Who What Wear

In contrast to skinny or baggy styles, which can be overly constricting or too loose, these trousers offer an ideal compromise: They are fitted through the thighs with a subtle flare at the hem, adding intrigue without being overly extravagant.

Apr, 2025

Town & Country Magazine

Even upon first touch, the fabric just feels expensive. The knit is both stretchy, but holds shape, which you better believe makes for a sculpted and sleek appearance on body. I found that they just have this air of refinement, no lumps and bumps.

Sep, 2024

Coveteur

Writer Jess Graves of The Love List reports that the material from Old Navy and Donni versions were 'flimsy and thin,' a far cry from High Sport's 'thick Italian knit that holds you in.'

Apr, 2024

The Cut

Fans evangelize about the pants' sturdy fabric that cinches and smoothes. The marriage of a sharp silhouette with yoga-adjacent fabric lends them to school pickups, flights, and visions of going from 'drop-off to the club,' as Halley puts it.

Feb, 2024

The Cut

They hold up so well I can wear them, wear them, wear them. Cost-per-wear justifications are extremely common among fans. They're a good investment.

Feb, 2024

Grace Atwood

The TLDR is that these are the best pants I've ever owned: extremely well made and they make your butt look great. Really though: they are an elastic waist piece of clothing that feels sharply tailored; and that is why I love them so much. Soft pants that look like hard pants? The dream.

Dec, 2023

The Cut

Most of all, the High Sport kick pants have simultaneously become a curiosity — almost $900 for stretchy pants? — and seemingly ubiquitous on the timeline of anyone who follows a specific circle of fashion editors, Substackers, and microinfluencers...

Feb, 2024

Grace Atwood

I put them on and never wanted to take them off. I love them, but in hindsight it was a mistake.

Dec, 2023

Coveteur

I know a pair of stretch pants should not cost nearly a grand without a 1000% or so markup.

Apr, 2024

The Cut

As it turned out, one size was too large, another too small, and she didn't love the kick flare on her body.

Feb, 2024

New York Magazine

So I washed them, and that was the end of the High Sport for me. The black isn't black anymore, the fabric got saggy in the knees and almost flappy in the flare bottom.

Jan, 2024

New York Magazine

I was so mad. I literally got four wears max out of these pants, which means over $200 per wear.

Jan, 2024