What is the deal with Capris?
I bought some cute new capris last week. I took them to the cleaners this week to get them hemmed up (I don't sew - shudder). I had to bring them up by 5-1/2" inches! What the heck? At 5'4", I'm a little on the shortish side for a grown woman, but I'm not exactly a midget.
If I'd left them the full length, I think they would have looked ridiculous. The exposed part of my legs would have been about 4" long. Why bother?
I think the fashion world and I have a difference of opinion about the difference between capris and crop pants. Well, for starters, I think most crop pants just look dumb. They just look like too-short pants to me.
To me, crop pants should hit about mid-calf and should be fairly tight around the calf. Then you can pair them up with some cute heels and they aren't a bad look. Capris, on the other hand, I think should end just a hair below the knee. That is definitely the most attractive part of the leg because it hits right where your leg curves up into the back of the knee and is much more attractive than cutting right across the meaty part of your lower leg.
Capris that are too long just make your legs look chopped off and stocky, and really what's the point, since they don't provide any coolness for your legs either? I don't wear shorts - ever. I have legs like tree trunks, so that's just not a good look for me, so capris are my only respite from jeans or a very rare skirt.
And besides, it's almost my only chance to show off my lone tattoo. It's a stylized version of a celtic knot taken from a necklace I have. I'm thinking about getting another one, either on the top of my foot, or the back of my opposite calf, but my son is holding me back. He says if I get another one, so does he. I don't think that's fair because his covers his entire right bicep area while mine is just this tiny little bit on my ankle, but I'd just as soon have him limit his to one, so I'm stalled for the time being.
Here is his. Slight difference in size, isn't there? On the other hand, his perfectly illustrates the main drawback of tattoos. If they make a mistake on it, you are SCREWED. If you'll look carefully, you'll see that his name is spelled Mathew. Um, the name we gave him is spelled Matthew. Jeez! Actually it's for his favorite bible verse in the book of Matthew rather than his name, but that is still spelled with two T's.
Guess tattoo artists aren't the most educated people in the world - shocking as that may be. The dumb thing is that I even went to the place with him when he got it, but I was more concerned about the fact that they had made major changes to his original design, so I was more focused on that. The last thing you would think of to do is to double-check the guy's spelling, although now I think that should be something the client should have to sign off on before the work is started.
Other than the misspelling, I think it's a pretty nice tattoo. At least it's not a naked lady or a winged, flaming skull or something, which would probably be his NEXT choice! At this point, I think we'll stick with the one-for-one thing on the body art!
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If I'd left them the full length, I think they would have looked ridiculous. The exposed part of my legs would have been about 4" long. Why bother?
I think the fashion world and I have a difference of opinion about the difference between capris and crop pants. Well, for starters, I think most crop pants just look dumb. They just look like too-short pants to me.
To me, crop pants should hit about mid-calf and should be fairly tight around the calf. Then you can pair them up with some cute heels and they aren't a bad look. Capris, on the other hand, I think should end just a hair below the knee. That is definitely the most attractive part of the leg because it hits right where your leg curves up into the back of the knee and is much more attractive than cutting right across the meaty part of your lower leg.
Capris that are too long just make your legs look chopped off and stocky, and really what's the point, since they don't provide any coolness for your legs either? I don't wear shorts - ever. I have legs like tree trunks, so that's just not a good look for me, so capris are my only respite from jeans or a very rare skirt.
And besides, it's almost my only chance to show off my lone tattoo. It's a stylized version of a celtic knot taken from a necklace I have. I'm thinking about getting another one, either on the top of my foot, or the back of my opposite calf, but my son is holding me back. He says if I get another one, so does he. I don't think that's fair because his covers his entire right bicep area while mine is just this tiny little bit on my ankle, but I'd just as soon have him limit his to one, so I'm stalled for the time being.
Here is his. Slight difference in size, isn't there? On the other hand, his perfectly illustrates the main drawback of tattoos. If they make a mistake on it, you are SCREWED. If you'll look carefully, you'll see that his name is spelled Mathew. Um, the name we gave him is spelled Matthew. Jeez! Actually it's for his favorite bible verse in the book of Matthew rather than his name, but that is still spelled with two T's.
Guess tattoo artists aren't the most educated people in the world - shocking as that may be. The dumb thing is that I even went to the place with him when he got it, but I was more concerned about the fact that they had made major changes to his original design, so I was more focused on that. The last thing you would think of to do is to double-check the guy's spelling, although now I think that should be something the client should have to sign off on before the work is started.
Other than the misspelling, I think it's a pretty nice tattoo. At least it's not a naked lady or a winged, flaming skull or something, which would probably be his NEXT choice! At this point, I think we'll stick with the one-for-one thing on the body art!
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3 comments:
I don't do capris!
Oh no! A misspelled tattoo! I also agree that it can be a bit tricky to find the right length of capris. I wanted also to thank you SO much for stopping by my blog, leaving such sweet comments, and being my 100th follower! It feels great to be in the triple digits, and I appreciate having you as a follower more than you know.
Oh my gosh I can't believe they misspelled the tattoo. With today's technology you'd think they would have spell check ;). Nice ink though on both of you.
I don't sew either. I tried it a few times. I may again when my grand daughter starts pre k.
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