Comments on: Hemming and Hawing

By: Darla - UltraBeautyBoutique

Darla - UltraBeautyBoutique — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:18:12 +0000

I’m 5’5″ w/a 32″ inseam (no idea if that is “average” or not). I buy Levi’s in the “short” whenever I can. Granted I can’t wear 8″ heels, but somehow I surviv.

By: Jo-Lynne

Jo-Lynne — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:33:13 +0000

I have a similar problem. I’m 5’5″ with long legs, and often regular pants are a hair too short. But longs are WAY too long. What to do…

By: Deva

Deva — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:20:12 +0000

I have multiple pairs of pants. I don’t pay for hemming, nor do I hem them. I just buy pants that go with my shoes… I don’t like wearing the same pair of pants more than twice a week now that I’m working, but I’m weird.

By: Megan (FriedOkra)

Megan (FriedOkra) — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:36:22 +0000

There’s always the “Oh, I’ll just wash/dry them on HOT and they’ll shrink” option. It rarely works, yet I still manage to justify many unsuitable pant purchases with that logic.

I did vote. For “hem them myself” because that’s what I end up doin’ 9 time outta 10, unless I paid heap big money for the pants, in which case I go pay heap big money for a pro to tailor them for me.

I have some strange, strange logic goin’ on, don’t I?

By: jenn

jenn — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:30:13 +0000

i have this problem too and so does my daughter. in the past, we’ve just rolled up them but but have recently started something new.

we turn the bottoms in and give a quick hand stitch to them to keep the large cuffs up and inside the pant leg. it’s not a professional hem by any means but you can’t really see the stitching, keeps us from tripping on our pants and keeps us from having exaggerated cuffs at the bottom.

we do this for our jeans and casual pants only but for ‘fancy’ pants – i pay someone to fix them up for me.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:37:37 +0000

I’m right between lengths as well. “Regular” pants are for women up to 5’7″ and “tall” sizes start at 5’9″. I’m 5’8″. Regulars are often too short and talls often puddle on the floor. If the length isn’t right, I don’t buy them and I just keep shopping. But when I DO find pants that fit me well, I usually buy more than one pair. Buying pants is often a very time consuming experience!

By: megevil

megevil — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:06:25 +0000

OHHHHHH I hear you. Pant manufacturers seem to have a warped idea that all women are either less than 5’2″ or more than 5’5″. Those of us in the 5’3″-5’4.5″ netherworld get lost.

I end up wearing lots of skirts and dresses.