Nice to see my friend Will Arvanites of Marc Allen Fine Clothiers quoted in The WSJ:
In recent years, however, moneyed men are pouncing on a certain breed of pants, and one $1,000 cashmere specimen in particular, as if it’s a portal to a new tax haven, according to stylists and stores serving the 1%. These new status pants—basic five-pocket designs, but rendered in luxe wool flannels—are pajama-comfy yet polished enough for hosting client luncheons, clinking Negronis at members’ clubs or deploying seasons as verbs.
Five-pocket pants, typically a tidy style that hangs on the hips, with a front coin slot, famously come in denim and other casual cottons. While these elite, fresh takes retain that familiar cut, the wool ups the formality, says Alex Gushner, men’s buyer at luxury Philadelphia retailer Boyds. “After Covid,” said Will Arvanites, a buyer at Marc Allen Fine Clothiers, a men’s store in Providence, R.I., “these are as dressy as most guys need to get in an office.”
Action Line: Visit Marc, Will, Collin, and Josh up in Providence the next time you visit Your Survival Guy in Newport. To plan a meeting with me, email ejsmith@yoursurvivalguy.com.
Originally posted on Your Survival Guy.
