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Fashion - Pants

danette — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 12:30:13 GMT

Why all of the ankle and cropped pants. We need more high quality full-length pants..i.e. similar to those manufactured by the wonderful Louis Dell'Olio. I still have many of his pants and they are going strong and still look great. I personally think most women look better in full-length...and the choices of full-length are few now on QVC. Most full-length are athleisure wear or the very baggy liquid knits by Susan Graver. Just a recommendation.

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amyb — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 12:47:53 GMT

@danette I'm with you on this! I'm so sick of chopped off looking jeans and pants. And I never was a fan or wore any cropped pants. On my 5'1.5" figure, they just make me look shorter and frumpy. I like a full length pant, or a slim leg jean/pant to the ankle...but mid to bottom of the ankle not 2" above it! It's like a "nowhere" "what's it mean to be" length to me...does nothing at all for any woman's figure in my opinion, and I can't for the life of me figure out it's current popularity. "To show off your shoes" can't be the reason, though it's the reason marketing/sales often gives...because full length skinny, slim and straight pants, still show your shoes.

For boot cut I like them long, over the boots.

The dumbest, dumpiest look imo is the full or flare crops...oy, how unflattering can you get? "Scare crow pants" I call them...especially the unfinished hem ones. 😝 Put me on a stick, and plant me in the tomato patch!

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vermint — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 13:31:43 GMT

I happen to like ankle pants---most are a "regular" length pant on me! I'm 5'5", but have VERY short legs, even petites are too long.

I also like crop pants in the warmer weather. I don't wear shorts, so in a gathering where most do wear shorts, I don't feel as conspicuous in crop pants. I'm with you on the wide crops, though, they don't look good on me.

As to "quality" pants, such as the Linea line, I think those days may be gone on QVC...everything has just gotten soooooo expensive that the "average" Q viewer just doesn't want to pay the price that sort of quality would demand.

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MG Chris — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 13:37:41 GMT

Another vote for ankle or cropped pants. I prefer them.

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febe1 — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 13:51:20 GMT

I don't like cropped any pants. They don't do a thing for me as 5'2". It's ridiculous when the host sells it by saying if you don't wear shorts, cropped is good. Come on....

They look just like pants that you bought too short. High waters. Long or at the knee for the summer.

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haddon9 — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 13:59:56 GMT

@febe1 wrote:
I don't like cropped any pants. They don't do a thing for me as 5'2". It's ridiculous when the host sells it by saying if you don't wear shorts, cropped is good. Come on....
They look just like pants that you bought too short. High waters. Long or at the knee for the summer.

Cropped pants was considered "floods" way back when I was in high school in the 1970s. Pants were so long then they dragged on the floor.

Today I really like ankle & cropped pants and I'm only 5'1" but enjoy wearing them. I hope they contiue to make "floods". I'm also someone who won't wear shorts or dresses so I enjoy shorter pants.

I agree that some silhouettes are more flattering than others since everyone has a different figure. There should be choices for everyone.

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millieshops — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 14:00:18 GMT

Bring on the ankle pants and crops! No reason for me to pay a tailor if I want a long pant, but most days I don't. Afternoon temperatures here right now are already 85+ and crops are perfect for my casual life. Comfort is more important to me than making some onlooker like my clothes.

Keep the shaggy edges, the floppy widths, as well as wide bands of decoration along the hem. No need for my hems to be cutesy.

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manny2 — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 14:05:33 GMT

I love the cropped length!

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MG Chris — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 14:12:30 GMT

A few months ago Marla showed drawings on FB of four styles of pants asking for input for future designs. The cropped and ankle pants were the winners.

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Sweet Kitties — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 14:15:26 GMT

Cropped pants make a lot of women look dumpy.

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CelticCrafter — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 14:17:53 GMT

They may be "in style" but I do not like ankle pants.

As far as I'm concerned, they look like pants that are too short.

I'm only 5'1" but have long legs and petites don't work for me so I can't imagine what a petite length would look like on me

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haddon9 — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 14:23:41 GMT

@Sweet Kitties wrote:
Cropped pants make a lot of women look dumpy.

So does anything if it's ill fitting.

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danette — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 14:38:52 GMT

I agree. Just my opinion, but I see very few people who look better in crops and ankles than in full length.

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We rescue cats — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 14:45:11 GMT

I like the ankle length pants and like cropped as long as they are not flared. I don't wear shorts very often (I have a huge scar on one of my legs) so these signal summer to me. I don't like the unfinished hem pants.

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RollTide2008 — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 14:59:34 GMT

@danette wrote:
I agree. Just my opinion, but I see very few people who look better in crops and ankles than in full length.

And I think straight leg pants are just terrible. Isn't it great to have choices?

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Icegoddess — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 15:06:39 GMT

I'm not a fan, but I think they look fine on other people. I don't feel like my jeans make me feel any hotter in summer than they would just a few inches shorter. Most of the leg is still covered, and mine will stay covered because I don't want my legs out there. Not a pretty sight without the help of some hosiery.

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Jaspersmom — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 15:15:16 GMT

I believe it's a conspiracy - LOL. Ankle pants now and in a year or two they're out and full length pants will be in - at a higher cost of course. Don't they do the same thing with dress lengths? I don't think it's as much about style as to keep people buying.

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QVCkitty1 — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 15:27:43 GMT

This is just for me, but crops and ankle pants are in the same category as 3/4 sleeves. They are all an awkward length on me.

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Magicrat — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 15:46:03 GMT

I like ankle/crop pants, because I'm short and they end up being full length pants on me that I don't need to hem. I just wish they would make the legs a bit larger. Not all of us have skinny legs.

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CelticCrafter — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 16:01:02 GMT

@QVCkitty1 wrote:
This is just for me, but crops and ankle pants are in the same category as 3/4 sleeves. They are all an awkward length on me.

@QVCkitty1 My daughter thinks I like 3/4 sleeves, I don't, so I end up cuffing them to just above my elbow.

What I really like is elbow length sleeves.