Gorilla Wear Asheville Raw Pants: raw-edge details for the gym and beyond

What it is

The Asheville Raw Pants sit in Gorilla Wear’s trouser line, made for the moments between hard training and ordinary life. Gorilla Wear pitches it for training, recovery after a session and everyday wear. This is a loose-fit pant, not a slim training legging, so it works as much for recovery days as for lounging at home.

It comes in six sizes, from S through to 3XL, which gives a fairly wide range of body types something to work with. Gorilla Wear positions it as a piece with a visible logo and an athletic look, part of a category the brand builds around gym-to-street wear rather than strict performance kit.

Why it exists

According to Gorilla Wear, the idea behind the Asheville Raw is to give a rugged, distinctive look to a pant that has to work in more than one setting: the gym floor, the recovery period after training, and daily life outside it. The brand’s own description leans on the finish — raw-edge pockets, a washed treatment — as the element that sets the piece apart from a plain sweatpant.

In other words, the problem the brand says it is solving is not warmth or compression or moisture management. It is about aesthetics and versatility: a pant that looks intentional rather than purely functional, one that a person might wear leaving the gym without changing first.

What matters

The fabric is a cotton-polyester blend, 75% cotton and 25% polyester. That ratio leans towards cotton, which usually means a softer, more breathable hand-feel than an all-synthetic sweatpant, at the cost of a bit more moisture retention if you sweat heavily. For a pant meant for recovery and daily wear rather than high-intensity training, that trade-off makes sense.

The cut is described as loose fit. This is the detail that decides how the pant sits on the body: room through the leg and seat rather than a tapered, athletic silhouette. Anyone used to slim joggers should expect a different feel here — more relaxed, less second-skin.

The waist is adjustable through a drawcord, which matters given the loose cut. Without it, a loose-fit design risks sitting badly or slipping. With a drawcord, the wearer can tighten the waist to their own size regardless of where they land within the size range.

The pockets are described as raw-edge, both front and back, and this is one of the design cues Gorilla Wear points to directly. Raw-cut, unfinished edges on a pocket are a visual choice as much as a construction one — they read as deliberately unrefined, which ties back to the brand’s stated aim of giving the piece “character”.

The washed finish is the other defining detail. A washed treatment on a cotton-heavy fabric usually softens the material and gives it a slightly worn, lived-in colour rather than a flat, factory-fresh tone. Combined with the raw-edge pockets, it is what Gorilla Wear frames as the pant’s distinctive look.

Day to day

A cotton-polyester blend at this ratio behaves more like a cotton garment: it will likely need reasonably careful laundering to preserve the washed finish and the raw pocket edges over time.

Putting it on and taking it off is straightforward given the loose fit and drawcord waist: no zips, buttons or fitted waistband to manage. The front and back pockets are there for storage — keys, a phone, a gym card — during the walk to and from training.

Technical specifications

Characteristic	Value
Fabric composition	75% Cotton, 25% Polyester
Style reference	90206
Catalogue reference	90206800\Gray\S
EAN / UPC code	8721264675514
Available sizes	S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL

What the brand says

Gorilla Wear states that the robust finish gives the Asheville Raw Pants a distinctive look suited to the gym, to recovery periods, and to everyday wear — positioning it explicitly as a piece that crosses over between training kit and casual clothing rather than staying in one lane.

The brand also states that the raw-edge pockets and the washed appearance are what add character to the design, framing these two construction choices as the pant’s signature details rather than incidental ones.