https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thoughts-on-body-shape-and-flattering-pants Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:48:19 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thoughts-on-body-shape-and-flattering-pants#post-1898958 Thu, 15 Mar 2018 22:15:47 +0000 krishnidoux 1898958@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>smittie</b>, yes, I actually have one! And... it's sitting somewhere neatly folded under other neatly folded items stored away... waiting for me to pull it out. Great idea. Thanks! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thoughts-on-body-shape-and-flattering-pants#post-1898918 Thu, 15 Mar 2018 19:29:47 +0000 Anonymous 1898918@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like the outfits with the Kookai pants. The belt around the torso is very good on you. I wonder if you any obi belts? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thoughts-on-body-shape-and-flattering-pants#post-1898801 Thu, 15 Mar 2018 10:04:41 +0000 Mainelady 1898801@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You did a lot of work and the payoff was big. All the pants you show look amazing on you. Oh, how I love the long gray and black palazzo pants on you. Chic and sophisticated. Super fabulous! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thoughts-on-body-shape-and-flattering-pants#post-1898744 Thu, 15 Mar 2018 02:23:51 +0000 Greyscale 1898744@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I hadn't realized how similar our builds are. You look great in wide leg, high rise pants. And that blazer is so cool. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thoughts-on-body-shape-and-flattering-pants#post-1898671 Wed, 14 Mar 2018 21:33:51 +0000 Naramri 1898671@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, the boyfriend jeans look great on you. And 2, 4, 7, 8, 11! I wish I could wear these! Before your post, I thought having a high waist automatically meant having a short torso, too (that's me). I thought I couldn't wear high-waisted pants at all, but now I realize it's possibly all about the rise. Something for me to reconsider, thanks. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thoughts-on-body-shape-and-flattering-pants#post-1898656 Wed, 14 Mar 2018 20:39:58 +0000 old-grey-mare 1898656@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love how thourough your post was. Makes me want to go try on a bunch of clothes! I love the boyfriend jeans, I have yet to figure out a way to wear them. I'm 5"2, and feel like they just look big on me. Those high waist palazzos are awesome! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thoughts-on-body-shape-and-flattering-pants#post-1896802 Wed, 07 Mar 2018 13:06:07 +0000 lyn67 1896802@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fella long torsoed girl here so I hear you on hating the extra short rises, just am much more plump all over so&nbsp; I have even fewer choices to feel fab in pants, but you do in all here! Would love nr 1 with a not so voluminous top(shoes and pants great!), than love 2-4, 9-10 &amp;13 which are the best visuals to my eyes! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thoughts-on-body-shape-and-flattering-pants#post-1896778 Wed, 07 Mar 2018 10:34:47 +0000 Anonymous 1896778@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>OMG. &nbsp;I have to come back and read every single one of these words and fully try to understand. &nbsp;You and I might be on a similar journey and I am just now coming to realize that. &nbsp;You are, of course, way ahead of me. &nbsp;I have some catching up to do. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thoughts-on-body-shape-and-flattering-pants#post-1896776 Wed, 07 Mar 2018 10:32:07 +0000 Style Fan 1896776@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My favourite looks are #2 and #3.&nbsp; I love the grey pants on you.&nbsp; The paper bag waist would look amazing on you too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thoughts-on-body-shape-and-flattering-pants#post-1896762 Wed, 07 Mar 2018 03:51:41 +0000 Anonymous 1896762@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The wide leg pants look fab on you. 2/3 and 9/10 are my favorites. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thoughts-on-body-shape-and-flattering-pants#post-1896760 Wed, 07 Mar 2018 03:15:58 +0000 elpgal 1896760@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The high waisted pants are such a lovely silhouette for you. You look so happy in all these pics </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thoughts-on-body-shape-and-flattering-pants#post-1896751 Wed, 07 Mar 2018 02:35:15 +0000 Lynn 1896751@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>WOW you rock wide leg pants with a high waist and tucked top. The grey ones are especially great and I really like all the ways you styled them. &nbsp;I like the boyfriend jeans also. I agree with your assessment of the Talbot's pants.&nbsp;</p> <p>I think the paper bag waist pants that Angie posted today would be a great look on you.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thoughts-on-body-shape-and-flattering-pants#post-1896728 Tue, 06 Mar 2018 23:00:10 +0000 Suzanimal 1896728@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Very nice. You really found your fit. They all look great on you, btw.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thoughts-on-body-shape-and-flattering-pants#post-1896702 Tue, 06 Mar 2018 21:09:06 +0000 The Cat 1896702@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good job. Analysing your body and which items suit it best can be very rewarding. Both pairs of palazzo pants suit you very well. My favourite picture is #9, because the styling with a tucked-in top with a soft, rounded neckline looks really great on you. By the way, I bet you will also look gorgeous in several of the paper-bag waists Angie is showing in her blog post today. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thoughts-on-body-shape-and-flattering-pants#post-1896697 Tue, 06 Mar 2018 19:29:33 +0000 Katerina 1896697@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fabulous pants! All the pairs and all the renditions are very good and you look great! I think no 8 is very interesting, but the pants are a little too long in this pic - perhaps with higher heels after all? I really like the long jacket with the wide pants. No 10 is also super! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thoughts-on-body-shape-and-flattering-pants#post-1896696 Tue, 06 Mar 2018 19:22:15 +0000 Ginger 1896696@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>"Effortless" is the word. Such a good feeling to zip that up and feel everything just stay nicely! No tugging or re-adjusting all day long. It's fascinating to hear that you have this issue, too - my hips are anything but slim, and I honestly thought&nbsp;<i>that </i>was why low rises were so terrible for me.<i></i>&nbsp;But rise must really be the key here. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thoughts-on-body-shape-and-flattering-pants#post-1896687 Tue, 06 Mar 2018 18:10:21 +0000 krishnidoux 1896687@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you everybody!&nbsp;<br />It's funny how #8 elicits positive and negatives comments. I get you on the "swamped" thing, and I will not wear this look with these specific pants because I love them too much. However, I will persevere for that silhouette, and buy a cheaper pair and wear them with sneakers and long jacket. A fitter, long jacket might be needed.&nbsp;<br /><b>Ginger</b>, yes, it feels so good and above all I am amazed at how effortless it is! So it's to wonder... short-torso women probably felt such ease with low rise jeans, and that's why you heard everywhere low rises were soooo fantastic (when it really wasn't for us).&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thoughts-on-body-shape-and-flattering-pants#post-1896685 Tue, 06 Mar 2018 17:44:04 +0000 Sara L. 1896685@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>These pants are all very flattering on you.&nbsp; It's great that you've figured out what works for your body type.&nbsp; The only one that I feel needs some help is #8 - I think the pants should be worn with a higher heel or hemmed to just above the floor.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thoughts-on-body-shape-and-flattering-pants#post-1896681 Tue, 06 Mar 2018 17:09:48 +0000 Ginger 1896681@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well done! Our shapes are very different overall, but I share the long torso/short waist combination for a long rise. "Low rise" pants really are dreadful! I love the combinations you have here. They really feel great when they fit right, don't they? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thoughts-on-body-shape-and-flattering-pants#post-1896657 Tue, 06 Mar 2018 13:35:54 +0000 RobinF 1896657@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree, the wide legs really look good on you! My favorites are #1 and 4 and 5. It's interesting that you can do drapey pants and drapey top together. That has always been a no-no for me but I quite like it on you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thoughts-on-body-shape-and-flattering-pants#post-1896656 Tue, 06 Mar 2018 13:33:02 +0000 Cardiff girl 1896656@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I LOVE the grey pants on you and the way that you ve styled them in #2 3 4.They really suit you.The camel pants are great as well,l feel that you are slightly swamped in#8,maybe a more cropped jacket would be Better?Again I prefer those dark trousers when we can see your waist,you ve got one so show it off! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thoughts-on-body-shape-and-flattering-pants#post-1896646 Tue, 06 Mar 2018 12:17:53 +0000 cindysmith 1896646@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well done! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thoughts-on-body-shape-and-flattering-pants#post-1896640 Tue, 06 Mar 2018 11:26:53 +0000 Sal 1896640@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow you have developed some really great looks here.</p> <p>I think you are right - this is a good silhouette on you.</p> <p>The only one I don't like is 11 - love it tucked though.</p> <p>You really suit the relaxed legs, the higher waist trousers, the tucked shirt.&nbsp; Vee necks are great on you too. </p> <p>You look stunning!!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thoughts-on-body-shape-and-flattering-pants#post-1896628 Tue, 06 Mar 2018 08:43:58 +0000 Aurore 1896628@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a gorgeous silhouette! Wide-leg pants look wonderful on you! I especially love them with thos pointy flats, but all stylings are excellent. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thoughts-on-body-shape-and-flattering-pants#post-1896627 Tue, 06 Mar 2018 08:40:43 +0000 rachylou 1896627@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>7, 8, 9, 10, and 13 really do it for me. That’s so interesting about having a long torso but a high waist. I have a short torso and a high waist, and I think I thought one meant the other... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thoughts-on-body-shape-and-flattering-pants#post-1896621 Tue, 06 Mar 2018 05:59:32 +0000 Liesbeth 1896621@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Seems like you nailed a new silhouette! Especially love 2 and 11 and 13. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thoughts-on-body-shape-and-flattering-pants#post-1896616 Tue, 06 Mar 2018 04:58:22 +0000 Anonymous 1896616@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like these looks on you. #1, #4 and #7 especially. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thoughts-on-body-shape-and-flattering-pants#post-1896612 Tue, 06 Mar 2018 04:35:06 +0000 jussie 1896612@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for sharing your insights :). I love both those high waisted Kookai pants on you! Very stylish and flattering. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thoughts-on-body-shape-and-flattering-pants#post-1896595 Tue, 06 Mar 2018 02:56:48 +0000 krishnidoux 1896595@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have had some time to play with my wardrobe and tackle why I don't wear most of it. I am tired of shopping again and again thinking I might have a closet hole to fill with an item which would magically patch everything and make sense of the overabundance of garments my IKEA pax wardrobes constantly disgorge. So I decided to grab the bull by its horns, bite the bullet and reassess my present body and what I have to dress it.<br />Thanks to reading some posts on this forum, and persuing the research online further, I started to see some particularities of my shape: inverted triangle, long torso, high waist, narrow hips, athletic round thighs.<br />Not only my mid section is long, but my waist - the narrowest part of it - sits pretty high, almost immediately under my ribs. This leaves a looooong rise.&nbsp;<br />So, no wonder I struggle with "low waists" (OMG you mean <i>waistless</i> in my case).&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />So I purged a lot of bottoms that had too much of a low waist and vowed to never buy them again.&nbsp;<br />I read blogs and listened to advice on fashion vlogs for long torsoed women, IT women, athletic women, etc. and came up with the conclusion that pants that were ample and high waist would be most flattering.&nbsp;<br />As I happen to own a few pairs, here they are below. All these outfits make me feel happy, so it should say something about dressing for your shape, taking in consideration waist placement and things like long/short torso.&nbsp;</p> <p>1- Loose fit boyfriends from Gap ("1969"). I feel really good in this and only wish my city was more southern or it was summer already. I think the secret is the pump sling back;<br />2 and 3 - Long fluid high waist palazzo style by Kookai, with pointy flats. I'm feeling very free. Notice how low the "high waist" sits on me? Long torso.<br />4&nbsp; - Same Kookai pants, with the tunic top tucked;<br />5 -&nbsp; And now with a very ample semi-transparent tunic blouse also from Kookai. I don't know why I never put these two fantastic items together until today???<br />6 - mid-rise smart slacks from Talbots, flat booties. This I think is the lowest rise I can afford. Lots of happiness and confidence.<br />7 - Same pants with a tight jersey top and pumps. Also very comfy and versatile.<br />8 - Trying this new silhouette: pointy flats, long palazzo pants (also from Kookai), white extra thick cotton cami from Talbots and a 1980's oversized black jacket from Pink Martini. Pant leg is dragging, but I think I will keep it that way intentionally, just to see. However I like these pants and wouldn't want to ruin them.<br />9 - Same pants, same top, minus the jackets, and with heeled pumps. I think I could dig this look.<br />10 - with an open black summer dress as a topper.&nbsp;<br />11 and 12 - again the black Kookai wide-leg high waist pants with the earlier tunic.&nbsp;<br />13 - With a Melanie Lyn tunic (I easily look like a stewardess but I don't mind).&nbsp;</p> </p>