# @the.second.button on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DJCEig-RJ8-
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/32087772-thesecondbutton-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-04-29T13:35:54.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Daniel Hakimi

## Caption

High rise pants are great. There are a lot of different reasons you might come to the conclusion that they look great.

1. Principles of proportion. Rule of thirds, golden ratio, from the top to the bottom of your outfit, from the top of your head to the bottom of your feet, proportion with some other garment.

2. Cultural norms. Jeans and sweatpants are usually low rise. Dress pants, fatigues, and ghurka trousers are traditionally high rise. Cords and chinos are traditionally high rise, but those are more open-ended traditions. You might also be part of a subculture or community with more specific norms of proportion.

3. Specific aesthetics and intentional design. Thom Browne suits use relatively low rise trousers because his core aesthetic is "schoolboy who outgrew his suit." Hirofumi Kurino uses lower rises with long sweaters and jackets to give a slouchy, relaxed appearance.

4. Drape and shape. You like the way they extend the line of the crease on your dress pants, or you like the way they hang from your waist. You think the fabric looks good in a certain way. Maybe you like a wide leg but feel you need the extended rise to balance it in the way you like.

5. Comfort. Some people are more comfortable with pants at one height or another.

6. Body type concerns. I don't like thinking about clothing like this, and will explain why in later videos. I don't think high rise pants make you look taller, but they might make some people look thinner, from some perspectives...

7. You tried them on and looked in the mirror and they looked good to you. You even feel like tucking in your tee shirt.

These are just a few ideas. I'll share some articles to help you dig a little deeper, including that one from ethanmwong, in my stories in a bit. Until then... Just go try some pants on, high rises are good.

#highrisepants #highwaisted #ruleofthirds #goldenratio #proportions #silhouette #pants

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silhouette, highrisepants, goldenratio, pants, ruleofthirds, highwaisted, proportions

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