Make sure you wash them a few times before making any alterations - they will shrink in the leg a bit.

Washed and placed Silvermans and Gurteen side by side.  Same stiffness that will take quite a few washes, a few differences in detailing certainly, but I'm not going to be wearing them for any activity more formal than buying groceries.  The alterations on the Gurteen (100 per cent cotton BTW) went badly and they'll be going back on Saturday to have the leg length shortened (to show a bit of sock or flabby white hairless ankle) and the cuffs redone.  The point is, on the many threads discussing chinos, Gurteen never get a look-in (a bit like Abercrombie and Fitch), as if they've got the black spot.  Now, their cords are basically shite (sold in menswear shops in my neck of the woods and elsewhere that have been 'serving the discerning customer since 1400'; you'll know the sort of place: still flogging Farah), but these chinos, at £65, once softened down and properly cut and cuffed will be okay for that Fuck Me I've Got An Early Lecture On Einstein Take Ivy Throw It On Look'.