Where once you had an old pair of chinos, now you have a bona fide catwalk look.
Your boss won't be looking at their chinos and thinking: great trousers, great chap, I want to promote him.
In newly purchased polo shirts and chinos, the four husky men, might blend in except for their scruffy beards.
Pair your ideal sandals with dark jeans or any color of chinos and a button-down shirt for summer Friday at the office.
And in that context, though I have no way of assessing the dress choices of Sarkozy or Obama, I can say that if Cameron's wife is anything to go by, his sports jacket-and-chinos thing may be genuine.
"A lot of people hate me, " Mr. Zou says, slumped in his executive desk chair in a yellow golf shirt and khaki chinos. "They think I'm stealing their fortune."
