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Mountain Khakis flannel lined Original Mountain Pant & glass belt buckle review
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Now that the first snow has fallen (whether we are ready for it or not) and those pursuing the dream are trickling back in for another season scrounging to keep the it alive, we’re going to need to start wearing long pants again, and Carhartt’s are not the only game in town. There is a new six year old on the block in the rugged, outdoor pants market. Mountain Khakis (MK), based out of Jackson Hole, whose tagline is ‘get in our pants’ (pretty funny, brilliant, and hopefully even useful!), is taking the outdoor lifestyle and work pant market by storm. Traditionally, Carhartt’s seemed to dominate the lower extremity garb for both men and women in and around mountain towns. But MK is quickly making strides to take a big share of that market.
Carhartt’s have some style, but only in a narrow realm(read, mostly in mountain towns). Take it from me. A while back I lived in New York City and wore Carhartt’s pretty much every day to a desk job and out on the town and never got anywhere with the ladies. It HAD to be the pants!! To wear Carhartt's on a date in the big city with anyone other than your long time girlfriend, unless you are going on a lunch date to Lonestar in the winter-not so cool. And going on a job interview, don't expect a call back unless you are really charming. On the other hand, you can wear MK’s to a dinner date at La Caille and know that it isn't your garb that will interfere with your taking him or her home. On the interview front, you’re guaranteed to get the job. That’s how the flannel lined Original Mountain Pant is going to make you feel - invincibly warm and cozy. Couple that with the glass belt buckle and you will feel like a super-mountain-man, suave and able to leap tall mountains in a single bound, or simply nail the interview and get the girl, or vice versa.
MK flannel lined Original Mountain pant.
What I’ve found is, that Carhartt’s also have a nasty habit of the rear end blowing out, for about $50 that should not happen. And no, it's not a function of my particular rear end, either. Granted, MK’s are a bit more expensive, but you get what you pay for, as the saying goes. You will own you’re MK’s till you are wearing diapers again.
More importantly than lifestyle wear, is work wear. Because let's face it, we are at work more than we play, no matter how much we hate to admit it. Whatever kind of work you do, whether at a desk all day or standing outside on a lift tower, MK's just perform and fit better. They give you more range of motion by virtue of their "ballroom" diamond-shaped action gusset crotch and fit better because of their grossgrain waist that prevents the waist from ever stretching out.
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Glass belt buckle designed by Jackson's own John Frechette.
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Belt buckles are all the rage these days. Big or small, ornate or simple they are en vogue, and the ones designed for MK by John Frechette are understated, classy and timeless. They don't just hold your pants up, they hold them up with style, without being gaudy. And for all you mountain guys and gals out there who think that you are too tough to wear a "glass" belt buckle, John designed them to be as tough as MK bottoms, so if you are a "bull in a china shop" type, have no fear, these buckles will stand up to whatever you can dish out.
MSRP: OMP, flannel lined: $90—
Glass belt buckle, with belt: $62--
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