The second grid is where the brand's shapes get their own names. Start with the Large Sweatpant. A retailer listing describes it as 100% cotton lightweight French terry, dyed, hand-screen printed and made in Los Angeles. French terry, if you have never looked closely, is a knit with a smooth outside and a looped inside, which is also called loopback jersey. You can turn a pair inside out and see it. There are three Large listings here, so pick the one whose color you would actually wear on a Tuesday.

The Large Pocket Sweatpant and the Sunfades Pocket Sweatpant add pockets to that same easy shape. I like a pocket on a sweatpant because it makes the whole thing look like trousers you meant to wear. Put one with a white T-shirt and a trench and you are done.

Then the Superfluff group. The Superfluff Pocket Lux track pants and the Superfluff Lux OG graphic print track pants share a name that sounds like a promise, and I will not make it for them. I just like that the brand names its pieces like a friend would. The Airjump track pants and the Airjump graphic track pants sit on the sportier side, and the Homestud Yum track pants are the one I would try just for the name.

The practical test is simple. Sit down in them, then stand up and check the waist. A drawstring should be easy to tie without pulling the front into gathers. If the pocket shifts when you walk, try the next size, or a different shape.

Track pants and sweatpants are not the same thing, and this grid shows the difference nicely. Sweatpants lean soft and slouchy. Track pants usually have a straighter leg and look sharper with a blazer or a leather jacket.

The third grid is the loud one, and I mean that kindly. The brand is known for hand-screened graphics, and a brand profile describes it the same way: hand-mixed colors, hand-screened graphics, based in California. Garduno says the pieces are still hand-printed with water-based paint and made in California. When you hold a print like that up to the light, you can read it as someone's actual work, not a pattern pulled from a template.

There are three Graphic-print track pants here, plus two Graphic-print sweatpants and the Cropped printed sweatpants. I will not guess at the images, because the names do not say. What I can say is how to wear them. A graphic pair needs a plain top: a white tee, a gray sweater, a black turtleneck. Let the pants do the talking. If the print is busy, keep your shoes simple. A clean white sneaker works every time, and a loafer makes the whole outfit look planned.

The Hummingbird studded trousers are the oddball of the edit, and the studs are what the name promises. They are the pair I would wear with a slip dress layered over the top, or with a plain tank and a long coat. Studs and a soft waist make a good argument for each other.

The Cropped printed sweatpants are good for the days when you want an ankle to show. Check where the hem hits against your ankle bone in the mirror, and pair it with a low shoe.

What I would skip: pairing a loud graphic with a loud top. One print at a time, always. And skip the tight sneaker sock with a cropped hem, since it cuts the line right where the print ends.

Here is how I would wear all of this in a normal week. Monday, the Cotton Logo Sweatpants with a crisp white shirt, a coat and loafers. Wednesday, a pair of track pants with a fitted knit and a leather jacket. Saturday, a graphic pair with a plain tee and clean sneakers, and nothing else going on.

When you choose, look at the shape first, the print second. Large, pocket, track, cropped: each one sits differently on you, and the color you love will not fix a hem you hate. Try the pair standing, sitting and climbing a flight of stairs.

I keep coming back to the part of the story where Garduno started with one sweatpant and one T-shirt. All these years on, the sweatpants are still the part I want to talk about.