Your preferred inseam length
I need to decide on the inseam length of a new pair of jeans and I thought I’d ask what’s everybody’s preferred length on any kind of trousers.
I’m 177 tall - according to my bike fitter have long legs - and a 75 cm inseam works for me with no cuffs (no break).
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This depends a lot on what kind of style/look you're going for and the manufacturer of the jeans. Obviously you'd need different lengths depending on the break you're looking for or if you want to be able to cuff the jeans or not. You can look at size charts and try to find a pair you like with a 75cm inseam. Depending on whether you're talking about raw jeans there can be shrinkage involved.
However, I think one of the most common alterations people around here do to their clothing is hemming pant legs because it's hard for anyone to find the perfect length off the rack. Pretty much any tailor/dry cleaner can hem some pants for relatively little money and you'll be able to get the length spot on
Yep, I’m not looking for a right inseam off the rack. The store I’m planning to order from offers a hemming service, and I was wondering if there’s a sweet spot inseam length which works for both no cuff and single cuff. Hence I thought I’d collect personal experiences from others.
For jeans I typically favor a no-break hem, then I can cuff once when I want a slight crop.
But it’s gonna be hard to get that right without measuring the pants on your body with shoes that are well-representative of what you’ll wear with those pants
for me it depends on the pants themselves. i do like a no-break hem on my non-selvedge jeans, but on my selvedge pairs i sometimes like to have a small cuff so i'll get those hemmed with a small break. i also have some other pairs that i kind of like the stacked look on, so unless they're ridiculously long off the rack i'll keep them as is. the leg opening also makes a difference for me - usually the smaller the leg opening, the less i like a break
Whatever you do, make sure you wash the jeans before hemming them to account for shrinkage