Ankle pants HELP please.

To my eye, more important than the length is the width at the hemline. I feel the bottom of the ankle pant should almost hug your leg so you don't look like you have your little sister's pants on.

ITA w/ magicmoodz...to me it's more about the width at hemline....narrow is better than full ... imo...at least for me. But because I do have hips (chuckle) I don't like the look of skinny or close to my leg pants as it makes me look even wider at the hips.

What I recently did to get a nice ankle pant was I bought two pair of LDO's LL pants and hemmed one pair to be at the top of my ankle (so you can see the ankle). I can wear these w/ my Go Walks or Fit Flops and they look nice. The reason it works for me is that the LDO pants are more of a straight and a bit narrow of a leg ... not a taper ... and not skinny ... but the bottom of the leg does not flare out in the least.

I am 5'5"" w/ about a 30 - 31 inch inseam but cannot wear a petite due to the rise being too short or I would have picked up the petite and not have to hem.

You may have to try on several pairs of pants to find one that works for you. Good luck.

Isaac's famous ankles are petite 26, average 28. These are his 24/7 Stretch ankles. I want to try them, but I think $54. for them are a little much. I agree, some that don't fit right at the ankle, look bad and usually when they're too short, they hike up a bit in the back and makes them look bad.

On 3/28/2015 magicmoodz said:

To my eye, more important than the length is the width at the hemline. I feel the bottom of the ankle pant should almost hug your leg so you don't look like you have your little sister's pants on.

This is spot on.

I have tried lots of ankle pants, but can't find one that doesn't make me look like I bought my pants in the wrong length. I think they are so cute for spring and summer, and I love the look on other women, but I just don't like them on me. I agree that the narrower or slim leg opening is the way to go.

Thanks for the replies. I agree the width of the leg is key, but I find most ankle pants of tapered properly, so that helps.

Playing with a few pair today, I think I found a good length--now to find a tailor to make my ankle pants approp for my 63 inch frame

It seems like the type of shoe worn with ankle pants is also key but I am not quite sure what the key is?

another thing, have I missed something or what is with the hosts rolling up their pants legs??? Maybe it's a 'new' thing. Inform me, please.