Not even Miles Davis knew how cool it was when his nonet gave birth to cool jazz. The cats just wanted something lighter and less busy, a slow running stream as opposed to the machine-gun rapids of Charlie Parker. Cool, as it were, happened by accident.

Isn't that always the way with the seminal? The purveyors are totally unaware, simply doing what they do in the way they do it. It's the rest of us who can't take our eyes off it.

You knew this of course.

The Seminal Glen Plaid Suit Pants (No. 5362). Super 100s wool. Flat front. Lined to the knee in acetate. Zip fly with extended inside tab button and French fly button. Trouser hook above zipper. Small coin pocket at wearer's right. On-seam side pockets. Interior suspender buttons. Unfinished hem with inseam at 39". Made in Portugal.

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