Very nice cotton and the pants are perfectly large enough BUT the elastic is way too  tight.  I simply cannot understand how a company like fruit of the loom can make a perfectly large pant and then put an elastic on it that is totally NOT a size 9 waist.  I had to give them to a local thrift shop.  When I got Jockey size 9 cotton briefs the size of the elastic was just right.  A size 9 waist to match the size 9 brief.  Someone at  fruit of the loom needs to reconsider their sizing.