The comfiest of trousers are no longer just for wearing at home. Here’s how to wear them to the gym and even to the office.

Yes, we know you probably don’t think you need technical guidance on how to wear sweatpants. You throw them on, fire up Netflix, and rip open a packet of some kind of salty snack, right? But actually, there is some room for improvement when it comes to wearing this favourite garment of the perennially hungover. In fact, with the wide variety of styles currently on offer from brands across the board, ranging from the comfortable and workaday to the stupendously high-end (you wouldn’t exactly want to be scooping up houmous anywhere near this cashmere pair from Brunello Cucinelli), there are many ways to work them into your wardrobe, whether you’re on the way to the gym or, gasp, heading into the office. (This may sound ridiculous, but it has been pulled off with aplomb at MR PORTER HQ – though maybe it’s still not the time to try it at your job in the City.) Intrigued? Sceptical? Merely putting off doing some dreary spreadsheet-based task and want to kill 75 seconds? Click play above and gawp in amazement at the new world of sweatpants that stretches cosily out before you…