Starting Now, This Is the Anti-Trend Pant Style That's Going to Bench White Trousers

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Yes, it's still white-pant season, but as someone who mentally moves on to fall as soon as August 1 arrives, I'm looking for what's next. And the style that gets my vote, and apparently, Michelle Monaghan's vote, who just wore them while arriving at her hotel in NYC, is olive-green pants. Alongside white pants, jeans, and black pants, olive-green ones are a wardrobe essential. They go with everything, are classic, and never look dated—but they're not boring. I have no notes.

Monaghan opted to dress down her silky olive-green pants, wearing them in a travel-appropriate way: with a gray sweatshirt and ballet flats (luxe woven tan ones, that is). But if she wanted to, she could easily wear the pants with heels and a blazer or button-down for an elegant out-to-dinner outfit.

Since I'm now inspired to add a new pair of olive-green pants to my wardrobe, I hit the internet and found tons of worth-it styles to consider. In addition to silky pairs, there are twill ones, cargoes, linen, and plenty of other olive-green options. Keep scrolling to pick your pair to swap your summery white pants for (if you're ready).

Michelle Monaghan wearing a gray sweatshirt, olive green pants, and tan woven flats in NYC

(Image credit: JosiahW/Backgrid)

Michelle Monaghan wearing a gray sweatshirt, olive green pants, and tan woven flats in NYC

(Image credit: JosiahW/Backgrid)

On Michelle Monaghan: Freda Salvador Jada Square Toe Ballet Flats in Latte Closed Woven Calf ($360)

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Allyson Payer
Allyson Payer
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Allyson is a senior editor for Who What Wear. She joined the company in 2014 as co-founder Katherine Power's executive assistant and over the years has written hundreds of stories for Who What Wear. Prior to her career in fashion, Allyson worked in the entertainment industry at companies such as Sony Pictures Television. Allyson is now based in Raleigh, North Carolina, and is originally from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She holds a BFA in theater arts. Her path to fashion may not have been linear, but based on the number of fashion magazines she collected as a child and young adult, it was meant to be.