Levi’s Wedgies Jeans Are On Sale This Prime Day. Here’s How to Find the Perfect Pair for You.
Most Wedgie sizes are available in a 26-, 28-, or 30-inch inseam. Because of the way Wedgie jeans are cut, with a subtle taper toward the hem, Ingela recommends choosing whichever inseam allows the jeans to hit at your ankle. (An ideal ankle length, Zoe notes, “doesn’t touch the top of low-top sneakers, but if you’re wearing ankle boots, it just goes over the tops of them.”)
Adds Ingela: “You don’t really want jeans with that shape to be breaking over shoes, and they don’t look quite right cuffed. It’s also not ideal to go any shorter than the ankle, into capri-length territory. As one of our testers noted, it starts to look a little “Oliver Twist–y.”
Another benefit of ankle-length Wedgies: They look good with almost all kinds of shoes, including “sneakers, sandals, flats, booties, short/medium boots, and heels,” Ingela says. (However, Wedgies probably won’t work with tall boots: “The jeans are too wide to tuck into boots, and they wouldn’t look great with the jeans over the boot,” she notes.)
To find your ideal inseam, measure the inside of your leg from your crotch to “about 2 inches above your ankle bone,” Zoe says. As a general rule, though, petite shoppers should get the 26-inch inseam, taller shoppers should opt for the 30-inch version, and if you’re of average height, go with the 28-inch jeans.
Ingela, who is 6 feet tall and wears Wedgies in size 27 or 28, says the 30-inch inseam “is just barely ankle-length on me.” She also suggests, “If you’re 6 feet tall or over and okay with a slightly longer, leaner straight-leg cut than on the Wedgie, then Levi’s 501s might be a better bet.”
