[fsavard]

You jest but I tend to think it'd be much better for posture and breathing if pants with more flexibility and wiggle room were in fashion for men. E.g. sweatpants. I had a teacher at uni who wore those and I thought he looked rather funny, but in retrospect I can empathize.

Some companies make "dress sweatpants", e.g.

https://www.betabrand.com/collections/dress-pant-sweatpants/

but I never bought any because even in promotional pictures they still tend to look too much like sweatpants.

[cmrdporcupine]

I have come to the point with my back and hip pain where sweatpants is about all I can wear. I can't even wear most underwear. Any constraint at all around my hip flexors, hamstrings, lower back just yields excruciating pain after just a few minutes. Jeans are completely out. Most days I can't wait to get home so I can switch into my pajama bottoms.

Physiotherapist, doctor, chiropractor, all shrug and look confused when I describe this.

Luckily my employer doesn't care what I wear to work.

Dress sweatpants could be a lifesaver for me.

[fsavard]

I'm glad that odd recollection can find a use :)

In my case it's just discomfort but I'm curious as to why constraints around the waist don't get discussed more in articles about posture. For me it's one of those things that annoy all day long, hovering slightly below awareness level.