This ridiculously simple hack will spare your trouser hem a horrible ending

Laura Scholz

21.5.2025

Translation: Jessica Johnson-Ferguson

Whenever trousers are (too) long, they tend to be dragged along the ground, picking up dirt on their way and reaching a pitiful state. You can solve this in one fell swoop with one easy move.

Have I ever caught my trousers on my own shoe? I’ll let the header image do the talking. But hey, that’s what you get if you have a soft spot for baggy fits. Sooner or later, the hems will be in tatters. And quite badly so.

I’d even reached the point of accepting this, until my colleague Stephanie Vinzens suggested an almost suspiciously easy trick:

A strategically placed safety pin gives the trouser leg a little lift. No more fabric dragging across the floor, no more hems getting trampled by your shoes. The only catch: if the pants in question aren’t jeans but made of thin, delicate material, even a small safety pin can cause (slight) damage in the long run. But I still have an ace up my sleeve. Double-sided sticky tape.

Stick the trouser hem in place

Once again, it was my trusted social network, Instagram, that sent the right hack to my Explore page. If a safety pin won’t cut it or if you don’t have a pin to hand, a small strip of double-sided adhesive tape will do the trick. You discretely attach it to the heel of your shoe and then press the trouser leg onto it. That’s it.

After use, carefully remove it from your shoes or the inside of your trousers. Yep, it’s really that simple.

Laura Scholz

Senior Editor

Laura.Scholz@digitecgalaxus.ch

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