https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sleeve-length-help Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 29 Apr 2026 05:47:11 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sleeve-length-help#post-1307753 Sat, 19 Jul 2014 03:38:06 +0000 catgirl 1307753@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I prefer a longer sleeve - partly for style, partly my climate. I think&nbsp;a tiny bit shorter would be okay but the long sleeve is fine with me! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sleeve-length-help#post-1307733 Sat, 19 Jul 2014 03:21:06 +0000 Vicki 1307733@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's a great jacket, but my first impression, before reading from others, is that #1 seems a tad long. &nbsp;There's got to be a sweet spot, because long doesn't feel good and neither does too short. &nbsp;I also don't understand what the SA meant, because quite often leather jackets can be bought snug as they will stretch out a bit over time.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sleeve-length-help#post-1307728 Sat, 19 Jul 2014 03:17:24 +0000 karymk 1307728@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Better tucked under! That sounds really sketchy what the SA said... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sleeve-length-help#post-1307720 Sat, 19 Jul 2014 03:02:37 +0000 Suz 1307720@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What Sveta said. It looks like an easy alteration. And by the way, that jacket looks <b>AMAZING</b> on you.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sleeve-length-help#post-1307712 Sat, 19 Jul 2014 02:46:16 +0000 Echo 1307712@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree that the sleeves look a bit overwhelming in #1. The SA was correct to a certain extent; leather WILL mold to the body and the elbows will get a bent shape to them with wear. This happens with almost all leather that is worn regularly. However, it will not bend to adjust 1-1/4". </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sleeve-length-help#post-1307710 Sat, 19 Jul 2014 02:42:45 +0000 Sveta 1307710@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I also think sleeves in #1 are too long - they awould be even a bit long for the coat where ideal sleeve length is at the base of the thumb I think.<br />You can go a bit longer that in #2 but I woud not go beyond that thumb base in the length. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sleeve-length-help#post-1307708 Sat, 19 Jul 2014 02:40:48 +0000 Diana 1307708@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yup.&nbsp; I like my sleeves, especially on outerwear (for me, all leather jackets are outerwear), to be really long.&nbsp; I don't like my wrists showing, like, EVER.&nbsp; Most of YLF routinely tells me my sleeves are too long.&nbsp; The exceptions are Anna and Rae.</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sleeve-length-help#post-1307703 Sat, 19 Jul 2014 02:37:00 +0000 deb 1307703@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Donna, they do not feel snug. </p> <p>Diana, why do you prefer the longer version? Is that where you wear yours?</p> <p>Hmm, I need to think on this some more.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sleeve-length-help#post-1307640 Sat, 19 Jul 2014 01:59:41 +0000 DonnaF 1307640@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If the sleeves were snug, I think they would shrink up with wear.&nbsp; But these aren't snug, right? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sleeve-length-help#post-1307634 Sat, 19 Jul 2014 01:50:51 +0000 Sharon 1307634@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think #1 looks too long also. In the end, it is about functionality - will they get in your way at this length or is it neither here nor there? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sleeve-length-help#post-1307629 Sat, 19 Jul 2014 01:48:36 +0000 Elizabeth P 1307629@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think I'd prefer it somewhere in the middle v </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sleeve-length-help#post-1307598 Sat, 19 Jul 2014 01:27:05 +0000 Janet 1307598@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think #1 looks a little too long, but I would not go as short as #2. But I am more comfortable with a little extra length, while a too-short sleeve drives me nuts, unless it is a scrunchable sleeve. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sleeve-length-help#post-1307593 Sat, 19 Jul 2014 01:24:46 +0000 Gigi 1307593@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like #2. But I think I would wear it a bit first just to make sure that the sleeves aren't going to shorten. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sleeve-length-help#post-1307590 Sat, 19 Jul 2014 01:20:06 +0000 Alana in Canada 1307590@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, you are drowning in the first sleeve length. And the SA may be right--I just don't think she's 1 1/4" right. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sleeve-length-help#post-1307582 Sat, 19 Jul 2014 01:14:29 +0000 Barbara 1307582@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I had the same issue with my Michael Kors moto jacket! The sleeves were about 1 inch too long so I had my tailor shorten them. It was good decision - the too long sleeves would have driven me nuts! The sales associate, IMHO, was incorrect to tell you that the sleeves would "mold". I have never seen that happen! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sleeve-length-help#post-1307581 Sat, 19 Jul 2014 01:12:02 +0000 Diana 1307581@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, *I* like them full length, which means that the majority of YLF will think they're too long. I think the SA is right too. I tend to get wrinkles at my elbows on my leather jackets that make them shorter. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sleeve-length-help#post-1307578 Sat, 19 Jul 2014 01:10:14 +0000 abc 1307578@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>#2 looks better to my eye. Can you have it altered? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sleeve-length-help#post-1307569 Sat, 19 Jul 2014 00:59:13 +0000 deb 1307569@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Please take a look at the sleeve length of the Classiques leather and tweed jacket and tell me your opinions. When I purchase it the SA said it was a good length and that it would get shorter as I wore it because the leather would mold to my elbow and arm. I think the sleeves are too long. I folded them under about&nbsp;1 1/4 inches to see what the jacket looks like with the shorter sleeves. #1 has the longer sleeves and #2 has the folded sleeves. What say you all? </p>