Stio Rivet Cord Pants Review

Stio Rivet Cord Pants Review by Erin Trail The Stio Rivet Cord Pants are as comfortable as they are flattering. I have a soft spot in my heart for corduroy pants – I just love them. The Stio version has more than met my expectations and are quickly becoming one of my favorite pairs of…

Erin Trail

November 20, 2025

3–5 minutes

casual wear, pants, stio

Stio Rivet Cord Pants

Review by Erin Trail

The Stio Rivet Cord Pants are as comfortable as they are flattering.

I have a soft spot in my heart for corduroy pants – I just love them. The Stio version has more than met my expectations and are quickly becoming one of my favorite pairs of pants to grab and wear.

The Stio Rivet Cords are made from 98% Organic Cotton, 2% Spandex and feel like a medium weight fabric. These pants have been the perfect weight for Colorado’s fall temperatures and I think they’ll continue to be a good option for daily inside wear in the winter.

The Stio Rivet Cords are styled exactly how I like my jeans and corduroy pants. They’re straight leg (veering slightly skinny leg, depending on how muscley you are) with traditional features: a classic 5-pocket design, zippered front fly, and waistband belt loops.

The corduroy rib is very fine gauge, giving the Stio Rivet Cords an almost velvety vibe from far away.

I found the fit of the Stio Rivet Cords to be true to size, especially one prefers a more skinny leg. The pants have just the right amount of stretch to them, allowing the wearer to move and bend.

The Stio Rivet Cords also wash and wear wonderfully. I typically wash the cords in my washing machine and then dry them in the dryer. The corduroy ribs don’t compress and the pants as a whole stay wrinkle free. They even hold up to multiple wears without making it into the wash.

My favorite thing about the Stio Rivet Cords is the colorways. They’re available in four colorways, all earth toned. The hues, combined with the fine rib, give the cords a cozy vibe while the overall design makes them equally appropriate for casual gatherings and for nicer events.

The Pine Forest is my favorite color, a call back to my favorite green cords that I had in college. But I predict that I’ll end up with a few more because the colors and fit are just that good.

The Stio Rivet Cords are available for women in sizes ranging from 0 to 16. The Rivet Cord line is also available in a women’s wide leg version and in a men’s version.

Erin Trail

Trail Boss of Stoke

Erin Trail’s hobby is collecting hobbies. She’s a 5th Generation Coloradan and grew up exploring the outdoors on family camping trips and hikes. Her first backpacking trip was at eight years old to Grizzly Reservoir – she proudly carried all of her own gear those 3 miles from the main parking lot to the Reservoir.

Erin is an adult-onset athlete who started as a Masters Swimmer and then developed into a triathlete. She has completed 5 Ironman races and nearly 20 x 70.3 distance Ironman races, including the World Championship in Lahti, Finland, in 2023. In 2025, she raced for Team USA in Pontevedra, Spain for the World Triathlon Cross Tri World Championship. She placed 9th in her age group and was the 1st American woman in her age group.

Erin Trail on her mountain bike at the World Tri Cross Triathlon World Championship race

Erin Trail on her running at the World Tri Cross Triathlon World Championship race

Somewhere along her triathlon journey, she picked up deep love of cycling. Cycling encouraged her to see landscapes in a new way, learn new skills and to develop self reliance; now she often goes and does Type 2 rides just to see if she can do it. She’s got all the bikes: gravel, mountain, fat bike, time trial and road.

She is even known to combine her love of camping and cycling and go off on solo 24 hour overnight bikepacking trips in the mountains of Colorado. In addition to bikes, she teaches yoga, lifts weights, skis, SUPs and has recently purchased a campervan.

Erin is a former Montana park ranger with a degree in environmental engineering. She loves getting into technical details while putting her gear (and herself) through the paces. She shares her home in Colorado with her husband, Will, and her 3 cats (Zipper, Brewtus, and Simcoe).

Fall and winter 2025 will bring Erin to the “Adventure Side”, with many camping, vanlife, bikepacking, and mountain bike rides. Once the snow flies, she can be find resort skiing, fat biking, and triathlon training (inside and outside).

2026 will bring a National Championship Cross Tri race, a National Championship Road Sprint and Olympic Distance race, and hopefully a chance to represent Team USA once again in 2027 in Edmonton, Canada. She’ll also save lots of room for adventure time with her friends and husband.

When not adventuring, she can be found on a sunny patio somewhere, drinking beers with her husband.

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