The 19 Best Track Pants to Shop For Men in 2022

The old cliché goes that fashion is a form of personal expression. If this is true then track pants are probably the most expressive garment.

Let me share my theory. Track pants are one of the most important pieces of clothing that define a man. They aren’t like jeans which can only be made in so many styles. Or trousers which can only be made in a few silhouettes, fabrics, prints, and colors. A man’s track pants say everything about him because they, uniquely, have such a broad variety. For instance, Pangaia’s baby pink, wide-legged track pants are an embrace of easy style and sturdy masculinity, while Palm Angels’ leopard-print track pants point to a maximalism that solid colors can’t replicate. Standard Cloth’s tearaways are nostalgic, bringing a sort of humor and retroism to regular pants—will he comedically tear the pants off his legs like this is a cartoon, or won’t he? This is the age-old question.

The best part about all track pants, though: whatever statement they’re making, it’s a damn comfortable one. There’s nothing like elevating your loungewear to be cool enough to wear out and about, whether you’re pairing your track pants with sneakers or chunky boots or, as rock icon Alex Turner once said, you’re simply wearing “tracky bottoms tucked in socks.” At the end of the day, the world isn’t your oyster—but the world of track pants sure is.