What world is this author living in? I see khaki all of the time. It's the most common material for shorts (jean shorts may be on the rise, but the go-to fabric is still cotton/cotton-khaki) and it's a prep staple here in the northeast (anyone wearing Nantucket Red? it's dyed over a khaki fabric).<p>Also I'm aware this will make me sound like a snobby sartorialist, but anyone who thinks of 7 For All Mankind is premium denim, especially if that someone writes for a fashion blog, is not someone I want to take fashion advice from. Overpriced, yes, premium, certainly not. Actual premium denim would be RRL, Iron Heart, or any of the other Japanese workwear outfits specializing in heavy selvedge raw denim.
> Men in khakis look like frat boys and youth group ministers from Tennessee<p>I wear khaki every day. I wonder which I resemble.<p>Contrary to the author's assertion, I don't iron my khakis. Literally nobody cares if they're wrinkled. Plus, they're coffee-colored, which is a bonus because I occasionally spill coffee on my lap. Also, where on earth do you find comfortable denim? It's hot, it's stiff, and it wears out instantly. The popularity of canvas mining trousers never ceases to amaze me.<p>Khaki is comfortable, socially acceptable, and inexpensive. Why would I ever stop wearing it?
>The thing about khaki is that it’s not something specifically dated like low-rise bellbottoms or t-shirts emblazoned with vintage road signs; it’s simply a fabric.<p>Khaki is a color, the fabric is chino and it can be dyed many colors: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chino_cloth" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chino_cloth</a><p>I know this seems like a minor nitpick but it's hard to take the rest of the points seriously with such a major misunderstanding of the basics.
I understand that fashions wax and wane, and that khaki slacks might not be as haute couture (or whatever) in 2017 as they were in 1997. However:<p>(1) They're still ubiquitous in most office workplaces. Perhaps not for the HN crowd here, but certainly out in the real world.<p>(2) I'm sure the fashion trend pendulum will swing back around eventually. The author's argument to the contrary is basically, "<i>Khaki's require an iron, and millennials don't own irons</i>". I don't know if that assumption about iron-ownership is true or not, but I do know that wrinkle-free khakis have been the norm for 30 years now. Where are you buying slacks that still need ironing?