Fashion

[JeanLouiseFinch]

I tried on some flare cut jeans the other day and they made me feel so good, and they looked terrific except for being a little too short - they were a regular and I'd need a long.  I can get them longer through the store's website, but I'm struggling on if I should go through with it or not.  Part of me feels that it might appear as though I'm trying too hard to stay looking young.  

What do you think?

[hopi]

If you find the right length.... go for it. You said they looked nice on you.

[Just Bling]

I saw the other night on the Q, someone had a pair of fringed flare jeans on.  The model was an older woman and the brand rep was "pushing" these pants and to be honest, I thought they looked absolutely "stupid" on her.

Yours is not fringed and you did say they were too short, I just don't know.

I think that if you "try" not to look younger with clothes, you will appear younger overall and not be so self conscious.

On the opposite spectrum, you do look old when you wear pants that are twice to three times your size.  When you were tops that just hang on you and are way too loose.  My mom was a medium and she had me buy XL pants and large and XL tops.  Then I realized she got a lot older.

[depglass]

If they look good on you, go for it.  That's what will register with people.  I lived through the flare stage the first time, in fact I was a men's buyer at the time.  No one wore these short.  They have to live with the model they have on hand at the time and depending on body type not all things look great on them.  My pet peeve is the front tuck on models that have a larger tummy.  Short flares come in second, there's no such thing as an ankle flare, or shouldn't be, anyway. 

[CatsyCline]

I won't wear flares at this point. When they got popular again in the mid-2000s i wore them all the time and my outfits looked nice.

I wore heeled shoes and boots then, i just feel they need a higher heel to look stylish. I had to get them hemmed by a tailor even with a heeled shoe.

My former boss wore flares with chunky flat loafers. She was in her 60s then and she just looked frumpy.

[Andreatoo]

@JeanLouiseFinch 

Go for it! I have every conceivable cut of jean, i.e, bootcut, skinny, slim straight, flare, etc.

I don't do distressed with the exception of a pair I picked up from Sundance but it's minimal (raw hem)

[mspatmac]

@JeanLouiseFinch You felt great, you liked the way they fit, if you can get the longer length go for it.  Dress how you want, not what you think is age appropriate.  

[KingstonsMom]

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@JeanLouiseFinch wrote:

I tried on some flare cut jeans the other day and they made me feel so good, and they looked terrific except for being a little too short - they were a regular and I'd need a long.  I can get them longer through the store's website, but I'm struggling on if I should go through with it or not.  Part of me feels that it might appear as though I'm trying too hard to stay looking young.  

What do you think?

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@JeanLouiseFinch 

IMO, your first sentence answers your question, if they "made you feel so good and they looked terrific", get them in the longer length and enjoy feeling good in them!

I believe in wearing fashions that make you feel like that, not what anyone else may think.

Enjoy wearing them in great health!

[luvzchiz]

@JeanLouiseFinch   I have always felt that if you feel good in an outfit, you tend to exude confidence.  This transfers to looking good to others.  

In other words, go for the longs.  Wear them in good health!

[icezeus]

I say Go for it. You answered your own question.

They looked good and you felt good.