Best Men’s Lightweight Summer Pants

Best Men’s Lightweight Summer Pants - Forbes

Best Men’s Lightweight Summer Pants - Forbes
Supergirl Season 5: Costume Changes — Kara Loses Skirt, Adds Pants - TVLine
Tougher Founder Stacey Gose Doesn't Just Wear the Pants. She Makes the Pants. - Willamette Week
The $40 Holy-Grail Pants I'm Packing for Every Summer Trip - WHOWHATWEAR
HELIOT EMIL Shows Off Technical Magnetic Cargo Pants - HYPEBEAST

Best Men’s Lightweight Summer Pants - Forbes

Posted: 17 Jul 2019 09:00 AM PDT

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The dilemma of the season: How do you find the perfect pair of lightweight summer pants to take you from your last Friday meeting to a weekend garden party?

There are some obvious and classic answers (Brooks Brothers, Ralph Lauren, J.Crew). And there are some odder options. Satin, anyone?

But when it comes to summer dressing, it's clear that the trick to sprezzatura style is in strategic styling. Those khaki chinos are only as office-appropriate as the blazer you wear it with—and no pair of trousers is too fussy after some folding up to dress down.

A.P.C. Classic Cotton-Gabardine Chinos

A.P.C. has long made its name on classic Parisian style and these chinos are no different. These kinds of pants are classic for a reason—you've probably been wearing them since you were a kid. And A.P.C. does classic extremely well. A bonus? It's made from waterproof cotton-gabardine.

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J.Crew 484 Slim-Fit Stretch-Cotton Twill Chinos

J.Crew is a go-to for most fashion conundrums. But the brand is especially great at classic, laid-back American style. These signature 484 trousers are cut slim, which gives these pants a look of formality that can take you from the office to an alfresco dinner.

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Loewe Canvas Drawstring Trousers

Made in navy-washed canvas, these drawstring trousers feel just the right amount of nautical. Whether you're a landlocked executive stuck in the office (pair it with brown leather loafers on a casual Friday) or a free man on the way to his summer rental (best paired with white canvas sneakers), these Loewe pants take you to the sea and back.

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Theory Page Tapered Stretch-Cotton Seersucker Trousers

Another brand that does American classics extremely well, Theory gives the classic pleated trouser a fresh update by making them in light and airy cotton seersucker. So fresh, so clean.

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Sies Marjan Alex Washed Satin Crop Pants

There's something so Studio 54-era Mick Jagger about wearing satin pants during the day. These Sies Marjan pants look just the right amount of rakish—whether when paired with a disheveled button-down or a classic crewneck.

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Prada Stretch-Cotton Slim Trousers

Give your legs an extravagant vacation. With these stretch-cotton trousers from Prada, comfort is the luxury. Beyond that, they're versatile enough for a day at the office, plenty breezy for a weekend away, and perfect for a long-haul flight.

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Isabel Marant Oarris Tapered Tercel and Linen-Blend Trousers

This one goes out to the freelancers and creatives—God bless that office dress code or lack thereof. Isabel Marant's Oarris trousers are made from soft, breathable fabric, cut with a lot of room for air. Perfect for a casual work lunch—or taking a nap on a hammock somewhere.

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Supergirl Season 5: Costume Changes — Kara Loses Skirt, Adds Pants - TVLine

Posted: 15 Jul 2019 04:20 PM PDT

When Supergirl returns for its fifth season this fall, Kara Danvers will be fighting for truth, justice… and pants. As revealed by star Melissa Benoist on Instagram, the Girl of Steel is getting a much-needed update to her wardrobe this year, ditching the previous skirt-and-tights combo for a pair of super slacks:

Supergirl has slipped into various suits throughout the CW drama's run — including the one she used to pummel Lex Luthor in last season's finale — but this latest ensemble marks a much more significant change to Winn's original design from the pilot. (Aw, guys, remember Winn?)

Speaking of last May's finale, we're still trying to process all of the game-changing developments: Lex's (apparent) death, Lena finally learning Supergirl's secret identity, the arrival of "Leviathan" and, of course, the return of the Monitor. We're dying for answers, but we're trying to be patient; Supergirl's fifth season premieres Sunday, Oct. 6 at 9/8c, following the series premiere of Batwoman.

How do you feel about Supergirl's new-ish look? Drop a comment with your thoughts below, along with your general hopes for Season 5.

Tougher Founder Stacey Gose Doesn't Just Wear the Pants. She Makes the Pants. - Willamette Week

Posted: 17 Jul 2019 10:11 AM PDT

Most entrepreneurs will tell you they've always wanted to start their own business. That's not the case for Stacey Gose.

Despite being surrounded by entrepreneurial women, the warnings she got growing up in Stockton, Calif., and spending summers on her family's farm in Iowa actively discouraged her from running a business.

But in 2013, when Gose found herself landscaping in a pair of ill-fitting men's pants, she knew there was a real problem waiting to be solved. She launched Tougher, a women's workwear brand, whose flagship product is work pants designed for women and made in Oregon and California. Today, Tougher's pants, gloves and tees are selling online and in select hardware and gardening stores. Revenue, which Gose would not divulge, is set to double this year.

In April, Gose was the 2019 runner-up at the PitchfestNW competition, in which her firm was up against more than 140 other startups. Recently, we met with Gose to discuss her journey to become an entrepreneur. Video of her presentation at TechfestNW can be found below.

WW: Tell us about yourself.

Stacey Gose: I'm a fifth-generation Iowa kid. We have a farm that's still in the family. My family moved us from Iowa to California when I was 5. And to give my mother a break from her three kids, she would ship us back to Iowa in the summers. Some people do yoga to feel connected to what's around them. I like plowing and mowing the lawn and raising chickens.

I was raised in a North American Baptist family. The message I got growing up [was] money is the root of all evil. That's not an accurate translation [of the Bible], but that was the message I got. For most of my life, I believed that if you want to start a business, you do it to be wealthy, and that's not a morally good thing to do.

[It took some time] to break that paradigm. If you want to be successful you don't have to be an asshole. You can do some social good and be a good person.

When did you decide to start Tougher?

It was 2013-14. My wife, Becca, and I were on a wine tour in Southern Oregon. We're in this beautiful setting on deck with a pinot gris, and she said, "What would you do if you could wave a magic wand?" And I said I would quit my job and start a business for women's apparel because I feel like I'm always left out.

The "a-ha" moment for Tougher was years earlier when I was doing some landscaping, in my Carhartts and they didn't fit well. I went to the farm and ranch store nearby, and all they carried was men's work pants. With workwear, for women who work hard with their hands, I felt like there were these two extremes, where you look like a dude or you look like Construction Barbie, and nothing kind of in the middle.

Stacey Gose speaks at TechFestNW.

So you decided to start a business but also decided to go back to school.

I didn't want to be one of the multitude of businesses that fail in the first two years. And I didn't have contacts in apparel or know much about business. So I entered the University of Oregon entrepreneurship MBA, an innovation track. With every class, whether it be finance or marketing, you incubate your company. One of my faculty advisers was Michael Crooke, the former CEO of Patagonia. School was huge.

What keeps you up at night?

I sleep pretty well. I think I'm at a point in my life where I realize you have to let some dumpsters burn. I think if I had started this business in my 20s, I don't think I would have gotten as far as I have now. I think I have more grit and patience now.

I do worry about timing. It's the perfect market opportunity, and it's something that I'm passionate about. I just really want women to have accessible gear they can get in their hands and use. But I know I could always be faster and it's maddening that I can't be.

Have you been pitching a lot to investors?

I haven't done a lot this year. Obviously, I did TechfestNW and that was my big splash to get to top of mind for people around here. But I've talked to enough VCs, at least around here, to know that they have a certain kind of algorithm in their head, and they want to see x sales and this person added [to the team] before they'll write a check. And that's hard because you need capital to get there. So it's a chicken-and-egg issue. But, I will say that I always prize people over money. You can't put a price tag on that.

What happens if a large corporation like Levi's started to sell women's workwear?

It's inevitable that other brands will enter the market.

The mission of Tougher is lowering the barrier to entering the trades by outfitting tradeswomen with well-fitting gear. So more brands making workwear for women is a great thing for women. Where Tougher is unique is that we are solely focused on women—her needs and wants. Plus, our brand's attitude is different from others. If you are a self-confident work-hard, play-hard woman with a hint of mischievousness, there's a chair on our community's front porch for you to join us.

Ryan Nguyen contributed reporting to this story.

The $40 Holy-Grail Pants I'm Packing for Every Summer Trip - WHOWHATWEAR

Posted: 16 Jul 2019 09:04 PM PDT

While I find packing for summer trips to be infinitely easier than winter ones (no bulky sweaters or outerwear!), it's not without its challenges. Maybe it's just me, but I'm not a big fan of packing shorts when I travel, as they can leave me feeling a little overexposed, but jeans can leave me feeling a bit suffocated. For that reason, I tend to fill my suitcase with dresses, skirts, and lightweight pants this time of year, and for maximum airflow, I choose wide-leg ones in the summer.

Luckily for me, the latest Who What Wear collection pieces just dropped at Target, and among them is a pair of army-green wide-leg pants with on-trend utility details. The pants are light and breathable (I wore them in 97-degree heat recently) and have a high-waist fit that looks great with my summer tops. Not only that, but you can also wear them with the matching belt or swap it out for one of your own to change up the look. Moral of the story: These holy-grail pants are perfect for summer travel and worth all 4000 pennies.

Keep scrolling to see how I styled my new favorite $40 pants, and shop them, as well as more travel-friendly Who What Wear collection pieces, for yourself.

HELIOT EMIL Shows Off Technical Magnetic Cargo Pants - HYPEBEAST

Posted: 16 Jul 2019 08:56 PM PDT