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Wednesday Wardrobing: How To Style Cropped Wide Leg Pants

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When you style the cropped wide leg trend correctly, it feels chic, fresh and modern

💫 Get The Right Length

The wide leg cropped pant trend can feel intimidating, especially if you’re petite—but mastering the right pant length makes all the difference. For cropped wide leg styles, aim for a hem that hits about one inch above your ankle bone, allowing just a touch of skin to show. This creates balance and highlights your shoe choice beautifully.

👉 Petite women should opt for petite wide leg pants to ensure the proportion and crop hit perfectly at the ankle.

👉 Taller women have more flexibility, but length is still critical. If the crop is too long, the pants will look unintentionally short. The goal is to keep that sleek, tailored line that defines the trend.

👚 Choose The Right Top

Because wide leg pants add volume at the bottom, pairing them with a fitted or cropped top keeps your look balanced and polished. To create a flattering silhouette, focus on defining your waistline.

Try these options from The Tailored Season Collection:
✨ Body suits — like our She + Sky Mock Neck Bodysuit — for a sleek, tucked-in look.
✨ Tight-fitting tanks — such as our Niki Biki Tanks — for layering under blazers or vests.
✨ Cropped tops — like our Blu Pepper Cable Knit Cropped Vest — that hit perfectly at the waist.
✨ Fitted blouses — like our Foxcroft button-downs — tied at the waist for a tailored finish.

This is also the perfect trend to show off a statement belt. It draws the eye to your waist and adds that polished, modern fall fashion touch.

🧥 Choose The Right Layer

Fall is made for layering, and wide leg cropped pants can still look cozy, chic, and put-together when styled the right way. To do this, keep your layers fitted or cropped to maintain balance and shape.

Some of our favorite layering options include:
🖤 Cropped sweater vests — like our Cable Knit Sweater Vest from Blu Pepper
🖤 Fitted blazers — try our Velvet Blazer from Liverpool for a rich seasonal texture
🖤 Cropped denim jackets — a great choice for casual days

If you choose a longer blazer, make sure it hits at the top of the widest part of your hip and defines your waist. Keeping proportions in check ensures you look streamlined and modern, not boxy.

👢 Choose The Right Shoe

Since cropped pants are meant to show a little ankle, the right shoe completes your outfit. Try:
👢 Low-shaft booties or cowboy boots — for a bit of heel and western-inspired style.
🩰 Ballet flats, loafers, or oxfords — for an on-trend, polished look.
❄️ When the weather turns cold, reach for 3/4-length fitted boots that cover your ankle but hug the calf closely for a sleek finish.

🎥 Watch the Live Video

Want to see how to put these looks together in real life?
👗 Watch my Wednesday Wardrobing live video: Wearing The Trends — Styling The Wide Leg Cropped Pant.

I’ll walk you through how to make this chic, fresh, and modern fall trend work for you—whether you’re 30 or 60, 5’2 or 5’10!

While you’re visiting our YouTube channel, be sure to explore my other Wednesday Wardrobing videos and hit subscribe so you don’t miss future style tips and trend talks.

If you are ready to try this trend, you will definitely want to check out this week’s Kyleen’s Picks Collection, where I feature them!

How Do I Wear Raw Edge Jeans

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A new and important jean trend is raw edge jeans.  If you are unfamiliar with this term, it simply means the bottom edge of the jean where there would normally be a hem is left unhemmed and has a raw edge.  All of our jean companies are jumping on this trend band wagon, so to speak, from our young contemporary jeans like Silver Jeans (pictured above) to our more missy jeans like Jag Jeans and Not Your Daughter’s Jeans.

In fact, let me stop right here and digress a bit.  Ladies, here is a great fashion tip that will serve you well.  Every brand has a target demographic.  You can get a sense of this by looking at the age of the models that the company uses to picture their product.  The missy lines will generally target women aged 45 to 65.  You will see this reflected in both the way they picture their product and in the features.  For example, NYDJ and Jag Jeans make their jeans with a regular rise (comes all the way to the waist), something that appeals to women over 40 because of our tendency to have a muffin top.  So, if NYDJ and Jag are producing a trend like raw edge jeans and they target a missy customer, you can feel secure that you can wear the trend without looking like you are trying to be a teenager.  This is a great tip for age appropriate dressing.

Once you have determined if a trend is something you should wear, the next hurdle is to figure out how to wear it.  If a trend is new to me, I pay close attention at market to see how other buyers and vendors are wearing it.  If I want to see pictures of the trend in action, I will google “how do I wear….”  and then click the images tab.  A search like that will usually lead to a plethora of pictures answering my question.  In fact, a search like that just might lead you to this blog!

In the picture above, you can see me wearing my raw edge jeans from Silver Jeans.  All the raw edge jeans that we have in the store are cut to an ankle length (an inch above the ankle bone).  This length works great with ballerina flats or Converse tennis shoes in the summer and perfectly with shoe boots in the winter.  When wearing shoe boots, you want the raw edge of your jean to hit the top edge of your shoe boot.  If the jean goes inside the boot, you not see the edge, defeating the whole point of the trend.  If the jean goes outside the boot, it may be too long for you.  Getting the right length is one of the most challenging things about the ankle length trend, but it really matters, so hold out for the right length for you! Too short looks odd.  Too long looks like you are preparing for a flood.  Smile.

Get out there and try some raw edge jeans this season.  No telling how long the trend will last, but it’s a fun twist on your basic jean and will make you feel trendy, a confidence booster to be sure!