The World's Best Cargo Pants Are Only $50

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Tuesday, June 24, 2025

You could spend summer sweating through your jeans, spending the equivalent of a car payment on linen pants, or digging through military surplus bins that smell like mothballs for the perfect fatigues. Or, you can just spend $50 on a pair of Uniqlo's wide leg cargos. For this week's Esquire Endorsement, our writer argues for these as the pants of the summer: comfortable like joggers, durable like workwear; cargo pockets for a road drink; more comfortable, and breathable, than anything slim or tightly tapered. I've heard, and made, my fair share of theses about pants. This is as ironclad a pants argument as I've ever come across. –Luke Guillory, commerce editor

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The World's Best Cargo Pants

Uniqlo's wide leg silhouette is all you need for outdoor adventures, city heat, and everything in between.

While there is no shortage of big pants we can wear to the office, or for date nights, more chill hangs call for another option entirely. What's a big pant that offers the comfort of joggers and the durability of workwear? What's a big pant that can weather a storm, or cheap beer at a ball game and not fuss over it? More importantly, what's a big pant that can look good dressed down (with, say, sleeveless tees or acid-washed hoodies) but can get classy with a nice sweater? The answer to all these questions is the Uniqlo Wide Cargo. They're the bottom half of what I'm calling the Hanging with the Dudes uniform.

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