If you work in a casual office you’ve probably seen them. You may own a pair. Like the devil, they go by many names: tech, athleisure, golf or performance pants. Typically snap-buttoned, flat-fronted ...

Over the last few years, in otherwise unassuming locales all across this nation—boardrooms and fast-casual eateries, airport lounges and sports-bar patios—a sinister force has emerged. They’re a genus ...