Shinbo Harem Pants, Our Deepest Linen Cut

Relaxed harem silhouette with a slightly cropped leg and elastic waist.

The Shinbo harem pants are our deepest pair of linen harem pants: a 30% linen blend with no stretch, cut for the part of the year when you care how a trouser behaves at 30 degrees. It moves air instead of holding it.

The hip measures 116 cm at size M, against 104 cm on Sokai, and the range runs to 131 cm at 5XL. You notice it sitting down. On the floor, on a bike or cross legged on a train seat, nothing pulls across the seat, because the dropped rise moves the fabric below it.

The leg finishes slightly short of the ankle. It sits above a low shoe without bunching. Wear it with something fitted on top, or the whole outfit turns into fabric.

Sizing

Shinbo runs from S to 5XL, eight sizes, the deepest range in our harem pants. Go by the waist and hip figures in the chart, not the size letter, because the cut is generous. The supplier table starts at M, so size S has no measurements listed. The Shinbo pants size guide works through the chart size by size. Between two sizes? Take the smaller one. The elastic and the drawstring cover the gap downward, not upward.

Fabric and care

Linen gives the cloth its dry hand and its soft creases. Hand wash cold. No bleach. Line dry, and let a crease or two stay where it falls.

The Shinbo harem pants are our linen pair, cut for heat.

Pairs well with the padded hanten jacket and the tied kimono cardigan. Also in the same family: the black harem pants with handkerchief skirt.

Want the same silhouette with less volume? Sokai is the narrower cut in a heavier cloth. The full range sits in Japanese harem pants, and hakama vs harem pants explains where the two shapes part ways.