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Ask Angie: foot-eating wide legs

cinnamon fern

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My feet appear to have been swallowed by my pants. This is unacceptable, right? What should be done?

Pointy shoes help - but - these are half linen, so should be wearable with sandals.

Would hemming get rid of this problem? Right now they are about 1 mm off the floor in my highest sandals - not sure whether they're just too long.

Returning is not possible at this point. Anyway, if I could figure out the foot-swallowing issue, these jeans would be really useful - I am always looking for things that are comfortable in 90+ weather and my air-conditioned office.

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Latest reply was from cinnamon fern

Mia

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Not Angie but just wanted to say that I saw a photo of Emanuelle Alt recently where her pant legs were doing the very same thing. They sure elongate

Sona

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I think you need a good hem job- that preserves the wide cut but still shortens it appropriately.

Suz

(website)

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Well, I think they look amazing on you! Love the colour, too.

Anonymous

I think that is the look, isn't it?

Anonymous

What Sona said. The third pic makes them look like they need a hem.

cinnamon fern

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Thanks, guys! Suz, Mia, you are too sweet. I need all the leg-lengthening I can get.

But ... no consensus ... are they too long or not? And would shortening them half an inch make them stop eating my feet?

Liz A.

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What Ceit said... it's a look, maybe not your look, but a very 70s look none-the-less.

Janet

(website)

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What Ceit said... However, if you were to have them hemmed, you can get them hemmed at an angle, so the front of the hem is slightly higher than the back. That way the back of the hem still hits just above the floor for PPL but the front of your shoe/foot will be slightly more visible.

Diana

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I have poison eye for the shoe-eating pants look. However, my personal preferences aside, it's not a faux pas. I don't really think there is a solution besides narrowing the pants leg. I would not shorten as then you'd have high water wide leg pants, which are much, much worse. The length is correct, this is just the style and you have to decide whether you like it or not.

Echo

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I agree that this is the look. I fear shortening the pants will make them look too high, almost no matter how small the hem. Wide legs are supposed to almost touch the floor, and when the foot is visible, they look too short. One simply has to decide whether they like shoe-eating pants. The only alternative in my mind would be to narrow them, but that would completely change the style of the pants.

texstyle

(website)

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I think they look pretty great and agree that it is the style. Unless they really bother you to wear (uncomfortable) I think I'd leave them as is and wear those long legs!

CocoLion

(website)

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Platform shoes contribute to this look. I think it looks fine, except from the side, where it almost looks like the pants are smaller than the circumference of the shoe, that you might trip? If you wore these with a shoe with less of a platform, that might help. Or, get them hemmed a bit shorter in front as others have suggested. Or leave as is. In pictures 1 and 2 they look amazing!

unfrumped

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I actually think I would hem them and am intrigued by the idea that of course you could get a tiny hem up in front and leave the back longer. I mean they are actually dragging on the floor, so the idea that being 1 mm off the floor is the goal is not really practical. You would have to have a Vulcan mind-meld with the tailor (or do it yourself) to be sure they got it right. This of course if you've got a target shoe--hard to mix shoes for PPL's.

K. Period.

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I love (!!!) these shoe eating pants! I think this is the way wide legs are supposed to look. Of course, I always wear them with pointy toes or peep toes, so that my shoes can peep out and flirt with the onlooker. Maybe hem them slightly to show a bit more shoe, but only a tiny bit. They look gorgeous in 1 and 2 as Denise said.

Peri

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I absolutely love foot eating pants! As most know of my foot/shoe issues by now, anything that covers my running shoes as much as possible is a win for me.

Plus, I think you look really cute in them. And I would love to know what they are. Foot eating half linen jeans...please tell me where to buy them! Serious request...I want some!

DonnaF

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This is what PPL looks like if you are wearing heels. My toes always stick out a bit even in wider leg pants because I wear a fairly low heel height that makes my feet effectively longer in front.

catgirl

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I think this is the correct length - I remember Angie saying that people can admire your shoes when you sit or walk. YLF!

cinnamon fern

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Hmmm ... leaning towards keep as is, then. I do love the 70s as long as it's done in a kind of minimal way.

Peri - the pants are from Uniqlo:

http://www.uniqlo.com/us/store.....8?ref=sear

Day Vies

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I am a big fan of foot eating trousers You look fabulous in this silhouette (yes I'm biased this is one of my favorite looks). The look truly elongates the leg. I say go for it!

Anonymous

Love these as they are. Very flattering for a lean, long-legged look.

Aida

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Totally the look. Pointy shoes go a long way with these, but in sandals that doesn't sound as feasible. Also as Denise pointed out, less platform will also help especially if you've got higher heels underneath; it'll arch your foot and make it even more foot eating, yes, but you'll avoid odd folds at the hem. I have a few pairs of this type of pant and love them, but I do have a strong 70s streak in me. For me, I wear either high heels to completely hide my feet, platform sandals to show a little peek of toe, or very pointy heels peeking out from underneath.

bj1111

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Love! This is how wideleg pants should fit.

Peri

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Not even pricey...thanks!

The rise looks kind of low...can you measure it? Couldn't find that info listed.

cinnamon fern

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8 1/4. If you're thinking about ordering, they run big - these are a size down from what I usually wear - my normal size was slouchy, which I think doesn't work with these legs.

Also, they are kind of short - they shrank a couple inches when washed - I'm 5' 4", with short legs but 3-inch heels.

Aziraphale

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I thought wide-leg pants were supposed to eat your feet? No? Because of all the extra fabric? If you hem them shorter, they look like too-short pants.

I think they look good as is, for what it's worth.

Thistle

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I really, really like these on you just as they are. I believe this is an intentional, fab, and leg lengthening look on you!

cinnamon fern

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I am self-conscious about the size of my feet - one of my childhood nicknames (from my father, who is goofy) was 'fetus feet'. It occurs to me this is why I worry about foot-eating pants.

Although 5.5 isn't really THAT small, is it?