For a while, men everywhere squeezed into slender suits, skinny jeans, and tight shirts. "Slim" was the word of the day, and the way for an entire generation to look and feel well-dressed. Baggy pants, meanwhile, were reserved for suburban dads and nu-metal aficionados. But fashion is flighty and cyclical, so it follows that in the past few years, we’ve seen a return to the relaxed fit of yesteryear—the good kind of relaxed fit, that is. (Sorry, JNCO.) Now, dressing like a cool dad is on trend, and many guys have started to experiment with pleats, slouchy trousers, and all manner of looser silhouettes. But how do you pull the relaxed-fit look off without looking like you rolled out of the 1990s? Let our guy Benedict Cumberbatch show you exactly how it’s done.

The English actor was in New York City the past week, stopping by Saturday Night Live for a brief cameo in Tina Fey’s monologue. He was also getting a relaxed-as-hell fit off while walking around the Big Apple. Everything about Cumberbatch’s outfit feels perfectly 2018, without dipping too hard into trendy. The faded camouflage jacket, the ruffled-but-not-too-wrinkled oxford shirt, the loose-but-not-baggy pants: Everything here would make sense in 1968, 1998, or 2018. (Okay, well, the FedEx pack feels a little corporate business trip, but we'll give that a pass.)

The slippery slope of going loosey-goosey means you run the risk of looking a little lazy and unconcerned. The idea is to look like you meant to dress like this—not like a college kid on laundry day. So Cumberbatch dressed with as much consideration as if he were wearing some highly tailored outfit, mixing the right amount of swagger (camo-patterned jacket and yellow-soled kicks) with the right essential basics: crisp white tee, blue button-up, washed-out pants. And top-to-bottom, the dude nailed the look.

Switching it up from skinny to relaxed can be daunting. We get that. Luckily, plenty of brands are embracing shirts, pants, and silhouettes that are slightly roomier than what you might be used to, but not so billowing that you’ll feel like you’re swimming. So, if Frank Ocean’s extra-baggy pants or Russell Westbrook’s slouchy-as-hell look feels like too much legroom for you, opt for something that feels a little more low-key. A killer pair of work pants is a great place to start.

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