https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-do-some-women-pull-up-their-pant-legs-before-sitting Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 11 Apr 2026 11:27:51 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-do-some-women-pull-up-their-pant-legs-before-sitting#post-2296106 Tue, 13 Dec 2022 01:07:46 +0000 LJP 2296106@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Removed . </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-do-some-women-pull-up-their-pant-legs-before-sitting#post-2296100 Mon, 12 Dec 2022 23:35:03 +0000 The Cat 2296100@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Old thread. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-do-some-women-pull-up-their-pant-legs-before-sitting#post-2295809 Sun, 11 Dec 2022 08:00:49 +0000 Jp 2295809@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's more for ease and prevents knees from bagging </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-do-some-women-pull-up-their-pant-legs-before-sitting#post-2115006 Sun, 19 Apr 2020 03:53:04 +0000 Sarah 2115006@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I totally loosen my hosiery before putting on shoes too when I wear it. However I tend to go without it most of the time since I wear flats.</p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-do-some-women-pull-up-their-pant-legs-before-sitting#post-2064203 Thu, 26 Sep 2019 11:58:19 +0000 Preppy Pear 2064203@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Huh - I’d never heard of doing this with their pant legs. I’ll be looking to see if anyone I know does it now! I may need to try it myself - I can always use more thigh room! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-do-some-women-pull-up-their-pant-legs-before-sitting#post-2064122 Thu, 26 Sep 2019 01:40:49 +0000 rachylou 2064122@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ohmigosh! I totally loosen the toes on hosiery before putting on my shoes! I hate the feeling of socks pulling on my toes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-do-some-women-pull-up-their-pant-legs-before-sitting#post-2064121 Thu, 26 Sep 2019 01:34:17 +0000 Sarah 2064121@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks ladies</p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-do-some-women-pull-up-their-pant-legs-before-sitting#post-2029618 Thu, 23 May 2019 13:00:11 +0000 lyn67 2029618@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I was taught to do and usually I still do for the same reason everybody said. Then modern fabrics(which have a certain amount of elastan or lycra) do not always need this kind of adjustment, or at least not of the same amount it needed in the previous era.</p> <p><b>Also, do you loosen hosiery on toes before you slip into your shoes? </b><br />I sometimes do this, too-especially&nbsp; with high and slim vamp pointy toes, or&nbsp; slim and long boots. Otherwise I may and with holes after only one wear:-((. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-do-some-women-pull-up-their-pant-legs-before-sitting#post-2029565 Thu, 23 May 2019 03:30:24 +0000 shiny 2029565@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I do this sometimes, rarely with skinny jeans (another reason I love them).&nbsp; I do it with flowy pants that have a rise that may be just a tad too long, and that are unforgiving stretch wise in the thigh. So that when I sit, the "bend" isn't in the right place unless I pull the pants up. </p> <p>Also my thighs aren't all that wide but I have a little bit more on the quad than on the hamstrings. And I have wonky adductors (a factor of being born with wonky hips that turn my inner thighs inward) and not very much in the lower hip area, so that most pants pull inward, as there's not much to pull them outward in the hip area.&nbsp; The wonky adductors/scrawny lower hip mean that standing/walking a higher rise is preferable, but sitting is another story.</p> <p>It's hard to explain but if you want to body swap for a day or two, you'd see what I mean!</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-do-some-women-pull-up-their-pant-legs-before-sitting#post-2029334 Wed, 22 May 2019 10:29:21 +0000 Anonymous 2029334@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm not sure if I do, and pants season is over for me, but may to loosen the thigh area. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-do-some-women-pull-up-their-pant-legs-before-sitting#post-2029318 Wed, 22 May 2019 05:17:02 +0000 TracyLiv 2029318@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>For ease! To avoid knee stretch and to provide a little more room and prevent waist gaping! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-do-some-women-pull-up-their-pant-legs-before-sitting#post-2028927 Mon, 20 May 2019 18:14:43 +0000 Helena 2028927@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yep to Allison and Suz ... my dad actually taught me this one, from his business-suit wearing days </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-do-some-women-pull-up-their-pant-legs-before-sitting#post-2028856 Mon, 20 May 2019 14:44:58 +0000 Sarah 2028856@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks ladies! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-do-some-women-pull-up-their-pant-legs-before-sitting#post-2028634 Sun, 19 May 2019 16:19:07 +0000 The Cat 2028634@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>People (at least here in Scandinavia) did this much more in the '60s (that was when I myself asked --my Mum--about it ) and the '70s. Nowadays, I seldom see anyone do it. I had actually forgotten about this habit till you raised the question here. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-do-some-women-pull-up-their-pant-legs-before-sitting#post-2028538 Sun, 19 May 2019 04:31:39 +0000 Suz 2028538@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I do it a lot. Men do it, too. It prevents the knees from bagging and the back (if low rise) from gapping too much.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-do-some-women-pull-up-their-pant-legs-before-sitting#post-2028475 Sun, 19 May 2019 00:51:05 +0000 Anonymous 2028475@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I totally do this with dress pants. It's all about ease in the thigh when you go to sit down! &nbsp;Bring up the knee, loosen the thigh= more comfort. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-do-some-women-pull-up-their-pant-legs-before-sitting#post-2028461 Sun, 19 May 2019 00:28:44 +0000 Gigi 2028461@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I do this when I am wearing jeans that are pretty tight on the leg, because when I sit, it feels like my knee is going to pop through the fabric, since the fabric isn't moving much. So I think women (and men) do it to avoid extra wear on the knee area of the pants. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-do-some-women-pull-up-their-pant-legs-before-sitting#post-2028450 Sat, 18 May 2019 23:50:31 +0000 Sarah 2028450@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks ladies for answering my question!&nbsp; I didn't know that simply pulling up the thigh area of my pant legs would prevent wrinkles and stretch out knees.&nbsp;Makes sense now that if you lift the legs up, there is no stress on the knee area. &nbsp;I'm going to definitely starting pulling them up before I sit down! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-do-some-women-pull-up-their-pant-legs-before-sitting#post-2028403 Sat, 18 May 2019 21:14:51 +0000 Jenni NZ 2028403@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don’t think I do this? But I might pull at them or fiddle with them if I am wearing ankle boots and they have got caught on the boots in a funny way as I sat down. I would adjust that to look better almost without thinking. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-do-some-women-pull-up-their-pant-legs-before-sitting#post-2028379 Sat, 18 May 2019 20:13:28 +0000 Stephanie 2028379@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>They are probably pulling the pant legs up because it is more comfortable to sit down or they are adjusting pants that don't move much when you sit.&nbsp; When you sit down, the thigh and knee areas get taunt.&nbsp; When you pull the legs up, it adds more fabric to the thighs and the pants don't rub on the knees as the fabric rides up when you sit because you already pulled it up.&nbsp; The amount I pull up usually depends on the pants and the fabric materials.&nbsp; Office dress pants usually get pulled up higher than say a pair of jeans.&nbsp;If the pants&nbsp;doesn't have stretch like a pair of silk pants, then&nbsp;I make sure those are pulled up enough so when I sit, the knees don't rub against the fabric and ruin the pants. &nbsp;Also pulling them up before sitting prevents the pants from getting all wrinkled too. Since I been sitting this way for like ever, it is just now a habit. You should give it a try with some of your pants and see what you think. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-do-some-women-pull-up-their-pant-legs-before-sitting#post-2028352 Sat, 18 May 2019 17:37:16 +0000 Allison 2028352@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I hitch my pants up&nbsp;like this before sitting down to prevent the knee area from stretching out.&nbsp;Also, if you have a crease in your pant legs and you didn't do this, it will stretch and ruin the crease line. Used to do this with just dress pants but now do this as a habit with all my pants except skinny jeans since they are too skin tight. &nbsp;Both men and women do this. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-do-some-women-pull-up-their-pant-legs-before-sitting#post-2028348 Sat, 18 May 2019 17:27:28 +0000 Janet 2028348@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I do this because if I don’t, the waistband in back slides down my backside further than I’d like, and sometimes the front waistband cuts into my stomach uncomfortably if I don’t hitch my pants a little and give a little more ease at the top. </p> <p>It’s not just women. I’ve seen men do this too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-do-some-women-pull-up-their-pant-legs-before-sitting#post-2028345 Sat, 18 May 2019 17:22:56 +0000 Sarah 2028345@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've noticed when some women sit down, they pull up their pant legs before sitting down.&nbsp;Some women just barely pinch and pull them up, others grab a lot of fabric and pull up&nbsp;quite a bit&nbsp;which makes their pants ride up their leg considerably.&nbsp; Is there a reason they are doing this before they sit down&nbsp;or is it just a nervous habit?&nbsp; Or is it something that has to due with the fabric and the pants.&nbsp; I wanted to ask in person but I am an introvert and I am embarrass to ask them.&nbsp; Hope someone can answer my question. </p>