Everything is Wrong is Wrong with Dress Pant Sweatpants

The latest sartorial bee to drop is the Dress Pant Sweatpant, which offers “Boardroom Style, Bedroom Comfort” according to the pant’s designer, Betabrand.

From the company’s website:

One of our very favorite things (besides burritos) is discovering fantastic new fabrics — and using them in innovative ways. Our latest curious combination of designs and materials: Dress Pant Sweatpants. This is an experiment in sartorial subterfuge. They look sophisticated, but they feel as slumped-on-the-couch comfy as your favorite pair of old sweats.

Comfort and laziness have steadily and successfully trumped style and sophistication at every turn over the past fifty years. Airports have been hit the hardest, though you needn’t look very far in any direction to see evidence of an extraordinarily underdressed nation. But at least they’re comfortable.

Take pride in the threading of belt loops and the gentlemanly cadence of dress shoes. This isn’t a matter of vanity or wealth. It’s simply about pride.