Start with the leg

The DLOODA range now runs to 416 styles across 12 leg cuts. Most of it is the same idea in different shapes: a stretch knit, a waistband that pulls on, and pockets deep enough to hold a phone without printing its outline through the fabric. 368 of the 416 styles list pockets, and 319 sit high on the waist.

Colour is where a catalogue like this usually goes quiet, and ours mostly does: black, brown, navy and dark grey carry the range, with 38 colourways listed in total. That is not modesty, it is what sells. A work trouser gets worn twice a week and photographs badly in anything loud.

What we will not do is pretend a stretch knit is a suiting wool. It creases differently, it pills where a bag strap rubs, and after enough hot washes the recovery goes out of the waistband. A pair here is a season or several of regular wear, not an heirloom, and the price says so: $6.64 to $39.99.

Sizes are the other honest limit. The range is listed XS to 4XL, and the maker states that the pieces run true to size. There is no inseam choice on most of them, so the size guide spends more time on length than on waist: on a wide leg, two inches at the hem change the whole look of the pair.

We sell by the pair and we list by the leg. If you already know you want a bootcut, the rest of this catalogue is noise, and the menu at the top of every page is built to let you skip it.