Zaeobi, I think the petite inseam might work or even be a touch short -- truly!
This is a great review. It echoes my own impressions of the new wider leg denim, at least the 4 versions I have lately purchased.
Truly, fab friends, if you haven't tried wider legs recently, you might want to try them on again. I, too, had feelings of "chunk" in some earlier versions. Yes, I'm relatively slight and my hips are not wide (though neither are they narrow). But my tummy is NOT pancake flat post-menopause and I also have a bottom. Also, substantial thighs for my size, such that a lot of "straight" leg jeans were more like skinnies on me.
Even many of the so-called "baggy" or looser jeans -- for instance -- the Levis high waist wide leg crop that works SO well on Irina and Sal (and others here) look horrible on me because my thighs fill out the front too much -- it does not hang in a good way and rather than looking like a wide jean, just succeeds in making me look wider.
This newer version of wide leg is a real boon to the pear or near-pear shaped person. It can also work on hourglass figures. Also could work on ITs who want to balance their shoulders.
If your rise is shorter, I would not necessarily rule out all versions. Angie has a shorter rise and she looks terrific in these jeans. So -- worth considering. And no, nobody is paying me a commission for this, LOL.