How To Wear The Ankle Pant

How To Wear the Ankle Pant

The ankle pant has been pretty on trend for a while now and they don’t seem to be leaving anytime soon. So what is the ankle pant?  They are pants that stop above the ankle but usually well below the knee.

Can everyone where them? Well, of course the answer is yes, but how you style them makes a difference.

Here are my tips on wearing ankle pants:

1. Make sure they are tapered and run along your leg line. This wide leg pictured below is not very flattering so try to steer clear of these.

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2. If you you have really short legs, always add a wedge heel. That will help to elongate your body.

3. Try not to have too much contrast between your shoes and your legs, that will help your legs appear longer. Shoes without straps also help to lengthen your leg as well.

As you can see in the pictures below, I wear nude shoes and sandals with my ankle pants most of the time.

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Here some of my favorite places to buy ankle pants: Banana Republic has some sales on select colors and today only they have 35 % off of online purchases.

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I also love The Limited. These pants are are on sale for $19.99 and you can take An Extra 40% Off Markdowns – Use code EXTRA40. ( I ordered these, and the total was $22.21 with shipping and tax.

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So do you wear ankle pants? Do you like the way I styled them? Was this post helpful?

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  1. Hi Cyndi! I loved your outfits and suggestions on the ankle pants. Could you please post something about how to wear them in cooler weather? We are still a ways from being able to wear sandals, and I would really like to wear them with some type of closed toe shoes

  2. Please contact me ~ I want the look of Mary Tyler Moore on Dick Van Dyke show.
    Looking for *lined* ankle pants, like at Talbots.

  3. I love ankle pants, I have a pair of white ones that I just want to wear all the time…smile! You look just wonderful!

  4. I love ankle pants! I hope you will think about doing another post on how to wear them in the fall and winter, too. Thanks for a great post!!

  5. I’ve never heard them called “ankle pants” before, but that’s a great description of them. Thanks so much for this post. I was never quite sure if it was okay to wear wedge heels with these pants, although with my short legs I think a heel is wonderful to wear with them! Now I’ll wear my wedges with confidence! 🙂

  6. Hi Cyndi.

    I love ankle pants and think they look much better than Capri pants on most. I have been wearing a cobalt pair and a dark coral pair from J Crew. I love them! I usually wear a nude wedge heel, but have sported a ballet flat for running errands.

    You look beautiful in all of the outfits. 🙂

  7. Thx for the great tips Cyndi! I agree with all of them. Love your outfit in the first photo. Can you tell me where you got that sleeveless top and your wedges? Love them 🙂 thank you

  8. oh yes so much better than capris that cut off at the largest part of ones calf or those funny length super full legged things that look like what are they anyway. way too short to be considered palazzo pants and not a skirt . whoops did someone shrink these things??

  9. I just began wearing ankle pants and love them. They look so much better than capris! Thanks so much for your pictures!

  10. I love ankle pants. I agree that they are much more flattering than capris! Would you please tell where you found that pretty blue and green sleeveless top in the first photo, Cyndi? It’s so cute!