Pants: Pleats vs. flat-fronts?

Y0da · June 9th, 2008, 11:26 am

Everybody seems to be saying that flat-fronts look better.For some reasons I have always thought, and still think,that pleats are much cooler.Your opinions? Flat vs. pleats and why?

Sonyah · June 9th, 2008, 3:29 pm

Flat-fronts better if you are slim, pleats if not!

street · June 9th, 2008, 4:39 pm

Flat-Fronts. Clean looking lines. Pleated slacks look tacky most of the time.

ASchmidt · June 9th, 2008, 4:58 pm

If you look at any quality suit you'll see that the pants have pleats. Jeans and chinos, however, look very odd when they have pleats, so I would definitely go for flat fronts when wearing these.

farmer · June 9th, 2008, 7:03 pm

It depends a lot on your figure and where you are. If you are in Cheyenne, Wyoming, try to ditch the pleats if they only suit you a little better. As to where pleats might be in fashion right now, I don't know. But if they make your figure look better, and you are in a place where people are used to them, then wear them.So far as ridiculous oversized belt buckles, I have noticed in Cheyenne that the skinnier-hipped the cowboy, the bigger the belt buckle.