Dress Pants - Help Me Choose Fabrics

I have not traditionally been a sharp dresser but after losing a bunch of weight I am motivated to start dressing nicely. I am looking to buy 6 new pairs of dress pants to wear at work. I live in Southern California and I will mostly be wearing dress pants with dress shirts (no tie). Occasionally I will wear a sport coat as well but most of the time just slacks and nice shirts. I am having the pants MTM and have looked through a bunch of fabrics for colors that I like. Let me know your top 6 choices out of the following...


OUTDOORS:


Left to Right: Mid Grey, Tan, Brown, Light Grey, Dark Grey, Mid Grey Herringbone, Dark Grey Herringbone



Top to Bottom: Black, Blue, Taupe


INDOORS (Same Fabrics):


Top to Bottom: Mid Grey, Tan, Brown, Light Grey, Dark Grey, Mid Grey Herringbone, Dark Grey Herringbone



Top to Bottom: Black, Blue, Taupe



Here are shots of the Brown, Tan and Taupe together in sunlight for shade reference on the Taupe


And the same three fabrics indoors

IMHO: Dark grey, mid grey, tan, brown, blue and light grey. No black, no herringbone for dress pants.

Thanks RO! I am thinking this would be best. That taupe looks to light and have heard black isn't a good choice for dress pants unless it is part of a uniform or tuxedo. Is the herringbone fabric reserved more for suits? Are there any other colors or patterns I should look at outside of the ones I listed?

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Sorry, I remember looking at this a while ago and thought I replied. From the indoor shot, I would choose 1, 4, 6, 2....in that order. Pretty nice stuff.

You are right about the tan, too light(fine for dockers, but for dress... ick), same thing with the light gray. I don't see a problem with the harringbones, as long as they're subtle like these are, they can look very sharp and dressy. I have a pair of black, but very rarely wear them.



Heatmiser said:

Thanks RO!  I am thinking this would be best.  That taupe looks to light and have heard black isn't a good choice for dress pants unless it is part of a uniform or tuxedo.  Is the herringbone fabric reserved more for suits?  Are there any other colors or patterns I should look at outside of the ones I listed?

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Herringbone = suit

I'd go mid and light grey, brown and maybe navy. do you need to choose 6 at once. If not, I'd try to start with 3-4. Navy gets panned a lot on SF, but I think it would be a welcome addition to the stable of trousers your are looking for. I like the tan, as well.

Agree with WTL and Murl. Though tan before navy.