https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/vented-hems-on-slim-pants-yay-or-nay-aka-should-i-sew-them-shut Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 17 May 2026 18:15:27 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/vented-hems-on-slim-pants-yay-or-nay-aka-should-i-sew-them-shut#post-819713 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 03:37:49 +0000 Suz 819713@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love my zipper vented moto pants by Theory. Wore them last night. I love playing with the zips for very slightly different effects! </p> <p>So I am a yay vote. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/vented-hems-on-slim-pants-yay-or-nay-aka-should-i-sew-them-shut#post-819694 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 03:21:56 +0000 Angie 819694@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My thumbs are up for vented hems! I have zippered skinnies and I LOVE unzipping the zips to create little vents.</p> <p>Love your outfit too </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/vented-hems-on-slim-pants-yay-or-nay-aka-should-i-sew-them-shut#post-819608 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 02:09:04 +0000 Amy 819608@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Vented hems are generally there for a reason...like being able to get your foot through the bottom of narrow pants. I wouldn't sew them shut unless you're absolutely certain you can get your foot through. I also think they look nice. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/vented-hems-on-slim-pants-yay-or-nay-aka-should-i-sew-them-shut#post-819525 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:55:16 +0000 Deborah 819525@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't mind the vented hems at all. I quite like them Cool pair of pants </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/vented-hems-on-slim-pants-yay-or-nay-aka-should-i-sew-them-shut#post-819517 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:49:45 +0000 Diana 819517@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>K, good point that the reason why we're not seeing vented pants is because they're all too short right now to need vents! I hope you are right and longer pants are on their way back in! (Would you believe that these were actually LONGS, and I still had to let out the hem to get a decent length?) Anyway, I'm relieved that you have seen new vented pants in stores though, since that means mine are not totally faux pas!</p> <p>Kristin, thanks for the links! I think a travel steamer is the way to go for me. I live in a tiny apartment and would have nowhere to store the big one! (Plus I need to be able to take it with me to CA with my wedding dress...) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/vented-hems-on-slim-pants-yay-or-nay-aka-should-i-sew-them-shut#post-819451 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 23:30:15 +0000 Kristin SF 819451@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good links:<br /> <a href="http://www.alreadypretty.com/2012/12/this-week-i-love-20.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.alreadypretty.com/2.....ve-20.html</a><br /> <a href="http://www.unefemme.net/2012/01/une-femme-recommends_31.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.unefemme.net/2012/0.....ds_31.html</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/vented-hems-on-slim-pants-yay-or-nay-aka-should-i-sew-them-shut#post-819429 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 23:02:42 +0000 K. Period. 819429@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOL! You can tell that I'm on team polished because the first thing that I thought was what Zap said: it needs some hem, not just the binding stitch. As far as the vent, I think it is fine. I actually just bought several pairs of long ankle length pants from Banana today and they have a short vent. It does make a slim pant sit better over a pair of boots and I think we'll see more and more of it as retailers finally give up on trying to force us to buy cropped pants and start giving us more ankle length pants. That's my prediction at least. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/vented-hems-on-slim-pants-yay-or-nay-aka-should-i-sew-them-shut#post-819362 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:13:23 +0000 Diana 819362@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks, guys. I think I'll just leave the vents for now. I just wanted to make sure they weren't hopelessly dated or something!</p> <p>MaryK, I really need to buy a steamer! I need one for my wedding dress anyway. No, I don't have a flatiron. My hair is too straight already!</p> <p>Zap, making a real hem is on the to-do list. I'm just lazy. To be honest, though, that really is something that nobody will notice unless they're on the ground staring at my feet, so I'm not really concerned. Team Polished I am not!</p> <p>Emily, that's usually what I do too. But this crease (from the old hem) really needs an iron.</p> <p>Kristin, my version of that is getting my fiance to iron for me while we watch TV. He actually enjoys it, and is much better at it than me. I sew his buttons back on, though, so it's sort of equal? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/vented-hems-on-slim-pants-yay-or-nay-aka-should-i-sew-them-shut#post-819275 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:50:11 +0000 Kristin SF 819275@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have some slim pants from Theory that have a vented hem, just bought this past fall. I like them! Nordstrom had to hem the pants for me and they kept the vent, I thought it was a nice detail.</p> <p>Pics: <a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/theory-bellisen-slim-leg-ankle-pants/3358914?origin=keywordsearch&#038;contextualcategoryid=0&#038;fashionColor=&#038;resultback=0" rel="nofollow">http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/th.....sultback=0</a></p> <p>I also hate to iron and so I bought a mini-tabletop ironing board and a brand new iron, so that I can iron while sitting on the couch at night while watching TV with DH. (I haven't yet done it but it seems like a great idea, lol.) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/vented-hems-on-slim-pants-yay-or-nay-aka-should-i-sew-them-shut#post-819244 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:17:34 +0000 Emily 819244@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I was going to say no, but I hardly notice the vent in the picture. If you like them better that way I'd say leave the vent as is. </p> <p>Also - I loathe ironing also, with every fibre of my being. I sometimes get around it by hanging my clothes for the day in the bathroom while I take my customary steaming-hot shower, and then smoothing the wrinkles out with my hands. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/vented-hems-on-slim-pants-yay-or-nay-aka-should-i-sew-them-shut#post-819238 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:13:06 +0000 Tina.b 819238@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>HAHA, I've used a flat iron for little touchups before myself. I think a vented hem can work, I see them cropping up occasionally from different designers. Just a little detail that can add some interest without being dramatic. You will have a better idea when you iron these out if if works on these pants. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/vented-hems-on-slim-pants-yay-or-nay-aka-should-i-sew-them-shut#post-819237 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:11:33 +0000 Anonymous 819237@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't mind the vented hem. I actually decided to close mine on a pair of pants I just tapered but I went back and forth too. Neat-o me fell betterw with it closed.</p> <p>I would also make a bit of a hem, to hide the stitching, plus the crease elimination LOL. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/vented-hems-on-slim-pants-yay-or-nay-aka-should-i-sew-them-shut#post-819233 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:08:08 +0000 MsMary 819233@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like a nice vented hem.</p> <p>And may I suggest a steamer if you really hate to iron? I love mine and that old hemline really needs to come out! ;)</p> <p>ETA: Do you have a flatiron for your hair? Mine worked really well on my wrinkled shirt collar yesterday! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/vented-hems-on-slim-pants-yay-or-nay-aka-should-i-sew-them-shut#post-819229 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:01:39 +0000 Diana 819229@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The pants I am wearing today are actually ankle pants that I let the hem down on to be full length. They originally had a zipper at the ankle; now the part I let out forms a vented hem right below the zipper. What do we think of vented hems for slim pants in general? I like how it makes the pants sit better over my booties, but is the look dated or weird? (Or is this the kind of thing that nobody will notice but me, LOL).</p> <p>ETA: Yeah, I know I should have ironed the hem after I let it out! I have no excuse except that I hate to iron. </p>