Free City sweatpants, which first had their moment in the early to mid-2000s, are quickly replacing subtler bottoms on the beaches and in the villages of the Hamptons. “The sweatpants took off, then they took off again, then they took off again,” said Nina Garduno, Free City’s hippie-chic founder. Free City’s resurgence isn’t limited to the Hamptons, but, like iced matcha prices and brand activations, it’s turbocharged there. “You can imagine how many times people wanted to buy Free City,” Garduno said. The post Why Are These Retro Sweatpants All Over the Hamptons?