It’s shorts season, sure, but finding the summer pants may be equally as critical to locking in your warm-weather wardrobe—for all sorts of reasons. You probably can’t show up to work in cargos, for one. And your social calendar will inevitably fill up with cocktail hours, compulsory barbecues at your boss’s suburban palace, beach weddings, and all sorts of other moments when a naked calf would be out of place. And hey, maybe you’re one of those guys who just refuses to wear shorts. (We know you, we see you, we understand.)
Whatever the scenario, you do not need to power through 90 percent humidity in a pair of Levi’s 501s or your winter-weight chinos. We are in a Golden Age of summer pants, the product of a broader decade-long pants-renaissance in menswear. There are roomy linen trousers for anyone afflicted with return-to-office-itis, a brave new world of drawstring options, pants literally designed for beach days, and enough designer summerweight trousers to inspire fit pics without you even having to ask a friend.
