Women's Mid Rise Trousers Wide Leg Pleated Coffee Brown

A pair of mid-rise wide-leg trousers in coffee brown, with pleating at the waist. The pleats are what give the leg its volume — folds released from the waistband rather than a flat front, which lets the fabric fall away from the hip and creates the drape a wide trouser depends on.

The mid rise sits below the natural waistline, giving an easier line through the torso than a high-waisted cut. There is no stretch in the fabric, which the shape needs: a wide leg holds its line through rigid cloth rather than clinging. At 400 grams in a small rising to 470 in the largest size, the weight is substantial enough to hang properly and keep the pleats sitting flat rather than puffing out. Pockets are set into the design.

Coffee brown is the single colourway and a more interesting choice than the usual black or grey for a work trouser — warm enough to pair with cream, camel, and olive, deep enough to read as tailored with a white shirt or a black knit. It gives an office wardrobe something other than the default without moving into colour. Sizes run from S to XL, cut for adult women, with tags attached. Worn with a tucked shirt and a flat or a heel, the pleating and the drape carry them.