https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trying-wide-ponte-pants Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 20 May 2026 10:03:31 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trying-wide-ponte-pants#post-217680 Sat, 18 Sep 2010 01:32:06 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 217680@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks, everyone. I think I've decided to give these a miss for the moment. They did have a bit of bagginess at the lower hip (not usually a problem, believe me!) and since they were the smallest size, I can't size down. I'll keep my eye out for a similar pair that fits a bit better. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trying-wide-ponte-pants#post-216807 Thu, 16 Sep 2010 02:07:00 +0000 Vix 216807@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi Laura --</p> <p>Echoing most -- like the way the pants drape on you, think whatever height heel you can handle (once you get your Tall!) will work best with the wider leg opening, would pair it with a slim-fitting topmost layer.</p> <p>Perhaps unlike others, I could see you adding a black cardigan -- maybe high-hip length, maybe boyfriend since you are leggy! -- over a top about the length of your example. I don't know if you're a "belter" but if so, great. </p> <p>Otherwise I would probably do the column look on the inside -- a black or dark top + a fitted sweater, blouse or jacket in one of your best contrasting colors. </p> <p>I might be wrong, but I think as long as the top isn't super-floaty *everywhere* you can go a little longer, especially as your shoulders look to be even or a bit wider than your hips AND you have those legs!</p> <p>It would be one of those annoying things to figure out once you have the top and outer layer with the right length pants and chosen pair/s of shoes...sometimes after I put things together, I'm surprised by where the "good" horizontal lines turn out to be! </p> <p>[sometimes happily and sometimes less so, ha] </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trying-wide-ponte-pants#post-216688 Wed, 15 Sep 2010 19:22:09 +0000 Louise 216688@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think I recall from a previous thread that Angie felt ponte knit pants work best in slim fit as wider leg have a tracksuit vibe? x </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trying-wide-ponte-pants#post-216686 Wed, 15 Sep 2010 19:16:12 +0000 Jonesy 216686@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wide-legged pants are back and very on-trend (see this blog post from today, for example: <a href="http://www.garancedore.fr/en/" rel="nofollow">http://www.garancedore.fr/en/</a> ). I love the idea of these with some heels and a jacket. You would look smashing, </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trying-wide-ponte-pants#post-216649 Wed, 15 Sep 2010 18:24:46 +0000 rute 216649@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like the pants but they seem a bit tight at the waist and large at the hips.. Maybe you could try it with a fitted top to see if it works! ide leg pants ask for more fitted tops, not tunics!</p> <p>But the color of the tunic is lovely on you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trying-wide-ponte-pants#post-216643 Wed, 15 Sep 2010 18:16:41 +0000 Scarlet 216643@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I actually like these pants on you, although it is true that my eye is unused to seeing the wider leg these days. If you got them in tall and wore them with a sleek top, I would think it would look good. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trying-wide-ponte-pants#post-216634 Wed, 15 Sep 2010 17:37:53 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 216634@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I should have added to my original message that I wouldn't buy this pair - I'd have to order the talls online, because the regular length would be too short on me with most shoes. I didn't get the top either - it had a cute zipper detail in the back and the color was nice, but the styling and the banded bottom didn't work for me at all. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trying-wide-ponte-pants#post-216619 Wed, 15 Sep 2010 17:14:23 +0000 Queen Mum 216619@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like them...<br /> what I don't care for is the top. I think with those wide leg pants your top needs to be sleek and clean. The gathering around the neck doesn't do ANYONE over a B cup any favors IMO and the gathering around the waist is equally problematic.<br /> Pop those pants on with a nice top and jacket and you're stylin! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trying-wide-ponte-pants#post-216618 Wed, 15 Sep 2010 17:14:21 +0000 Anonymous 216618@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmmm...my eye needs to readjust to wide pants. They seem blocky to me, but I'm no longer used to them. With the volume on the bottom, you'd need a sleeker pants-length long top. I'm also wondering about the length of these. They will probably look best with as much heel as you can manage comfortably so will need to be longer than shown. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trying-wide-ponte-pants#post-216614 Wed, 15 Sep 2010 17:05:07 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 216614@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I was @ Lane Bryant yesterday and tried on these ponte knit pants. Unlike the trendy pontes Angie's been talking about, these are wide legged, falling from the hip w/ a side zipper. The waistband construction of these is really comfy, with hidden wide elastic. </p> <p>I took a couple quick pics with my camera phone, trying to figure out if the shape suited me. Any thoughts?</p> <p><a href="http://www.friendsofpr.com/laurats/ponte1.JPG">first photo</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.friendsofpr.com/laurats/ponte2.JPG">second photo</a> </p>