Affordable Comfort
Photograph: Louryn Strampe
Photograph: Louryn Strampe
Gap
VintageSoft High Rise Boyfriend Joggers
For a vintage look pinch a much affordable value tag, these joggers from Gap are spot-on. They genuinely consciousness for illustration I stole them from my boyfriend. They’re somewhat oversized, pinch a hem that hits correct astatine nan ankle. They’re soft connected nan extracurricular and softer connected nan inside, pinch a midweight terry fabric building that feels pre-worn successful nan champion way. Gap describes nan fleece arsenic “lived-in soft,” and I deliberation that’s nan cleanable description. The soul lining is brushed and feels almost for illustration fleece, but they’re not excessively lukewarm for immoderate play but summer. The silhouette is relaxed everyplace but nan waist and ankles, and nan slant pockets are mean depth. These besides don‘t person a drawstring, which whitethorn fuss immoderate people. But it didn’t fuss me! I was excessively engaged emotion cozy. —Louryn Strampe
Available Sizes XXS to XXL Available Colors 11 Fabric Details 77% cotton, 23% polyester
Honorable Mentions
Photograph: Gap
Gap Heavyweight French Terry Seamed Wide-Leg Sweatpants for $70: As I mentioned earlier, sometimes nontraditional pants are conscionable a spot excessively retired of my comfortableness zone, and I recovered these to beryllium difficult to style. The dense French terry cloth is bully and warm, and immoderate colors look almost for illustration denim. But connected my 5'1" frame, pinch nary drawstring connected nan waistband, these regularly pooled astatine my ankles, and not successful a cool counterculture way. I felt for illustration I was dressing up successful my dad’s clothes, and I perpetually needed to hike them up connected my waist. I could spot these being very cool to nan correct demographic, and they’re well-constructed pinch neat seam detailing. I conscionable didn’t emotion them arsenic overmuch arsenic nan others I tested. —Louryn Strampe
Photograph: Mack Weldon
Mack Weldon Ace Sweatpant for $88: I for illustration that Mack Weldon offers a Regular aliases Tall fresh for its Ace Sweatpant—I tried nan latter—and it went down to my ankles (yay!). The fresh is really bully here, though nan pants thin to look a small wrinkly. The standout is nan micro-brushed French terry texture. It feels soft and soft to touch, though nan pockets person an overseas crinkly feel. There are 2 zippered pockets, 1 connected nan backmost and 1 debased connected nan correct side, nan second of which is simply a bully spot for earbuds. I for illustration that nan ankles are back-ribbed, which helps support a bully shape. These pants are made from 95 percent fabric and 5 percent Stretch. —Julian Chokkattu
Photograph: Buck Mason
Buck Mason Welterweight Sweatpant for $138: I emotion nan look of Buck Mason's 1940s-inspired Welterweight sweatpants, pinch a beautiful wide, ribbed waistband. The 100 percent fabric French terry fleece feels hardy and, while they don't consciousness tight and drape nicely, they're not what I'd prime for lounging connected a couch. If I'm wearing these, I consciousness for illustration I request to put a small thought into my outfit and past caput retired nan doorway and show them off. I person 2 main issues, though: The first is that these pants are conscionable not agelong capable for my 6'4" frame. That mightiness not beryllium an rumor for you, but they onshore good supra my ankles. Also, nan wrong of nan pockets feels rough. —Julian Chokkattu
Reigning Champ Midweight Terry Standard Sweatpant for $110: I regret asking for these sweatpants successful white. Don't bargain achromatic pants. You'll quickly study that it's really difficult to support stains away, particularly connected a portion of clothing designed for bumming around. Thankfully, Reigning Champ has aggregate different colour options, and nan Vintage White I person isn't disposable anymore (it's not conscionable me!). I'm 6'4", and I would person liked nan pants to beryllium a small longer to get person to my ankles, but this is simply a communal problem for me. My only different gripe is nan explanation connected nan wrong backmost of nan sweatpants—the corners are ace crisp and scratchy, and erstwhile they inevitably make interaction pinch nan skin, it's highly unpleasant. When that's not happening, these 100 percent fabric sweatpants are comfy pinch a bully silhouette, and nan slant pockets are roomy. —Julian Chokkattu