LA HAINE INSIDE US 3B M1118 Regular Trousers - Black Cold-Dyed Velvet Cotton Pinces Men's

An All-Velvet Trouser. Cold-Dyed Black. With Pinces.

The LA HAINE INSIDE US 3B M1118 is a regular trouser constructed entirely in cold-dyed velvet: 98% cotton, 2% elastane, pile surface throughout. Where the M1117 uses velvet as an insert panel against gabardine, the M1118 applies velvet as the complete material — the entire leg, waist, and back in a single cold-dyed pile fabric. The pinces at the front add a tailoring element to the velvet construction, creating a structured silhouette from a material more often associated with evening formality or interior use than precision trouser construction. The elastic waistband provides fit without structured waistband construction. Made in Italy. Italian avant-garde. Fall/Winter 25/26.

Why These Trousers Are Different

• All-velvet construction: 98% cotton, 2% elastane pile fabric throughout the entire trouser — not velvet as an insert or a panel, but velvet as the complete material; the pile surface wraps the leg from waist to hem with a consistent depth and light-absorbing character that no woven fabric achieves
• Cold-dyed velvet in black: Cold dyeing applied to the pile fabric after construction — the dye penetrates the pile at different rates from crown to base, producing a black with tonal depth that standard velvet dyeing does not; the pile reads as a deep, variable black rather than a flat one; each piece carries slight cold-dye variation unrepeatable across the production
• 98% Cotton, 2% Elastane: The maximum natural content in a velvet that still provides stretch recovery — the 2% elastane in the pile backing allows the fabric to move with the body without the pile distortion that would occur in a rigid velvet under repeated flexion at the knee and hip
• Pinces construction: Formal tailoring detail applied to an all-velvet trouser — the pinces at the front panel create additional volume at the hip that releases through the thigh, a silhouette typically found in structured woven trousers applied here to a pile fabric; the pinces fold the velvet pile into the pleat, creating a detail that is present at the front and invisible from the side
• Elastic waistband: No structured waistband construction — the elastic sits flat and accommodates the body without the stiffness of a traditional tailored waistband; a waistband choice that contrasts the formal pinces construction with a casual waist treatment
• Regular fit: Straight leg silhouette from hip to hem; the velvet's natural weight and drape pull the leg line cleanly without the stiffness of gabardine or the fluidity of jersey — velvet holds its position
• Made in Italy: LA HAINE INSIDE US Italian production — all-velvet trouser construction with formal pinces detail built to Italian tailoring standards
• Unlike the M1117 (dual-fabric: gabardine body with velvet inserts, over-trouser silhouette), the M1118 commits to velvet as the sole fabric — the material without qualification, in a regular trouser construction with a formal pinces detail

Specifications

• Style: Regular trousers (all-velvet)
• Color: Black (cold-dyed, each piece unique)
• Fabric: 98% Cotton, 2% Elastane cold-dyed velvet
• Waist: Elastic
• Closure: Button
• Details: Pinces (front pleats), side pockets
• Fit: Regular
• Country of Manufacture: Italy (Made in Italy)
• Brand: LA HAINE INSIDE US
• Gender: Men's
• Season: Fall/Winter 25/26

Men's Size Chart

The Moment You Put Them On

Velvet against the leg from the first contact — the pile's warmth and softness immediate and consistent. The cold-dyed black is deep and variable: the pile reads differently as the leg moves, the light catching the pile direction and releasing it, the black shifting between registers without changing colour. The pinces sit flat at the front, the fold of the pleat pressing the pile into a defined crease that holds its shape. The elastic waist gives without tension. The regular fit hangs straight from the hip, the velvet's natural weight pulling the leg line clean without intervention.

This is the LA HAINE INSIDE US trouser that applies the material logic of evening formality to everyday construction.

The Art of Cold-Dyed Velvet as a Trouser Fabric

Velvet as a trouser fabric is an unconventional choice precisely because its properties — pile surface, directional light response, warmth, weight — are typically reserved for evening or decorative contexts. LA HAINE INSIDE US applies velvet to the M1118 as a complete trouser fabric not in spite of these properties but because of them. The pile surface creates a leg silhouette with inherent visual depth: unlike flat woven fabrics where the trouser reads as a single tone from any angle, the velvet pile changes its apparent colour depending on the direction of light and the orientation of the pile relative to the viewer. In black, this produces a trouser that is simultaneously very dark and visually active. The cold dyeing process compounds this: applied at low temperature after the velvet is constructed, the cold dye reaches the pile crown and pile base at different rates, producing a black where the pile depth registers as a tonal gradient from tip to backing. The 2% elastane in the pile backing provides the movement recovery that allows this construction to function as a daily garment rather than a display piece — the pile flexes at the knee and hip without distorting permanently, and the backing recovers after each extension. The pinces at the front add a formal construction logic that treats the velvet as a tailoring fabric — an argument for material versatility that the M1118 makes through construction rather than through claims. As with all LA HAINE INSIDE US cold-dye pieces: low thermal energy, unrepeatable finish, Italian production.

How to Wear Them

• With a structured LA HAINE INSIDE US jacket: The all-velvet trouser as the lower anchor beneath a structured jacket — the velvet's pile texture against the jacket's woven or knit surface; the pinces at the trouser front visible as a formal tailoring detail under the jacket hem
• With a volume knit or oversize top: The regular fit trouser's straight leg as a clean vertical against a volume upper — the velvet's inherent formality as a counterpoint to the casual mass of a heavy knit; the cold-dyed black as the grounding element
• For evening and event wear: The velvet pile reads as dressed in any ambient light — the M1118 transitions from daytime to evening without change; the elastic waist provides comfort across extended wear
• Alongside the M1117 in a tonal look: The M1118's all-velvet regular trouser and the M1117's gabardine-velvet over-trouser in the same black — two different trouser constructions in the same material register, the regular trouser's full velvet against the over-trouser's velvet insert panels

Care Instructions

• Dry clean recommended — all-velvet construction is sensitive to agitation and heat; the cold-dyed pile requires handling that preserves both the pile direction and the cold-dye tonal depth
• If machine washing is necessary: cold water, delicate cycle, inside out, mesh laundry bag; do not wring; the pile will temporarily flatten but recovers with steaming
• Do not tumble dry — hang to dry on a padded hanger, pile facing away from contact surfaces; high heat crushes velvet pile permanently
• Steam from a distance to restore pile direction after washing or storage; hold the steamer 10–15 cm from the surface and allow the steam to lift the pile without direct contact
• Do not iron directly on the pile — iron the waistband and lining areas only, with a cloth barrier, on low heat
• Store hanging on a padded hanger — do not fold; folding velvet creates permanent pile crush marks at the fold line

The 3B M1118 is LA HAINE INSIDE US all-velvet trouser construction. 98% Cotton. Cold-Dyed. Pinces. Italian. Fall/Winter 25/26.