After more than a decade of flat-front, slimmer-is-better propaganda, this news may come as an unexpected—and unwelcome—surprise to even the most enterprising men of style: Pleated pants are back.

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Q Are pleats in fashion? I have a couple pairs that seemed to be out of style in recent years, so they stayed in my closet. But now I am seeing colleagues wearing pleats again. A The simple answer is ...

Pleats have been around in some form or another since men’s pants were popularized in the Western world, and have traditionally been seen as a practical design feature to increase mobility and comfort ...