5 Pocket Relax FIT Jeans Big and Tall, Light Wash

Five pockets and nothing on the outside of the leg, which is what makes a pair read as ordinary clothes. Cotton denim: heavy, slow to dry and better at abrasion than anything synthetic at the same weight. The maker calls this colour light wash.

This colour is listed at a 70 inch waist, in a 30 inch inseam, and one size has a live figure today.

Ratings sit at 3.8 out of 5 across 6 of them. That figure belongs to the whole range of this model rather than to this colour alone, because the sizes and colours share one pool.

What it does not carry: no flame resistance, no arc rating, no high visibility and no water repellent finish. Where a job needs any of those, the certificate is the product.