Wide leg pants for women

[wishesuponastar]

I was at the salon and looking at some magazine that said wide leg pants that cover part of your shoe are very flattering. Do you know if that is true for someone who is 5ft 2 and overweight?

 

[jt'smom]

Just my opinion, but I'm 5'3" and I think wide leg pants make us short girls look dumpy and stumpy, no matter what our body shape! I personally think wide legs only look good on the super tall, thin, willowy women, which I'm totally jealous of, lol.

 

[diznygirl]

Boot cut to even out the shape of the leg, and a pointy-toed shoe is what Stacey and Clinton always recommended.

 

[ronandannette]

This picture is apparently from Paris during Fashion Week 2015. The model looks like she "might" be relatively normal size but it's hard to tell. Do these pants look flattering to you?

 

[littleblackegg]

I think those pants could be flattering with a close fitting top. She looks like she has long legs to me! Stacy and Clinton recommend a boot cut trouser with a pointy-toed shoe, but I think they'd scoff at a wide leg on a short, rounder person. Only the very stylish, as well as the tall and slender, seem to pull off the true wide leg. Us short ladies need something that brings the eye vertically. That's why most of us can't do the maxi dress either.

 

[lizabu]

I think the lady in the picture needs to hem her pants. They're too big for her too. It looks sloppy. I love boot cut or a bit of a wider leg. If you have hips a wider leg makes them look smaller.

ETA- I'm 5'4' and I love maxi dresses too. Shoes are the key. Something chunky looks good with wide leg pants and with the maxi dresses I like a good wedge.

 

[lizabu]

I found a picture that shows you how they can slim.

 

[SparklePixie]

Boot cut to even out the shape of the leg, and a pointy-toed shoe is what Stacey and Clinton always recommended.

Stacy and Clinton also recommend being dressed to the nines to go to the grocery store/post office/run errands. Most of their advice isn't applicable to most women. There is a happy medium between looking stylish and being comfortable.

 

[SparklePixie]

View attachment 134737 I found a picture that shows you how they can slim.

Those pants don't slim, they just look sloppy and too big.

 

[MrsDuck]

I'm 5'10 and sometimes I think wide leg pants are too much for me. I'm good with boot cut, though!

 

[diznygirl]

Stacy and Clinton also recommend being dressed to the nines to go to the grocery store/post office/run errands. Most of their advice isn't applicable to most women. There is a happy medium between looking stylish and being comfortable.

Dressed nicely is not dressed to the nines. They advocated for looking stylish, just like you recommend.

The picture looks like someone just rolled out of bed and put on sweats. Definitely NOT stylish.

 

[diznygirl]

View attachment 134737 I found a picture that shows you how they can slim.

Those pants are too short.

 

[lovemygoofy]

I'm a short, fat girl. I do not like wide leg pants at all. If I manage to find them in short leg sizes then I'm still stepping on them being wide leg which I hate too.
I don't particularly like boot cut either. In jeans I have slim boot cut fit which I love. In slacks, I do traditional style but I do like me some "I'm important" pointy shoes.
The more "I'm important" the pointer the shoe

 

[SparklePixie]

Dressed nicely is not dressed to the nines. They advocated for looking stylish, just like you recommend.

The picture looks like someone just rolled out of bed and put on sweats. Definitely NOT stylish.

Full face of makeup, hair styled, excessive jewelry, dress pants and a top with heels is dressed to the nines.

 

[ColoradoDisneyFreaks]

I think for those of us who are vertically challenged, a wider leg (not necessarily the wide leg) that does come down to just over the shoe (so in men's pants terms, a half break) is more flattering. The picture above comparing skinny legged pants to wide legs I think the pants are too short, they cut her off at the ankle and make her look shorter. If they flowed down a bit further and broke over the top of the shoe, it would all flow together and have a longer/leaner look.

Here's a picture I found. The full break would look sloppy, but the no break is choppy.

 

[RedAngie]

Just my opinion, but I'm 5'3" and I think wide leg pants make us short girls look dumpy and stumpy, no matter what our body shape! I personally think wide legs only look good on the super tall, thin, willowy women, which I'm totally jealous of, lol.

I'd have to agree. And even on taller women, I don't think they look good in a lot of cases, like the women on the pattern package below.

I hope never to again see those elephantine bottoms from the early 70s.

 

[Jaya]

Oh, HELL no....

 

[FLCyndi]

I think they look horrible.

 

[Luv2Run]

i think this is a very specific trend that isn't really designed for everyday (going to the grocery store, taking the kids to scout meetings, walking the dog). In my opinion, it's best when saved for occasions where you need something dressier than jeans. For instance:

Slim, tailored shirt, accessories, and always with heels. Heels just make you stand differently, helping to support the shape of the pant. Flats would distort the line, causing the wide leg to start to look dumpy or sloppy. It's important for the seat of the pant to not sag, too.

I can't really comment on the appropriateness for someone who is overweight, since how a woman carries herself has a lot to do with how the ensemble is pulled off, no matter what her size is. A well-tailored pant on a curvy woman is just as successful as a well-tailored pant on a thin woman.

 

[NotUrsula]

Oh, absolutely they do, but the key is that the width of the pant hem should never be more then about an inch larger than your size of your foot in a shoe (the footprint, as it were). More than that is too wide, especially if you are short. There is properly no "break" in women's tailoring, it is presumed that a narrow trouser will stop about 1/2 inch below the top of the heel-counter of your shoe. and that a wider-leg trouser will be worn with a bit of a heel and just brush the shoe at the toe.

A heavyset woman, no matter her height, looks like a pr. of walking drumsticks in form-fitting trousers. The fact that the pants are so much larger on top REALLY emphasizes how much bigger your tummy and but are in comparison to your legs. A pant leg that falls straight from the hip and brushes your toes will be the most flattering to anyone heavier.
Notice the difference in these 3 plus selections from Nordstrom; the one in the center is definitely the most flattering.