Work Trousers: Shorts & Cargo Pants

Ergonomic and Dynamic: Stretch Work Pants
Stretch work pants ensure the essential freedom of movement needed to perform at your best, without compromising on safety and durability.

Comfortable, durable, and practical, work pants are a key piece of daily workwear, whether part of a uniform or a more freely chosen outfit. Workplace safety regulations may require certain jobs to have specific protective clothing (including pants) that meets safety standards as defined by current regulations. This includes high-visibility workwear or certified cold-weather and rain-resistant clothing for those working in extreme weather conditions.

However, even outside high-risk or specialized work environments, it's a mistake to consider basic workwear as just any ordinary clothing. Since they are worn daily and for long periods, they significantly impact the worker's comfort and, consequently, performance.

The Best Work Pants
What characteristics should you look for in the best work pants regarding comfort and performance? Protection, fit, durability, and longevity are fundamental qualities of workwear. High-quality materials and reinforced stress points make work pants more robust, resistant to wear and tear, and therefore longer-lasting. Details like pockets for knee padding are essential for those who need to squat or kneel for extended periods. Reinforced pockets specifically designed for tools like tape measures or hammers allow workers to keep tools or personal items handy without excessively wearing out the pants.

Freedom of Movement
Wearing tight pants is uncomfortable even in the most "sedentary" situations, and even more so during work where clothing should not restrict movement. The freedom of movement is crucial for performing at your best in any environment and profession. Workers need to move easily, accurately, and without hindrance, whether walking a lot, driving a vehicle, operating machinery, tiling floors, or checking tires.

Therefore, work pants must have a comfortable fit but should not be too loose, bulky, or voluminous to avoid unnecessary risks of snagging or tearing. Stretch work pants meet both needs: they are ergonomic garments that, thanks to the qualities of stretch fabric, ensure great freedom of movement while maintaining a sleek and snug fit.

The stretch fabric contains a small percentage of elastane, a synthetic fiber with excellent elastic properties. It is also quite tear-resistant, lightweight, and quick-drying. The elastane makes the stretch pants fabric flexible, allowing for ease of movement without constriction and then returning to its original shape.

However, elastane is not very breathable, which is why it is used to create blended fabrics, usually combined with cotton and polyester. Therefore, when choosing a pair of stretch work pants, it is important to pay attention to the fabric composition and the proportion of different materials.

A 3% elastane content in a cotton-polyester twill, like the B-fit material of the new Pant Rock Stretch Performance, is sufficient to make the pants elastic and ergonomic without hindering breathability during work, even in the hotter months.

Stretch Pants for Every Job
Stretch work pants are an excellent choice for various applications and sectors. One of Diadora Utility's 2021 novelties is the Pant Staff Stretch Cargo, a stretch work pant with two side cargo pockets, ideal for logistics and all tasks requiring ergonomic and versatile clothing suitable for all seasons. It is comfortable even when temperatures rise and during transitions between indoor and outdoor work. Available in two color variants, classic blue and steel gray, with reflective inserts and a shaped waistband.

Another new addition is the Pant Rock Stretch: a model offering high performance for work in workshops, industries, and installations, and in situations that require pants to accommodate the movements of those working in uncomfortable positions, provide extra knee protection, and carry tools and instruments.

Adding to these two styles is the new Cross line, inspired by the outdoor world, which includes stretch work pants designed for those working in outdoor environments (such as construction sites and beyond) and often needing particularly durable workwear. The Cross pants, in Cargo and Performance versions, are made from ultra-resistant stretch material. The elasticity of B-fit technology is complemented by the tear-resistance of Ripstop fabric, which includes a very strong filament in both the weft and warp (the horizontal and vertical threads that form the fabric), creating a typical grid pattern. If the pants tear, this structure limits the tear's expansion, "trapping" it within the stronger filaments.