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Hygge. Self-care. Cozy-maxing.
Whatever term you want to use, there comes a time each winter when the holidays are in the rear view, spring still feels like a faraway dream, and you just want to throw on a pair of pants that are warm and soft around the waist.
Lounge, sweat, track: while it goes by many names, you know what kind of pant we’re talking about. And counter to the musings of the late Karl Lagerfeld, we don’t think that wearing such pants means you’ve lost control of your life—you might just want to stay in that Friday, or maybe take it easy on a 12-hour flight.
Also, there’s no need to look down on the lounge pant when it’s made in such sumptuous materials today as garment-dyed corduroy, marled wool-blends and 100 percent cashmere. Prepare to find each of those examples, and much more, in what may be the coziest clothing roundup you’ll encounter all day.
Drake’s Olive Cotton Drawstring Trousers
Image Credit: Drake’s Made from hefty, 100 percent cotton, these Drake’s trousers have a higher rise and more relaxed leg in accordance with classic menswear dictums but are significantly eased by the addition of a drawstring waist.
Ralph Lauren Purple Label Cotton-Cashmere Fleece Pant
Image Credit: Ralph Lauren Purple Label It’s one thing to wear sweatpants in coach—and another to don them in first class. In the latter case, something like these cotton-cashmere fleece pants by Ralph Lauren Purple Label should do the job.
Derek Rose Men’s Lounge Pants Balmoral Brushed Cotton Charcoal
Image Credit: Derek Rose Best known for its luxe pajama sets and dressing gowns, Derek Rose also offers lounge pants in the form of this pair made from the label’s Balmoral fabric, a soft, brushed cotton weighted for winter.
Sunspel Loopback Sweatpants
Image Credit: Sunspel These Sunspel sweatpants are made from loopback cotton, which is distinguished by its soft, piled exterior and breathable interior with a looped texture. They can be paired to a matching track jacket, should you wish to go full-on sweatsuit.
Thom Sweeney Cashmere Track Pant
Image Credit: Thom Sweeney Thom Sweeney’s bread-and-butter is bespoke and made-to-measure suiting. So perhaps it’s no surprise that the brand shows a similarly luxurious streak when it comes to the otherwise humble track pant, which it has assembled from 100 percent cashmere.
James Perse Cozy Sweatpant
Image Credit: James Perse L.A.-based James Perse is the flagbearer for a very Californian sense of laidback-yet-luxe cool, perfectly distilled in the design and make of its fleece-blend Cozy Sweatpant.
Todd Snyder Relaxed Portuguese Terry Sweatpant
Image Credit: Todd Snyder “Drape” is not a word typically associated with sweatpants. But it can be legitimately deployed in the case of these Todd Snyder sweats, whose terry fabric clocks in at a whopping 15 ounces and is cut wide and relaxed so that said fabric flows properly.
Johnstons of Elgin Kirk Mid Grey Cashmere Sweatpants
Image Credit: Johnstons of Elgin First-rate cashmere purveyor Johnstons of Elgin holds an English royal warrant from his majesty the king, meaning that it supplies goods to the monarch or members of his household. So, does that mean that Charles swans about Windsor Castle in these tapered cashmere joggers? It’s a possibility.
De Bonne Facture Lounge Straight-Leg Wool Trousers
Image Credit: De Bonne Facture While the grey mélange fabric of these straight-fitting De Bonne Facture trousers looks like terry at first, it’s in fact 100 percent wool. The only thing keeping them from being a “proper’ dress trouser is the tonal drawstring waistband.
Mr P. Wool and Cashmere-Blend Sweatpants
Image Credit: Mr P. The sweatpant may be casual, but that doesn’t mean you must slum it so far as fabric is concerned. In Mr P.’s case, they’ve made these tapered sweats from a sumptuous blending of 70 percent wool and 30 percent cashmere.
Turnbull & Asser Navy Corduroy Miles Trousers
Image Credit: Turnbull & Asser Corduroy has a reputation for being stiff and old-school. But Turnbull & Asser’s managed to craft a pair of cords much softer and more contemporary than the fabric’s rep, utilizing a garment-dyed stretch corduroy and finishing it with an elegant drawstring waist.
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