Dapper Demeanor: Remember Dress Pants?

A great post from dapperdemeanor, who elegantly makes an argument for dress trousers. I want to break out this portion though, because it’s something that bothers me to no end:

Another differentiator is the crease: typically dress pants come creased and some have some sort of permanent or semi-permanent crease in them. Chinos a lot of times don’t come creased and generally don’t hold creases well.

I’ve essentially given up on bothering to iron a crease into my cotton chinos. It’s futile. The crease only stays for a few hours after you’ve put them on, making it generally look worse than if you’d not ironed a crease in them at all.

In regards to chinos versus dress pants, I prefer dress pants over chinos — except in the summer. I’ll easily concede that tropical-weight wool slacks are the best way to go during seasons of high humidity while also keeping your look on the (more) professional side, but you can’t ignore the practicality of lightweight cotton chinos.

First up, they’re generally cheaper. Secondly, they can be laundered with the rest of your clothes at home and don’t require dry cleaning. Third, I just think cotton’s a nicer texture for summer than wool, but that’s a personal preference.

But I can’t wait for fall, just for the sake of seeing some creases on my pants again.

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