WHAT’S A GROWN MAN to do on a summer afternoon? When the heat index rises, jeans or even chinos can feel like hair-shirt trousers; the denim cutoffs the trendier set favors look silly on anyone over ...

Khaki pants (a.k.a. “khakis”) have had an unreliable reputation in their decades of existence. The trousers have reached pinnacles of culture, being called “American classics” and “icons” of menswear.

I’m a writer covering women’s and men’s fashion and accessories. The best khaki pants for women are workwear basics that are easy to dress up or down. At Forbes Vetted, we evaluated a variety of khaki ...

Find a pair for the office, the golf course or off-duty days.

SO sure, whatever. James Dean wore khakis. Amelia Earhart. Chet Baker. Hemingway, too. All more rugged than I. But there was something disingenuous about that Gap campaign, now almost two decades old.

Indeed, khaki green – the muted, earthy colour that sits somewhere between yellow, brown and green – is this winter’s ...