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Paul Italian Cotton Chino
About Officine Générale’s chinos: Officine Générale's Paul chino is elevated French-Italian design — premium Italian cotton twill, often garment-dyed, in a refined relaxed-tapered cut.
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Officine Générale's Paul is the brand's signature chino — premium Italian cotton twill, frequently garment-dyed for rich, nuanced colour, cut into a refined relaxed-tapered trouser with a soft, lived-in drape. Owners praise the cloth quality, the colour depth and the elegant casual silhouette. Reviewers say the fabric and finishing are genuinely luxury-grade with the caveats that the price is high and the relaxed-tapered cut is a specific, fashion-led shape. The premium Italian cloth, garment-dyed colour and refined cut are the draw.
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- Material
- Premium Italian cotton twill, often garment-dyed, mid-heavy weight, soft hand.
- Fit
- Refined relaxed-tapered cut, true to size; soft, lived-in drape.
- Quality
- Luxury-grade — better cloth and finishing than mainstream chinos, with rich garment-dyed colour.
- Best for
- Elevated casual and French-Italian outfits, premium garment-dyed cloth, and a refined relaxed cut.
- Care
- Cold wash and hang or dry-clean; the garment-dyed cotton ages and fades attractively.
How Officine Générale chinos hold up overall
Forum members single out the chinos and trousers among the pieces they like from this line, and fabric quality draws the most consistent praise, though several say they only buy during sale season rather than at full retail. Construction is where owners see costs cut: one reported the top button popping off a pair of the brand's trousers after only a couple dozen wears. Retail editors describe the fisherman chino's cotton twill as soft yet robust, with a slightly slim cut.
- Strengths
- Fabric quality is the most consistently praised trait, with the chinos and trousers named among the line's better pieces at a price owners consider fair, especially on sale.
- Watch out for
- Construction hardware fails first — an owner reported a top button popping off after a couple dozen wears — and several forum members say full retail is hard to justify versus waiting for sales.
- Sizing
- The line runs slim and slightly small; one owner who normally takes a 50 in pants sizes up to a 52 across the brand and found the fisherman chino fits a full size small.
About Officine Générale's chinos line as a whole. Sources: Officine Generale, quality? | Styleforum · Green New Fisherman Cotton-Twill Chinos | OFFICINE GÉNÉRALE | MR PORTER
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