Original Snopants®, while available in a variety of plain colourways, have also become synonymous with intricate hand-machined embroideries, offered each season bearing seasonal artworks and in a variety of fabric choices, as well as in loose, straight and cargo variants. 

Original Dragon embroidery – Maharishi’s signature artwork - helped garner the style a great deal of pre-Internet hype, being represented by everybody from Wu Tang’s RZA to Madonna. Guest-artist collaborative editions were also produced in limited editions from 1995 onwards with artists including UK painter and sculptor Toby Ziegler alongside New York second and later generation graffiti artists Sharp, Stash, KAWS and in the year 2000, Futura.

Today, Original Snopants® are still Maharishi’s most iconic style and continue to exemplify its pacifist military ethos through enhanced functionality and the use of eco-conscious fabrics on military-inspired silhouettes. For the latest campaign, the trousers are shown worn by Capoeiristas, masters of the Afro-Brazilian martial art Capoeira, for which the articulated, loose-fit Original Snopants® are ideally suited thanks to the customisability of the integrated Snocord® and Snobutton® systems and the range of motion offered by the spacious cut. 

Original Snopants® are available in both monochrome and embroidered versions, as well as in loose-fitting, straight-fitting, and cargo variants.

All styles feature Maharishi’s patented Snocord® and Snobutton® systems. 

The Snocord® system ensures both the waist and hem are fully adjustable, while excess drawcord is concealed within the hand pockets or small internal pockets inside the hem - providing clean lines and ensuring cords aren’t caught. Used vertically, the Snocord® system allows fully adjustable pant length.

Once the cord is adjusted to the desired length, it’s locked with the patented Temple Ball - a unique single part metal bead, produced exclusively for Maharishi in Switzerland by long-term military metal zip manufacturer, Riri. The metal ball allows for the elasticated cord to pass through when stretched for adjustment, but holds the cord in place when left relaxed.