Parts of a Pant – Jeans and Dress Pants Labeled

All 15 parts on the diagram

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Jeans, front 7

Waistband The strip of fabric sewn round the top of the pants. At the waist.
Belt loop A thin strip sewn on at the waist. A belt passes through it.
Button The button closes the waistband, just above the fly.
Fly The opening at the middle front. A strip of fabric covers its zipper or buttons.
Front pocket A front pocket. Its opening is often curved or slanted.
Coin pocket A small pocket set inside one front pocket. It is also called a watch pocket.
Rivets Small metal fasteners. On jeans they strengthen the corners of the pockets.

Jeans back and dress pants 8

Back pocket A pocket on the back. On jeans it is a patch pocket, sewn on the outside.
Leg Pants cover each leg separately. They run from the waist or hips to the ankle.
Hem The bottom edge of a leg. Turned and stitched so it does not fray.
Inseam The seam down the inside of each leg. It runs from the crotch to the ankle.
Yoke A shaped panel that fits the pants round the hips. It sits below the back waistband.
Pleat A fold of fabric just below the waistband. On the front of dress pants.
Crease The sharp line down the front of each leg. A fold was pressed in there.
Cuff The folded-up end of a pant leg. In British English it is a turn-up.

How this list was compiled: Every name checked on 2026-09-30, a name kept only where two independent sources use it: the Visual Dictionary Online (QA International), https://www.visualdictionaryonline.com/clothing-articles/clothing/mens-clothing/pants.php (waistband, belt loop, fly, front top pocket, back pocket, knife pleat, crease, cuff) and its jeans entry (pockets reinforced by rivets); Wikipedia, text only: Trousers (waistband, belt loops, fly, pleats below the waistband, pockets, bottom hem, cuffs or turn-ups), Jeans (rivets at the pocket corners, watch pocket, five pockets), Fly (clothing), Seam (sewing) (inseam; inseam and yoke of jeans), Yoke (clothing); and US Customs and Border Protection rulings that describe jeans and dress pants, read at https://rulings.cbp.gov: HQ 954711 and HQ 954631 (fly front with zipper, button closure at the waistband, rear patch pockets, front pockets, coin pocket, belt loops, rivets, back yoke, inseam, hemming the legs), NY L80032 (flat waistband with belt loops, front pleats, cuffs at the leg openings) and HQ 085334 (a crease down the front of the pants legs). Licence: own work

The drawing: Drawn for this site on 2026-09-30 from plain geometry; no maker's stitching pattern, nothing traced. Licence: own work

How it works

These are the parts of pants. The first drawing is the top of a pair of jeans, seen from the front. The second shows the jeans from the back, beside a pair of dress pants.

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Start at the waist

Numbers 1 to 7 are at the top of the jeans: the waistband, a belt loop, the button, the fly, a front pocket, the coin pocket and the rivets. Open the second drawing for 8 to 15. On the back of the jeans, find a back pocket, a leg, a hem, the inseam and the yoke. The dress pants add pleats, a crease down each leg and cuffs.

The zipper sits behind the fly, so you cannot see it. Zipper is accepted for the fly.
A hem is stitched flat. A cuff is a hem folded up on the outside.

Questions and answers

What are the parts of a pant called?

A waistband at the top with belt loops, a fly at the middle front, pockets at the front and back, two legs, an inseam down the inside of each leg, and a hem or a cuff at the bottom.

What are the parts of jeans called?

Jeans have a waistband with belt loops and a button, a fly, two front pockets, a small coin pocket, two back pockets and a yoke under the back waistband. Metal rivets strengthen the pocket corners.

What is the small pocket on jeans called?

A coin pocket or watch pocket. It sits inside one of the front pockets. With the two front pockets and the two back pockets, it makes five pockets.

What is the difference between a hem and a cuff?

Both finish the bottom of a leg. A hem is turned under and stitched so the edge does not fray. A cuff is folded up on the outside; in British English it is called a turn-up.

Parts of a Pant: Jeans and Dress Pants