Chino pants are usually lightweight, cotton blended pants that come in a wide array of colors and are woven in a twill weave. Chino by definition is a style of pant which may come in any variety of colors. These details make them ideal to wear as a pant for business casual occasions or to the office.
Khaki pants, on the other hand, tend to be pants made of heavier materials like canvas, cut looser or boxier, and can be used for a variety of rugged purposes.
They are typically too casual for a traditional office environment, but might function sufficiently for casual outings to the park or other outdoor activities. Here's a question you'll see on every menswear forum out there — just what's the difference between khakis and chinos? Unfortunately, most places try to answer the question by diving into the history of the two words.
And while that's interesting , it doesn't actually help someone who's shopping for dress-casual trousers very much. So here's your definitive answer, insofar as there is one. Manufacturers and advertisers have strayed from these boundaries enough that you'll have to take this with a big old grain of salt, but broadly speaking here are the differences:.
Of the two, khakis are more toward the sturdy work-wear end of things, while chinos are lighter and a bit dressier. Manufacturers have been labeling any old cotton dress trousers as either one of these words, or sometimes as both, for years. Technically, that could even be correct. So don't take any of this as gospel. There's no real guarantee that chinos from Brand A are going to be lighter and dressier than khakis from Brand B.
You'll have to look at specific types of pants , see what their materials and details look like for yourself. Khakis were originally adopted as the military uniform of British officers in northern Colonial India in the midth century.
Worn by various swashbuckling characters in famous Hollywood adventure movies, including the likes of Indiana Jones, khaki clothing has been memorialized through history and in popular culture. Chinos originated in the military as well, during the Spanish-American war in the Philippines.
The lightweight cotton twill uniforms produced in China were modeled after the earlier uniforms described above.
The result was a more streamlined fit which has endured over time. The bottom line is, whatever you want to call them or however you prefer to describe them, neither khaki pants nor chinos will ever go out of style.
I like blue jeans. I like the way jean pockets are designed. Be it a pocket knife, a hand full of change, a pill bottle etc. This post immediately caught my eye because, like you I had always thought the words were interchangeable, just a regional preference like sub, hoagie, hero, etc. And thanks for the stitching clue. I agree, in my country khaki is a color something like light brown , and chino is a pant type. There are still many stored in India which make hand made khaki clothes.
Some pants are made of khaki colored chino material. Some pants are made of black colored chino material. Khakis became the name for khaki colored pants made of khaki colored chinos. Get it? But I have here blue khaki, local green khaki and black khaki trousers. Perhaps there was a time when khaki referred exclusively to a color that is what I thought 40 years ago , but that time is long gone.
Khakis refers to a style of pant that may or may not be khaki colored.
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