https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-doing-the-drapey-pants Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 11 Jun 2026 01:53:24 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-doing-the-drapey-pants#post-1436043 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 20:41:45 +0000 Suz 1436043@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>These look great from what I can tell, and I can easily imagine the fabric quality. Lucky accident indeed! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-doing-the-drapey-pants#post-1436013 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 19:58:33 +0000 Anonymous 1436013@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>They do look super comfy and chic. Nice that a happy accident made them the right length and fit for you </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-doing-the-drapey-pants#post-1435959 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 18:09:08 +0000 Sveta 1435959@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Happy accident indeed!</p> <p>It is a bit hard to see but what I can see looks great. Please wear them out of the house, especially if they feel that great as well.<br />I think slouchy is when the crotch point of the pants is lower than the natural. Drapey is when the crotch point is not low but overall fit is not tailored and has an ease to it.<br />Although I am by no means an expert in this topic...:-) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-doing-the-drapey-pants#post-1435912 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 16:48:58 +0000 Anonymous 1435912@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Those are really nice pants, and you look great! I need some of those. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-doing-the-drapey-pants#post-1435903 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 16:38:26 +0000 K.M. 1435903@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shiny, thanks for clarifying. The more I look at your pic the more I love your look. Now I also want to try some slouchy knit pants in a dressy look like yours! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-doing-the-drapey-pants#post-1435885 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 16:04:58 +0000 Karie 1435885@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, yes, wear in public! Immediately! I often feel like I'm doing something naughty when wearing comfy, slouchy pants in public, but it will be our little secret! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-doing-the-drapey-pants#post-1435884 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 16:02:26 +0000 shiny 1435884@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>KM, they are pretty slouchy on me. Sorry the angle of the photo makes it difficult to see - no DH to help me take a photo that day. The crotch drops quite a bit. I can drop it even lower if I tie the waist lower, but for this cropped sweater I'd then be showing skin! Also then they'd puddle more around the ankles, since I'm only 5'0. Here I have them hiked and secured pretty much at my natural waist, which is on the high side, yet there is still about&nbsp;an inch of crop drop.&nbsp;</p> <p>It's hard to see where the sweater ends and the pants begin in this pic, because the sweater has a wide black band. I do like that affect.&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-doing-the-drapey-pants#post-1435878 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 15:47:19 +0000 K.M. 1435878@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love the laundry story! I've tried to "fix" garments by shrinking them on purpose in the dryer, but that's never worked for me.</p> <p>I tried to compare your picture with the link you provided to see more detail. It looks like they are less slouchy on you than on the model? To my eyes they look dressier and more elegant on you--both because of how they fit you, and because of how you styled them. I love your look from head to toe, looks so chic to me.</p> <p>On the "cheating" feeling: I remember in the early 90s wearing very fluid, drapey, soft-fabric wideleg pants with forgiving elastic waists. They were in fashion then (at least in Brazil) and everyone wore them. I used to wear mine with a sleeveless turtleneck and heeled sandals and always felt like a million bucks while at the same time being so comfortable. I'm all for stylish looks that can feel like jammies too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-doing-the-drapey-pants#post-1435854 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 15:23:33 +0000 AM 1435854@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love the pants. And yes, they may definitely be seen in public. Quite chic and I like how you've styled them. I may have to put them on my wish list. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-doing-the-drapey-pants#post-1435851 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 15:18:58 +0000 Thistle 1435851@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>YLF!!&nbsp; I love the pants, and I think they would work very well in a business casual environment that leans a bit more casual. And I am all about comfy clothes for work. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-doing-the-drapey-pants#post-1435849 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 15:16:30 +0000 Beth Ann 1435849@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>These are luxurious and as flattering as they are comfy.&nbsp; I say "sure" to wearing them out.&nbsp; I might not wear them in a strict business environment wit a "suit" dress code, but I think they would be awesome for those days when you work late, or for travel days (great for flights).&nbsp; Do you you still have any of those shrunken jackets that were so popular years ago?&nbsp; They would look fresh worn with this pant, instead of the old bootcut, long tee, teeny jacket look.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-doing-the-drapey-pants#post-1435838 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 14:44:11 +0000 shiny 1435838@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Westsidesue - does this help:<br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/eileen-fisher-merino-jersey-slouchy-pants-regular-petite/3935615?cm_cat=datafeed&amp;cm_ite=866202_1&amp;cm_pla=women:bottoms:pant&amp;cm_ven=Google_Product_Ads_pla_online&amp;mr:referralID=cf628cdf-a907-11e4-82f7-001b2166c2c0">http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/ei.....15?cm_cat=</a></p> <p>If not, basically the fabric is just like a soft&nbsp;merino sweater. Feels lightweight, yet is warm. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-doing-the-drapey-pants#post-1435008 Sat, 31 Jan 2015 11:46:32 +0000 Mona 1435008@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, you look perfectly comfortable and publicly presentable. How nice that hubby did the laundry, otherwise, these pants would not reach their full potential. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-doing-the-drapey-pants#post-1435001 Sat, 31 Jan 2015 10:52:35 +0000 Aquamarine 1435001@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>They look like they fit you perfectly. I hear you on the slouchy pant fit...it feels like cheating after years of snug waistbands but enjoy while you can! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-doing-the-drapey-pants#post-1434991 Sat, 31 Jan 2015 09:17:54 +0000 Ruth M 1434991@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm not sure&nbsp;about the difference between drapey and slouchy either, but you look great in this cosy and comfortable outfit.&nbsp; They certainly don't look remotely like jammies, so I can't think of any reason why they wouldn't be appropriate to wear in public.</p> <p>It speaks to the quality of the fabric that the pants still feel soft despite being in the dryer.&nbsp; What a happy laundry accident!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-doing-the-drapey-pants#post-1434977 Sat, 31 Jan 2015 06:30:42 +0000 shipskitty 1434977@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think you are good to go. It can be our secret that you are secretly wearing pants so comfy that they should be pajamas! We won't tell </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-doing-the-drapey-pants#post-1434975 Sat, 31 Jan 2015 06:21:46 +0000 westsidesue 1434975@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I REALLY like the proportions you have going here. Looks very good. With the pants, it is hard to see much more than the silhouette, so can't say whether they look like jammies, but they do look good. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-doing-the-drapey-pants#post-1434974 Sat, 31 Jan 2015 06:14:45 +0000 fuzzylogic 1434974@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love these! &nbsp; I have similar for summer. &nbsp;You look hot!..... in &nbsp;a good way...... !!!! (red cheeks) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-doing-the-drapey-pants#post-1434970 Sat, 31 Jan 2015 05:30:13 +0000 shiny 1434970@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I guess technically they are slouchy pants? I'm not sure of the difference between drapey and slouchy. All I can say is that I felt like I was cheating.... going out into the world in sweat pants or even jammies!</p> <p>These are the EF Merino slouchy pants. I bought them awhile back, they arrived and instantly I was in love with the warmth and oh so coziness... except they were humungous on me! Waist came up to my bra band. Length pooled sloppily around the cuffs. BUT&nbsp;I kept them anyway and have been slouching around at home in them, sleeping in them, lounging...&nbsp;&nbsp;not daring to go outside. Shamelessly expensive upscale uber comfy jammies/loungewear.</p> <p>Then DH (sweetheart that he is) did my laundry while I was away on business. And he threw these into the dryer. And they shrunk... to perfect length! While still retaining the softness warmth coziness factor.&nbsp;</p> <p>So what do you think? Do they work for going out in public? Still on the fence because they are Just. So. Comfy. Did I mention I feel like I'm wearing jammies? How can I get over that mental space? Clothes worn in public aren't supposed to be this comfy!</p> <p>The top -- is a cropped sweater I got from BR back in the early Fall. I have worn it a couple times popped over a longer blouse, but otherwise it has&nbsp;become somewhat of&nbsp;an orphan because I get squirmy with such layering.&nbsp;&nbsp;Because these EF pants are high waisted, the top seems to work on its own without needing an under layer.&nbsp; </p>