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 ...

Pleated trousers maintain that more is more. The classic-fit-adjacent style involves more fabric that allows for more room at the seat meaning more comfort. What’s more (last one, we promise) they’re ...

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 ...

Every product was carefully curated by an Esquire editor. We may earn a commission from these links. Here’s how we test products and why you should trust us. It wasn't too long ago that pleated pants ...

Pleated pants have come back from the stuffy confines of sartorial hell to become a quick elevation for any outfit. Once in the domain of stale khakis and goofy golf shorts, the structured folds have ...

Dear Answer Angel Ellen: I was at a workshop a few weeks ago, and one of the gentlemen conducting the workshop was dressed very nicely in a pressed shirt, tie, creased trousers, dress shoes — but no ...

Q Are pleats in fashion? I have a couple pairs that seemed to be out of style in recent years, so they stayed in my closet. But now I am seeing colleagues wearing pleats again. A The simple answer is ...

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 ...

Giorgio Armani, Fendi and Etro sent models in loose, tailored trousers that celeb men's stylist Jeanne Yang says can be "a very hard look to pull off unless worn simply and tailored impeccably." By ...

When Saturdays NYC hit the menswear scene in 2009, it arrived like a zephyr on a sweltering beach: effortlessly cool printed tee-shirts, board shorts, and other surfer-chic wares riding the crest of ...