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Pants, pt. 2:

rise / drop crotch - I hear a lot du's talking about wearing low rise jeans and pants--it's true, these easily make your legs look slimmest and longest. But I don't think shorter guys should limit themselves like that.

I personally wear bottoms with rises ranging from 8"-11". The higher the rise, the more important waist definition becomes. When you tuck a dress shirt into pants, your waist is clearly defined. It doesn't really matter if the pant crotch is right at your balls or slouched, as long as your waist is set high enough your legs will look long.

However, when you're wearing that kind of stuff casually, especially drop crotch, you don't have the benefit of a clearly defined waistline to properly set your proportions. This is where having a well fitted top comes into play. Shorter tops and jackets help too. It's also beneficial to have a good v-shaped torso with broad shoulders and a slim abdomen, as this gives you natural waist definition. If you set the top half properly, the extra volume you get from slouchy / drop crotch pants actually gives more prominence to your legs and makes you look taller.

imo a slim straight fit for pants looks way better on short people than this ultra-slim thing everyone seems to try for. implied slimness is more flattering. important to hem them though, ANY stacks on short people make them look a good two inches shorter than they really are.

OK let's talk pants:

Implied skinniness is a good concept--hang onto that.

The thing, though, with most designer slim straight pants is that they're cut to look optimal on 6'+ du's.

Let's take the APC New Standard as an archetypal model. I think we can all agree that the NS is a slim straight cut on taller guys. Keep in mind that the size/hem ratio on these ranges from 28/7.5" to 32/8".

However, a size 26 NS still has a 7" leg opening. I am ~5' 7" and find that anything with a 7" leg opening looks more straight leg than slim straight. That's with like 1 break. If there's enough stacking, the silhouette begins to flare out like a boot cut. I don't think either looks bad, but with regards to visual height neither is ideal.

I can see why people here like cuffs so much--they force enough taper at the bottom to offset the leg opening. Cuffs also let your pants drape gracefully from the hips down. Without awkward bunching around your knees your legs look longer. But I'm still not really a fan as I think the cuffs themselves reduce the visual length of your legs.

What I prefer is to wear jeans and pants with a 6.25"-6.5" leg opening. This way, I can pull off no break and slight stacks equally well. I also like skinny jeans with a 6" leg opening, but I prefer more stacking on those to balance out the skinniness. More often than not, I wear them tucked as I feel that higher footwear (assuming a wide enough shaft) creates ambiguity that makes your legs look long and slender--I'll go into this in more detail later.

late pass but this is sweet

http://an-unknown-quantity.blogspot.com/2011/01/24-on-spring-st.html

juun.j

dior

dior

balenciaga

swagswagswag

i am only 5'6'' and not exactly skinny by any means.

.......

problems i have: i am usually a medium in most designers and unfortunately when they make things fit bigger guys, they also make up for taller guys, so if something fits me in chest and shoulders, its usually also too long for me in the arms and body. sleeves can be fixed by a roll up but...

shoes almost always look too bulky or something.

hightops usually not a good look.

.......

i would just stop eating and get skinny to help my cause but not an option for me at this point.

judging from your waywt's it never occurred to me that you're 5' 6".. i would have guessed 5' 9"

i think shorter du's can look larger than life by either having a more built upper body and fit legs, or by being really skinny. if you take the first route, you gotta make sure everything fits spot on. have your tailor adjust body/sleeve length, inseam, and taper with regards to your size. the second route gives you more freedom but only works well with certain builds.

in your case, your upper half gives you the impression of largeness and balances your proportions out nicely. if you went ectomorphic, i think your head would end up looking too big.

you're really not skinny enough for dropcrotch though.

the thing with anti-fit is that it works best in conjunction with something proportionally fitted with regards to your height. (e.g. if you're 5' 6", wearing xs jacket paired with drop crotch pants or oversized top with tiny jeans). that combination of well-fitted and ambiguity makes du's like .will17 look tall as hell. a good rule of thumb is to be wearing at least one piece of clothing that sets your proportions properly, then the rest can swag to anti-fit hell as much as you can handle.

the same goes for chunky footwear which you seem to have a thing for...

they really make your proportions wack here. this fit would benefit from sleek-toe'd shoes like GATs or CPs. someone mentioned earlier that your shoulders hould be the widest point. that taper all the way to your feet gives illusion of vertical length. even raf lego boots are relatively sleek at the toe, but i would recommend wearing anything with shafts that high unless you've got skinny legs.

raf simons

balenciaga

A few that I think look sharp...

http://streetpeeper.com/fashion/john-skelton-ln-cc-london

http://streetpeeper.com/fashion/kaya-preen-ss-2009

http://streetpeeper.com/fashion/william-damir-doma

http://streetpeeper.com/fashion/mun-soo-kwon-seoul

All subjective of course, but I don't think any of them look overtly literal.

I really love that kaya fit..

http://streetpeeper.com/fashion/bart-again-mercer-street is nice too

damir doma used to make some sick shorts for that urbancombat steez before he got all bedouin on us

i have a pair of raf simons s/s05 dress pants made out of white sweatpant material that i wear all the time

mine are similar to these minus the suspenders and foot things, but with a waistband, button fly, and slash pockets.

i'd imagine they fit slim like leggings true to size, but I think they look better sized up. I am a 44 but i wear a 46 for a more slouchy look.

old raf sneakerboots in 42, kinda trashed but startin cheap

here's the undercover creepers on y!japan

...so sad its size large but i hope someone gets it!

the prada and undercover creepers are best.

does anyone have more info on the undercover ones?

@bryanayrb: you, sir, are amazing

so here's a list of what I've come upon so far:

online shops:

garland

wtd&w/e

matou

ripe ark

Blogs with item lists:

square one

others to colors

ensemble

one pair

my work computer is laggin hard so i'll keep updating later...

awesome! i need that grey knit in my life..

so are there any online stockists other than Garland, WTD&W/E, and Matou?

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NICOLAS ANDREAS TARALIS DESTROYED WHITE JEANS

Size 26

-sold-

condition: 8/10

worn by previous owner, only tried on by me

please take note of the following measurements:

waist (aligned): 15.5"

front rise: 8.5"

inseam: 37"

hem: 6.5"

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+ all items are measured and described to the best of my knowledge and ability

+ paypal only and will only ship to the address on your account

+ no returns accepted

+ questions and offers: pm or kpeterryan at gmail dot com

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JIL SANDER FW06 KNIT

gorgeous neck detail wool sweater from raf simons' prime

Size 46, fits true

-$350 shipped, on hold-

super rare

unrivaled by recent seasons

condition: 9/10, minor piling on sleeves

note: there is a tiny snag on the left sleeve. this has been professionally repaired and is barely visible.

why can't this be the turtleneck?!?!

^ if your feet are huge and you don't mind black, ra13 has a pair in 44

dem tittayzzz

warning: put that shit on mute

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du swagz so hard linda farrow x damir doma

whatever for the most part

flight jackets look dope... flight jacket blazers look dope

eaten alive.

what frames are these??