Hem Your Pants To The Proper Length

When choosing the hem length of your pants, consider the shoes you will wear. 

Based on my healed boots, I prefer the hem length shown in pictures 1 and 3 the most. Hem length 1 gives me a glamorous, flowy appearance while picture 3 exhibits a more deliberate crop effect that exposes almost all of my boot.

I am 159 cm tall so taking the long almost to the floor first pair of pants up 12 cm gives me the perfect purposeful crop look with my heeled pair of boots (above my ankle bone).

When I wear my flat street sneakers, I prefer my pants to float just above and almost touch the vamp of my shoe (the top nearest where my foot goes in). This makes the second picture my preferred length, which is taken up 8cm from the floor draping first picture. 

If I'm looking for a comfortable and relaxed look that I can wear with my flat street sneakers without having to deal with too much fabric bunching up, then the check pants shown above are a great option. They're 4 cm shorter than the first pair of pants shown in the previous photo, which drape on the floor, and 8 cm longer than the light check crop pair.

I have 4 different lengths of pants here - each length gives me 2 distinct looks for each style of shoe.

For my heeled shoes, I have 2 different but best lengths, and for my flat street sneakers, I have 2 distinct yet best lengths.


When deciding how to hem your pants, consider the style of shoes you plan to wear. Your choice of shoe impacts the overall look.