Snopants® have long been established as Maharishi's signature trouser, having featured in every collection since 1996

The style was loosely based on white U.S. Army “Snow Camouflage Over Trousers” – intended to be worn over a full combat uniform as white snow camo. Maharishi improved the original design – adjusting the pattern, adding pocket bags, elasticated waist and hem adjustable ties. The adapted style was renamed the ‘Original Snopant’ and incorporated the patented Snocord® System for concealment of excess cord and the Temple Bead, a one-part metal cord lock. Additional functionality was added in the form of the patented Snobutton® system, which allows the wearer to fully customise the trouser length and adjust the fit at both the waist and hems to suit their needs.

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 the 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.