I picked three pairs of wide pants that are great to wear comfortably while heading to and from lectures starting right from the first week of classes. There's THREE TO EIGHTY's PARACHUTE CARGO PANTS BLACK with a crisp texture and cargo pockets, Centaur's SIDE LINE WIDE SWEATPANTS_NAVY featuring side-stripe color-blocking for an active feel, and MOONDAL's Sleek Pintuck Slacks in Brown with front pleats for a clean, put-together look.
Wide pants first came into the world in the 1920s when Oxford University students tried to skirt school rules. Back then, the university strictly banned knickerbockers, so instead of changing their clothes, students started having baggy trousers tailored to wear over them to hide them. With hems exceeding 40 inches in circumference, they looked like sacks and were dubbed 'Oxford bags,' sweeping across campuses as a symbol of youth rebelling against solemn school authority and becoming the origin of modern wide pants.
During back-to-school season on campus, nothing beats wide-leg pants that are easy to walk in and resist wrinkling even when sitting for hours. Out of the three on the list, which direction would you like to focus on to narrow it down?
↳ Under KRW 100,000
There's the roomy OVERSIZED SWEATPANTS from AMOMENTO, AMOMENTO's drawstring pocket pants, light beige tied with a drawstring, and Low Tide's BELTED DROP COTTON PANTS [WHITE] - Low Tide that come with a belt. All three have a generous rise and leg width, naturally fitting right into today's effortless, thrown-on styling.
The way pants are fastened around the waist actually went through quite an interesting transition period. Early Levi's jeans secured the waist with suspender buttons or a cinch back—an adjustment strap at the rear—and belt loops were only introduced in 1922. For people who began wearing belts back then, the rear cinch back was just an annoying extra, so some stores even kept large scissors at the checkout counter to cut off the customer's cinch back on the spot.
The comfort of cinching a drawstring and the neat polish held together by a belt offer distinctly different vibes within this list. At this point, shall we narrow it down to sweatpants only, or head toward darker colors or under KRW 50,000?
![BELTED DROP COTTON PANTS [WHITE] - Low Tide](https://img.hmmm.pub/brands/lowtide/products/64613e85-796f-4de3-b946-818310798ccf/0-320.jpg)
↳ Sweatpants only
I've picked three options limited to sweatpants. There's AMOMENTO's OVERSIZED SWEATPANTS with a roomy silhouette, INSILENCE's 스터드 스웨트 팬츠 BLACK given extra edge with metallic details, and THREE TO EIGHTY's URBAN WIDE JOGGER PANTS M.GREY with cinched hems. Comfortable pants once worn only at home have now refined their hems and fits, becoming true street essentials.
The word 'jogger' on the list traces its origins back to track and field training in New Zealand in the 1960s. After encountering the slow running method designed by coach Arthur Lydiard for citizens' cardiovascular health, American coach Bill Bowerman popularized it widely by publishing the book Jogging in 1967. As running transformed from something reserved for a few athletes into an everyday public habit, the word 'jogger' that we wear today came into the world.
The list is well-stocked with everything from relaxed wide-leg lines to silhouettes that cinch at the hem. Shall we narrow it down first to calm gray tones, or do you have other criteria in mind, like prices under KRW 50,000, hem drawstrings, or color-blocking accents?
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