Oslo. Or Your Backyard.

The theory used to be: Pants shall be either luxurious and elegant, or casual and not-so-elegant, and that is that, and you may as well get used to it.

These pants fly in the face of all that.

With the right tweed jacket or blazer, you could wear them to accept a Nobel Prize and get away with it.

You could also stay home, skip shaving, and park yourself in your Adirondack chair overlooking the lake for days on end, reading how H.C. Earwicker spent his day.

These cords, in fabric made from Milan's premier mill, have a luxurious feel, not unlike velvet. Vellutto Duca Visconti di Modrone is one of the few mills that hand-cuts the pile.

Men's Plush Eight-Wale Cords (No. 2811). In velvety cotton. Other significant details: Double front pleat.

On-seam front pockets, two double-welt back pockets with buttons. Six interior suspender buttons. Eight belt loops. Interior French-fly closure.

Men's even sizes: 32 through 46. Hemming (max: 37") or cuffing (max: 34"), add $2 per pair. Please allow 2-3 business days for alterations.

Colors: Navy, Charcoal, Golden Tan, Dark Green, and Taupe.