![]() Mine are from Ralph Lauren ( sold out on the site but available on eBay). These days, I’m mostly wearing double-knee carpenter or painter pants. However, there are also so many more options beyond these basics. And if you wear tailored clothing, you should probably pick up a few pairs of grey trousers in seasonal fabrics, such as tropical wool for summer and wool flannel for winter (check out Spier & Mackay, Rota, and O’Connell’s). I still think most men could use a pair of slim-straight raw denim jeans ( 3sixteen’s SL-100x, Orslow’s 105 or 107, and LVC’s 1947 501s are good starting points). As Cathy Horyn acutely observed nearly a decade ago, we live in a “post-trend universe,” where “there is no single trend that demands our attention, much less our allegiance, as so many options are available to us at once.” In this sense, we live in the most exciting Pant Era. Whereas the early aughts shifted from the Americana heritage movement to soft Italian tailoring and then streetwear, there are now a gazillion legitimate aesthetics. ![]() If pants reflect the cultural zeitgeist, then the endless array of leg coverings today must reflect the fact that there are no longer any era-defining trends. ![]() The pants we choose will affect what shoes we wear and, systematically, what we wear on top. By making better decisions in pants-and making pant decisions first-we send the circulation of good taste through the rest of our body. “I’m saying we pick our pants first,” he explained, “and we pick our pants wisely. In this sense, Mayer feels we should respect the power of pantaloons and dress from the bottom up. From the bellbottoms of the 1970s to the baggy jeans of the 1990s to the bone-hugging slim-fits of the early aughts, how we cover our lower limbs reflects the spirit of the times. Here are ten things I’m excited to wear this spring, along with some miscellanea, including a Spotify playlist at the end to go along with the photos.įive years ago, John Mayer presented his “theory on pants” in a dimly lit room while playing Qari’s “Pants from Japan” in the background. The gist: while pants are often neglected and considered to play second fiddle to jackets, they’re actually important cultural markers. These “Excited to Wear” posts aren’t meant to be prescriptive-find whatever works for you-but perhaps you will find some inspiration here. For years, I wrote spring style guides for various publications, including Put This On, but as menswear has become balkanized into tiny little communities, I’ve found it better to simply talk about what I’m excited to wear in the new season. According to superstition, good luck comes to those who wear at least one new article of clothing on Easter Sunday, the official start of spring (style-wise).
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