Question About Length For Men

[Tom Slick]

My dress pants I prefer to have a slight break in the crease. If the crease breaks at the back, the pants are too long. I agree with Anthony that "Uniform" pants look better slightly shorter than this. Jeans are a little different. I try to have as little bunching at the bottom as possible without ending up with flood pants.

+1 on the saggy, oversized jeans being stupid.

You just said exactly what I was going to post.
I prefer to have a little extra at the bottom so when I'm sitting my pants aren't 3" above my ankles.

The only creased jeans I've seen were from Texas, it was the George Strait look. I would never expend the energy to iron a pair of wranglers.

[BobSch]

I was wondering what this thread was going to be about. Glad to see it was pants!

[TB Roye]

Growing up and being a Teenager in the 50's my pants are the traditional length. Slack swith a break and some even have cuffs. Jeans I try to get the proper lengt but it is hard. I need a 29" length and they are had to find with a 36" waist. I live in an area with a lot of African Americans. These young men walk around holding their pants with with one hand other wise the would trip while others have them so long there is bunched 24" on top of their shoes. I get so tired of seeing somebody's boxers I just want to run up and pull them down ie pants them. In the 50's we wore our Levi's on our hips, but our shirts we tucked in and the legs were the proper length but the style now a days is bad. How are you going to hire some one who has to hold his pants up? Oh Grandpa you are so old fashioned.

Tom

[cwsmith]

I'm with you on the military cut... little to no "break" on the front, and down to about and inch above the heel in the back. Always creased, even though with jeans, it will disappear for the most part. I prefer straight leg, no 'relaxed fit'.

That's the way I wore them when I was 15 and still the way I wear them at almost 64.

I hate the term "what's in". Who cares, unless you'r a woman. I still prefer button-down collar shirts, unless it's absolutely a formal affair and I like my trousers to fit properly whether they're dress, casual, or jeans.

[jonmulzer]

This is just me, but in my opinion, if you are thinking about getting your jeans tailored, you are thinking way too much.

We disagree on the USPS, but we are like minded here. My jeans are off the rack, a bit loose for comfort but not baggy really, and just long enough so that when I sit down it does not look like I am wearing highwaters. As for dress pants and etc. I buy them just long enough that they look presentable when seated. Probably just a touch longer than others who have chimed in here.

As for everyone else's comments about sagging jeans, holding them up while you walk, yes it is ridiculous. If you have to hold your jeans up while you walk then it should be lawful for us to roll up a newspaper and swat you on the nose while yelling, "NO!" And you should have to stand there and take it.

[dkerfoot]

Like many, my waist is slightly longer than my inseam

I HATED the day I realized: I'm fatter than I am tall!

[gsmittle]

As for everyone else's comments about sagging jeans, holding them up while you walk, yes it is ridiculous. If you have to hold your jeans up while you walk then it should be lawful for us to roll up a newspaper and swat you on the nose while yelling, "NO!" And you should have to stand there and take it.

I hear LEOs like the look: when the perp starts running, the pants drop, the perp falls down, arrest is made.

I pretty much nipped the low pants in my classroom by explaining that if the pants on the students fall down, I'll drop mine and they really don't want that!

g.

[scmhogg]

Mike,

I have to wear suits for my work. I have worn three piece suits for over 30 years. I prefer a break in the front and a slant toward the back, as I always wear western boots.

Now, my question--Do you still keep your gig line straight?

Steve

[Ed62]

C-man, ask you wife if she wants you to wear your crotch of the pants just below your knees. That seems to be the "in thing" around here. And yeah, you'll have to hold them up with one hand. I don't worry about what's "in". I do try to look a little better than a tramp, though.

Ed

[cabinetman]

Mike,

I have to wear suits for my work. I have worn three piece suits for over 30 years. I prefer a break in the front and a slant toward the back, as I always wear western boots.

Now, my question--Do you still keep your gig line straight?

Steve

Actually I'm still a fanatic about it and "ropes" too. As for the "military cut", my dress greens and tans were cut that way when worn with low quarters, but I rarely dressed like that. My usual garb was either dress greens, tans, or fatigues bloused in jump boots, so I wasn't too concerned with the cut length.
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I haven't worn a "civi" dress suit in years. But the ones I have are "military cut".

[stormdog74]

It would be interesting to me to see a breakdown of fashion consciousness among men. I fall closer to the "don't care at all" end of the scale than I do to the "actively thinks about fashion" end. I guess I'm always a little surprised to hear men having conversations like this...

I fall into the "don't care at all" group as well - I am so out of it that I didn't know there was ever even an "in" style for men!

As far as I am concerned if I am not stepping on my pants as I walk and you can't see my legs I am okay! Then again, I don't own nor have ever even worn a suit, so my views on this probably don't carry much weight...

[Tom Slick]

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Now, my question--Do you still keep your gig line straight?

I do but I center the buckle. In boot camp we had to align the edge to the buckle to the line. I don't wear shirt garters though.

I still keep a military style hair cut.

[docrowan]

I am usually able to get pants length right for me straight off the rack. I like a medium front brake, with the rear edge lining up just above the top of the sole of my shoe. If it won't line up like this, I put them back on the rack or if they are an exceptional deal I'll get my wife to alter them. Part of the reason I purchase like this is if they ride up a little due to shrinkage, I've got a little leeway before I start to get "highwaters".

I've seen a number of times lately people who have the rear edge hanging down so low that they "tailored" it through wear, leaving a ragged cuff. This is not the hip-hop style with the loose waist, just the leg is too long but I don't see any difference, if you're pants don't fit, they don't fit.

[billwmeyer]

I wear mine at varied lengths during the day. When I start out in the morning they are just above my shoe tops. They seem to drop during the day at times, but a little pull gets them back. By the end of the day I am too tired, so I get closer to the current fad. I think it has something to do with that waist size being larger than the inseam. I find that also makes the distance between a tie and the belt buckle adjustable also. Suspenders?

Several of you also have 29" inseams, are any of you at least 6' tall like me?

Bill

[Kristofor]

Sadly, yes... I'm 6'1" and buy 30" inseam jeans which tend to be a bit on the long side. On the same line, I also hit my head in most cars if I don't slouch, lean, or tilt the seat way back.

I also appear to have passed this ratio on to my baby, who at 6 months was 95% + on height, weight, and head size but was wearing 9-12 month bottoms and 24 month tops that barely reached his wrists or waist.

With tailored items this is much less of an issue, but I'm not going to have jeans tailored, period, end of story. I don't need to attract a mate these days (already have the best one!) so no need to worry about the style involved, just the functionality (which doesn't mean that said mate wouldn't like me to care a bit more...)

Kristofor.