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Trying to figure out if a pair of jeans will flatter by looking at professional photos and inseam measurements is hard enough.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 16, 2024
You can decide how long the inseam is, whether the pockets are showing and even the color.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2023
It doesn’t have arms, let alone the fingertips to find an inseam.
From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2020
Streelman did this after he considered that his legs are kind of short and that the putter length should reflect his 28-inch inseam.
From Golf Digest ● Jul. 24, 2017
To sew in a particular manner; to inseam.
From The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire by James Jennings
Hems, inseams, darts and vents are all details hidden beneath the surface of a garment, but much like the body’s skeletal system, they make up the essential, inconspicuous infrastructure on which a suit hangs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2025
Boorady, who began researching technical gear in 1991, said in her research she found several companies only offer two inseams or sleeve lengths.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2024
She put strips of fabric fastener on the inseams of the jeans, and she replaced the button and zipper on the front with the same.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
Women, presumably wearing something fashionably long and baggy, will look back at their teensy shorts with the 1.75-inch inseams and wonder, “What the heck was I thinking?”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2017
For years after, the subject of inseams inspired older observers of the game to fret: How low could they go?
From Washington Post ● Jan. 21, 2016
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