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Originally Posted by ozzy6900
To be blunt, it depends how fat you are! I wear pleats because I am a tad overweight. Non-pleated pants look better on young, slender bucks - not on old, fat farts (like most of us veterans)!
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At 53 I'm not a young buck, but I am 5'10" and 150 pounds so I do qualify as slender. I wear pleated pants on the field because I like a little extra room and I find pleated pants more comfortable.
I've heard that some associations dictate flat front pants. Ours does not. It's mostly our local "old-timers" who stay with the flat front pants. They say it’s a more traditional look. But I've seen a few umpires wearing flat front pants who need to switch to pleated pants, buy some new flat front pants that are a size or two larger, or find a tailor who can "let out" a little extra room in the seat. I think flat front pants show if someone is
sized challenged a little more than pleated pants.
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Originally Posted by Tim C
In 2007 "Andy" (i.e. see "Ask Andy") reports that more pleated pants than flat front will be sold in America for the first time in history.
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When it comes to "street dress" I usually wear flat front pants. Flat front pants in general are getting more difficult to locate even in some of the more "upscale" mens shops I frequent. In Dover, "upscale" is something better than Walmart.