Ask Angie: should I alter these pants & keep or purge leather jackets

These pants are a narrow bootleg. They are too long for flats, too short for heels unless I get a 1" heel to wear with them. As you can see my 1 1/2 " bootie is too high for them but shoeless, as in flats, they are too long. The bootleg also looks too narrow to wear a boot under, unless it was very snug around the ankle. I'm wondering if I should get these hemmed for flats & if they are even a stylish pant. Should I get them tailored into a skinny? If so should I keep the slight relaxed kinda volume in the thigh area? I'm not sure of these pants know what they are supposed to be. They cost a lot of money so if they can become something fab that would be good.

Also what do you think of these leather jackets? The first one I'm showing with & without the detachable faux fur collar. The second one is similar & I feel better in it. I can't put my finger on what I don't love about the first one. It is roomier for layering & a heavier leather. They are both brown. I also have a cropped black leather moto that I like.

Just for fun a WIW to a music event in hippie boho Topanga & yes they did sing kum ba yah, I kid you not! I wore the outfit during the day with the sandals & at night with the a denim blazer (no photo) & boots. This is the first time in my life I'm doing this 70s look, I was only a child in the 70s but my mother dressed like this. I did have a pair of those sandals though in the 70s & a shorter version of the skirt. Just mentioning that I'm not still wearing what I wore over 30 years ago & trying to look young.

Comments on everything welcome from anyone:)

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13 years ago

Keix

Veteran

The pants look somewhat dressy to me--would you ever wear them with flats, if you got them hemmed? They do appear flattering and a hem job wouldn't be too expensive.

I will leave it to others to weigh in on the leather jackets, as I have zero experience or even opinions in that area. Love your WIW though!

Angie

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Fashion Stylist

Elle, the pants look just fine to me in #1 - great with those boots! They are too tapered to be bootcuts.

I think you might be craving a more cropped leather jacket that feels more feminine. That could be what's not grabbing you about these leather jackets.

That's a great '70s boho hippie chic look! Perfect for the music event.

Small But Mighty

Active Member

I was curious to see what Angie would say about the pants length, because they definitely looked fine to me. I like my pants just a tiny bit long over boots, just like yours are. I feel that it makes a nice, elongated let line and gives you just a little more ease when you sit down and then get up again. Very cute hippie chick look! Definitely a costume, as opposed to an outfit, but you rocked it!

Beth Ann

Love the pants, Elle. Had to comment --- I'm a great believer in Kum ba yah! It's one song that everyone can sing and even harmonize to. Sure beats a Katy Perry sing-a-long.

Excuse me while I go hum a few bars.........

ElleH

Small but mighty it's not a costume hahaha. That's how we dress around here. When I mentioned the first time I've dressed like this I don't mean only that one time. I mean since I adopted this look, along with other looks, a few years ago, as opposed to still dressing this way since the 70s. In earlier posts it was commented that trying to keep dressing as one did in their 20s looks like trying to look young but I wasn't in my 20s in the 70s I was a child. Anyway I don't always look this costumey but it doesn't look like one where I live.

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