Horizontal Corduroy Pants

Chips · Sep 13, 2010

Haven't seen these before, but stumbled upon them whilst wandering the interwebz. I suck at even the simplest of computer technology, but there were several cool pictures on the site advertising them, but couldn't easily cut and paste them with my Mac, besides this one. Odd pocket lining.

Site is called http://betabrand.com/cordarounds/?__...cordarounds_en Does anyone have any experience with these or care to comment? I thought they were interesting, the wale was fine enough that they didn't look absurd, and the cut looked relatively slim. Ha! Edited to add, I didn't even notice till afterwards that this is from the same folks that promoted those envy and gluttony pants that were mentioned a while back. But that aside, are these cords too quirky for most?

landshark · Sep 13, 2010

I really like these cords. They have a nice look to them. I probably wouldn't pay $90 for cords though. I do enjoy the flowery trim however.

Chips · Sep 13, 2010

I wouldn't mind $90, if the quality is there. I'm not sure how much if any kind of handwork is done, or the quality of their construction. They have some very light ash colored ones that look like they'd go with quite a bit of outfits.

Frankly, I'm a bit surprised places like J.Crew or BR hasn't picked up on a concept like this.

They're based out of SF, I might have to check them out.

Yika · Sep 13, 2010

not feeling the red tags here.

Chips · Sep 13, 2010

Yeah I noticed those, they're lame. Snip....

gonerogue · Sep 13, 2010

I have a pair of similar cords by Zegna (from a few years back, though).

Cary Grant · Sep 13, 2010

I had a pair in the mid 70's... they only deepened my dislike of the cord.

Jay Gatsby · Sep 13, 2010

Ribbed. For her pleasure.

Chips · Sep 13, 2010

Originally Posted by Cary Grant

I had a pair in the mid 70's... they only deepened my dislike of the cord.

The same cut and style though?

Allen · Sep 13, 2010

hummm... They look kinda weird, but I might think that because I'm used with vertical cords.
Don't like it. Personally.

landshark · Sep 13, 2010

These have managed to find an odd place between jeans and chinos

voxsartoria · Sep 13, 2010

Valentini Sartoria had a bunch of horizontal wale numbers out about three years ago...they might have collected at this point among the usual gray market sources.

- B

bleachboy · Sep 13, 2010

I have two pairs of diagonal corduroy Zegna pants. If anyone wants them, I'll sell them cheap. Size 36 or so I think. They are way too big for me. I think the diagonal is way cooler than the horizontal.

ZON_JR · Sep 13, 2010

Like horizontally striped dress shirts, a bad idea whose time will never really come.

Concordia · Sep 13, 2010

This was the same company that developed "vagisoft" blankets. So while I don't much like the cords, I cut them a little slack for their creativity.

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