A somewhat common misconception is that the accompanying formal trousers were simply the DS9/NEM or VOY standard duty trousers with the trim and piping attached to the sides.
The men's and women's formal trousers were different in construction, but we'll start with what they have in common.
Unlike the DS9/NEM and VOY standard duty trousers, which were eight panels (like the duty jumpsuits, "captain jacket," admiral jacket, and "captain vest"), the DS9/NEM formal trousers were only four-panel (i.e. front/back).
The side seams of the trousers were embellished with the same of ⅝" gold trim used on the jacket (½" metallic gold braid/naval lace + ⅛" gold/black twisted piping) on each side, with a length of division-colored twisted piping centered between them.
Here's a close-up photo of a pair of screen-used formal trousers, again shared by Robert Winthrow on the Starfleet 1701st:
Thanks again for sharing, Robert!
Oddly (yet, we suppose, unsurprisingly at this point), the width of the trousers' division-colored piping seemed to vary quite a bit.
Sometimes it appeared to be quite thick - perhaps ⅜":
Sometimes it looked more like ¼" (see the above photo shared by Robert Winthrow as well):
Yet on-screen, sometimes it didn't even look to be ¼"!
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We recommend using the larger ⅜" piping (or at least ¼"), just because we prefer the look. It's obviously a matter of opinion.
Like the DS9/NEM and VOY jumpsuits and standard duty trousers, the DS9/NEM formal trousers had elastic "stirrups":
In addition to the aforementioned Starfleet uniform garments, the elastic "stirrup" was hardly a new practice, as evidenced in R.I. Davis' wonderful book, Men's Garments 1830-1900:
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