(Note: If you bought a pair when they first came out, like I did, the legs were tapered a bit, not nearly as bad as your old Gramiccis, but not quite wide enough to fit over Sorels…in any event, they’ve since relaxed the cut a bit.) And now they’ve got some competition with Brooklyn, NY?based Oxen Workwear, Inc. Whereas Mountain Replica Omega 4370.12 De Ville Prestige Watch Khakis reinforcements are more subtle, them look more like Gap chinos than Carhartts, Oxen Workwear’s Double Knee Carpenter Pants ($74), with their double panels on the knees, are more akin to Carhartts.
But unlike Carhartts, Oxen’s pants aren’t as stiff as cardboard when you buy them and they have a looser cut than the originals. Now hold on a minute. Perhaps youre thinking: Gimme a break, working-man pants marketed at hipsters, wanna-be carpenters, and urban-dwelling, slack-jawed, iPhone-owning posers? These represent everything that's Replica Omega 4150.20 Co-Axial Chronograph Watch wrong with America! Well, if thats the case, youre probably being a bit melodramatic. Theyre just pants, after all, and, if youre like me, and dont have any hang-ups about your manhood or profession, youd probably get a lot of use out of sturdy pants like these.
(Second note: As with Mountain Khakis, they also have a few other styles, including jeans.) We just got a few pairs sent here in the office. And while they fit great, if a bit too low on the hips on the scrawnier guys here, we haven’t yet had enough time to Replica Omega 4500.30 De Ville Prestige Watch test their durability. Look for a pants smackdown in the future—in which we put a bunch of pants head-to-head in a durability test—but our initial impression is two thumbs up. —Sam Moulton
