https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/save-me-from-skinny-pants-proportions-matter Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 18 May 2026 12:18:49 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/save-me-from-skinny-pants-proportions-matter#post-1528497 Tue, 28 Jul 2015 02:34:41 +0000 Elizabeth P 1528497@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I turn up the cuff my Avalon pants as well... Wore them today! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/save-me-from-skinny-pants-proportions-matter#post-1527875 Mon, 27 Jul 2015 03:32:30 +0000 unfrumped 1527875@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sveta, I know what you mean-- these pants have a deep hem so it turns up as " finished" outer fabric. That is what I look for, for work. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/save-me-from-skinny-pants-proportions-matter#post-1527860 Mon, 27 Jul 2015 03:01:46 +0000 Sveta 1527860@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The only problem I have with cuffing the pants is that I don't like how the underside part looks - somehow on jeans it looks much better.<br />And don't even start me on the too tight fit on the calves - grrrr! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/save-me-from-skinny-pants-proportions-matter#post-1527847 Mon, 27 Jul 2015 02:12:03 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1527847@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting! I've been liking cuffs, too; I think they make my ankles look less stocky! Funny how these details can make a difference, at least in our own eyes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/save-me-from-skinny-pants-proportions-matter#post-1527710 Sun, 26 Jul 2015 20:31:42 +0000 Beth Ann 1527710@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've been struggling with pant fit this season, too!&nbsp; A slim straight can be every bit as fashionable as a skinny!&nbsp; BR has great fabrics for their trousers -- hope you love them! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/save-me-from-skinny-pants-proportions-matter#post-1527693 Sun, 26 Jul 2015 19:35:00 +0000 Anonymous 1527693@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, not sure I'd like pants to fit very snugly on the calf either. I like your analysis as to why a cuff works and I&nbsp;get what you mean. it would kind of balance things out. Guess we have to find out what works for our figure types. Absolutely nothing wrong with formulas! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/save-me-from-skinny-pants-proportions-matter#post-1527667 Sun, 26 Jul 2015 18:15:11 +0000 unfrumped 1527667@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The LOFT skinny Julie pants went back even though I love the print.<br />They fit fairly snugly through the calf, which is not uncomfortable but since they are truly skinny pants, it's back to ice-cream cone land, &nbsp;and I just have to do the forehead-smack and stay away. </p> <p>The BR Avalon pants I got &nbsp;contiue to &nbsp;work well, and that may be a manufacturing &nbsp;fluke, because I don't think it's made curvy. I tried it on in black and beige due to sale, and the same size did not fit right, and even sized up, which did better, &nbsp;somehow wasn't a "10" really, so there was something about the pair I got that was not so snug or straight in the hip, or the color made a difference--who knows. </p> <p>In the Avalon pant, I turn it up once so that it makes a cuff..&nbsp; I've noticed that ankle-type pants may look even better on me with a <u>cuff</u> instead of tapering hem alone, which at first seemed counterintuitive (taper is supposed to be "good", less<i> fr---- </i>than a wider crop,) . But on me, the cuff seems to provide hip/thigh-balance, much like wearing the right shoes&nbsp;that have just&nbsp;enough substance and avoiding shoes that are too minimal, like&nbsp;some slim&nbsp;pointy flats.&nbsp; The same would work with pants that are rolled a couple of times, though for me rolling is very casual for work,&nbsp;while &nbsp;a finished-appearing "cuff" is wearable.</p> <p>So maybe I will get back to focusing on the formulas that work! </p>