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Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
What about cotton pants that aren't khaki colored? I'll admit to wearing these with a nice polo shirt (not one of the cool max golf shirts).
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It’s more about the cut and style.
The “khaki” isn’t really about the khaki color at all. That’s just the color these uncreative, formless pants tend to come in, as it goes with almost every other color. (Shit, people even wear them with grey shirts, which should never work, but somehow does.)
It’s a heavy fabric, boring ulitity pant. The sort favored by men who wear socks in every season. It’s the dam that holds back the male muffin top of skinny-fat to porky middle managers the world round. Karl Lagerfeld once said, “Never wear sweatpants. They are a sign you’ve given up.” The standard Dockeresque khaki is one ladder rung away — the style of a man who’s but an earner, a 401k enhancement device... a man who’s not even much interested in masturbation anymore. It is the wardrobe choice of the asexual... he who’s greatest excitement of the week is acquiring an enviable Saturday tee time.
Nobody’s in a hurry to tear off someone else’s khakis. And that’s about all you need to know about anything to avoid wearing it.
