womens pants length long

April 25, 2009 1:35 AM

Where, within the 128 belt around Boston, MA can you buy washable women's plain front chino type pants in length long (34)?

Where, within the 128 belt around Boston, can you buy washable women's plain front chino type pants in length long (34)? I know you can get them mailorder from several places but I want to try them on and buy them this weekend. I've seen long bell-bottoms (horror) in some stores. I just want normal straight leg pants. I would even be willing to take down the hem, if only they had generous enough hems.

What is with this nutty size deflation? Last year I was size 4. This year, same body, size 0?

posted by eeyore to clothing, beauty, & fashion (5 comments total)

There is an LL Bean along 128 (95) on the Burlinton Woburn line.
posted by Gungho at 5:35 AM on April 25

What is with this nutty size deflation? Last year I was size 4. This year, same body, size 0?

It's not just deflation--it's inflation, too, sometimes even at the same stores. I bought a bunch of clothes at Target recently that ranged from size 8 to size 22 and they all fit me equally well (my size is generally 12 or 14).

Okay, moving on from the endless complaints about the insanity of women's clothing sizing: I would try Eddie Bauer, even though their tall sizes are 4 to 20, because there's a huge variation in fit between the different pants styles, and the Vashon fit might work for you (they have a plain-front chino).

For long pants in small sizes, H&M is almost always the move--most of their pants are cut narrow and they tend to have 35" inseams. I don't know if there are any plain-front chinos in the stores right now, though, and their website is no help. You might also think of buying size 28 or 29 men's pants there and having the waist taken in by a tailor.

If you have some $$ to spend, I'd try Bloomingdale's at the Chestnut Hill Mall. Theory has some very simple cotton pants this season--their size 4 is like most size 0s, and their inseam always runs long.

Anthropologie is usually a good bet for long pants that run small, but everything they have right now is wide-leg (which I bet is what you mean by "bell-bottom"--nobody's showing actual bell-bottoms this year as far as I know, but there are a lot of wide-leg flared pants out there).

In general, full-length cotton pants that aren't jeans are wide-legs and "sailor style" this year. Despite the popularity of skinny jeans, there aren't similarly skinny chinos out there.
posted by Sidhedevil at 8:13 AM on April 25

There is an LL Bean along 128 (95) on the Burlinton Woburn line.

The longest women's inseam LL Bean does is 33", so I don't think that will help the OP; the smallest men's size they sell is 30, so that probably won't help her either.

Another thought is Nordstrom's in Natick. I don't ever shop there myself, so I don't have any first-hand info on what's in the store, but if you call someone there might be able to help you.
posted by Sidhedevil at 8:16 AM on April 25

Tall Girl has always done wonders for me. There one in Boston Proper. I love going to that store because most of the women who work there are six feet or over, and they make me feel normal...

I'm glad you asked this, because I just found out there is a Tall Girl near me! Roadtrip time.
posted by nursegracer at 5:31 PM on April 25

There is a store where you can try on the pants AND all the pants are long? I can't wait to go there. Tall Girl and H&M in Boston are close enough to each other for a joint visit.

Nordstrom's - the only store in the Burlington Mall that had one pair of straight-leg pants in size 0. They actually weren't long but they had a big hem.

LL Bean - they only have long in the catalog.

New York & Company at the Wayside Commons Mall - they always have a ton of length long, size 0, but they cater to teens/20's and this year's fashion is all flare or wide-leg.

My conclusion is that if you are 40+ and slim, you don't comprise a big enough demographic for mainstream stores to stock your size.
posted by eeyore at 1:28 AM on April 26