8 great ways to wear green pants

In style as in all things, to avoid stagnating, you have to move forward.

Ah well thanks Einstein.

So yes, maybe it won't be the most earth-shattering revelation of your entire existence, but it at least has the merit of being true. And besides, it's not so trivial, since moving forward involves precisely changing one's state of balance, projecting one's body forward, putting oneself in danger.

In fact, progress means throwing yourself into the void.

And what makes us jump into the void for the first time? It is having observed that others were doing it, that it was possible.

And that's exactly what I'm offering you here. Discover lands that are still unknown to you by taking inspiration from those who have already explored them well. For you, this could be simply trying on a pair of green pants or experimenting with a new way of wearing them.

In any case, there is no point in blindly reproducing the outfits that I suggest here. Simply because there is a good chance that they will not suit you, either because of your body shape or because of your affinities with clothes.

But we must be inspired!

Inspiration is not about imitation trait for trait. Inspiration comes through analysis and then adaptation to one's own person by adjusting the cut, what we like, our personality. Otherwise, we never make the pieces we wear our own, like the son who wears his father's blazer that is much too big. (Besides, I have no doubt that you already know how to choose chinos in your size!)

Come on, here are eight ways to wear green pants.

Casual chic

Outfit #1: Natural elegance

Shuhei Nishiguchi spends the summer in this kind of easy outfits. We start gently. The only constraint will be to tuck his shirt into his pants and open the shirt a little.

Harmony of colors, simplicity too, mastered play of textures (calfskin suede, denim and cotton twill), proportions elegantly slenderizing the silhouette. The green pants are perfectly integrated and highlighted.

Touched. That's a big yes for me!

It's time to get out the money clips, not the money clips 🙂

Ah, if I had money that I didn't know what to do with, I would ask my tailor (he's like a doctor, but for clothes!) for tons and tons of pants of this type and in every possible and imaginable material.

Also, I would probably have silk pajama bottoms cut in this cut. And for the weekend too, to mow my lawn, already impeccable under the French Riviera sun, all around the sumptuous property that I don't have.

The selection

Shirt: Hast / Pants: Officine Générale / Loafers: Carmina

Well, really, aren't the pants worn by Shuhei Nishiguchi magnificent? Mid-rise, double pleats, cropped with four-centimeter cuffs. Perfection in my opinion. Have you ever tried them? They change a man. If you have slightly short legs, these will be your Holy Grail, I bet.

But maybe your legs are long enough and prefer simpler pants. Well, take a look at this one , or this one .

Oh yes, and regarding the loafers, which are a bit associated with the Gucci-style metal bit, I have two alternatives to suggest to you, which are not loafers, but which also work, here and there .

Also, for the shirt, we can perfectly imagine a chambray or oxford shirt. You should avoid poplin, too smooth, in my opinion and more suited to wearing a suit.

Outfit #2: The Modern Blazer

Nick Sullivan distills his panache into his still of cool.

Honestly, that pose of I-don't-look-where-I-walk, he's rehearsed it, it's obvious. It's not possible otherwise. In front of the mirror, sometimes and sometimes, until the sun breaks through the horizon.

How many cigarettes have you smoked for the love of street style? How many times has your other half woken up in bed feeling empty next to you? Who could have predicted this midlife crisis?

The selection

Jacket: Merz B Schwanen / Chinos: North Projects / Boots: Grant Stone / Glasses: Lesca Lunetier

The Outfit: Same color scheme as OUTFIT #1, but with an extra dose of testosterone. The graying facial hair has something to do with it.

Here, no detours, one-way ticket for simplicity: no chino clips, no shirt but a t-shirt, no suede calfskin, good old well-patinated leather.

He is the all-terrain man, who adapts to everything, all the time.

Boots are, in my opinion, the shoe of the 21st century man. Well chosen and well maintained, they have bite and work like a charm to give you style and hair on your paws. Warning: dangerous use above 25°C.

For the price, the Grant Stone really does the job. If you want a pair of adventure boots to drag you around all the weird corners of the world, I recommend them.

Otherwise, in a similar style I recommend the Red Wing and the Viberg (for the pleasure of the eyes, it's cordovan, it's very expensive). To name other shoemakers who make boots worthy of interest (regardless of budget notions): Alden , Crockett and Jones ,Jacques et Demeter , Heschung , 7L , Meermin .

Of course, it's always a question of budget, but it's still interesting to study what's best in order to have objective elements of comparison. It's the best way to get a culture of quality clothing.

I also thought of you, if you don't like patch pockets, I suggest this jacket from Ardillon that will adapt to all situations in your life. And these pants from Scavini that deserve a closer look.

Streetwear

Outfit #1: Accessible streetwear

Photo Credits: Jon Boy

I'll confess: I suck at streetwear. Really suck, like I sucked at Latin at school. Same.

For example, I missed the sneaker turn that everyone seems to have taken well. If I wear them, on occasion, then they are Nike Internationalists with little color or minimalist white ones, like Caliroots and Hypebeast .

I don't know, I always find that between sneakers and leather derbies or loafers, it's always the latter that win aesthetically...

But anyway! That's just my opinion.

The selection

Pants: Stan Ray / Sneakers: Converse / Jacket: Carhartt / Sweatshirt: Edwin / Cap: Ebbets Field Flannels / Socks: Edwin

This outfit, could you wear it or not? For me, it's streetwear that is stylistically and financially accessible: you can find these pieces at a low cost. I have to say that I haven't found many examples of green pants worn in a very casual style, and yet, it's childishly simple to wear.

Oh yes and I have a question for you who are reading me.

If we want to push the outfit a little in the towers of street style!, what sneakers could we turn to again? What is your guilty pleasure? You who surely know better than me how to find pearls of streetwear pump, what could we also wear instead of these somewhat boring Converse?

Outfit #2: Casual, pattern and color

Tyler, The Creator with confidence.

Matching the streetlights you find on your way is really not an easy task and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. Too time-consuming. You'd have to have a change of clothes on you. Plan a route. It's not sustainable.

But let's move on.

The selection

Pants: Dickies / Sneakers: J.Crew / Cap: Supreme

What you should remember about this outfit is, on the one hand, the visual bridge that exists between the discreet yellow of the shirt and the less discreet yellow of the sneakers. And, on the other hand, the use of pastel colors that give unity to the whole (by the low intensity of the contrast), even if they are not colors that we would necessarily have chosen for their complementarity (pink and yellow).

In all honesty, this outfit as worn by Tyler, The Creator can be difficult to achieve without taking a major stylistic fall. But the basics are there. Dickies chinos, low-top sneakers that match the color of a shirt, which we choose to be plaid. A cap because we're cool and white socks because we're wearing sneakers (and therefore connoted "sport", even if the only sport we really do is to stomp around in the line at Starbucks).

A possible alternative to this shirt would be the Beams+ jacket, although you have to have the street cred to wear it. But in life, you have to have dreams. "Aim for the moon to touch the stars" tattooed right in your heart.

Tailoring

Outfit #1: Business casual

A peacock at Pitti Uomo in summer

I don't know how the peacocks of Pitti do it, to make a wheel at 30 degrees Celsius. If I had to make a wheel at that temperature, it would be tiny, not even worthy of being considered a regulation wheel.

They must have atrophied sweat glands, it's not possible otherwise.

In any case, it is a very beautiful wheel that we see there, the central and remarkable element of which is this beautiful green tint of the costume.

I don't know what you think, but I think it looks pretty cool. And it's summery.

The selection

Suit: G. Inglese / Tie: Drake's / Clutch: Shibumi Firenze / Belt: Velasca / Oxford: Velasca / Bag: Frank Clegg / Glasses: Atelier Particulier

The outfit works for several reasons:

• The chosen green is not aggressive, it is an easy to wear military green.
• The dimensions of the lapels, the shirt collar, the trouser lapels and the width of the tie are proportional. As a result, a certain geometric visual coherence emerges.
• The cut of the suit is adapted to the morphology of its wearer.
• The color of the glasses discreetly matches that of the Richelieu, which echoes the discreet yellow of the pocket.
• The dress code is balanced between casualness and formality: a casual suit in green, a casual tie in silk knit, and a casual Richelieu in suede.

It all fits together and fits well.

I haven't found many green suits this season. The best thing to do is to have one made, if you can. Head to Les Francs-Tireurs , Michaël Ohnona , Louis Purple depending on your style and budget.

Outfit #2: Nonchalant Green

George Cortina walks towards infinity

You might think his collar is on wrong. You might even think his pocket flap is on wrong. And his shoe buckles are undone. Well, it's all part of a deliberate orchestration on his part.

You see, a guy who wears a suit so well cut that it looks like he was born with it and then it grew on him. A guy whose shirt sticks out just enough, to the millimeter, a guy who lights a cigarette just before having his picture taken, everything, absolutely everything in his outfit is thought out.

Do you think he was caught on camera texting someone?

Do you think he's breathing air?

On me, on you, on everyone, it would look weird. On him, it's perfect. I don't really know why.

The selection

Costume: Wicket / Shirt: Pocket Square / Shoes: Seventh Width

What can be reproduced is wearing a military green suit with a simple, slightly textured shirt, worn with buckles and without socks.

I recommend double buckles, which are more modern. But if you want to try the thrill of single buckles, then maybe you can turn to Barbanera , whose quality I haven't tested but which makes pretty badass shoes, and 7L also offers some.

For safety, a pair of brown shoes would be richer and more casual. In my opinion, outside of very formal outfits, black in shoes is rather to be avoided, because it is too austere.

I have a new question for you.

What are your feelings about the color of the pocket square? A sky blue pocket square would have been possible, but would have looked much too prepared, coordinated. And that is the paradox of the man who takes the time to raise his jacket collar slightly but not too much, who takes care to leave his curls open, who mistreats the flap of his pocket: he prepares himself in such a way that you have the impression that he is not preparing himself.

The white of the cover gives a certain charm, by the visual imbalance that it operates. It is typically what makes an outfit go from very good to excellent.

Workwear

Outfit #1: Camo to be seen

Of the two, the person we're interested in is the one on the left with the camo pattern. The other person, we have nothing against her, but that's not the point.

Two things come to mind when looking at this photo:

1. Why do fashion people look so angry in their photos?
2. Isn't there a little too much green in the outfit we are interested in, namely the one on the left?

To the first question, I have some possible answers, but I fear that the time spent analyzing these thoughts would ultimately lead to the following conclusion: fashion people are pouting in their photos because it's fashionable to pout in fashion photos.

Yeah. It's a rabbit hole .

And so, to answer the question that wasn't obvious at all since I asked it myself, I would say that yes, there really is too much green!

So here is what I propose to you, keeping the basis of this gentleman which I find very relevant.

The selection

Chino: Carhartt WIP / T-shirt: Edwin / Jacket: Portuguese Flannel / Brogues: Grenson / Bandana: Jinji / Bag: Army Workshop / Glasses: Warby Parker / Hat: Larose Paris / Socks: Uniqlo

Green pants, well we can't avoid them, that's the theme of this article. But camo pattern without green. Green bandana as a reminder with the pants, black hat matching the derbies. (As an alternative for the hat, I have to suggest Don Paris .)

There are several things to remember about this outfit:

1. Black doesn't go with much, but it works pretty well with green. You can see that in this photo by Justin Doss .
2. Be careful not to make too many color reminders. A discreet reminder as we saw earlier in the article seems to me to be quite sufficient. By using this technique too much in the same outfit, then we fall into disguise because we show the world how well thought out the outfit is.
3. A beautiful smile is the best adornment.

Outfit #2: Long's famous vest

Long, former video manager of BonneGueule

If you have a crazy desire to wear a waistcoat, I advise you to take inspiration from Long, an ex-BonneGueule: choose one in raw material (or at least something other than cold suit wool), with pockets and in a different colour from your jacket, if you wear one.

Oh yes, and I'm thinking about it!, a little aside: for your own good, avoid wearing a t-shirt under a vest worn without a jacket. Because, if you choose a vest that is too tailored, with a shiny viscose back, it looks more like... let's say... street art. It would break the desired effect.

However, in the outfit that interests us here, Long could very well afford to drop the jacket. In addition, the choice of the officer collar is judicious because it harmonizes perfectly well with the “V” of the vest.

The selection

Vest: Hollington / Jacket: Carhartt WIP / Shirt: Maison Standard / Chinos: Knowledge Cotton Apparel / Sneakers: Nike

By keeping the green chinos and this organization in the outfit as a base, we can for example imagine a more tailored outfit with a patterned waistcoat and the waistcoat and jacket .

Other alternatives for the jacket here, with Engineered Garments and there with Studio d'Artisan and also at Japan Blue .

The final word

Military green is a masculine and easy color. It is versatile, always a little unexpected but without being eccentric.

One thing is for sure: you should use it more.

This latest outfit confirms that military green resonates optimally with white and blue. Ultimately, what do you have in greatest number in your wardrobe, am I wrong?