Carhartt Double Knee Pants Tan

These are Carhartt Double Knee work pants in tan, the brand's best-known bottom in its most recognizable color. They're for someone who wants the original workwear pant rather than a fashion label's version of one.

The Double Knee is cut from heavy cotton duck canvas with a second canvas layer across both knees, which is what lets it take abuse and keep its shape. The fit is relaxed and straight through the leg, sitting over boots and balancing a heavy top, and the canvas has enough substance to work as a daily pant through colder months.

Plenty of brands now sell a double-knee pant, but this is the one they are all working from, and tan is the colorway people picture when they picture Carhartt. Buy it if you want the reference point instead of the interpretation.

Available here in size 33.