Why are so many trousers either too long or too short at the moment??

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I keep seeing this, both on TV and 'in the wild' - and, it seems, every time I order a pair online.

I'm a fairly standard leg length and I buy trousers in regular length. Usually they're just right, but so many pairs I've tried this year have been trailing on the floor - there's no way I could walk in them without tripping over/treading on the hems. I'm pretty good at taking hems up, but it's a pain and I've sent quite a few pairs back because of this.

I get that some styles are probably meant to be worn with heels, but with fewer women wearing heels now it feels strange for so many trousers to be too long to be worn with flats.

On the flip side, I keep seeing trousers/jeans that are shorter than full length but not short enough to be obviously meant as a cropped style, i.e. they just look too short in the leg for no apparent reason. It just seems like trouser lengths are all over the place atm! 😁

Is it just me?

Bumping. Maybe it is just me! 😄

I agree this is exactly what I’m seeing

It’s working well for me as I’m a shorty and the “slightly too short” length is perfect full length on me!

The full length ones are ridiculously long but then full length has always been too long so it makes no difference to me 🤷‍♀️

I think average heights and perhaps proportions have changed a lot recently, so many of the teens/20 somethings I see have very long legs so maybe that is who they are catering to?

Ah, maybe...

Even on Neighbours a couple of weeks ago there was a character walking round with trousers so long it was a miracle she didn't trip over/stand on the hems. 😄 it's bizarre!