You might have heard me talking about a "pant 1 sizing revamp" for quite some time now on Instagram. You might be asking yourself, "Well, what the heck is that?" I'm here today to give you the full rundown on what to expect from the new pant 1.
Let me first talk about what prompted this project and what working on this project has looked like. Mostly what I wanted to tackle for pant 1 was improving the fit for os 9 and above. This required me to rework the seat area to get a better and more accurate for the upper size range. Once I was able to rework the seat area of one of our larger sizes, I embarked on fit testing the pants on our longtime Eli and Barry model (and my friend), Kaylee. We did quite a few fittings in her backyard so we could stay a safe distance away from each other because, you know, we’re still in a pandemic. Once I was happy with the new fit on Kaylee, I sent the pattern off to our pattern grader in Chicago to create all the sizes we’re now going to be able to offer.
That’s right, we’ll have a more sizes, as well as more rise and inseam options for you to choose from. Making the fit improvement to Kaylee’s size allowed us to add 4 more sizes to our existing range. That means we're offering an up to an os 19 which accommodates a 50.5” waist and 61.5" hip. Along with being able to offer more sizes, we’ll now have better options for folx 5’3” and shorter and 5’9” and taller. The shortest inseam we currently offer (23”) will now accompany a shorter rise. We’ll be offering a tall inseam, as well, which will have the same super high rise that pant 1 currently has.
But wait, there’s more! Beyond reworking the seat area of our upper sizes, I had had a few other construction improvements on my mind. All pant 1s will now have faux flat fell seams in the inner legs and seat seam. Not only is this a beautiful detail that adds a workwear vibe to the style, but it also improves the durability of these seams.
The new pant 1 will be available in all of our current fabrics and will also be launching in denim and tea hemp cotton (a fabric we’re bringing back) with this re-launch. We'll also be announcing a sale on all in-stock pant 1s soon! Look for the new pant 1 in early August.