Designer Eunice Lee can still recall the moment in the mid-1990s when her bosses at DKNY’s design studio sent out this message, officially banning pleated pants from their collections. “That comment ...
After more than a decade of flat-front, slimmer-is-better propaganda, this news may come as an unexpected—and unwelcome—surprise to even the most enterprising men of style: Pleated pants are back.
Yahoo: The Best Pleated Pants for Men Never Actually Go Out of Style
The Best Pleated Pants for Men Never Actually Go Out of Style
Chicago Tribune: Socks (or not), pleated pants and man bags: Advice for men
AOL: The Best Pleated Pants for Men Never Actually Go Out of Style
Like many of 2016's trends—tucked-in T-shirts, the mighty return of socks, dad hats—pleated pants were once banished to the menswear retirement community but are now back in fashion. But as with any ...
Pleated trousers were popular before World War II. Pleated pants, especially of the double reverse pleat variety, were commonplace in the 1980s and 1990s, but by the late 2000s they had fallen out of favour.
Many trends have made an unexpected comeback, and like a bad sequel to a bad movie, many of them are just as bad as they were the first time. But pleated pants are not such a trend. Though they’ve ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: Pleated pants have returned — but are not for everyone
Pleats have been around in some form or another since men’s pants were popularized in the Western world, and have traditionally been seen as a practical design feature to increase mobility and comfort ...