Pants

Dusan's pyjama cut is the easiest shape in the wardrobe: a full elastic waist, no fastening at all, and a leg that falls wide and straight to the floor. The corduroy is a broad wale in pure cotton, with enough pile to catch the light along the ribs. In black the wale reads as texture alone and the shape does the work.

Dusan's pyjama cut is the easiest shape in the wardrobe: a full elastic waist, no fastening at all, and a leg that falls wide and straight to the floor. The corduroy is a broad wale in pure cotton, with enough pile to catch the light along the ribs. Burnt sienna is the warmest tone in the winter line.

The Ben is Avenue Montaigne's pull-on pant, cut straight and ankle length with side pockets and a deep turned-back cuff. Its flannel carries no wool: a lightweight stretch cloth, soft to the hand and made for autumn and winter, pressed with a crease down the front. The brown is a deep chocolate that sits happily with camel and grey.

The Ben is Avenue Montaigne's pull-on pant, cut straight and ankle length with side pockets and a deep turned-back cuff. Here it comes in the house's Drapey fabric, a lightweight, fluid stretch cloth that falls from a smooth elastic waistband to a pressed crease. In black it reads as a tailored pant, with no fly or fastening to break the line.

Blumarine cuts these long pants from black neoprene, a dense, smooth stretch cloth that holds its shape without pleats or darts. A pressed seam runs down the front of each leg from a flat, clean waistband and releases into a flare below the knee. The seam keeps the line long from waist to floor.

Lanvin cuts these leggings the way it cuts tailoring: a waistband with belt loops, a fly front and a seam running down the front of each leg. The stretch crepe holds close from hip to ankle, and two angled zips in silver-tone metal cross the front at the hip. From a few steps away they pass for slim pants.

Mid-rise pant in pleated silk with a straight leg, side seam pockets, single back patch pocket, and gathered waistband with drawstring tie closure.

Low-rise pants in cotton corduroy with a straight leg, tonal topstitching, and classic 5-pocket construction.

New Marion is a fitted straight-leg pair in black corduroy, built as a five-pocket style. The fine wale gives the cotton a soft nap, and the waist is cut close. It is the plain version of the style, without the detachable cuff.

Pull-on knit pants with cropped, flared leg. Pintuck at front and back and faux pockets at rear. Knit in Italy from Italian cotton and French performance lycra.

Frame recuts Le Slim Palazzo in a soft stretch corduroy for the new season. The rise sits high and the hip stays close before the leg opens into a restrained flare, with patch pockets set on the front. Navy keeps the wale quiet enough to wear as tailoring.

Cut close from the waist down, with seaming across the knee that borrows from riding breeches and a turned cuff at the ankle. The wool blend has enough stretch to hold the line without pulling, and the flat front is left unbroken by pockets or a fly. Khaki reads warm here, closer to a soft bark than to army green.

The Sasha boyfriend pants are made from dark brown vegan leather. With their long, loose-fitting design, these women’s pants are tailored to sit low on the waist and can be fastened in place with the sliding clasp closure and belt loops. Detailing the pants are two jetted pockets at the back, side slit pockets, and a single pleat down the front of each leg.

Kiton's drawstring pants bring the house's culture of relaxed elegance to a soft cashmere flannel. An elasticated waist with an adjustable drawstring, finished with metal terminals, sits above side pockets and a pressed front crease; the ankle-length leg ends in a 2cm turn-up. In navy, the flannel reads close to a suiting cloth.

Pull-on, stretch pants with cropped, flared leg. Featuring graphic cosmic paisley jacquard. Pintuck at front and back. Faux pockets at rear. Knit in Italy from Italian cotton and French lycra. Mid-rise.

Nili Lotan reaches back to the seventies for the Florence, a jean rooted in the line of a classic sailor pant. Premium Japanese stretch denim holds a mid-to-high rise, two flat pockets across the front and a leg that flares from the knee. The cut balances utility against something softer. Indigo rinse, deep and even.