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Outdated Sense of Fashion - Business Attire

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    Axtremus
    wrote on 2 Sept 2024, 18:05 last edited by
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    I walked into a Jos A. Bank clothing store and asked for a pair of pleated pants. The staff told me they don't sell them anymore, all they have are flat front pants.

    I haven't stop business attire maybe for the last 8~10 years. The business suites I bought back then all had pleated pants. Quite surprised to find that pleated pants are out of fashion now.

    For those of you who recently shopped for business suits, what the fashion trend these days?

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      Mik
      wrote on 2 Sept 2024, 18:12 last edited by
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      Pleated pants are getting harder to find, which is a shame. I prefer the look.

      "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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        xenon
        wrote on 2 Sept 2024, 18:51 last edited by
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        Pleated pants are back in. You’ll see them more in Gen Z fashion right now - so maybe back at Jos A in about 2-3 years.

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          Axtremus
          wrote on 2 Sept 2024, 19:38 last edited by
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          Alright, @xenon, if not Jos A., what stores I should visit to find pleated pants?

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            Jolly
            wrote on 2 Sept 2024, 19:40 last edited by
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            Goodwill.

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              2 Sept 2024, 19:38

              Alright, @xenon, if not Jos A., what stores I should visit to find pleated pants?

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              xenon
              wrote on 2 Sept 2024, 19:49 last edited by
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              @Axtremus for new, try Nordstrom.

              https://www.nordstrom.com/browse/men/clothing/pants?filterByStyle=pleated&srsltid=AfmBOoobo4Tfskn-qxbi_ptKdDGkqUqSitz4N0CSdkJ-Oafk-Mc963-X

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                2 Sept 2024, 19:49

                @Axtremus for new, try Nordstrom.

                https://www.nordstrom.com/browse/men/clothing/pants?filterByStyle=pleated&srsltid=AfmBOoobo4Tfskn-qxbi_ptKdDGkqUqSitz4N0CSdkJ-Oafk-Mc963-X

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                Axtremus
                wrote on 2 Sept 2024, 20:30 last edited by
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                @xenon and @Jolly, thanks for your suggestions.

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                  Copper
                  wrote on 2 Sept 2024, 20:52 last edited by
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                  Lots of pleats

                  Link to video

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                    jon-nyc
                    wrote on 2 Sept 2024, 21:15 last edited by
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                    Just go right for the skinny jeans, Ax.

                    Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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                      George K
                      wrote on 2 Sept 2024, 21:52 last edited by
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                      "Let's talk about pleats."

                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                        Axtremus
                        wrote on 3 Sept 2024, 21:58 last edited by
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                        Visited a Men's Warehouse and a Nordstrom, neither stocks any pleated pants. (Nordstrom has pleated pants online as demonstrated by @xenon's link, but none in the brick-and-mortar store I visited.)

                        Also, "slim fit" seems to be in vogue these days. I see more "slim fit" in stock than "regular" or "classic" fit. As if Americans have gotten slimmer over the last decade. :man-shrugging:

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                        • A Axtremus
                          3 Sept 2024, 21:58

                          Visited a Men's Warehouse and a Nordstrom, neither stocks any pleated pants. (Nordstrom has pleated pants online as demonstrated by @xenon's link, but none in the brick-and-mortar store I visited.)

                          Also, "slim fit" seems to be in vogue these days. I see more "slim fit" in stock than "regular" or "classic" fit. As if Americans have gotten slimmer over the last decade. :man-shrugging:

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                          Doctor Phibes
                          wrote on 3 Sept 2024, 22:12 last edited by
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                          @Axtremus said in Outdated Sense of Fashion - Business Attire:

                          Also, "slim fit" seems to be in vogue these days. I see more "slim fit" in stock than "regular" or "classic" fit. As if Americans have gotten slimmer over the last decade.

                          Isn't slim fit a style that has come over from Europe? Germans in particular always seem to have suits that look slightly too small for them. I rather doubt that the look is improved by the journey across the pond.

                          I was only joking

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