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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Jack,
Pleated pants are NOT coming back for anyone under 70. Pleated pants or shorts are just shy of being as verboten as jeans shorts, or "jorts" as they're called here in pennsylvania, where colorful locals still wear them.
Pleated pants are ONLY acceptable with suits, and really only because many traditional suitmakers do not offer non-pleated versions. Many portly store clerks who like pleated pants will tell you they are more traditional" or more formal. Those Costanzas are wrong; non-pleated pants are in fact the more classic look. By way of conspicuous example, Sean Connery did not wear pleated pants in Dr. No, nor did JFK. Pleated pants are an invention of the 80s, and geared toward buyers who think they're "slimming." In fact, they actually make people look fatter than they are. For those of us without below-the-belt-stomachs, they leave a strange pouch of fabric which does not go away, no matter how much you have the pants tapered.
When buying pants, consider how pleated pants look on women. You will not see a young, with-it woman wearing pleated pants, because they'll make her look like a marsupial. You'll only see women who've let themselves go to pot wearin "mom pants." This should be an indicator to you to avoid pleated pants.
Hope it helps,
SD
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I still have some pleated business casual pants, and they don't look
terrible. Granted, flat-front pants look better and always will, but you must have owned some grandpa-pleated pants that truly poofed out at the waist, b/c they all don't do that.
