If You Are Deeeeeeeply In Your Soft Pants Era, Here Are 8 Insanely Comfortable But Still Flattering Pants To Drool Over
We are happier people because of these pants.
Image from Inez
by The Candidly Team
We’re not sure if it’s the cold, the hormonal belly pooch, or the hell of having to wear a thong, but we are just not into squeezing ourselves into pants these days.
At least not the stiff, structured, buttoned, zippered serious pants we’re supposed to wear out into the world.
We’d rather be in soft, spacious, loungey things we can breathe in. Pants that are as buttery as house clothes. Pants we don’t have to iron to look smooth.
But here’s the rub. We don’t actually want to look like we’re in house clothes. No one needs to know we’re the cozy-seeking slobs we are inside. We still want to appear put-together and dressed - possibly even a smidge styled. Why not shoot for the stars, right?
Well, we found 8 such pants. They are softest of soft things, but also cut and tailored to be cute enough to parade out into society.
Care to join us in our soft pants era?
Let’s do this.
1. The Winner Of The Most Comfortable, Flattering Wide-Leg Pants In Existence
Spanx® AirEssentials Wide Leg Pant
If we had a nickel for every time someone told us about how incredible these pants are, we’d already have the budget to buy them in every colorway. The fabric is admittedly magic, somehow light as air and breathable and unbelievably stretchy, and yet, it is not at all thin or flimsy. These pants are actually thick enough to smooth out any and all lumps and bumps so we feel supremely flattered and unself-conscious. The drape on them is also as good as our fancy trousers, so we can wear them with a tee and jean jacket on the weekend or a button-down and blazer on a work-day and look quite smart (as the Brits say).
That said, they also make a shockingly cute matching half zip sweatshirt that will give you gorgeous waist-nipping proportions so we have to recommend getting this as a set, because it will probably be your best set.
Comes in a sea of colors. Sizes up to 3X.
Price: $110
2. The Softest Ever Jeans
Z Supply Mia Luxe Soft Denim Pant
Many mornings, we don’t choose jeans because they’re restrictive and hard, and that’s the last thing we want to feel when we’re cold and taking off our pajamas. But these jeans are like slipping into ANOTHER pair of pajamas. They’re made of something they call “butter denim,” which delicately skims and elongates your legs. They come in two shades, and also have a matching denim jacket/ shirt that could be our new favorite “cool girl” layering piece.
Price: $129
3. The Cashmere Sweatpants
Quince Mongolian Cashmere Sweatpants
There are joggers, and then there are cashmere joggers, which are about as quiet luxury as it gets. This pair from Quince is cloud-like and gorgeous but costs a fraction of what most pure cashmere pants typically do. They come in too many colors we want. Too many we have in our carts.
Price: $100
4. The Buttery Trousers That Feel Like Pajama Pants
Everlane The Trouser in Buttersoft
We were not about to leave out a proper trouser. These are the softest, lightest, most spacious, wide-leg pants around, and yet, they’re still tailored to a Katharine Hepburn level of perfection. We wear them with a cropped cashmere cardi from the same affordable cashmere brand we mentioned above. And we have never felt as wrapped in love.
Price: $128
5. The Coziest Flare Pant That’s Perfect On Curves
Flare pants are just outright excellent on curves. Not to mention everything Negative makes seems to be blessed by some kind of softness God, and these pants are no exception. They’re stretchy, so we can move and breathe in them, but they have enough hold to be worn to the office or out to dinner. This, for example, really dresses them up.
Price: $140
6. The Sleek Knit Denim Pants You Could Do Yoga In
Z Supply Hunter Knit Denim Pant
Taking this stretchy denim thing to a whole new level, we have this stroke of brilliance from Z Supply. These pants look like jeans but feel completely like loungewear. They’re a fully knit material and the waist is elastic so they’re literally the lounge pant we can get away with wearing everywhere. We pair them with THESE sneaks, THIS tissue-soft tee, and THIS matching knit denim jacket, and we never get asked more where we got our outfit.
P.S. Z Supply’s prices are pretty insane for the quality and fit. We wrote a whole thing about it HERE.
Price: $79
7. The Dream Everyday Palazzo Pants
Ok, if you’ve been sleeping on Free People (as the kids say) because you think it’s a brand for “the kids,” let this be your awakening. So many of their styles, especially online, are game-changing for over-40 women. Tons of their pieces are incredible on curves, not just in how they feel but in how they flatter. These pants are a great example. The waist is so buttery we forget we’re wearing pants at all, and yet, our waistlines look marvelously nipped. And those of us with thicker hips and thighs have never felt so accommodated and complemented at the same time. Wear them with a fitted tee and jean jacket or pair them in black with oxfords and a blazer and you’ll look so effortlessly and tomboyishly chic, you could start a trend.
Price: $70
8. The Cloud-like Sweater Pants We’ll Be Keeping On Til March
Splendid Michelle Sweater Pant
Of course we want to live in head-to-toe sweater material. And of course Splendid is making the very softest of that material while simultaneously making it possible for us to look classic and chic in it. These pants are not Forever21 garbage that will pill and tear after 2 wears. They’re luxe and lovely, and we even have a code to help with the price: Use CANDIDLY20 to get 20% off. Not sponsored - just nice.
Price: $158
Bonus: Fine, You Might Not Wear Them Outside The House But These Are The Softest Pants You'll Ever Own
A few of us tried these pants as PJs last year, and there’s no other way to say it than we became deeply, deeply obsessed. They feel like we imagine the clouds of Care-a-Lot, a light, airy, buttery, knit softness that we really have no words for because it’s unlike anything else we’ve felt. And weirdly, not that it even matters, they’re inexplicably slimming and elongating to the point we’d wear them out if we could. We bought them for ourselves (in multiple colors). We bought them as gifts. We wrote about them HERE and HERE and HERE. And then, lo and behold they sold out in almost every size and color they came in. Was it us? The good news is they’re now fully stocked in many colors along with the matching bra, and they are all we will ever sleep in again. Let the hoarding begin.
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