Should You Wear Pleated Pants?

About this video

The Gazette team explores pleated pants, addressing their unfashionable reputation and demonstrating that they can be worn stylishly today. They explain what pleats are, why they fell out of favor in modern fashion, which body types benefit most from them, and provide practical styling tips for wearing pleated trousers without appearing dated.

Key takeaways

• The Gazette team argues that pleated pants’ poor reputation stems from poor 1980s-90s designs with excess fabric, not from pleats themselves, and that classic Hollywood icons like Cary Grant and Sean Connery wore them fashionably
• The Gazette team recommends pleated pants especially for men with thicker thighs, a larger seat, or weight around the midsection, as the extra fabric provides comfort and flattering fit
• The Gazette team suggests styling pleated pants with moderate cuts, lighter fabrics, single pleats when possible, higher natural waist placement, minimal break at the hem, and pairing them with jackets or casual shirts for a modern look

Episode details: published October 19, 2018 · 99K views · 10:18 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. The style guidance summarized here is the Gentleman’s Gazette team’s own teaching and opinion, presented for education; product recommendations are theirs, not ours. Summaries are written by Self Growth Videos from each video itself.

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