topic Re: Inseam in Fashion

Inseam

SquirrelFlight1 — Mon, 25 Apr 2022 23:26:19 GMT

I'm putting my 2 cents worth and that is why why why are the inseams on the pants with every designer so short. A regular at a 27" or 28" is not a full length. Whatever happened to 30 or 31"? I'm not a 20 year old. I am in the senior group and these lengths are not a good look, and quite uncomfortable.

Re: Inseam

Still Raining — Mon, 25 Apr 2022 23:37:58 GMT

Try searching full length. More 30 inch than you could ever order. I know because I have to have them hemmed.

Don't search crop, there you will se the shorter inseams.

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Etoile308 — Mon, 25 Apr 2022 23:55:52 GMT

If I could find regular pants with a 27" or 28" inseam personally I'd grap them. I've not come across a regular with anything less than starting with a 29" inseam.

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Thats Me — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 00:00:45 GMT

It must be a current trend in ankle length. I'm a petite but when I see a pair of jeans described as petite ankle length and they're 23," no. Too short and my legs are short. If the regular is 26" or 27" that might or might not work, depends on the rise and also on the leg opening circumference. I prefer a tapered leg, not too wide at the bottom.

Anyway, I agree it's very frustrating for many petite women too.

Re: Inseam

SquirrelFlight1 — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 00:25:07 GMT

@Still Raining I did search for "full length" and the inseams are 28" on the most part. There is NO 30" so idk where or what u searched. FDJ design was the only one who was true to sizing and I had to pay a pretty penny for it.

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PickyPicky3 — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 00:43:08 GMT

And just today I was thinking the American marketplace is overflowing with pants -- from 3" shorts to 34" tall bell bottoms and every length in between. I can't remember any other time when it's been so easy to find the most flattering length for anyone's legs.

Now skirts and dresses -- that's a different story.

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RollTide2008 — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 01:45:04 GMT

I love ankle pants and crops. I prefer something between 25 and 29 inches.

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Franell — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 02:23:36 GMT

It would be so much easier if we could search pants by inseam. We used to be able to search this way and it saved a lot of time.

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SharkE — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 03:15:15 GMT

I laugh when I see young girls wear these shorty shorts getting out of the car they have to pull them down fast or you'll have a view then as they're walking into the store they have to pull them out of their ****k.

wear your self out ROFL

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ALRATIBA — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 12:38:05 GMT

I only buy full length and need 29”. Most are too long and need to be shortened.

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eadu4 — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 10:39:56 GMT

@SquirrelFlight1 try searching by "tall". Those pants are 30-32". The 28" are a toss up on labeling between petite and regular and I know the regular people actually need 29-30" most of the time. We shorties need 27-28". There are no "talls" that are "full length" I know of on Q's site that are 28".

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CalminHeart — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 11:20:50 GMT

I'm so short that 27-28" if full length for me. LOL.

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tototwo — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 11:47:14 GMT

What @CalminHeart said. Exactly.

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Harpa — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 12:32:39 GMT

Don't you just love when they do not adjust the crotch seam as well for petites? Who are these fly-by-night designers anyway?

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Roni18 — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 22:53:10 GMT

@CalminHeart wrote:
I'm so short that 27-28" if full length for me. LOL.

I'm so short that 27-28" is 2-3 inches too long!

Re: Inseam

Kachina624 — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 18:13:00 GMT

Sizing on inseam is all over the place, very inconsistent. Early this morning I saw a pair of PETITE pants on a Jennie Garth show with a 29 1/2" inseam. That's some long-legged petite. So often petites are 28" which is still too long for most petite women. I wonder if QVC has any idea of how often we DON'T buy pants because they'd have to be hemmed?

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CrazyTimes — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 19:09:29 GMT

Another old thread. That's 3 bumped up today. I guess it doesn't really matter.

I prefer full length pants all year. I think I own one or two ankle pants for warm weather. I never wear crops or Capris, but I will wear shorts. My choice.

I think it's interesting that for several years now, we've been told "pant length doesn't really matter anymore". They've really been trying to convince us there's no such thing as "floods" or high waters". Maybe that's true, but IMO some lengths still are more flattering than others.

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Mom2Dogs — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:58:18 GMT

@SquirrelFlight1 I have a pair SG trouser jeans....the length is roughly 31" but sheesh, they are so wide at the hem. They way the garment was sewn, hemming or just taking in the width would be a nightmare.

I kept them because they look and fit nice, which is usually not the rule, especially with Susan Graver slacks. I will just wear a different shoe with them..I usually like a flat ballet type of shoe most of the year except winter.

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haddon9 — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 21:07:00 GMT

@SquirrelFlight1 When you're 5'1" like me a 27" or 28" inseam is perfect. Sometimes I can wear a 29" inseam if it is a wide leg. I'm 70 so in the senior group too.

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ccassaday — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 22:25:50 GMT

The Lauren Conrad flare jeans I buy at kohls are 32 inch I swam in the regular. I am 5’3 but my height is in my legs. These jeans are the perfect length for me. They hit right on my shoe perfect. Only brand of jeans I will buy. If Kohl’s was going out of business I would buy them all up that is how much I love them.