Pinstripe pants?

[Marty]

It seems like pinstripe is in lately, at least, pinstripe where there's a lot of contrast between the stripes and the pants color. So anyways, I've been looking for black pants with white pinstripes, but I can't find any, not at least, without it being part of suit. Where you guys recommend getting high-contrast pinstripe pants from? And, furthermore, what do you think about pinstripe. It seems like a lot of people are getting into it. not just with pants, but also complete suits. Looking at the news, I see a lot of it.

Thanks for your opinions,
Marty

 

[designprofessor]

Most obvious retailers , Gap, Banana Rep. However if you plan on wearing a jacket, go ahead and spring for a whole suit. Not only will your options open up, but you won't be hassled with trying to find a jacket that coordinates.

 

[whoopee]

I think bold chalkstripes, wider pinstripes, and fancy stripes look great on a suit. On odd trousers, less so. I like checks instead of stripes there. But they shouldn't be hard to find. I would imagine that Kenneth Cole, Theory, A/X, etc and other brands at your local mid-high range dept store will have what you're looking for. Gucci made some in a flared cut, too.

 

[Get Smart]

I also prefer checks on trousers (shepard, plaids, PoW) but I think pinstripe is fine too. Me, I like a bolder chalk stripe for odd trousers rather than a fine subtle stripe. And I'm really enamored of bright teal for the stripe color. Last season saw an awesome Paul Smith brown suit with teal pinstripes that was the bees-knees....and about 10 years ago saw an Ozwald Boateng navy suit with bright teal pinstripes that still haunts me with its seriously serious awesomeness.

Banana Republic is a good place to start, they always have pinstripe suits sold as separates.

 

[whoopee]

Yes I think coloured stripes would be more seriously stylish than white.

 

[stach]

but this look seems to be going out of style.

 

[Get Smart]

Originally Posted by stach

but this look seems to be going out of style.

but if you really have *style*, is anything ever "out of style"?

 

[tiger02]

Originally Posted by Get Smart

but if you really have *style*, is anything ever "out of style"?
Yeah. The stuff you don't wear

 

[thinman]

Originally Posted by Get Smart

I also prefer checks on trousers (shepard, plaids, PoW) but I think pinstripe is fine too. Me, I like a bolder chalk stripe for odd trousers rather than a fine subtle stripe. And I'm really enamored of bright teal for the stripe color. Last season saw an awesome Paul Smith brown suit with teal pinstripes that was the bees-knees....and about 10 years ago saw an Ozwald Boateng navy suit with bright teal pinstripes that still haunts me with its seriously serious awesomeness.

Banana Republic is a good place to start, they always have pinstripe suits sold as separates.

Just for fun, I tried on a Canali DB navy suit with teal pinstripes last week. I usually avoid bold stripes since I'm tall and thin, but I really liked how I looked in the suit. If I already owned suits 1-7 in a rotation, I probably would have bought it, but instead I went for the charcoal 2B, SB wardrobe staple.

I also prefer checks rather than stripes in trousers, for two reasons: (1) striped trousers look too much like part of a suit and (2) checks give me width, whereas stripes accentuate the fact that I'm tall and thin.

 

[Get Smart]

Originally Posted by tiger02

Yeah. The stuff you don't wear

touche!

 

[Marty]

Originally Posted by tiger02

Yeah. The stuff you don't wear

Good point.

Thanks for the suggestions guys, I think that pinstripe probably doesn't work for some people, and I see why most would want to get the full suit, but I think as casual pants, they can work great. I'm going to try to get some pinstripe pants, and a white dress shirt, and make kind of a black & white outfit out of it. Maybe I'll post my results.

 

[royal618]

Absolutely go for it.

Speaking of Oswald Boeteng, about ten years ago I saw a dark suit with lilac stripes of his that I had to have. Never got that one, but I did get a bespoke navy and lilac suit made which I wore yesterday.

Love the suit but don't get to wear it very often due to the weight of the material. Pinstripes, checks, whatever... if YOU like it, go for it.

 

[dressed2kill]

This might be to low quality for your taste, but I've seen many seperate black pinstripe pants with a white strip in EXPRESS.

 

[skalogre]

Originally Posted by dressed2kill

This might be to low quality for your taste, but I've seen many seperate black pinstripe pants with a white strip in EXPRESS.

They are crappliy constructed but perfect for clubs - I'd rather not have some drunked sow or pig spoill their coctail on nice trousers

I have some crappy trousers of the sort for specifically that reason

 

[Kid609]

High contrast b/w pinstripes will make you look like a referee.

Navy with more subtle pinstripes are classic.