Do u wear khakis with crease in the middle?

[daddy-o]

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 ?

 

[BellyTank]

A crease is a crease but a creased trouser looks very narrow legged.

B
T

 

[Dixon Cannon]

No.

 

[Spitfire]

oh no. No way...

 

[The Wolf]

Most of my trousers have some sort of crease except my jeans.

Sincerely,
The Wolf

 

[mikepara]

Khakis and Jeans should not be ironed with a crease. Do so only if your 80 years old or a nebbish!

 

[Alan Eardley]

I'm old and need to have things explained to me.

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

Alan

 

[Duck]

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]

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]

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]

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

 

[Spitfire]

You know what, Douglas. How come it doesn't surprise me one bit. You are one sharp gent. .

 

[dhermann1]

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]

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]

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

 

[Kishtu]

You mean it's not...???

Some of these suits are serious sartorial porn

 

[jgilbert]

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.

 

[carter]

I'm gonna be like Mike.
No crease if you have no pleat!

 

[resortes805]

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

 

[Orgetorix]

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 ?

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?