Gianneli Colours Teal Men's Slim Fit Joggers

A teal and green wash across slim-fit joggers. Colour on the lower half is a different decision from colour on the upper half, and most men have never made it: trousers are almost always black, grey or navy, so a coloured jogger changes which tops work rather than being an addition to the ones that already do.

What Changes When The Trousers Carry The Colour

• The top has to go quiet. With teal below, a printed or bright top competes from the wrong direction. Plain white, black, grey or charcoal above is what lets the joggers work.
• Footwear matters more. Against a coloured leg a shoe is read as part of the outfit rather than as an afterthought, and white or black keeps the line clean.
• Teal reads cool, not loud. It is a blue-green rather than a bright, which puts it closer to navy in behaviour than to a primary colour.

The Cloth And The Cut

70% polyester, 27% cotton and 3% elastane at 8.85 oz per square yard, 300 gsm, slim fit with a brushed interior and an elastic waistband with a drawstring. The elastane is only 3% and it is doing a specific job: a slim leg in a heavy fabric needs give at the knee, and without it the trouser would resist every step.

A Wash Print Suits A Trouser

Legs bend, and a graphic with defined shapes distorts when they do. A blended wash has no fixed forms to distort, which is why it survives movement in a way a placed design would not.

Where They Are Too Warm

Three hundred grams with a brushed interior is a winter weight. Worn indoors in a heated room or outdoors in mild weather these will be more than most people want, and that is the direct trade for the warmth.

Before You Order

Is the teal bright? No, it is a blue-green wash rather than a saturated colour, which is what keeps it wearable as a trouser rather than as a statement piece.

How slim is the leg? Tapered close to the leg from the thigh down, with 3% elastane providing the movement a heavy slim trouser needs at the knee.

Do they have pockets? Yes, at the sides. Nothing fastens, so they hold rather than secure.