Defining "rise"

[skyvue]

I'm hoping someone more informed than I (which takes in a great many of you) can answer a question for me:

When buying ready-made trousers from the likes of J.Crew, Land's End, or Joseph A. Bank, one is often presented with the long, regular, or short rise option.

If I buy my correct size, as regards waist and inseam, but select the long rise option, will I end up with attractively high-waisted trousers? Or does a long rise not necessarily mean the same thing as a high waist?

 

[Feraud]

If I buy my correct size, as regards waist and inseam, but select the long rise option, will I end up with attractively high-waisted trousers?

Correct. Longe rise will (or should) represent high waisted trousers.

Do the retailers you listed have the option?

 

[skyvue]

I know Jos. A. Bank does and if memory serves, Land's End does, too -- in their made-to-order area, if nowhere else.

I'm in the market for a (not very pricey) seersucker suit for a summer wedding I'll be attending, and I thought I might try to go high-waisted, but I wasn't sure merely requesting a long rise would do the trick. I didn't know if it would look right.

 

[Feraud]

A longer rise should do the trick. I too have looked at seersucker recently but am unsure if I could pull off the style.
I think I made this same complaint last year...lol

 

[KittyT]

Rise should only represent the length from the crotch to the top of the waistband. It will not affect the inseam length or the waist. The only difference, of course, would be that depending on your body type, the waist measurement needed for a longer rise trouser might be different than that needed for a lower rise.

 

[skyvue]

I too have looked at seersucker recently but am unsure if I could pull off the style.

I'm not at all sure I can, either, but I have low (read: no) tolerance for the heat, and this is an outdoor wedding, alas.

 

[Feraud]

Have you considered linen? It is light and the wrinkles are part of the charm.

 

[adamjaskie]

I don't think Lands End has a seersucker suit. They have some shirts, though.

esuit.com has some inexpensive ones, but I'm unsure as to the rise (I suppose you could ask) and the quality.

 

[skyvue]

I don't think Lands End has a seersucker suit.

You're right, I think, but I've been wondered about the rise issue for a while.

I've been slowly trying to pick up pairs of vintage trousers, but that can take some time, so I wondered about settling for some contemporary pants with the general look of vintage ones, and opting for a long rise might help.

 

[BellyTank]

Measure the man or the trousers..?

The rise measurement, is measuring the man, not the trousers, surely
Theoretically, I guess, when measuring an individual, for trousers, there should be two rise measurements- measuring from the desired, or natural trouser waist height at the front, down to the crotch(where the seam will be) and then from the crotch, over the arse and up to the desired trouser waist height at the rear- rather than one continuous measurement, which would disregard individual front and rear trouser heights(more of a distance, really) and individual body freakishnesses(which could quite easily have differing requirements) and where the crotch is in relation to these.

But I'm sure that in a dept. store generic terminology context, and for you, when embroiled in their malarkey, it's a useful term in making points of comparison in waist height.

Now the "seat"- that's the hip measurement for a man.
Which,... I guess, must be indexed somewhere on the rise...


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[Brad Bowers]

I've bought long-rise trousers from both Jos. A. Bank and Land's End. It's great that they offer this option. I wouldn't mind it if Jos. A. Bank's rise was even slightly longer, but it's still better than on most ready-made pants. I really like the length of the Land's End rise, and you just can't beat their free hemming to your inseam length.

Brad