Whether you can get away with wearing sweatpants in public depends entirely on whether you know how to style sweatpants. Sweatpants rank among the most divisive items of clothing. Some people insist they’re only for home wear or the gym. Seinfeld famously called them a sign of giving up. A symbol of a person’s inability to compete in normal society.
And yet, for decades now, sweatpants have been a staple in streetwear and an integral part of dozens of iconic fits—from Stallone in Rocky…

