Thick-thighed guys, you can breathe easy: Pants are loosening up. Slim, tapered trousers have dominated runways and shop floors for most of the past decade—thanks to designers like Thom Browne, who ...

I don’t see the need for a taper unless your legs are big on top and small in the calves. Instead, I’d have the legs reduced evenly from top to bottom to retain the original shape, just narrower. If ...