Gary Cooper seems to many truly one of the great early heroes of film style, and for many good reasons. Here, I use him to uphold my argument that wide pants are acceptable, even elegant for summer.
A few things to notice:
Though his pant legs are wide, his sleeves are not.
Along with that, if anything, the width of his pants emphasizes the slim lines of his coat.
Though there is obviously a bit of texture to the suit, Cooper eschews a tendency towards pattern (as Alan Flusser noted, his height allowed him to wear large patterns). However, patterns generally add width, and enough of that is added by the pants as-is, besides this, the solid attracts less attention to the leg width and thus allows the pant width to be subtle enough to be classic.
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