Casual, not denim

[C.Lee]

A tailored trouser in a season-appropriate cotton fabric other than denim would retain that casual feel you know and love. A soft crease, some semblance of a line in the trouser, and cuffs are all improvements; while the cotton retains an air of casualness.

[Slewfoot]

While I regularly wear raw denim, in the winter I will often wear corduroy and moleskin and for summer linen. Cotton is often ok and I usually like it to have some texture like a twill of some sort.

To keep it casual I usually do no pleats and no crease, sometimes cuffs, but sometimes straight. If you are getting bespoke you can also add in jean style or frog pockets to have something a touch different.

[Manself]

Returning to the excellent idea of wearing checked wool trousers can anyone recommend a book of cloth that would be worth investigating? The fabrics I've seen from Lesser and Smiths are, perhaps inevitably, a bit lightweight to be considered for trousers. I love the idea of a stroller-style outfit but with a DB navy blazer rather than a black jacket.

[T.K.]

Thank you for your words and suggestions Concardia and SMCK! I will look into these.

[couch]

I love the idea of a stroller-style outfit but with a DB navy blazer rather than a black jacket.

Can't recommend a book, but I have some trousers of lightweight worsted flannel in a fine charcoal & pearl-gray PoW with a faint lilac blue overcheck, which is not really distinguishable at normal viewing distance. They go very well indeed with a navy blazer, either dressed up with black captoe bals or dressed down with lilac socks and moccasin loafers. This cloth (a find at Tip-Top in Brooklyn) is not heavy enough for winter (or many spring and fall days in England), but fine for all but the hottest days the rest of the year here in the mid-Atlantic U.S. I can heartily second your enthusiasm. Aren't there some good heavier PoWs in Alden's Fox Flannel book?

[gcg]

I've just ordered a pair of mid to dark grey flannels (Hunt and Winterbotham 15oz), flat fronted, proper waist height, from my tailor.

I usually have pleats for my suit trousers by thought flat was better for casual trousers.

On another note, I've just ordered my first DB suit. (I've always had SB with peaks). I was persuaded by the look of the, in my opinion, best dressed current MP, Jacob Rees Mogg. I've chosen a 12oz navy Holland and Sherry.