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Proper pant length - what do you think this time?

JAileen

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This is why I don’t tuck in my tops. Yuck.

1-3 - jeans from the other day, but this time with flats
4-9 - the same jeans in a different wash, with booties.

What do you think? Is this better? Are the jeans the right length for their respective footwear?

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6 years ago

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Helena

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4-9 looks perfect to me. 1-3 I think are good too but harder to judge for some reason ... Probably due to my lack if expertise! I think as long as there is a break in the front of the pants, you're good. Btw, the tuck looks fine, I think you're being too critical!

6 years ago

Sara L.

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I agree that 4-9 look good to me (I love those snakeskin boots). I still think the jeans are a bit short in 1-3 but it's less obvious.

6 years ago

L'Abeille

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I am distracted in 1-3 by the slice of bare flesh visible... The shoe is low at the side yet centrally the camp is so high the flare of the pant leg covers it. I would want to see it with a uniformly high vamp (sneaker or oxford) or low like a ballet flat, and then think again. I suspect I might still find them on the short side. But in my life I'm unlikely to wear them much longer. I guess there's a reason they're called bootcuts, and a reason I now gravitate to slim legs and ankle lengths even as the pendulum begins to swing away.

6 years ago

Angie

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4 to 9 look a much better wash too. NICE pant lengths, Janet.

6 years ago

Anonymous

Whelp, I like both washes! And the length. Still. :p

6 years ago

JAileen

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Angie, thank you for commenting. I’m glad you think the second pair are good.

TorontoGirl, Sara, L’Abeille, jlpp, thank you for taking the time to comment. I hoped the second pair would be okay with booties. The first pair is more like a utility pair. I wore them with my navy Adidas today. I hope I didn’t look ridiculous.

6 years ago

Mainelady

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I like the jeans with boots the best, but don’t think you look ridiculous in the shorter ones. Not at all. Wear them with confidence.

6 years ago

Echo

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The first pair strike me as just slightly too short,, The second are just right. Then again, I am no expert on PPL, so I will defer to Angie.

6 years ago

kellygirl

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Agreeing that 5-9 are the perfect length. That’s my preferential length. 1-4 look too short with the loafers although I am guilty of wearing that length with sneakers on occasion.

6 years ago

JAileen

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ML, thank you for the vote of confidence.

Echo, Kelly, thank you for your thoughts. I wonder if I should crop them? The fit otherwise is okay.

6 years ago

Denise

Active Member

4-9 look good to me and I like both washes.

6 years ago

Joy

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4-9 look best for wash and length to my eye. There is a place for 1-3. Could you let out what hem there is in the blue pair and just leave them frayed? It may be just enough length to make a difference.

6 years ago

Anonymous

I am certain you didn’t look ridiculous!

6 years ago

Anonymous

Check the pant length 3rd from the right that LisaP posted of Vogue staff @ fashion week ... we’re not alone!

6 years ago

JAileen

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Denise, thank you.

Joy, I might experiment with these jeans. I’ve demoted them to wearing around the house, shoveling snow, erc.

Jlpp, thank you for pointing out the photo. I think my jeans in 1-3 are actually longer than the person’s who is third from the right. I wonder if part of the problem with mine is that they are neither here nor there: not long enough, and not short enough.

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6 years ago

karen13

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I like the length and was best in 4-9, but admit I often wear 1-3, hopefully JFE and way more practical. It is fine to have a pair for sneakers and function. But I did a DIY release hem on a pair that was neither here nor there and really like how it turned out.

6 years ago

Jenni NZ

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I feel like you're worrying too much. The first pair look a practical length and I couldn't care less if any young people mocked me for wearing "sneans". (Sneakers and jeans). I think young people will mock people of our age no matter what. Only ones that know and respect us might not.

6 years ago

JAileen

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Karen, yes, I’ve worn them out in public - thrift store volunteer with Adidas sneakers and trip to Lowe’s with waterproof boots. BTW, how much snow do you have? I feel like I live in Camelot - it only snows here at night.

Jenni, I felt like they were too short, and nearly everyone confirmed it. For those that thought they were okay - thank you!

6 years ago

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