Ribbed Wide-Leg Lounge Trousers

Ribbed knit, cut wide from the hip down, in a flat black. They look like trousers and feel like the thing you change into, which is the only reason to own them.

There is a version of these in every shop and most of them bag at the knee by the second wearing. The rib on these holds, which is the single thing separating lounge trousers from pyjamas.

The fabric

Polyester, which is what keeps a rib this fine from going soft at the knee. The waistband is a thick smooth elastic that stretches to 32 inches and sits without digging in or rolling over.

How it fits

Cut to a 25–26 inch waist with the elastic covering a good deal more. Inseam 28.5 inches, rise 12 inches, so they sit mid-rise and finish at the ankle on most people.

Looking after it

Cold wash on a delicate cycle inside a mesh bag, dried flat. Fine knits pill where they rub, so turn it inside out for the wash and take a comb to it twice a season rather than picking at it by hand.

Among comfy cute clothes these are the pair that passes in public, and as korean fashion pants the wide ribbed leg is the shape everything else is being cut against.