The easiest answer to the question “What’s work appropriate anymore?” is (still) a pair of black pants
Photo-Illustration: Courtesy of the retailers As the Great Return to the Office becomes a reality, we’ve all been wondering how working IRL will actually go down — and what we’ll be wearing. The easiest answer to the question “What’s work appropriate anymore?” is a pair of black pants — there’s no workhorse quite like them. They make a T-shirt look like it’s from The Row. With a matching blazer, they become corporate-core. The black-trousers/white-button-down combo is a classic.
Stretch: For comfort’s sake, most work pants will have some amount of elastane or spandex. Just like jeans, the 2 percent stretch mark should be enough, says style coach Kim Hancher — anything far above that can look like technical fabric , which could break your office’s unofficial business-casual rules. Each pair is marked as either not stretchy, stretchy, or very stretchy.
I wore black work pants almost every day of the week before the first “WFH until TBD” memo. This habit means I’ve tried many — including pairs from Loft, J.Crew, H&M, and Cos, to name a few — but no company does work pants better than Banana Republic. Its trousers make me feel like the Working Girl career woman I wish I was.
$80 at Eloquii Buy Best wide-leg black work pants Aritizia Wilfred Effortless Pant $148 $148 Sizes 0–16, short and tall inseams | Crepe | Not stretchy | Wide-leg, front-knife pleats | $$$ $88 at Outdoor Voices Buy Best black pull-on work pants Everlane The Dream Pant $88 $88 Sizes XXS–XXXXL | Cotton | Very stretchy | Tapered leg, pintuck detailing | $$
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