I love these corduroy pants and have them in several colors. The brown and navy are very rich colors and look dressier; while the loden green and bayside blue are more muted and look slightly more casual. I have a couple pairs of the bayside blue and they are so comfortable, I wear them often instead of jeans. They run pretty true to size but if you are between sizes, I would recommend ordering a size down. The bootleg pant cut is generous, so if you like the "skinny" jean look, these are not for you. But, if like me, you have a pear shaped body, the wider leg at the bottom balances your silhouette and is quite flattering. They launder well and need no ironing. Great pants!
I love cords! Decent ones are hard to find. They don't seem to be as heavy as they used to be, but living on the Gulf Coast, they will be fine. They fit well. I probably could have gotten a size less, but these are okay. At 70 yrs, they don't need to be tight. I would recommend them
This is an ooPS update of my review. Where I said the Russet cords were size XS, I meant to say they were size 4. Hoisted by my own 'tards, so to squeak.
These pants make me look like a sack of potatoes. All that Russet-yearning, and for what? They gap at the back of the waist, are chunky in the hips, thick in the thighs, and flappy in the legs. And the rise is painfully short. You know what I mean.
What gets me is that LLB doesn't even honor their own size chart! Please Bean, get some XS "Fitting" models who actually have XS measurements, particularly for pants styles. I have the EXACT Beanian size-chart measurements for an XS: 26.5 inch waist, 36.5 inch hips. (Now don't hate me because I'm cutie-iful; between those two "perfect" measurements, I have a choco-belly, just like everyone else.)
So I conducted an "ar-clothe-eological" dig and found two pairs of cords from seasons past when Bean's size chart for XS was 25.5 inch waist, 35.5 inch hips. My measurements haven't changed, and they fit perfectly even though I'm an inch bigger than their older measurements. Go figure.
It's seems like you get rewarded for not measuring yourself. If you don't, the size chart is "vanitized" just for you. But you get punished for observing the size chart and actually measuring yourself. Well, the joke's on you. Since fat weighs less than muscle, if you go solely by your weight, without measuring yourself, your body will continue to spread outward.
I've never heard of a clothes designer, tailor, or seamstress who asked you to jump on a scale. See how ridiculous that would be? No, they measure. And next time you're in a fabric store, try saying "Give me 3 pounds of Russet corduroy." Ridiculous!
