Many trends have made an unexpected comeback, and like a bad sequel to a bad movie, many of them are just as bad as they were the first time. But pleated pants are not such a trend. Though they’ve ...

Designer Eunice Lee can still recall the moment in the mid-1990s when her bosses at DKNY’s design studio sent out this message, officially banning pleated pants from their collections. “That comment ...

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Pleated pants are sure to be the defining trend of spring 2026, which is right around the corner. See ahead for 10 ways to ...

If you're unfamiliar with pleated pants, let me give you a brief crash course. Pleated pants are pants with vertical folds in them, starting just under the waistband and running down the front legs.

Like many of 2016's trends—tucked-in T-shirts, the mighty return of socks, dad hats—pleated pants were once banished to the menswear retirement community but are now back in fashion. But as with any ...

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“That comment really stuck with me,” says Lee, who was an ­assistant at the time. And so, when she branched out with her own label, called Unis, in 2000, she maintained a steadfast commitment to ...

When it comes to pants trends for 2026, stylists predict seeing more men and women in fitted bootcut jeans or wide-leg trousers, but less flare pants.