: think I have only had one pair of Levi’s in my life, if at all, and it was decades ago. They lasted well on my teenagers in the mid 2000s.<br /> And I am not sure that my jeans have ever been that high waisted. Does that pulling I can see mean the rise is too high? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ribcageultra-high-rise-jeans#post-2195656 Sat, 15 May 2021 23:02:54 +0000 Jenni NZ 2195656@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>They all look like they are pulling to me?See those creases out from the zip?<br /> The white ones do it the most, then the pale wash, then the dark. Thus I think the dark fit and look best of the 3, but wonder if you could find a pair that doesn’t pull.<br /> Also it’s hard to tell how they will really look when the length is so off, really need pinning to see.<br /> I do like the dark wash best for sure of the 3. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ribcageultra-high-rise-jeans#post-2195647 Sat, 15 May 2021 22:31:02 +0000 anne 2195647@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Looks like one vote for each so far! </p> <p>FI - just thought I'd show you the other leg photo I took - with my legs not so far apart - not so long looking in that photo I suspect!</p> <p>I hear you on the first look, but it's hard to replicate a cami and leggings look with actual clothes, and&nbsp; also I'm hoping to move away from skinnies for jeans - time for a change there.</p> <p></p> <p></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ribcageultra-high-rise-jeans#post-2195562 Sat, 15 May 2021 17:42:03 +0000 rachylou 2195562@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like them all, but like the white best - the wide leg. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ribcageultra-high-rise-jeans#post-2195545 Sat, 15 May 2021 16:38:46 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2195545@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The straight legs, with lighter blue, look best to me, but in general I’m mystified. In theory these should all show off your lovely shape and possibly fool the eye into thinking your legs are longer. In reality, your legs and figure look best in the fitted black. Maybe the fact of narrower legs makes them look longer? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ribcageultra-high-rise-jeans#post-2195534 Sat, 15 May 2021 16:12:21 +0000 Bijou 2195534@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love #3 on you, a gorgeous fit and I think the dark wash looks very smart, something to wear to work on dress down Fridays (if you have them). </p>