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Do u wear khakis with crease in the middle?

daddy-o

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Just checking out various pics of khakis and I am wondering do u general fedora lounge public tend to wear khakis with a crease or without and ironed flat ? Surely if combining with an old sportsjacket and shirt a crease would look better and less casual while still casual enough.....what do u think ?
 

Duck

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Yes.

All of mine have creases and I am not 80 years old. ;) Just about all of mine are pleated, too. I will agree on no crease on jeans, ever!!!!!
 

mikepara

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Ahh! There you go! Surely pleated 'Khakis' are a different ball game, called Chinos and then should come creased on purchase.

Thats the rule of thumb. If its flat legged on purchase then it stays flat legged.
 

Ecuador Jim

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my answer is: "D", all of the above

My answer comes from a military perspective.
Aboard ship, we had what were known as "wash khakis", which did not require a crease. These were a working uniform for Officers and Chiefs in cases where they might get dirty.

For all other purposes, a crease was mandatory.

I like Mikepara's rule of thumb though, and that's probably an excellent guide.
 

DOUGLAS

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All of my khakis and or chinos are creased and have a bit of starch too.
 

dhermann1

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I think if you looked at pix of Admiral Halsey or Admiral Nimitz, you'd see they were creased for a few minutes at the beginning of the day, but thoroughly rumpled in short order. The ideal look for khakis is to have the faintest hint of what was once a crease tangled up among the nice healthy All American rumples.
 

daddy-o

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This is a brilliant forum. I really dig some of these answers.....but to get back to my question....my original WW2 khakis look great with a crease and no I aint 80 years old either but my BR Khakis look better without a crease. So does that prove anything ????? Probably not. Think I am getting addicted to this forum and my wife thinks I am surfing porn on the net.....ha ha
 

The Wolf

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I have the same problem after a few hours on the Lounge my wife gets curious. I hate to lie but when she asks "Are you still talking about fedoras and hats?" I say "No, it's porn, really." and hide the screen.
I hope she hasn't caught on. Uh oh, she just got home. I better sign off.

The Wolf
 

jgilbert

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Mine do start the day with a light crease (Yes and a light sprinkle of strach) then it does fade as the day goes on.

Since I do not dry my cotton items in a dryer, most will have a crease.

The only exception is jeans.
 

resortes805

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I'm a creaser, always have been, always will be.
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Orgetorix

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daddy-o said:
Just checking out various pics of khakis and I am wondering do u general fedora lounge public tend to wear khakis with a crease or without and ironed flat ? Surely if combining with an old sportsjacket and shirt a crease would look better and less casual while still casual enough.....what do u think ?

Alan Eardley said:
I'm old and need to have things explained to me.

Define 'khakis'. A colour named after dust used as a plural noun?

Alan

I'm confused, too. Who is "u," and why do we care whether they wear creases in their trousers?

Is it shorthand for these guys?

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