When it involves under-the-waist options for guys, chinos are the appropriate pant for our instances. Straddling the divide between the casual cool of denim and the formality of suit trousers, they serve a workaday characteristic that may be flattering if achieved right. But like so many menswear mainstays, now not all chinos are created equal. There’s a huge style of cuts, sunglasses, and expenses in the marketplace, to the point of overload. And that’s why we’re right here. We referred to as on a number of our maximum stylish pals to weigh in on their preferred pairs, and why, precisely, they stick out from the crowd. Here’s what we determined.
The For-Most-Men Pick
Recommended with the aid of Josh Peskowitz, guys’ fashion director at Moda Operandi
Peskowitz enjoys these chinos because of their versatility. “They are an all-day, each-day healthy,” he says. “They may be dressed up or down.” That extends to their reduce, that is center-of-the-road and appropriate for diffusion of frame types. “They are trim however not too slender, I like things to be geared up however not tight.” He does have one tip although: “The key is ensuring they’re tailor-made to the proper duration.”
Chinos for Skinnier Legs
“The Italian fashion group Slowear did not technically invent chinos, but to the extraordinarily loyal followers in their iconic trouser label Incotex, they may as well have,” says Sachs, proprietor of a brand new clothing boutique in Brooklyn’s Greenpoint neighborhood. “All of the Incotex lines is crafted with the sort of Venetian interest to the element you’d expect from an excellent match and is unprecedented for a pair of casual pants. This ‘slacks’ reduce is slender however in heavy stretch cotton updated with an over-dyed olive inexperienced. I like to move one length above what I’d wear in a couple of types of denim, so there’s a bit extra room within the seat, however nevertheless a respectably trim leg. Unless you are shredding at the skate park or still dressed by way of mom for Easter Sunday, a pair of chinos have to have tapered leg to fit your very own.”
The Chinos for When You Wear a Lot of Chinos
Recommended using Chris Rovzar, Editorial Director, Bloomberg Pursuits
“I paintings in a semiformal workplace environment and I went to boarding college, so I’m used to having lots of pairs of khakis,” reviews Rovzar. “Every 12 months or so I move over to Uniqlo and buy a whole stack of those in distinct shades. They’re extraordinarily nicely made—the material is thick and as a consequence avoids that weird creasing at the back of your knees that a few determine-hugging cotton pants can develop.” They’re also a flattering reduce for slender men who also are a touch bit athletic. “No one but the maximum waifish of humans needs to dare try the ‘skinny’ healthy,” says Rovzar. “God help your calves if you do.” The Uniqlo pants are also so reasonably-priced, you don’t mind in case you wear them out or spill something on them. “J.Crew khakis was my cheaper cross-to. That function has been usurped.”
The Drawstring Pants for Easygoing Guys
Recommended by way of Isaiah Freeman-Schub, editorial director, Framebridge
“Five years in the past you’ll have found me judging humans that might buy—gasp!—drawstring Chinos,” says Isaiah Freeman-Schub, the previous style editor at WSJ. Magazine. “How lazy can you be? Then I certainly wore some. Comfort ensued. I transformed. On an aircraft, Saturday bodega runs, brunch, the gig financial system—all top notch places where drawstring chinos are appropriate apparel. These from Save Khaki are just tailor-made enough to show you care, but roomy sufficient so that you forget about you’re carrying them. I frequently locate myself sporting these and most effective those for an entire weekend.”
The Full-Cut, Pleated Pair
Recommended by: Justin Berkowitz, style director at Bloomingdales
“Some people are denim humans; by way of nature, I am now not,” says Berkowitz. “My love of a cotton pant is aware of few bounds; early on in my career a certain publicist even lovingly gave me the moniker ‘Chino’ due to my disposition.” While slender-reduce is a clean cross-to for most guys, fuller cuts had been entering the market and making waves in latest circles in current months—a motion that Berkowitz approves of. “Lately, I was all about takes that encompass plays on volume and with pleats. This pair from Ralph Lauren, exceptional to Bloomingdales, with no longer one but two (!!) creases, is a private favored from our spring collection.”