Chronic shortage of trousers
By Mr. Henry
Mr. Henry appreciates the best of everything. However, fortune, or rather its absence, does not permit him to have the best of everything he appreciates.
Because he prefers to wear the finest suits, his closet holds but three that fit the changing fashions as well as his changing frame: a dark navy for serious functions, a medium charcoal grey for daytime business, and a tuxedo. For other occasions he saves the suits and wears a jacket and trousers.
Consequently, because of the normal five-pound weight spread between his winter and summer body, he is chronically short of appropriate trousers.
Ten years ago “super-120” wool, what Armani uses it for their Black Label, was the best suit cloth you could buy. A pair of trousers would cost upwards of $650.
Now J. Crew offers Loro Piana super-120 wool trousers for a mere $175. How can this be?
New technology in looms permits Loro Piana to spin a light, strong, soft fabric from the best Australian and New Zealand wools, so-called “Tasmanian,” the most comfortable and durable suit cloth yet invented.
If you order online, J. Crew will hem and cuff them to your length.
