Fashionwise, I am basically this guy, but white girl. Can’t be dysphoric about my hips if they are hidden under massive pants.

I wear a potato sack and sometimes a garbage can

I used to wear a barrel but can’t anymore because of woke

Honestly, I thrift 90% of my clothes. Older jeans and whatnot were made with better materials and construction, now you have to go to higher end brands that are extremely cost-prohibitive compared to thrifting. Plus, being more expensive doesn’t correlate to higher quality inherently, you have to legitimately compare brands and even visually examine pieces, like are the seams messed up or uneven, are the rivets rusted, etc etc

This is why capitalism is the most perfect ideology. Under communism, there is only one pant and everyone needs to share it.

There’s used-cheap and new-cheap. Always avoid new-cheap.

Sturdy work cargo pants. Lasts a long time and has many pockets. Warm (which is bad here, very hot outside). Can be bad on sensitive skin, but you get more used to it. Less restrictive than most cuts of jeans.

A lot of Op shops here have lots of them.

mostly directly from levis ngl. relaxed or “relaxed straight” fit, ideally non-stretch, but the stretch ones can be more comfy sometimes. It’s overpriced but I only ever seem to have a couple favored pairs at a time until they wear out, so the cost per year is still low (I have a wider variety of shorts in rotation in the summer, mainly thrifted, but winter is depression season).

This is because ordering on larger sites like ebay or amazon, or literally anywhere that isnt direct from a manufacturer, I not only have to struggle and often fail to find exactly what I want, not a similar looking thing that is actually a new style that doesn’t fit me, but I also have to take the >50% chance what I ordered is going to be a cheap knockoff not the real thing. So at this point brands with a consistent product line, not new slight variations every 3-6 months win out for me, even if they are more expensive. I’d buy more in store but stores around here rarely carry my size.

Eddie Bauer, great fits, lovely fabric. I really like their 94% nylon 6% elastic fabric on their technical pants, super comfy, breathable, and durable.

I get whatever jeans look like they’ll probably fit from goodwill. They closed their changing rooms at the one nearest my house so I err on the large side.

Thrift stores mainly, I learned a neat trick recently! Your neck is about half the circumference of your waist, so you can check wether a pair of pants will fit you by seeing if the waistband can envelop your neck. Here’s a video

Anyway I like high-rise regular fit pants. Khakis, dress pants, jeans, whatever. As long as they feel like quality, which can be tricky to find because of the people usually running thrift stores being old ladies who pick clothes they themselves like, but it means when I do find something it’s pretty cheap. Wish I knew some good online retailers for decent clothes at a fair price though.

Mostly thrifted but I have a few pairs of uniqlo chinos for the same reason you stated, that free alteration. I wear black or khaki chinos like 90% of the time, they’re flexible for casual and formal settings so it lets me keep my wardrobe small. Generally all straight cut, with some relaxed or slim fit. I like some room to breathe and don’t want the skinny fit stuff. I also have some dickies and other thicker pants in a similar style for hiking and outdoor work, and some sweatpants for working out. For a long time I had 4 pairs of pants total until I started thrifting. I went to a thrift shop in a college town and got two pairs of brand new pants for $4 each, I love it

I buy cheap blue jeans, usually from Amazon or Walmart. Wrangler has a sub-brand called Rustler that was on sale recently. Turns out they fit me really well, so bought a bunch. I doubt they’ll last more than a couple of years, but I also have a bad habit of “accidentally” working on cars without changing into my work clothes. So my jeans are usually ruined by dirt & grease stains long before they actually wear out.

I buy off-brand jeans from wherever they’re cheap.

I like cheap pants. They fit my non-existing clothes budget better than expensive pants and they do the job of keeping me warm and decent just as well as expensive pants does.

My brand-aware teenage daughter does not like cheap clothes. She has opinions on my pants.

I buy fat boy pants from goodwill for a couple bucks, then pay a couple more bucks to get them tailored by one of my neighbors.

I don’t care if they’re fashionable or not, but they fit my fat ass, and that’s good enough for me.

I basically always dress like I’m about to go hiking, so fashion isn’t really a thing for me, but Carhartt makes ripstop cargo pants that I like a lot. They’re usually about $60 new, but sometimes I find them in thrift stores (never in my size). Anyway, they’re super durable and loose enough for me to work/hike in them and they don’t give me a lot of sensory issues. They don’t do the swishing sound a lot of cheaper options do. The fabric is breathable enough for the mild summers where I live and I wear a base layer underneath during the winter.

Cargo pockets are nearly a requirement for me. I can fit a lot of snacks, gloves, etc. All the buttons (snaps on the pockets) and zippers are well made, reinforced pockets to clip your knife or a tool, gusseted crotch.

I’ve had one pair for about 3 years now and they are a little worn/faded in spots, but no holes yet. Since then I’ve bought a few more pairs. The only negatives are you can’t really wear them for office settings in some places (Pacific Northwest doesn’t seem to care) and I think the pants make me look more like a cop