How to Find a Pair of Jeans that Fit for Short Women

One of the major challenges facing women shorter than 5 feet 5 inches tall is finding pants that fit. Many designer jeans are 32 inches in length or longer, and they drag along the floor when petite women wear them. As a result, the cuffs at the bottom of the jeans get worn quickly, sometimes within a month. Here are some tips to help short women find jeans that fit them properly.

Things You'll Need

• Measuring tape
• Measurements

Instructions

Measurements

1. Take your inseam and waist measurements. Put on a pair of shorts or fitted pants. Then, take a measuring tape and hold it against the top of your inner thigh. Next, have a friend pull the measuring tape all the way down the inside of your leg to the floor. The number that's hitting the floor is your inseam measurement.

2. Take the measuring tape and measure the circumference of your body just below your belly button to get your waist measurement.

3. Double-check each measurement to make sure it is accurate.

Short Lengths

1. Go shopping and take your measurements with you. Many stores, such as Gap and Old Navy, offer short inseams for petite women. These inseams typically are between 30 and 31 inches in length, which may still be too long for women who are shorter than 5 feet 3 inches.

2. Check out some stores, like Macy's and Dillards, which have petite lines from Ralph Lauren and Liz Claiborne that go all the way down to 27-inch inseams.

3. Keep looking and try on lots of jeans to find a pair that fits.

Tailoring

1. Take your jeans to a tailor or seamstress if the jeans are too long. A tailor can help by making minor alterations.

2. Ask the tailor to take the length of your jeans up until the inseam matches your measurement.

3. Be prepared to pay about $10 for minor alterations.

Custom-made Jeans

1. Visit online stores such as makeyourownjeans.com and indidenim.com. They will make custom jeans to fit your measurements and body type.

2. Insert your measurements and choose the style you want.

3. Make sure you can afford custom order jeans, which can be more expensive than store-bought jeans. However, they can save you the agony of hours of shopping and trying on fifty pairs of jeans that don't fit.

Tips & Warnings

• Be patient. Finding the right pair of jeans takes a lot of time. You may have to try on twenty pairs of jeans before you find one that fits properly. Sometimes minor alterations can make a pair of jeans with a good fit into a perfect fit. Also, if you have a pair of jeans of that is a couple of inches too long, wear a pair of heels.This will prevent the cuffs from dragging on the ground.

• Custom order jeans are pricey, ranging from $49 to $155 dollars before taxes.

References

• lululemon athletica
• Make Your Own Jeans
• Indi Denim