Everyone Asked Where My Pants Were From. They’re Basically Sweatpants.

Every holiday I squeezed into jeans for dinner and changed into sweatpants the second everyone left.

These pull on. Gathered elastic waist, a drawstring, two side pockets. As comfortable as the sweatpants, and nobody at the table could tell. I stayed for coffee.

Three people asked about them before dessert. One of them bent down to look at the hem.

It’s the lace: a scalloped lace hem dyed the same color as the velvet, right at the ankle, where everyone looks when you’re in flats.

At dinner I wore them with a silk blouse and a small heel. On Tuesday I wore them to the office with a big oversized sweater and flats.

Same pants, two completely different days, and both times it looked planned.

Four colors. Black came first, because it goes with everything I wear in December.

Burgundy came next, for Christmas Eve. Forest Green is already on my list for New Year’s, and Navy for the office. Same fit every time, the lace dyed to match.

Every color is on sale right now, and the sale price won’t be there forever.

Sizes XS to XXL, cut loose with a barrel leg that ends at the ankle. Thirty days to exchange for another size or color. Start with the color you’d wear most.