https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/welts-are-all-wrong Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 16 Apr 2026 05:40:03 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/welts-are-all-wrong#post-1472875 Sat, 11 Apr 2015 20:33:47 +0000 AnnaJP 1472875@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>As another buttless wonder i need some rear-view detail to add shape and interest, but wish there was a law against those welts which have no actual pocket lining, what is the point?! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/welts-are-all-wrong#post-1472853 Sat, 11 Apr 2015 18:52:09 +0000 rachylou 1472853@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><i>Bad welts! Bad welts!</i></p> <p>I'm gonna have to walk around and say that all day. I have no butt, but I do it hate it when the pocket outline shows. Lot of pants do that IMO.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/welts-are-all-wrong#post-1472760 Sat, 11 Apr 2015 14:41:32 +0000 Beth Ann 1472760@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Suz --- I think the welt pockets must be really a nod to menswear -- a place for that wallet.&nbsp; God forbid I should add a wallet to the mix!</p> <p>Dear Angie: Thanks for your "uplifting" comment.&nbsp; I really don't mind my backside, and I think welt pockets might work for on, say, some drapey Kate Hepburn style trousers.&nbsp; That item is my HEWI for sure! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/welts-are-all-wrong#post-1472759 Sat, 11 Apr 2015 14:39:05 +0000 Angie 1472759@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Beth Ann,&nbsp;I bet your bottom is as beautiful with welt pockets.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/welts-are-all-wrong#post-1472747 Sat, 11 Apr 2015 14:11:46 +0000 Suz 1472747@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This thread is hilarious!!&nbsp;</p> <p>Beth Ann, I feel your pain.&nbsp;</p> <p>It's interesting how many women say they LIKE the back pockets, though. I never would have thought it. (I don't mind pockets myself at all, but that wasn't always the case; I don't know if I am less self-conscious or more oblivious these days...)&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/welts-are-all-wrong#post-1472740 Sat, 11 Apr 2015 13:36:26 +0000 Beth Ann 1472740@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Forum feedback reassures me that I'm not alone!&nbsp; In my shopping, I'm finding that many trousers without welts sometimes have no zipper, either --- more like a pullup pant or legging.&nbsp; I'd like more structure, and tuckability, in my trousers, so I'm still looking about!</p> <p>Janet:&nbsp; As a photographer, you've learned that many things can be hidden from view! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/welts-are-all-wrong#post-1472732 Sat, 11 Apr 2015 13:23:27 +0000 Janet 1472732@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lol at your description. </p> <p>I have a complicated relationship with rear pockets. The combination of wide hips/saddlebags and a flattish booty mean that I can look simultaneously wide and flat. Many styles of pockets really don't help at all. I mostly solve the problem by avoiding my own rear view, which is admittedly pretty easy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/welts-are-all-wrong#post-1472731 Sat, 11 Apr 2015 13:19:40 +0000 retailgirl 1472731@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't have much of a rear and I like any kind of pocket on the back of a pair of pants...but I do understand how some might not like them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/welts-are-all-wrong#post-1472725 Sat, 11 Apr 2015 13:01:08 +0000 Mellllls 1472725@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>i hear ya. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/welts-are-all-wrong#post-1472723 Sat, 11 Apr 2015 12:59:10 +0000 Beth Ann 1472723@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Unfrumped:&nbsp; Black fabrics are often more forgiving --- with the pocket detail blending in more.&nbsp; </p> <p>Staysfit:&nbsp; This forum has taught me that the silhouettes, fits or details that make one member run away can flatter another and earn an honored place in the closet!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/welts-are-all-wrong#post-1472706 Sat, 11 Apr 2015 11:08:28 +0000 Staysfit 1472706@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wish I had a "bubble butt" as I affectionately call the nice round rears the rest of my family have and then I wouldn't need Groucho Marks eyebrows peering out my backside! I'm in the flat bum club and need the welts, so sorry for your dilemna. (A bubble butt with Groucho Marks eyebrows, I will never forget this, ever! ) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/welts-are-all-wrong#post-1472658 Sat, 11 Apr 2015 06:39:06 +0000 unfrumped 1472658@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wahhaha.<br /> Most dress triuser have those. May be another reason why I find light- colored dress pants problematic. More " wiggle room " in black. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/welts-are-all-wrong#post-1472643 Sat, 11 Apr 2015 04:57:06 +0000 Beth Ann 1472643@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Una, Caro and Cheryle:&nbsp; I shall think of you before I curse welt pockets!</p> <p>Peri:&nbsp; Yes, you are correct --- many welt pockets aren't even functioning -- meaning they have no pocket lining.&nbsp; Except for the one's that Rabbit's talking about.</p> <p>Rabbit:&nbsp; I can see them now --- butt ears!&nbsp; For summer I have white dressy straight leg jeans, white denim crops, bf and skinny jeans, black skinnies, and black track style pants.&nbsp; I also have bf shorts in white and faded denim.&nbsp; I'm thinking about culottes, and/or tailored trousers that are smart casual.&nbsp; Must be washable! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/welts-are-all-wrong#post-1472641 Sat, 11 Apr 2015 04:41:38 +0000 Caro in Oz 1472641@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>:( Same as Una - I need me some welts :)&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/welts-are-all-wrong#post-1472637 Sat, 11 Apr 2015 04:33:55 +0000 rabbit 1472637@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm laughing but I feel you. &nbsp; I have a very well-loved pair of old black skinny jeans that have these and they are my lounge pants. &nbsp;With age the white&nbsp;pocket lining has developed a tendency to turn inside out&nbsp;and poke out through the welt slit when I put them on. &nbsp;If I forget to check before walking the cats, I'm basically hanging out in my front yard with butt ears. &nbsp;I keep meaning to sew them up....</p> <p>What shape and color of trousers are you looking for? &nbsp;Work or casual?</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/welts-are-all-wrong#post-1472635 Sat, 11 Apr 2015 04:29:01 +0000 Peri 1472635@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Is that the kind of pocket where you just have kind of a seam and the pocket is internal? I hate those! I'm more treble than bass but I don't think they are good on anyone. They are impossible to iron and the pocket itself is bumpy no matter what. I've had a tailor remove the pocket and sew it shut but it still leaves a lump and a bunch of wrinkles. Yuck! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/welts-are-all-wrong#post-1472630 Sat, 11 Apr 2015 04:21:57 +0000 catgirl 1472630@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hahaha! Something we in the Buttless Wonders Club don't have to think about...but I am sorry. Bad welts! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/welts-are-all-wrong#post-1472626 Sat, 11 Apr 2015 04:18:42 +0000 cheryle (Dianthus) 1472626@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I had to look up welt pocket to see what it was. &nbsp;The groucho marx comment was pretty funny but it can be frustrating when most pants have a feature that doesn't work for you. &nbsp;I like flap pockets but that is because I have a super flat bum and it looks pretty sad in most pants/jeans. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/welts-are-all-wrong#post-1472621 Sat, 11 Apr 2015 03:46:07 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1472621@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>wiggling Groucho eyebrows! Plastered on the butt! Ha hahahaha! Must erase image from mind. <br />I do like some pockets on the butt, but I'm with you--I don't find the welt ones nearly as flattering as I once imagined they were. Something about that tiny, thin line across a vast expanse of hilly terrain. . . . Jeans pockets are my favorite, but jeans--and the jean look--are not appropriate for every situation, are they? <br />I'm no help. Just had to respond, because I was laughing so much at your description. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/welts-are-all-wrong#post-1472617 Sat, 11 Apr 2015 03:41:11 +0000 Beth Ann 1472617@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Welt pockets are my trouser nemesis.&nbsp;&nbsp; Don't misunderstand me, I don't mind them on others, as long as they're well stitched and constructed.&nbsp; But on a curvy backside, they are heinous --- particularly when I walk.&nbsp; It's like plastering wiggling Groucho eyebrows on my butt.</p> <p>As Angie says, "Next!"&nbsp; Anyone finding great trousers without these pockets? </p>