The Black Flags are the new staple black rendition of our midweight cord line up. We could write a long tale about the illustrious history of the Black Flag, a symbol that once represented the almighty bluster of the pirate ship hoping to intimidate target booty-laden ships into submission without a fight, and more recently the anarchist movement in Britain and the United States. Sure, there's a spirit of pirate mischief that lives on in these trousers, and the "pink-crazy-yellow" liner embodies a lawless design ethic. But really we made more of these pants because they sold well and you asked for more. After all, the pirate life is grossly over-romanticized, and anarchy is wildly impractical.
What's great about the Black Flags, though, is that they work well in just about any outfit - pairing with all those work shirt button downs, any color sweater (save brown) or a cool t-shirt and sneaks. You didn't even know you needed them, and now these velvety black trousers are on your starting team. "That's beautiful, what is that, velvet?"