What jeans are you wearing today ?

[torfjord]

I’ll just leave this here...

 

[dubpynchon]

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That’s just wrong. Wrong.

 

[navetsea]

Today is a bit cool ,wearing my 21oz, seems warmer than my heavier or my double padded one. Must be its tighter weave or its hairy surface trap more warmth?
(usual wiseass theory of mine)

 

[navetsea]

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Not to speak ill of the dead legend... but
His balls stacked vertically on one side

 

[Phil Silv3rs]

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The Jean Genie...

 

[JMax]

You have just invented the male camel toe!
I'm sorry, but this to me looks like a man in ladies jeans, it's very obvious and looks very wrong.

Mooseknuckle has been around for a bit.

 

[GHT]

That’s just wrong. Wrong.

You might think Bowie looks wrong, but back in the sixties, when Bowie wore those jeans on TV, they were deemed to be subversive. Shock, horror, what's the world coming to? Next thing you know, men wearing flared pants, even as the trousers of made to measure suits, had become mainstream.

 

[navetsea]

but the flared hem is the least of problem in his pants

 

[GHT]

Denim is a fabric that has never had any appeal to me, so you will have to define what is the right pair of jeans. Back in the early 60's the jeans to be seen in were Levi 501's. They weren't pre-shrunk, so you had to buy oversize. There was many a teenager that had blue legs for weeks. What they did was to sit in a bath tub of water for hours on end while the jeans shrank around their legs. You might think that's a fantasy, but I'm telling you, that's what they did. It might explain why I have never had anything made in denim.

 

[Edward]

Denim is a fabric that has never had any appeal to me, so you will have to define what is the right pair of jeans. Back in the early 60's the jeans to be seen in were Levi 501's. They weren't pre-shrunk, so you had to buy oversize. There was many a teenager that had blue legs for weeks. What they did was to sit in a bath tub of water for hours on end while the jeans shrank around their legs. You might think that's a fantasy, but I'm telling you, that's what they did. It might explain why I have never had anything made in denim.

Problem I had with 501s is that because the 501 mark became such a big brand in itself, instead of keeping it (as with all others) a designator of a specific fit, Levis change what 501s are every year or two. I stopped bothering to even try them years ago because (much like Lee's standard range) they had dropped what's supposed to be a waistband to sit several inches lower, on the hips. I* always found that desperately uncomfortable.

 

[Will Zach]

Denim is a fabric that has never had any appeal to me, so you will have to define what is the right pair of jeans. Back in the early 60's the jeans to be seen in were Levi 501's. They weren't pre-shrunk, so you had to buy oversize. There was many a teenager that had blue legs for weeks. What they did was to sit in a bath tub of water for hours on end while the jeans shrank around their legs. You might think that's a fantasy, but I'm telling you, that's what they did. It might explain why I have never had anything made in denim.

Guess what, they are still doing it if raw denim is their thing. And it is a thing for many. Many value denim for the fact that the fabric is "alive" and records the life of the owner through fades and wear. Much like leather.

 

[GHT]

Guess what, they are still doing it if raw denim is their thing. And it is a thing for many. Many value denim for the fact that the fabric is "alive" and records the life of the owner through fades and wear. Much like leather.

Seriously? I don't know whether to say that I'm impressed or amazed. I truly thought that the younger members here would have thought that I was being a bit fanciful. At least it corroborates my story.

 

[navetsea]

Denim is a fabric that has never had any appeal to me, so you will have to define what is the right pair of jeans. Back in the early 60's the jeans to be seen in were Levi 501's. They weren't pre-shrunk, so you had to buy oversize. There was many a teenager that had blue legs for weeks. What they did was to sit in a bath tub of water for hours on end while the jeans shrank around their legs. You might think that's a fantasy, but I'm telling you, that's what they did. It might explain why I have never had anything made in denim.

a man enters a coffee shop, "coffee has never appeal to me, do you know they pick this cherries dried , roast, and then grind them and put hot water on it and it become a cup of coffee, that's what they did. it might explain why they taste like shit and I never drink them, so can you define a good cup of coffee while I'm sipping my tea here"

 

[Trenchfriend]

One of the pros of Cord is, that it has the advantage not rubbing my knees bare. Classic Denim does.

 

[Trenchfriend]

Today, the lovely solid slim fits by Clemens & August.

With type III Canvas.

 

[Edward]

Seriously? I don't know whether to say that I'm impressed or amazed. I truly thought that the younger members here would have thought that I was being a bit fanciful. At least it corroborates my story.

Levis themselves acknowledged that phenomenon in this tv ad from 1985 [Edit: I think this designation may be wrong; I've read elsewhere that it's 1986, and the 1985 ad was the original Nick Kaman 'Heard it through the grapevine' / now available in stonewash "Laundrette" clip]:

From the early-mid eighties right up to the mid 90s, Levis ran a whole series of ads referencing this history of its own 501 brand and certain details - stonewashed, available in black, button fly, shrink to fit or available pre-shrunk as here.... all paired with classic soul and rock and roll records, many of which were subsequently rereleased on vinyl and hit the UK charts, often in a much higher position than they had originally achieved. Some of us whose teesn coincided with this period discovered al ot of classic records that way - The Clash, T-Rex, Ben E King.... (The ad that used 20th century Boy by T Rex was also Brad Pitt's big break, fwiw).

 

[Blackadder]

Lee 101 wide

 

[dubpynchon]

I'm tempted by a pair of these, 33 oz jeans, and they're in Sweden so no import tax. They might be pushing it in terms of comfort, I have a pair of Ironheart superblacks and they're 21 oz, so half again... maybe not. The customisation these guys do is truly impressive.

https://sosoclothing.se/product/the-heaviest-denim-in-the-world-33-14-oz/

 

[Beast]

https://www.heddels.com/2019/11/33-14-days-in-33-14oz-my-month-in-sosos-the-breaker-of-legs/ <-- I'll pass!

 

[Edward]

I'll never understand why, when rise is such an important part of jeans design, so many places insist on showing them modelled with asloppy t-shirt hanging out over the top! THose Sosos look really nice, if too low in the rise for me - as is common with a lot of the 'premium denim' out there nowadays.

IT's interesting how the weight of denim has turned into a perceived quality issue. It'll be interesting to see if that ever turnsa corner - c/f how adozen years ago everybody wanted heavy leather, now lighter hides are more commonly prized again. I would be intrigued to try a pair of really heavy denims, though usually they're beyond my comfort zone for denim in terms of price point.