Seriously, if you're looking for jeans for a penguin, these would just not work, despite the Southpole branding. For humans, though, they're fantastic. Theyre very stylish (Crisp as a new bill, one coworker said). The fit through the legs is just close enough, neither trailing behind when walking, nor squeezing the behemus out of the wearer. At the waist, they're the closest to a true fit that Ive ever had; where other companies tend to base their sizing on some bizarre algorithm that goes from tiny to three-person sleeper tent, these are sized right along with the Amazon size chart. Ill definitely be getting more of these...just not for a penguin.