Puddle Pants (Latest Fashion, LOL)

officerripley

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Here we go again with another goofily-named (IMO) fashion trend, Puddle Pants:

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It usually refers to pants or slacks that are loose-fitting and especially "puddle" around the shoes. Which as the gal in this article--https://www.glamour.com/story/puddle-pants-trend--points out, "Puddle pants, which are slightly tailored curtains, have actually been around for years—and obviously, short girls (raises hand) have been wearing them against their will since birth." (Me too.)
 

officerripley said:
Here we go again with another goofily-named (IMO) fashion trend, Puddle Pants:

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It usually refers to pants or slacks that are loose-fitting and especially "puddle" around the shoes. Which as the gal in this article--https://www.glamour.com/story/puddle-pants-trend--points out, "Puddle pants, which are slightly tailored curtains, have actually been around for years—and obviously, short girls (raises hand) have been wearing them against their will since birth." (Me too.)
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You've just described most of my wardrobe.. although it wasn't for the purpose of being "in style" :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
 
WTH? Puddle pants. People are so weird. I wonder what they would call mine. I was too lazy to cut and hem mine so I just folded it up with the present hem and tacked the material together like that. Doesn't work. The hem is too bulky and turns out. Maybe rain catcher pants or something equally dumb like that. I don't care, I wear them around the house and never appear at red carpet events anyway.
 
Judycat said:
WTH? Puddle pants. People are so weird. I wonder what they would call mine. I was too lazy to cut and hem mine so I just folded it up with the present hem and tacked the material together like that. Doesn't work. The hem is too bulky and turns out. Maybe rain catcher pants or something equally dumb like that. I don't care, I wear them around the house and never appear at red carpet events anyway.
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Nah, that's not lazy, lazy was a woman I knew years ago who 'hemmed' her too-long pants with Scotch tape.. :ROFLMAO:
 
Pants that drag on the ground in the rain and dirt are exactly what I need. Puddle pants? Spare me. :rolleyes: They give it a "fashionable" name, so people have an excuse not to hem their pants. I don't even like my pants skimming the floor inside the house.

I'm petite, 5'2" and solve the problem by buying the right length petite pants or hemming them or wearing leggings which don't need to be hemmed. What else are shorties supposed to do, unless they like their pants draggin' the ground?
 
Back in the 90s, there was a trend for a while of pants that puddled up on your shoes but they called it "stacked." The names they come up with for this stuff, SMH.
 
JaniceM said:
I think mine are 28 or 29 inches. But too many clothing manufacturers only go by 'size 8' or 'size 10,' etc., without taking length into account.
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Here they go by sizes like you say..10/12/14 etc.. but also leg length.. so a size 10, 12, 14, 16.. short .. regular .. long..

Also some stores sell size and specific leg length.. size 12/ 29 leg.. size 16/ 27 leg... and so on...
 
hollydolly said:
Here they go by sizes like you say..10/12/14 etc.. but also leg length.. so a size 10, 12, 14, 16.. short .. regular .. long..

Also some stores sell size and specific leg length.. size 12/ 29 leg.. size 16/ 27 leg... and so on...
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I prefer those that go by waist and length, they're more accurate, but it doesn't seem many companies do it that way.
 
Bella said:
What else are shorties supposed to do, unless they like their pants draggin' the ground?
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I have 3 pairs of boyfriend jeans; they’re meant to be turned into an outwards cuff. Also, they’re a baggier fit. I can’t stand anything tight; it’s part of my claustrophobia.

Holly, they sell very few petite jeans here or even from our Canadian online stores. None have a length. Even for regular sizes, there’s just a few brands of jeans that sell with with a waist and length sizing and they’re designed for younger women with a different shape them me.

I love when I find a pair of cropped length pants and they end up being below my ankles.
 
About 30 years ago (?) women's slacks/jeans/trousers all of a sudden started being sold by inseam as well as size. Hurrah! No longer needed to wear jeans that looked and felt obviously hemmed.

Then, about 15 years ago, because the fashion was for higher heels, my regular length inseam slacks 30 inches were now 32-34 inches. No way was I going to wear high heels with a foot injury.

Since the regular inseam was then more than 30 inches I ended up buying short or petite lengths and wearing flat heels or close to flat.

I hate the fact that what used to be Tall inseam was sold as Regular inseam.

I broke down and ordered leggings, and even some of them were too short or too long.

Puddle pants is an unfortunate name. I was thinking someone had a need to locate a toilet and didn't get there in time.

Back in the 60's my sister wore "Elephant Pants" those were very wide, maybe they are also called "Palazzo Pants."? She was into fashion, chopped her hair off for the Twiggy style, too. My parents were mortified her hair was missing.
 
I’ve been noticing for a long time how many men seem to wear their jeans scrunched up around their ankles. I thought it was because either they didn’t know how to shorten them, or have anyone to do it for them. Just thought the look was lazy or sloppy. I didn’t realize it was actually a fashion trend!
Haven’t noticed it much in women, but then it is so hot so much of the year here that women wear long jeans less often.
 
My suit pants are hemmed so they rest just above the top of my shoes, without wrinkles. Same for my jeans. My suits are bought from a men's shop that does "made to measure suits " or off the rack with adjustments to suit the wearer. I choose the second option based on the lower price point. One of the modern men's "looks " that I detest is the "blue suit with light brown shoes ". And the skin tight jacket, that creases 30 seconds after it is put on. If you can see the guys I phone in his suit pocket, the jacket is too tight, in my opinion. A final thing, I own a nicely made London Fog raincoat, that I bought 21 years ago. It serves me well for 3 of the 4 seasons we have here in Canada. For really cold winter days I have a Hudson's Bay blanket 3/4 length parka, with a hood. And a pair of Sorrel boots. JImB.
 
So puddle-pants are pants that are too long and drag on the ground.. I still say they look better than what some kids in one of my high schools called high-rise.. it wasn't exactly a style, it was about what pant-legs looked like when the wearer had gained a few inches in height.. kids would remark "Hey, where's the flood?!?"
Some continued to wear them like that, others sewed on "extensions." :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
 

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