https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wide-legged-jeans-with-flats Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:12:49 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wide-legged-jeans-with-flats#post-840761 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 11:18:09 +0000 Astrid 840761@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Elisabeth, I hadn't thought of chunky flats, but I could probably do these. And I'm also on the search for new sandals/spring shoes anyway. </p> <p>Thanks K. I might be able to do something with a platform, but I'm not sure. I never tried, same as with heels. I just always wore flats, I'm comfortable in them. </p> <p>Thanks Cathy. I might try some flatforms or low platforms if I see a pair I like. </p> <p>Thanks for checking in, Aida! I never would have thought we were the same height, you somehow look much taller to me in your pics. I don't think pointy toed flats are for me, but I can see almond toed shoes working with my feet. A low wedge might be doable as well, good suggestion. I'm widest right where my hip ends, so if the pants are fitted in the hips and the cut straight down it should work just like you suggested. </p> <p>Thanks Raisin! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wide-legged-jeans-with-flats#post-840484 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 02:43:36 +0000 Raisin 840484@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I do it...with rounded toe flats.....I know that's breaking all sorts of rules! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wide-legged-jeans-with-flats#post-840341 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 00:42:30 +0000 Aida 840341@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Checking in! IMO if you want to wear flats with wide pants, you will need pointy (possibly almond will work) flats; I just don't see any other way around that for you. We are the same height, though your inseam is a bit longer than mine I think. I wear 3-4" heels with ALL of my wide leg pants; if I absolutely had to wear flats they would most definitely be pointy, no other shape. Another option that could work for you is something pointy or almond-toe with a 1" wedge. That way you get just a little lift (which makes a surprising difference with wide leg silhouettes), but still a very low and comfortable shoe option. If you do decide to investigate the wide leg pant thing after all, I think the best bet would be something that fits in a tailored way all the way through the widest part of your thigh and then goes straight down from there; if it dips in at all then the shape becomes a bit trickier. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wide-legged-jeans-with-flats#post-840121 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 20:48:37 +0000 cciele 840121@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>As a 5'3" rectangle, I avoid wearing any wide-legged or superflared pant without some sort of heel. Definitely look into platform or flatform shoes if you want to explore the look. My knees can't tolerate heels of more than 2 or 2.5" , but I wear 4-5" platforms with my wide-legged pants because the effective height is in my comfortable range. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wide-legged-jeans-with-flats#post-840049 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 19:55:01 +0000 K. Period. 840049@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think you've got it pretty much sorted. It is possible, but very challenging. Pointy toed flats, to me are a necessity to make it work. I'm 5'5" and slim hipped and I think it is challenging to wear wider legs without some form of stacked heels. I've tried and tried and tried. I've got gorgeous linen trousers hemmed to just the right height. They just don't look all that flattering, though. My wider legs with stacked platforms? They look divine. </p> <p>One more thought: Have you considered wearing something with a serious platform, like a pair of clogs, with a really long wide leg? That can help pull it off too. The pant length has to pretty much cover the shoe entirely, though, so it isn't very functional in anything but sunny, dry weather! However, it works really well with jeans, which can take a more rugged shoe. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wide-legged-jeans-with-flats#post-839889 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 17:30:54 +0000 Aziraphale 839889@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wide legged pants look best, to my eye, with chunky heels, regardless of your body shape -- BUT they can also work with chunky flats that have a little bit of a platform sole ("flatforms"? The soles need only be about an inch thick) or else pointy-toed flats, which helps elongate the leg line. Still, I don't think it's a slam dunk. You'd have to try it out. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wide-legged-jeans-with-flats#post-839872 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 17:22:12 +0000 Astrid 839872@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Thistle and Tina! No, I don't have any pointy toed flats and I suspect I won't find a pair that fits me, I have wide feet and often trouble fitting even the round toe shoes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wide-legged-jeans-with-flats#post-839867 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 17:18:12 +0000 Tina.b 839867@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm 5'8 and I find this difficult for me. Even a small heel makes a big difference when I wear wide pants. That being said it is definitely doable, and quite flattering on some people, especially with a pointy toe. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wide-legged-jeans-with-flats#post-839864 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 17:16:55 +0000 Thistle 839864@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think it is totally possible. Have you ever tried them with pointy toed flats? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wide-legged-jeans-with-flats#post-839862 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 17:15:03 +0000 Astrid 839862@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks everybody for your input! I think it might be more work than it's worth. I would say my inseam is normal for my height, I normally go for the 32''. These are sometimes just a bit too long, but the 30'' is always too short. I will try them if I stumble upon a pair that seems promising, but I won't actively search for a pair. </p> <p>@unfrumped<br /> I'm definitely talking about wide leg pants. I don't have a problem with bootcuts, I still wear the two pairs I have. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wide-legged-jeans-with-flats#post-839797 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 16:32:54 +0000 Diana 839797@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So, even with my long inseam, I don't like wide legged jeans because I don't wear high heels over 2.5". I got rid of all of mine in fact. I didn't like how the denim made them stiff and wide all the way down and you couldn't see my leg shape. Without heels I thought it made my legs look short and wide. Wide legged trousers are fine though because they are softer and slouchier so they show your leg shape a little when you walk. Even then I don't wear them with truly flat shoes (well, also, they would pool on the ground because I left them long.) I wear maybe 2" heels (or my 3" platform booties). I guess if you found some softer, thinner jeans that drape a bit more than normal it might work better. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wide-legged-jeans-with-flats#post-839761 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:56:34 +0000 unfrumped 839761@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think it is a hard look to pull off also if you actually mean WIDE leg. I think you can do it with trouser styles that some people now would call wide, since "straight" is now relatively skinny, to my eye. Also mild bootcuts I think still work. </p> <p>At some point there's a tradeoff, since there is no end to the pressure to use more heel height for a longer leg line, versus wear skinnier pants to expose the footwear, and you have to find the right balance for you. This is one of my pet peeves (rant, rant) about showing how great and long-legged someone looks in trousers but it's only if they're wearing a 4" heel. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wide-legged-jeans-with-flats#post-839744 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:38:13 +0000 amiable 839744@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wear wide legs with flats and love them. But I'm a tall rectangle, not a not-so-tall pear, and I suspect body shape makes a lot of difference on this one. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wide-legged-jeans-with-flats#post-839742 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:36:53 +0000 Anonymous 839742@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Go with pointy toed flats. They do look awesome together. You can also wear them with flat sandals ( The trick is to have exposed toes). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wide-legged-jeans-with-flats#post-839723 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:16:37 +0000 Sara L. 839723@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have to be honest - I'm 5'6" and whenever I wear wide leg pants with flats, I feel frumpy. Sarah A looks great in hers though, so it's definitely do-able with the right pants and shoes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wide-legged-jeans-with-flats#post-839718 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:06:55 +0000 Sarah A 839718@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Astrid, I hate to say it but at 5'3" trying the style the wide legs might be more trouble than it is worth unless you have an exceptionally long inseam for your height (like Diana does I believe)... I think I would spend my limited funds on a more versatile item. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wide-legged-jeans-with-flats#post-839716 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:03:25 +0000 Mona 839716@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Astrid, I am 5" 3" and a pretty pear like you and I agree with Celia. Wide legged pants with flats look awful on me, something I used to wear often before discovering YLF. I do wear heels, though. I have given away all my wide legged jeans as they couldn't be worn with heels (too short pants length).<br /> After seeing how well Aida rocks hers, I want a pair too but I have to wait for the right one. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wide-legged-jeans-with-flats#post-839710 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:57:08 +0000 Astrid 839710@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Celia. Yes, I'm definitely on a budget and wouldn't want to spend lots of money to make pants like this work. I can see how wedge sandals might be a solution, but I don't even wear those. I wear no heels at all. </p> <p>Thanks for the pictures, Sarah! They look great on you. You're taller than me though, I'm only 5'3". </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wide-legged-jeans-with-flats#post-839701 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:49:11 +0000 Sarah A 839701@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I only wear flats. And I do wide legs. These pants everyone here told me not to hem for flats, use at least a 1.5" heel (I dont wear those!) but I am glad I did hem them for flats, now they get a ton of wear after being a closet orphan when they were longer. I am 5'5" and wear size US 6 for reference. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wide-legged-jeans-with-flats#post-839699 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:47:42 +0000 celia 839699@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Astrid, honestly and to my great regret as a not very tall pear and I like to wear flats, my answer will be no, wide leg jeans with flats(even if they are pointy toe ones) are not very flattering.<br /> Of course you can try to make it work or simply wear it because you feel like it without caring about figure flattery. But if you want to keep to a budget and only buy things that are flattering I wouldn't do it.</p> <p>You can always buy wide leg jeans and wedge sandals for summer that you can wear with skirts also to change them a bit.</p> <p>It depends on how much are you willing to pay to make the pants work. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wide-legged-jeans-with-flats#post-839696 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:41:28 +0000 Astrid 839696@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, that makes sense! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wide-legged-jeans-with-flats#post-839693 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:37:02 +0000 Anonymous 839693@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh sorry, I see I read that wrong! I still think it's worth a try. I think another key to making it work is a pair of wide legs that drape/flow nicely across the top of the foot. Like, soft, thin jeans seem to work better than thicker ones that have a more defined line. I don't know if that makes any sense, though! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wide-legged-jeans-with-flats#post-839689 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:30:13 +0000 Astrid 839689@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Stacey. Although I'm not tall, so that's another difficulty. Maybe I need some that are not that wide, just enough to pass as wide legged jeans. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wide-legged-jeans-with-flats#post-839684 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:27:59 +0000 Anonymous 839684@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Also a tall pear. I think it's harder to pull off, but not impossible. I've found that flats with a lower vamp work best for me when I wear wide legs and flats. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wide-legged-jeans-with-flats#post-839680 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:25:56 +0000 Astrid 839680@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I really loved Aida's recent wide legged jeans outfit and I'm thinking of putting a pair on my shopping list. Only problem with that is that I only wear flats and I think most people wear heels with wide legged pants. Do you think trying this style with flats as a not so tall pretty pear is a recipe for disaster? </p>