Most trousers ask you to look after them. Wool trousers, the right ones, work the other way around. They shape to you over time, press back beautifully, and develop a kind of quiet authority that synthetic fabrics simply cannot fake. We’ve spent enough time in cheap alternatives to know that the mid-price compromise nearly always disappoints by February.

What we were looking for here was specific. Trousers that sit well at the waist without a belt doing all the work. A break that works with both a leather oxford and a clean trainer. Fabric weight that reads as considered rather than heavy. Wool that breathes on a warm office afternoon and holds its own at a winter dinner.

The collection spans everything from tailored to relaxed, because the best wool trouser for a morning meeting is not always the best one for the weekend. These are the pairs worth building around.