To Crop or Not To Crop, That Is The Question

Lana

I have these wide leg stretchy knit herringbone trousers and I’m trying to decide whether to crop or leave them long. Last photo not very flattering, sorry.

I’m hourglass shape with a short waist, long rise and my legs are on the shorter side. Could I get your opinions please?

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2 years ago

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Angie

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Hmmmm, Lana.

May I see a pic of them with the longer and shorter hems on BOTH legs, please?

2 years ago

Helena

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Although I am generally on Team Crop, I *think* I might like these full length ... but agree with Angie, it would be great to get a photo with both legs cropped, and then both non-cropped, just so its easier to get a fair comparison ...

2 years ago

Lana

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Thanks Angie and Helena, here they are.
Just pinned so probably would hang better after hemming.

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2 years ago

Runcarla

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I vote leave long.

2 years ago

Angie

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Thanks!

I like them longer too - slight preference for that version. Don't hack.

Wear with sneakers, or your more refined silver boots.

2 years ago

Lana

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Thanks so much, Angie and Carla, my legs look longer in the lengthy version obviously. Sometimes I can get away with cropped if I wear a column but harder to do with a patterned trouser.

Do you think it’s the width plus pattern or just that my legs are short?

2 years ago

Cardiff girl

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I like both so l don’t think it’s you it’s just preference.l prefer to wear some of my trousers Cropped to show off my boots and avoid the puddles and some long as it definitely looks more elegant.

2 years ago

Angie

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Lana, your legs don't look short in the cropped version. I like the shorter version too! I prefer the longer version because it's a little different to what I've seen of your wardrobe so far. Fun change

2 years ago

Anonymous

I think you should leave them long. To my eye, it’s the width of the pant leg & the pattern combined that make cropping not such a good idea.

2 years ago

Jaime

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I prefer the longer length.

2 years ago

rachylou

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I vote longer too. My first thought was crop, but then I decided the pants were meant to be longer and the alteration wouldn’t work out.

2 years ago

Suz

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I like longer too, on this pant, but it's hard to say why. I love you in crops as a rule, and as someone who shares all those body type modifiers, I understand your flattery priorities. Despite having legs on the shorter side, I sometimes find that cropped works to my advantage, somehow -- as you say, it helps to tie in the footwear etc. but sometimes I think it's more because cropped can create a sort of "active" vibe -- there's a built-in dynamism to the crop that somehow overcomes the leg-shortening effect (at times.)

Here, though, the pant looks good either way and why not play around with full length for fun?

2 years ago

lyn67

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Leave them long like they are, or you can shorten like showed here but then, I would rather narrow the legs a bit, too...Both can work.

2 years ago

bella

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Oh Suz, awesome observation! I don't have particularly long legs, but I really like cropped look on me (especially with more volume up around the thighs - think joggers, balloon pants), and this might be the reason! Your explanation really made sense to me. The active vibe that you're talking about fits my personality and lifestyle. What an enlightenment!

2 years ago

Star

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I vote to keep them longer as well.

2 years ago

Style Fan

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I like these pants long.

2 years ago

Zaeobi

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I don't think it's the pattern so much as the fabric type - that material looks nice left long so that it can 'drape', despite the thickness.

Interesting observations about 'cropped' being leg shortening - I always thought it was *lengthening* because it allows more leg to be seen! Guess it depends on where exactly the cropped hem hits on the leg...

2 years ago

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