The Famous DRC Pant — A History
The Famous DRC Pant
A History
It started with a belt.
The P17
The first rope pant started as a prototype, the P11. The inspiration was the US Army HBT pant, the Herringbone Twill fatigue worn through World War II and Vietnam. Not the Navy. The Army. Specifically the pocket. Olivier took that silhouette and rebuilt it with a drop crotch and a more modern fit. The rope came from US Navy duffel bags, those old canvas pouches sailors used for dirty laundry, cinched with a braided cord. That cord went on the pant. Nobody had done it before.
The P17 was cut from sleeping bag covers. US and European Army surplus from the 1940s and 50s, found in warehouses, each one a different fabric. No two pairs identical. Ever. It became a bestseller immediately and never really stopped.
The P23
The P23 introduced something nobody had done before in this silhouette. Corduroy. Not new corduroy. Deadstock velvet from a 1990s American warehouse, bolts of it untouched for decades, with an enormous amount of leftover cuts. They dyed over it and finished it through a specific process using a specialized machine that gave it a texture and depth almost impossible to find today. Army cargo pockets moved to the front. The rope stayed.
The P38
The P38 took the P23 and stripped it back. Less drop crotch, cleaner line, the same spirit but more wearable for more people. The evolution of the silhouette without losing what made the original right.
Shop the P38 →The P40, The Z-Boy
Post-Covid, something shifted. People wanted room. The P40 came from the film, from the skaters (Lords of Dogtown), from the desire for something wider and more comfortable. It became the pant Daniel Craig wore and kept wearing.
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The P43, Kyoto
A trip to Japan. Very loose, very forward. The most avant-garde silhouette in the lineup at the time.
Shop the P43 →The P71
Linen and organic cotton, 9oz, soft and drapey. A relaxed straight leg built on the same vintage workwear instinct as everything before it. The hemp rope belt this time with multicolor wood beads. The silhouette evolves. The rope does not.
Shop the P71 →
Twelve years of rope. Twelve years of fabrics found in warehouses, pulled from surplus, sourced from the other side of the world and cut by hand in Los Angeles. The silhouettes change every season. The rope does not.
The New Pieces
Every pair different. Every rope still hand-tied.