Are cropped trousers for short people really a no no

[citylover]

Yes I have watched Trinny and Susanna and Gok and I know the rules. However I still have cropped trousers as part of my wardrobe and do wear them with heels and also with flat sandals.

However my new gay friend who is a lovely guy said to me this week when I was wearing ankle length trousers (which I actually don't like tbh) I do like bootflares though
ooh citylover those trousers are so much better for you than crops.

I appreciated his honesty but since then keep wondering whether I look truly terrible in crops. I don't really care when I am out and about around this area but I wore them for work during the week (grey monsoon slub mterial type crops) with a red shirt and sandals with about 2.5 in heels and thought i look OK. Have got quite big but shapely calves (no cankles here girls). LOL

Views appreciated esp from similar vertically challenged crop wearers.

[tiredemma]

Can only spaek for myself. I am 5' and look hideous in cropped trousers.

[citylover]

OOh dear maybe I had better have a rethink of my wardrobe. But wouldn't the same logic apply to skirts - ie they cut your legs in half too

[tiredemma]

I dont wear skirts either, its so frustrating- but even petite skirts make me look smaller. I always wear trousers

[YumeeMumee]

I don't care I'm 5'1 and love my crops....usually wear with flats or kitten heels.

Being short, I find that crops are the answer to many prayers re: fashion as I really struggle to find a good pair of trousers that fit me properly. Sometimes, even the petite ranges are too long for me LOL

[babypowder]

I'm 4'9" and wear crops all the time - I can't buy 'normal' trousers, and even hemming them makes them hang badly. I think I look OK in them ... I could be wrong, of course!

[traceybath]

i'm 5ft and don't look fab in crops.

i went to a meeting once in them and the client called me 'lieutenant uhuru' - not the look i was going for!

stand in front of the mirror and put on crops and then full lenght trousers and decide which look best or if both look ok

[GrapeJelly]

Cropped trousers make petite women look smaller AND wider. Sorry, but they just aren't the best option for your size. I'd love to wear platforms cause I think they look fab on small women but I'm tall and they look wrong on me.

[MamaGLovesMe]

I see someone wearing 3/4 length trousers most days and I ask myself, Why? IMO they do nothing for her.

[tiredemma]

My old boss used to wear 3/4 lengths with navy court shoes. Not a good look IMO.

[expatinscotland]

Yes, yes they are unless you are ultra-skinny.

I'm not fat, but I'm not size 4, either, and at 5ft., 3in. they're not a good look for me.

Thankfully, I have a tall, skinny daughter with mile-long giraffe legs. I indulge my cropped trouser, smock top/leggings fantasies on her.

[IAteRosemaryConleyForBreakfast]

So, what do short fat people wear in hot weather?

Do we just stay inside until it rains and we can wear nice bootcut trousers and cardigans again?

[slightly irate that her latest purchase must be relegated to the large pile of doomed garments in the corner of the wardrobe]

[Caz10]

I'm 5 ft 4, wearing crops today...they look awful!!

BUT it's too hot for jeans!!

[expatinscotland]

i am not fat, but i am short.

in summer i wear a lot of skirts and long shorts or light trousers made from linen or cotton.

[IAteRosemaryConleyForBreakfast]

Let me assure you that when it comes to shortened trousers and my legs, crops are definitely a lesser evil versus shorts

[paddingtonbear1]

I'm 5ft and I only wear croppped trousers when I'm doing sports. I'm not fat but I do have short, chunky legs and they just look terrible! If I'm on a bike I don't care though

[ktmoomoo]

im 5 ft 4 and cuddly asnd love my 3/4 trousers
have have sevral in different colours
my hubby and friends tell me look nice in them . wat does gok know eh lol
if u like em u wear em huni lol

[citylover]

Yes shorts are a completely different area tbh

Never wear those!!

[Gobbledigook]

My best friend is short (not much over 5ft I don't think) and she wears cropped jeans and looks fab in them.

She has nice legs though, nice ankles (as opposed to cankles).

[OracleInaCoracle]

i love crops, but they have to be petite size and fit really well. but although im 5'2" i have longish legs and slim calves

[ranting]

Think it depends how long your actual legs are. I'm 5ft2 but have to wear long trews because I am short in trunk and long in leg, I wouldn't do cropped trousers though (don't like them) although I look quite fetching in capri pants.

[widgypog]

I am 5ft tall agin not fat not skinny and I look bloody awful in crops . I have short legs and becuase they stop in the wrong place they shorten my legs. I find knee length crops/shorts MUCH more flattering and in summer would wear them with a vest and flip flops. I work in a VERY hot environment so I understand the hot thing.

i might add I hate it even more when crops are worn with kitten heels, especially if you have small feet. it creates a triangle !!

[babypowder]

It's probably worth pointing out that 'cropped' trousers in my case end up just above my ankles. On a taller person they would probably be mid-calf, but I'm such a short-arse

[Sidge]

I wear cropped trousers and I'm only 5'1. I probably look like an Oompa Loompa but my legs are too horrid to wear shorts (terrible thread veins) and full length jeans and trousers are sometimes just too bloody hot!

I thought I looked OK in them, but I shall be suitably paranoid now that I look an arse in my crops

[bethoo]

as long as wearing heeled/high shoes you can get away with them.

[citylover]

Thanks all.

I've decided I don't really care that much, I will carry on wearing them and that my Gok friend was feeling a bit bitchy that day.

Can be lovely guy but seems to have adopted me as a 'case', was also telling me the other day I seem full of anger about my exh

Guess what I am wearing today (indoors) - leggings