Most men own too many trousers they never quite reach for. Not because they are bad exactly, but because they do not really work with anything else in the wardrobe. The wrong rise, a cut that sits awkwardly between casual and smart, a fabric that creases badly by eleven in the morning. These are solvable problems and the solutions are largely about being more deliberate at the point of purchase.

We have been looking specifically at trousers that earn their place across more than one occasion. Tailored enough to sit alongside a blazer, relaxed enough that they do not look out of place with a good trainer. Fabric matters here more than most men realise. A well constructed wool trouser or a properly weighted cotton will hold its shape in a way that cheaper alternatives simply will not.

The trousers in here are the ones we would actually hang up with care. That is the bar we set and it is not a low one.