tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593388140454867428.post5620826136754851223..comments2008-01-08T13:13:41.951-08:00Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01173316804999411413noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593388140454867428.post-15282765357387549072008-01-08T13:13:00.000-08:002008-01-08T13:13:00.000-08:002008-01-08T13:13:00.000-08:00

Chenrezigdas, reasonable men may disagree, and do in this case. Both cuffs and pleats appeared in the first part of the twentieth and neither is more traditional than the other. I don't believe I wrote that pleats are more comfortable, though on reflection I think they are. I did write that that pleats are better tailoring for the majority of men. Your mileage may vary.

Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01173316804999411413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593388140454867428.post-75712135786437972502008-01-08T13:01:00.000-08:002008-01-08T13:01:00.000-08:002008-01-08T13:01:00.000-08:00

I must disagree here. Cuffs of course are very traditional. But there is nothing traditional about pleats. They came in to fashion, as was said, in the twenties. The twenties were not a time of conservativeness, they were the time of jazz and flapper girls, and pleats were the influence of the Pr. of Wales, who was hardly a gentleman or a champion of traditional dress. Traditional pants are,

chenrezigdashttp://openid.aol.com/chenrezigdasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593388140454867428.post-39937682890021919182008-01-07T13:51:00.000-08:002008-01-07T13:51:00.000-08:002008-01-07T13:51:00.000-08:00

I have to agree with both Laguna and Turling here. A case in point is the following link to SF Cable Car Clothiers. The ensemble of black loafers, camel socks and gray cuffed trousers is a great look. But take the cuffs off the trousers,and all of a sudden it does not seem to work even though the colors and clothes are otherwise the same.http://www.cablecarclothiers.com/

Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03961930732125748800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593388140454867428.post-69751572326347559952008-01-07T12:32:00.000-08:002008-01-07T12:32:00.000-08:002008-01-07T12:32:00.000-08:00

I have two pair of flat front no cuff pants. I must agree with Laguna Beach Trad in that I look down at my shoes and it just seems incomplete. I also find a cuff seems to frame my shoes better.Also, while I am no washboard, I am definitely thin and flat front pants do look good while standing. The problem is most of my day is spent sitting. Lets just say the flat front doesn't make sitting

Turlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04466952089423973036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593388140454867428.post-47566194506553316192008-01-07T10:41:00.000-08:002008-01-07T10:41:00.000-08:002008-01-07T10:41:00.000-08:00

I love cuffs. I have them on all my trousers, flat-front and pleated, save denim and formal. When I was younger, I even had a pair of khaki shorts with cuffs. The cuffless look, IMVHO, somehow looks curtailed or incomplete, like a sentence without a period at the end. Actually I think I have a pair of cuffless moleskins.

Laguna Beach Tradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08027025872132699493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593388140454867428.post-55498511239070631002008-01-07T06:56:00.000-08:002008-01-07T06:56:00.000-08:002008-01-07T06:56:00.000-08:00

My ex-girlfriend always preferred flat front, cuffless pants. She said they looked sleaker and better. But I would never wear them. I don't feel dressed unless I have cuffs and pleats.Last night I watched Love in the Afternoon with Audrey Hepburn and Gary Cooper. Gary Cooper was so elegant in his cuffed pants and pleats.P.S. She being my ex has nothing to do with the pants as far as I know.

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