Length of skinny jeans?

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Just lost this and rewritten, so apologies if it appears twice...
I've just bought two pairs of skinny biker jeans from Mint Velvet in regular and short. I can't decide which looks right.
I'm 5'4" and generally wear flats or boots, but might occasionally wear them with heels. The regular pair bunch quite unattractively around the ankle, but if I have them taken up they will become straight-leg jeans as they'll lose their taper. The short pair end at the middle of my ankle 'ball' joint iyswim, and I can't decide if they're just too short - and might they shrink further in the wash?
I wouldn't normally overthink this but they're really comfy and flattering apart from the length. How long are skinnies meant to be now?

I always wear mine so they are on the ankle. I don't like them bunched up. I'm 5ft 10 so it's rare that I ever get them long enough. I also have never had a pair of jean shrink in the wash. I always get them a bit too tight as they ALWAYS stretch off. Always. They should be comfortably too tight in order to stay skinny jeans.
What length do you feel most comfortable in? If you wear the longer ones with boots then there will be excess fabric inside.

I prefer just slightly on the longer side, rather than slightly too short.

I have just started wearing skinnies and I'm not sure if they're too short to wear with heels either. With bootcut (what I used to wear) the rule was to make sure the top part of the heel was well covered, but with skinnies I don't really where the they need to finish on the heel. Do you have to have skinnies to wear with flats and different skinnies to wear with heels? I've tried heels with the ones I normally wear with flats and they don't look quite right. Should they cover the top part of my heel like with bootcut?

Sorry to hijack OP

I'd definitely go for the longer pair; I think they look much better. I'm the same-short, but sort of in betwee petite and regular lengths-I would always go for the longer with trousers though-I think they look wrong ont he shorter side.

If always go for slightly longer than shorter, myself.

I wear mine on the ankle or even just above with a turnup, though I tend to wear mine with ankle boots and/or just sandals/flats without socks, both of which I think look odd with fabric any lower down, IYKWIM.

I'm a 31 leg so I find 30 too short (that's the usual short legs length) so I go for 32 with a turn up when necessary

Oh but I don't wear.mine with heels, should have said! I use straight or very slim bootcut if wearing heels.

I'm 5 foot 4 and a half. All my jeans are mint velvet regular length. Non of them are bunched up. I'd suggest keeping the regular. They'll shrink after a few washes. Particularly if you use the dryer. The first pair that I bought didn't fit that well initially. I didn't bother returning them but after several washes they became my absolute favourite jeans.

Can you link to the jeans on the mint velvet website? I have 5 pairs in 4 different styles. Some shrunk a bit more than others.

I tend towards skinnies that are slightly longer, although over the summer I have been wearing mine with a couple of turn ups to take them above the ankle.

There is no right or wrong, go for the length you feel best/most comfortable in.

Why don't you roll the longer ones underneath if that makes sense so they don't look bunched up around the ankle. i do these when i wear flats and then unfold them when i wear heels... :)

Thanks for your views - I decided to go with the regular pair. The short pair were that little bit too short, and at least I can roll the regular ones up/under for a different look. I've removed the label now so there's no changing my mind!

I'm 5'0" - I sometimes turn my newer ones under to fit into boots. I have just been a bit slack about getting them shortened tbh.

I think if wearing dressy with heels a good length is much more important. If tucking into boots, it's the end look and comfort that matters (which is why Ive not yet bothered to get my 31" ones shortened because in boots with a turn-under the length doesn't matter). If I was wanting to wear with high heeled shoes (I have another pair for that) then about a cm below the ankle bone for me.