https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-you-think-about-ski-pants Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 16 May 2026 20:34:56 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-you-think-about-ski-pants/page/2#post-409499 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 19:21:23 +0000 RoseandJoan 409499@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh Fi they look nice. I LOVE these but I should save my pennies for the Duo Boots!<br /> <a href="http://www.hobbs.co.uk/index.cfm?page=1017&#038;productid=0111-8112-3214L00&#038;productvarid=0111-8112-3214L00-BLACK-14&#038;refpage=1244" rel="nofollow">http://www.hobbs.co.uk/index.c.....fpage=1244</a><br /> <a href="http://www.duoboots.com/products/boots/detail/calf_fitted_boots/florence/12/colour/1-black_leather/variation/1/" rel="nofollow">http://www.duoboots.com/produc.....riation/1/</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-you-think-about-ski-pants/page/2#post-409496 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 19:12:45 +0000 londonkiwi (now back in NZ) 409496@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Julie - how about these - <a href="http://www.gap.eu/browse/product.do?cid=58407&#038;vid=1&#038;pid=846317" rel="nofollow">http://www.gap.eu/browse/produ.....pid=846317</a> ? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-you-think-about-ski-pants#post-409116 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 02:30:29 +0000 Kari 409116@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I guess because I was too young when the "ski" look was prevalent, I don't see these as gear. Like others mentioned, I see them as a stirrup version of ponte pants. I do think the stirrup might be more challenging in avoiding the frump factor; then again, YLF members did manage to sway my eye where stirrup leggings are concerned.</p> <p>Bottom line - I think it's certainly worth a try!</p> <p>(Off topic, but when I was 7-8 years old, during the early 90's, I was *so* obsessed with stirrup stretch pants. My "uniform" was a pair of stirrup knit pants, an oversized and VERY bright or floral tee shirt, brightly colored socks folded over with a little ruffled edge, and <a href="http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=keds+slip+ons&amp;um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;tbm=shop&amp;cid=13844034753268794607&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=WxBTTt6aFsjiiALdxYHYDA&amp;ved=0CIABEPMCMAQ">Keds slip ons.</a> I thought that was the height of coolness!) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-you-think-about-ski-pants#post-409047 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:31:00 +0000 Jonesy 409047@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think they are cool! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-you-think-about-ski-pants#post-408978 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 21:54:11 +0000 Angie 408978@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have been wearing the legging version for years (still do) - will absolutely wear the Ponte version. I am an '80s and '60s gal through and through. </p> <p>You'll look fab in these, Jules. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-you-think-about-ski-pants#post-408960 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 21:12:13 +0000 Polly (thunalata) 408960@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I trust you... You were asking about coloured trousers about a year ago and I thought it was a bit odd, and now everyone has them and I'm suddenly starting to think they seem like a really good idea for me too...</p> <p>I can see you in that sort of look you pictured so I'd say go for it! Keep looking! They sound comfy too... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-you-think-about-ski-pants#post-408946 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 20:31:55 +0000 catgirl 408946@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It is specifically the stirrup that I don't like - but without it, aren't they just ponte pants? Agree the stitching can help. And I like jodhpurs, which I suppose are a variation on these (athletic wear turned fashion)... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-you-think-about-ski-pants#post-408944 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 20:29:52 +0000 Vildy 408944@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wore this the first go round. I would steer clear of stirrups because a<br /> friend developed severe foot problems that her dr diagnosed as from the<br /> position and pressure of the stirrup. But I have like the faux ski pants that<br /> I saw pictured online with the stitched line down the fronts. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-you-think-about-ski-pants#post-408928 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:47:55 +0000 RoseandJoan 408928@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've been hunting, ponte leggings are available now but I do wish for a pair of trousers.<br /> <a href="http://www.topshop.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?beginIndex=0&#038;viewAllFlag=&#038;catalogId=33057&#038;storeId=12556&#038;productId=2617583&#038;langId=-1&#038;sort_field=Relevance&#038;categoryId=208528&#038;parent_categoryId=203984&#038;pageSize=20" rel="nofollow">http://www.topshop.com/webapp/.....ageSize=20</a><br /> the hunt continues </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-you-think-about-ski-pants#post-407710 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 17:02:41 +0000 Suz 407710@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>bj1111 makes excellent points. I think I probably tried a few on, back in the day, and came away discouraged because (for me) they were difficult to fit. BUT...today's fabrics may make everything work better. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-you-think-about-ski-pants#post-407701 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:38:20 +0000 bj1111 407701@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>i love the look, especially the vertical stitching down the front. it makes it look a pants, not leggings. i do see 60's and 80's in the current iteration and that is not a problem.</p> <p>a bigger problem for me when i tried them in the 80's is that the length of the pant to the stirrup needs to be exact, otherwise, the pant bags at the ankle. not a "do." also, the stirrup had to hit at the arch otherwise, the seaming would dig into my heel. </p> <p>being a shortie, i had very very little luck locating the right pant. i'd rather skip it and devote the energy to higher yielding pursuits. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-you-think-about-ski-pants#post-407677 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:36:46 +0000 RoseandJoan 407677@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, these trousers really do split opinion. I can be quite a stubborn old mule when I get a look in my head but I will know that if I tack down the right pair that not everyone will appreciate the look.</p> <p>Ski pants appears to be what the media are calling them, I don't think I called them by that name in the 80's. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-you-think-about-ski-pants#post-407560 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 09:07:50 +0000 Anonymous 407560@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nakidra, I thought the same. for me ski pants are the puffy fleece lined ones. The ones that have a special slit to pull over the ski boots.<br /> Speaking of these, I wore a pair of stretchy stirrup and a long sweater at my brother christening in 1994. ( I was 6) . Those were the days...<br /> Anyway, I'm interested in a new take on the ski-pants. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-you-think-about-ski-pants#post-407555 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 08:36:26 +0000 Nakidra 407555@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's funny because when I read ski pants, I was thinking like the kind my 6 year old wears .... You know super heavy, thick snowboarding type pants that go over real pants and that kids roll around in the snow it. My immediate though was "huh??" do adults wear these and wouldn't that be hot? So my mind was in the wrong place! I think the look you are talking about could work if you did it just right.... Good luck finding the cheaper option! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-you-think-about-ski-pants#post-407554 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 08:33:37 +0000 Fruitful 407554@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>OK that Vogue pic you linked to is nothing like the stirrup pants of yore - which were like male gymnasts' uniforms as rachylou noted! (Extra weird when worn by stumpy legged grade 4 girls with dirty ballet flats or runners)</p> <p>These look beautifully fitted and I like the look with the extended leg line as pictured. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-you-think-about-ski-pants#post-407552 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 08:27:18 +0000 Fruitful 407552@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is not a comment on your question - I cannot see this objectively - which totally dates me! One of the fashion faux pas we'd be in hysterics over in high school was ski &amp; stirrup pants. And so I'm kind of phobic about them... brings me back good memories and laughter.</p> <p>Man, getting older is weird... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-you-think-about-ski-pants#post-407550 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 08:11:11 +0000 Aunty 407550@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I bought a pair of needle cord ones last year from M &amp; S. They looked great with boots and a long line jumper. But be warned I hade to cut out the stirup because as I walked around it worked of my foot. Most uncomfortable </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-you-think-about-ski-pants#post-407546 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 07:57:29 +0000 CocoLion 407546@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't think gear when I see these, either ski or equestrian. I see high-fashion as it would be, still, a fringe trend for A/W 2011.</p> <p>I do think they give the legs a different silhouette from leggings or ponte skinny pants. The stirrup straightens the line which could be a good thing if one is trying to skim over leg lumps. </p> <p>If you love them Rose I say go for it!!! And thanks for the MaxMara link, I have always enjoyed this Italian line as it was my very first designer purchase. I bought a wool suit in Europe in 1984 and I still have it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-you-think-about-ski-pants#post-407538 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 06:55:08 +0000 rachylou 407538@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like 'em, if they fit like the pic. In the ol' days they used to look more like men's gymnastics wear. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-you-think-about-ski-pants#post-407533 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 06:36:57 +0000 catgirl 407533@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I might consider the look if I could get around surrendering the ankle... Maybe Angie can give some pointers! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-you-think-about-ski-pants#post-407530 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 05:22:19 +0000 Freckles 407530@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Loved to ski, loved ski pants, loved stirrup pants...</p> <p>Not gear to me as the fabric is totally different and that gives them a different vibe.</p> <p>Although I no longer ski my brain may still be frozen from the winters here so a very skewed opinion too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-you-think-about-ski-pants#post-407502 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 03:34:52 +0000 Suz 407502@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think you're right; it's all in the execution. And in the wearer, to some extent; some body types work better than others. </p> <p>I like it on the right person/shape. It is different from leggings in that it's less curve hugging and more angular. It's great tucked into boots. I would love to see your interpretation of this! And you know what? I would try it myself, too. Never dared to, in the 80s, but would do it now. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-you-think-about-ski-pants#post-407412 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:01:13 +0000 Beth 407412@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Like Mo and Una, I see ski bunny. I can't get past the boxy look they give to the legs. Equestrian pants, even jodphurs, are closer fitting and show off the curves of the legs. These fit very differently to my eye. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-you-think-about-ski-pants#post-407404 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 23:49:31 +0000 san 407404@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love them. They are not so different than the ponte pants except maybe a bit more curve hugging. Also I'm sure wearing them in a way that doesn't look ski bunny is important. I can sure see how those of you who do see alot of ski bunnies would associate these in that way. In my mind I see a more equestrian style.<br /> Miss Rose and Joan I'm sure you will work them in a very modern way. Can't wait to see.<br /> I have a couple pair and I am looking forward to wearing them with my new SW boots from NAS. I'll keep my behind covered with a tunic.<br /> <a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/stuart-weitzman-cadet-boot/3170211?origin=category&#038;resultback=819" rel="nofollow">http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/st.....ltback=819</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-you-think-about-ski-pants#post-407389 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 23:05:45 +0000 bella 407389@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think you'd be at the cutting edge of fashion if you can get these to work. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-you-think-about-ski-pants#post-407345 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 21:21:17 +0000 catgirl 407345@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I feel like I can get a similar look with leggings, although I'm interested to know what everyone thinks is the difference with the stirrup detail. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-you-think-about-ski-pants#post-407343 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 21:17:27 +0000 RoseandJoan 407343@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I live nowhere near a ski resort but did wear the look in the 80's. I actually think of 60's mods when I think of the look and this Jil Sander look rocks my world. I think execution of the look may be everything, and I would probably get the details slightly off but nothing ventured... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-you-think-about-ski-pants#post-407339 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 21:13:04 +0000 catgirl 407339@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've got to agree with Mo, they still are all over the place and are gear to me. </p> <p>Plus I don't have calves that work with the stirrup look - my legs end up looking straight up and down... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-you-think-about-ski-pants#post-407330 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 21:00:07 +0000 Mo 407330@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Having endured many a winter season of ski bunnies in their stretchy black pants and cropped puffy jackets, I cannot get the association out of my mind. To me, they are gear, and dated 80's gear at that! (then again, not everyone has worked a baseball's throw away from the ski lift for the last decade and a half, so my view is no doubt skewed!) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-you-think-about-ski-pants#post-407315 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 20:36:21 +0000 Inge 407315@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love stirrup detailing and really like the look of the thicker fabric too. They also have a bit of an equestrian vibe going on (or am I delusional), always a bonus in my book. So big thumbs up from me. </p>