JEANS

http://levi.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pLEVI1-3923960p275w.jpg

Of course they're only as "skinny" as the sizing and proportions allow -- I am decidedly not thin and I love my size 10s or 12s in the short length. Also they are under $100 (around $70 retail) and often on sale for around $30.

Sorry, those are Levis 531 low skinny jeans.

i hate skinny jeans on even the skinniest chix. its the tapering at the ankle that looks kind of stupid to me I guess. im all pro-flare though so its not that surprising.

Yeah, we're going to have to agree to disagree about that, I don't do flared.

<3 flared. these are mine:

http://www.brandjunkie.com/images/products/765%2000%2003%20back_3461192723870.jpg

this is where you tell me that flares on guys are a baaaaaaad idea.

haha it depends!

i love levis

I also don't do boys who do flared, but, y'know, that could be no great loss.

flared is essential

oh, i love these jeans so much...

http://bp2.blogger.com/_qjpwnPW4c1o/R_zkRGQgcUI/AAAAAAAADPE/WNXvMaAu_sI/s1600-h/BluJ1web.jpg

where did photo go? hmmm

http://bp2.blogger.com/_qjpwnPW4c1o/R_zkRGQgcUI/AAAAAAAADPE/WNXvMaAu_sI/s400/BluJ1web.jpg

it's here in any case: http://bp2.blogger.com/_qjpwnPW4c1o/R_zkRGQgcUI/AAAAAAAADPE/WNXvMaAu_sI/s400/BluJ1web.jpg

Me too!!!

I have been living in wide-legged jeans since about Januar but I really don't like flares or boot cut jeans. The wide-leg ones I have kind of look similar to the above only a little less tight in the thighs. I guess they're kind of like sailor pants. Maybe.

Sort of like this although the pockets are totally different:

http://z.about.com/d/fashion/1/0/H/v/2/paigepremwide.jpg

i LOVE the blue bag in that picture!

yeah, it's awesome.

I have a very similar (cheaper) bag in kelly green from Matt & Nat. :)

i've read that those are JBrand "lovestory" jeans here on nordstrom's website but am not at the pain threshold for spending that much on jeans, i think.

skinny jeans all the way for me - found a pair of calvins years and years ago and they're still kickin! skinny jeans are best jeans for bike riding too

there is a store here and near my house even called JEANS JEANS JEANS
they totally size you up and find the jeans that're right
but i still haven't gone there for myself yet. i mean, i haven't bought new jeans in a really long time

http://www.thedenimblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/washing.jpg

kelly green and royal blue are definitely 2 of my favorite fashion colors

i have a pair of the jbrand 'lovestory' in sort of a washed out grey.. but they were on 50% off or more. feel like i have to lose 5 pounds to wear them so they're still sitting there in the bag, two months later.

ok, here's my jeans question. i know you're supposed to buy them kind of tight in the store as they'll surely relax. but how tight is tight? i'm always paranoid about getting something that makes my legs look like sausages, and then end up with jeans that are baggier than they should be. i may be trying on fancypants jeans tomorrow, hence the question.

TIGHT. I buy jeans inappropriately tight as in TOTALLY stuffed into the legs, and wear them around the house a little. Every single time, I think "Wo, am I really still this size? Yowch!" and every time, within 4-5 wearings I need to wet them to shrink them back up.

Bias stretch is an amazing thing.

i buy jeans as comfortable as possible & within 4 or 5 wearings they are falling down around my thighs

thank god 4 belts & water

ha. thanks laurel - i have the jbrand pair and another solid grey pair (kind of skinny) that are TIGHT and i keep thinking i got the wrong size but haven't worn to stretch out at all yet.

Well, the Levis that I like are around 1-2% spandex (or whatever), depending on the color. So maybe that's part of the effect. But I still think you have to take advantage of the bias stretch of cotton twill and go for it.

daria, where did you come across the cheap jbrands? i looked on ebay and they all seem to be size 0, which i'm not.

barney's co op sale. they weren't super cheap but i think like $85 instead of $160+?

revolve always has denim on sale, too, but it can be difficult to find anything above a 27w.

i'm kind of scared of revolve, after looking at a dress you posted i clicked through to summer tops, and they were all so expensive. i just can't bring myself to spend even $90 on a top, let alone $300, which was probably the average price. i'm not sure when/if i'll get over this, but i guess it's probably for the best, really...

the jeans that are on sale tend to be drastically discounted, though. i'd say it's worth a look, esp as you're pretty slim - you'll probably have more luck with the sizes than i do.

laurel are you quite tall? i find that skinny jeans just don't work on me at all because i have super short legs, big thighs AND big hips, so i just look dumpy in them.

No talk of raw denim?

I have never tried skinny jeans. I'm tall but not skinny with wide hips but pretty good legs. Maybe I should try but they've always given me the fear!

erica you'd probably look super hot in skinnies, esp those ones posted at the top. i still can't figure out what sort of jeans i should get. i have these awesome grey cotton pants i bought years ago for like $15 in australia and i love them: they're really fitted through the leg, with a really narrow bootcut, and they are the perfect length! didn't have to take up the hems! but the seams on the inner thighs are finally wearing through so must find a replacement.

I think I'm gonna try the ones Laurel keeps praising (those pictured upthread) once I have more $.

Why do jeans have to be so complicated? Grrrr.

ps RR - I got your FB message and address has been noted. :-)

Uniqlo has some super cute jeans right now. I didn't try any on though, because last time I tried on their jeans they ran very very small.

No talk of raw denim?

My go-to jeans are G-Star Raw in cigarette (super skinny) cut.

I love, love, love them now even though I only thought I was buying them because they were cheap. They are a mix of super-dark black and blue in kind of a stripe (I don't know how this is "raw" but it is). Also they were aspirational -- I bought them one size small as they were a bargain.

My only advice on jeans is to buy them as tight and as dark as possible. Then never put them in the dryer, ever.

i just can't bring myself to spend even $90 on a top

i guess since i started sorta tangentially being involved in the fashion world, my whole concept of the cost/value of clothing has changed dramatically... its like now "ooooh those shoes are only $200!! i should totally get them!" when several years ago i'd be like wtf $200? i just took a peek at whats hanging in my closet and only saw 2 things that were less than $90... oops! i can drop a months rent on a comme des garcons trench coat and a shitload on dinner at gramercy tavern, but i have the hardest time justifying spending ten bucks on a new pillow case when the one i have now is ratty and has holes all over it. seriously, wtf is wrong with me. fucked up priorities....

aaanyways, jeans, i have a pair of tsubi's ive had for a couple years that i loooove, but went to the store and its not as nice anymore... im always daunted by the walls of denim at stores. dunno what to get.

this girl i know just spent $2000 (with her discount) on this lanvin bag

http://www.aloharag.com/highseas/assets/images/english/store/women/ln/bags/aw0r4mnvy/a.jpg

$2000.. (!)

oh that meant to go in the post pics of bags thread, but i guess relevent to my last post

Hahahahahhaah oh god no, I'm 5'3" and hippy. But once I decided to love my thighs my perspective just kind of...shifted, and skinny jeans made me proud of my figure, whereas all the longer, boot-cut jeans I used to wear with heels seemed like I was trying to fool people.

Not that I want this head-to-toe look, but I don't think this girl is feeling apologetic about her ass:

http://mybabyjo.com/clothes/capridenim_lg.jpg

it might also be a problem that i don't have nice ankles, otherwise i think i might be able to pull of this look.

Well, you don't have to wear capris. I do prefer the skinny jeans short-ish, just around the ankle bone, but that's just me.

My only advice on jeans is to buy them as tight and as dark as possible.

I agree with this!^^^^ Except now that it's summer Levis thinks we all want light blue, instead of dark denim. Bastards.

Wear them in a thinner material, you just need to try the texture, some jeans are made thicker than others and are hotter. I mean I could go into extreme detail about how every shape can wear those skinny jeans/capris look if you know how to do it but basically wear jeans in the summer but make sure the material isn't one thats too heavy. You'll know, trust.

I ain't worn jeans in over two years, I think? I might never wear them again. This is just me, but I don't think that jeans are very flattering on fifty-something year-old guys. Pair them with sneakers and it gets truly blecch. I want to look dignified in my old age, ffs.

so you're telling us you're not paul newman or robert redford eh

guess so!

But basically I think I just don't like jeans. Period.

The revival in recent years of designer jeans with stupid embroidery on the back pockets really rankled me. I forgot to complain about that on the "Nineties Fashion" thread...

I respect your position on jeans, dell. It's good to have standards.

Thanks, that's a kind way of putting it!

laurel, are the wrangler jeans you like the slim-fit cowboy cut?

i ask because i was just looking around at various jeans online and found a wrangler style that looked decent: mid-rise, slim fit, straight leg.

Wrangler? I've never bought Wranglers...? I went through 2 or 3 pars of Lee Dungarees but they stopped making the ones I loved.

oh, ok. i mixed up lee and wrangler.

ok you guys, i bought the jbrand jeans. i was meeting my mom at nordstrom anyway, so figured i would try them on which would immediately stop all my longing because they looked so stupid. but they didn't, i really like them.

only trouble is-- they're way more low rise than i'm used to (this is partly because i have a natural urkel waist so everything feels too low rise to me), and i have a tiny bit of muffin top hanging over. they are tight (and very dark), so i don't know if that will improve as it stretches out over the next few wears? i never ever wear tops that bare the midriff, either, so think it shouldn't matter because it will be completely covered. but if it does, please tell me and i will go get my $200 back, that would be OK.

Ladies:

Take a look at A.P.C. New Cure or Hipster model jeans.

IMO these are the best jeans in the women's market.

Steve Shasta please advise as to jeans that accommodate 5'11' girls with high hip-to-waist ratio.

Someone told me Joe's Jeans Muses but I'm not sure???

apc jeans are relatively short inseam, right? hudson i think are v long, i haven't tried any myself

shasta, please help me with A.P.C. jeans sizing. i tried on the new cure this weekend in a size 29. in levi's or whatever i usually wear a 27. the 29 was too small to even button and just barely made it over my hips. now, looking at their website i see that 30 is the largest size they even offer. is APC trying to tell me that i am a fat?

now everything i'm reading about APC jeans says to go several sizes down from your usually size? what the hell?

Guys, my company's CEO sent out an email on Friday saying we can all wear jeans through Labor Day. Woo! And I was about to buy some summer work pants. jeans and $$$ saved.

A.P.C. are true to size. They will shrink if you wash in hot water and machine-dry, so I'd rinse in cool water when you need to clean the garment.

The seat and yoke of most jeans are constructed via using chainstitching to make double-interlock flat seams. This means is that jeans in their native state will give a little in the seat(butt)/lower back. With a pair of A.P.C.s that will last at least 10 years, you should try to find the most snug fit possible because they will "stretch" (ie, due to seam construction as opposed to fabrication components). I would go for the 29 (with effort) and if that's too uncomfortable try the 30. Raw denim is very coarse and stiff at first, it will begin softening immediately with wear.

Many US companies began "vanity sizing" in the 80s, convincing people that they wore a smaller size than what the garment measures out to be (eg, a size 27" garment measures to a true 29"). Some brands (like Levi's) resisted this trend for over a decade until they saw their sales decrease because those brands "didn't fit" the consumer. European and Asian companies do not vanity size which may explain the variance.

Vanity sizing is the worst - size small became size large pretty quickly as everyone stopped exercising and started eating like shit. It's crazy, buy a size small from 1980 and it fits like ... a small. You need to get an XXSmall to get an actual small these days.

so APC IS saying i'm a fat
oh well at least their voluminous dresses fit.

wtf is a voluminous dress

i was using it to mean smock dresses/non-fitted silhouettes

oh i thought they were designed to like give your body more volume =P

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j200/alwaysontime6/littlewhitedress.jpg
^this kind of shape

I really wish dresses cut like that wouldn't invariably look like a potato sack on me. They look so chic and comfy :(

same here. i suspect its a chest size prob.

YES that is clearly why i can wear them
horray for the 1 dress that looks good on the flat of chest

To learn more about vanity sizing, take a tape measure and your favorite jeans and measure the waist and compare to the stated size.

ignorance in this matter is preferred

yeah i don't want to get even more depressed

tho truth is that i do measure my waist. b/c it is for me the best indicator of weight gain reality and when to do something abt it...

p.s. let us pls not start a diiet thread on i love style unless it is a thread abt an all-lobster diet and what restaurants have cute bibs

yes plz no diet threads

Or unless it's the "Popular" diet, in which the lunch kit consists of a carrot stick and a cigarette -- and you vomit up the carrot stick.

Pass the lighter, please.

the thing is, jeans don't sit on my waist. the waist is the narrowest part, by definition, right? even the highest cut jeans go just about to my belly button and then the waist is 2-3 inches above that.

but it still pisses me off that a.p.c. makes only up to a 30 waist (by shasta's math, a 28 to vanity sizers)

i mean that's kind of ridiculous right?

i get 34 in waist & they are down around my hips by around a weeks worth of wears

but that is my STYLE

Yeah, bell, I agree it seems ridic. I've never even tried on APC jeans but I don't think a Levi's 12 is going to translate so well. (I did try Uniqlo once but since I couldn't even fit into their 14 and I think that was their largest size, uh fuck 'em).

lol srsly there's like nothing that's an actual size 30 or size 10 or whatever, it's either vanity sizing or under-sizing or patterned all wrong. so weird. i tend to these days just hold things against my body and guess. sometimes an 8, sometimes a 12 who freakin knows

uniqlo jeans fit so weirdly on me - extremely low-riding, like they only went about 2/3 of the way up my ass.

I don't care about the number (witness my posting my jeans size here), I just think it seems extreme for me not to fit into any of the available sizes. Like, I am not a very big person, all things considered? How can I be too big for your line of clothing? Ditto the 30-inch waist etc.

laurel, aren't uniqlo clothes UK sized? which means a 14 is a US 10...

i think i'm going to take the J brand jeans back, maybe think about tracing them and trying to find a tailor that will make something similar but that fully covers my butt.

I don't know if it's necessarily vanity sizing as just.. resetting the median of the range according to the size of the average customer. this blog has some thoughts on it..

I love you and I am going to read that entire series, just not tonight.

that blog is 100% wrong btw. trust me.

whatevs i am down for the vanity sizing trend please keep it up so i can keep that ass fat

where does one get apc jeans anyway (in loldon)

Any of you know about the APC New Cure/Very Tight Jeans thing? I'm a 30.5 waist (muscle, big ass, package sticks out), and I decided on a 31 waist since I'm a 31 in other "skinny" fits. Good idea? I read those jean dork messageboards and they always say to size down ... though these jeans I'm buying don't happen to be raw denim.

Anyone know?

package sticks out

ha.

why dont you go to the apc store and try em on burt_stanton

It's the new stuff on the website that sells out in a day, and the store in SoHo is always sold out of my size range. I can always just return 'em.

Here's some Levis 514s I sold last year. If the jeans are any tighter it looks like I shoved a grapefruit down the front and I'm wearing some kind-of ass implant like in I'm Gonna Git You Sucka.
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/mzing12/Picture025.jpg

lol burt

<3

I'm wearing APC's size 31 right now and I'm def not skinny

i'm about to fit into my skinny jeans when i do, i'm going to post pictures and you're all going to love them

;]

i just love how much she cares

http://www.dlisted.com/node/27616/images/spl43131_005.jpg

do those other paparazzi really think they're gonna be able to sell photos of her back?

maybe if it was j.lo or francois sagat

those are quite unflattering, btw.

no but they best is when she rolls them up!

http://www.dlisted.com/node/27631/images/katiepark6.jpg

so mom

http://www.dlisted.com/node/27631/images/katiepark6.jpg

Yeah, I've been kinda weirded out by seeing those photos and thinking the pegged cuffs look nice -- a thought I don't want to follow to its logical conclusion or anything.

P.S. in response to this picture from Colette way upthread --

http://bp2.blogger.com/_qjpwnPW4c1o/R_zkRGQgcUI/AAAAAAAADPE/WNXvMaAu_sI/s1600-h/BluJ1web.jpg

Am I the only one who intensely dislikes this habit with women's jeans to have the hem swallow the shoe entirely? It bugs me even without total swallowing, like when jeans are worn with heels and the back hem drops almost to where the heel meets the ground.

so basically, you do not like a trouser cut/fit.

i think on the right person it is very elongating/slimming, though i do not like too much flare.

I don't care for it on jeans, especially when the jeans fit up top not in a trousery way, but in a low/tight regular-jeans way. But maybe I just associate it too much with over-made-up women standing outside downtown bars on Saturday nights, or whatever.

i agree, if you have a trouser leg, you should have a more normal waist. honestly, i don't think anyone should be wearing the low low waist muffin top butt crack thong showing shit, and that's not just bc i can't pull it off.

It's a very fashionista look, and therefore much copied by the weekend crowd. Unfort for the weekenders, the original fashion-plate wearers are more like the woman who crowed about being too small for the clothes at Jil Sander: People who think a 6 is time to go on a diet.

i like the look -- and the bag in that photo!

I don't like when the whole show is swallowed very much either but I love wide-leg trouser style jeans in general. I want that bag soooo much.

I am so confused by Katies jeans. Is this going to become a thing? I don't know if I'm ok with that.

i actually like a tight pant that swallows a lot of the shoe. is that outlandish?

Honestly I think the safest way to wear wide-legged pants is with flats. I can imagine lots of good versions of pants with heels but there's always the risk crossing the line into what Nabisco is talking about. If you're not sure or you're chubby and happy about it or etc, safest is go to with nice pointy low shoes that will peep out but not make you look like you're disguising another 4 inches of height under there.

Also I have several times caught a heel in deep trouser cuffs, once resulting in my falling down the PATH stairs at Grove Street. No thanks! Not after last time!

i would like the bag w/out that fringe

UGH i know, so true. those royal blue leather bags have been making the rounds in the last few years.

i keep seeing lots of awesome bags but there will be one or two details, like random bits of fringe or a chain hanging off, that are deal-breakers for me.

That happens to me all the time with shoes, too! Being picky keeps my expenditures down, though. Phew.

oh, yeah i got a whole slew of these kinds of jeans in photos at Paris fashion week in feb 08...

http://streetpeeper.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/img_5069.JPGhttp://streetpeeper.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/img_4798.JPG

first is an editor at harpers bazaar second is i think veronique branquinho the antwerp designer...

although gucci has been doing this thing with like one big dramatic tassle off the end? which i actually love

Honestly I think the safest way to wear wide-legged pants is with flats.

^^^

Yes. I've only ever worn mine with flats. Also the pants in question are proper trouser style up top too. None of that "low waist muffin top butt crack thong showing shit." Yuck.

Flats or let's say, a nice 1-2" wedge heel like an espadrille. But obv that's way more summery, not for the whole tight-tight-tight-FLARED thing like Ms Blue Bag up there.

i dunno, i always feel sexy w/ a trouser leg and heels/heeled boots. i find that w/ flats, you have to hem them, and they lose some of the cool shape created by the trouser leg.

re: the katie photo: i think that's an example of the "boyfriend" jean.

ftr i do not like how the lady in phil's 2nd pic is wearing those jeans.

haa yes and i love her for it xp

i hate the pants-swallowing-the-shoe look when the pants in question are tight flares, like in that original photo. with wide-legged, high-waisted jeans/trousers, it's not as bad.

yeah me neither so much, but damn i love that Margiela coat... i like the first lady though. xp

also, at this point, i hate jeans with heels (not heeled boots, mind you). hate hate hate.

xp yeah, margiela coat - swoon.

Boyfriend jeans. Yeah. I guess it's the california cuffing that really has me baffled. Middle school flashbacks etc.

also, at this point, i hate jeans with heels (not heeled boots, mind you). hate hate hate.

^^ Me too.

really! i love it a LOT

i think it looks hella trashy.

(and not the good kind of trashy.)

here are some i liked though:

http://streetpeeper.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/img_5065.JPGhttp://streetpeeper.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/img_4695.JPGhttp://streetpeeper.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/img_2970.JPG

1: Mme Agnes in Proenza Schouler. 2. I think the market editor for vogue? 3. model, but i think she could be wearing a goatse shirt and a tutu and still look good

oops, sorry theyre so big. how to limit size on ilx?

http://images2.like.com/product-images--009a9aed2346fcc2b1c1aaf59e496120d5d9bc5d-395b7a454831278c--jpg_sqthumb_large--womenspantsandslacks-classic-denim-skinny-jeans.jpg

hott

Yeah, exactly, Lauren. I like wide-legged pants in the '30s-40s movie way with a higher waist, very Coco/Garbo. (Almost a palazzo pant without looking like you used a whole drawing room curtain to for each leg.)

http://www.welikefashion.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/christina-carmen-greyskinnyjeans.jpg

i love christina's look but wtf is streaming off her purse

ugh, christina ag. always looks so greasy.

Sur I just think she's so tacky. I'm sorry. I also can't handle the make-up.

gwen stefani pulls it off much better (though i still think she wears too much too)

haha don't apologize! as i think we're all aware, i'm on the other side of the tacky fence :D

yeah, as long as the gloves are off... gah, she is SO tacky! she's like the cheap stripper version of the 40s pin-up girl.

xp - and we love you for it, of course

I ALMOST like so many things about that -- the lipstick with the gloss of an auto-body wax, the red heels, the hair all in pieces -- but somehow she just looks like she tried and failed, to me. Would like her jeans better if they were shorter, ankle-bone length.

of the '40s pin-up girl
Exactly.

I mean I have Petty Girl checks, for pete's sake. Trashy blonde up there is not measuring up.

The ScarJo photo that everyone hated with the really high jeans and the black tank top was SO much better.

You love those jeans so much!!! :-)

i don't remember this photo!

I could never never wear them cos I don't like having things around my waist. Also high-waisted jeans are so not the answer to sitting at a desk all day with the tummy bunched up. But I like that photo of her and I thought the disapproval when it came out was terribly unfair. :)

The ScarJo photo that everyone hated with the really high jeans and the black tank top was SO much better.
oh yeah, from the imitation of christ show? that was not so good

surm:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/iheartjamesdean/scarlett-highwaistskinnyjeansred-1.jpg

that's fucking hot

x-post

I can't remember what it was for but I think she was modeling. Maybe Imitation of Christ or something like that? I just know that I've seen Laurel post about that pic/those jeans a bunch of times before. They're like her holy grail jeans.

hmmmm.

I think that they look good on her and she looks awesome there but I could never wear anything like that. I'd look ridic.

thx for posting that!

(the pic)

Yes! Phil beat me to it -- like I said, I couldn't wear them either, but that's about the only way I like jeans with heels.

i think the cigarette is kind of what makes the pic even moar laurel-y!

so perfect!

Wait, AND she's smoking? Oh shit etc. Haha.

I do actually have a pair of pointy red '50s stilettos and I have been known to wear them with very tapered ankle-length jeans. Mostly to like garage rock shows, though. Guilty as charged.

my friend's reaction to that look --
friend: that takes a certain kind of woman
but it is gorgeous

Ha, weird, I totally accept the shoe-swallowing on those proper trousers, but there is still a tiny part of my brain that has guy standards and is confused by the lack of feet/shoes and wonders about ease of walking and generally associates shoe-swallowing with

As for the ScarJo 50s-style high-waist tapered-leg heels thing, I know not many people are going to have the body type and inclinations to really pull that off, but I hope that fact will encourage those who can to run with it.

i am just checking in to say, Surmounter, i am on the same side of the tacky fence as you.

whoah, what happened there? "generally associates shoe-swallowing with ... sloppy teenage boys and ravers," was most of what I was going to say, I think

whew, horseshoe, i'm glad i'm not alone :D

surmounter + horseshoe = horsemounter

Will have to add that to the vocabulary thread. HORSEMOUNTER (adj.): things that look nice but a bit more "fabulous" than Laurel or Lauren would be likely to enjoy

:D

i'm sorry, i just love it so much: http://www.dlisted.com/node/27714/images/spl43975_003.jpg

oh, god.

http://www.turkishemporium.co.uk/images/HAREMPANTS/HAREMPANTSBLACKsmall.jpg

those jeans are busted seamed with selvage which is more often than not very $$$.

the finish is atrocious though, esp. the way the outseam is totally ribboned up. total no-no.

WHY IS SHE WEARING A SCARF IN AUGUST?

hmm... that outfit is kind of a mash-up of katie and v. beckham , actually. a few preppy chic items, nice but possibly a bit boring/too "old" for her, thrown together with ugly ultra-premium denim and vaguely takcy stilettos.

er, tacky.

haha i love those shoes.

those shoes are a little beckham, yeah

i kinda like it except not the color of the jeans. brings back memories of spending like an hour trying to cuff my jeans properly every time there was dress-down day (eg didn't have to wear uniforms) in middle school.

last night on the train i saw, in real life, a man wearing the jeans rolled up like katie holmes. i had to write this down so i didn't forget bc it was so o_O but he was also wearing dirty white keds (the old school lace up kind, not the slip ons like vans), a keffiyeh, and a vest. also carrying what seemed to be a womens leather tote/purse.

woah.

Was he on his way to work at BAM?

haha laurel, we dress better than that!

(that sounds horrifying btw)

ran the KH pic by some womens denim experts in the office and they said they are the Current/Elliot "Boyfriend" jeans.

love it -- where do you work??

boyfriend jean: http://www.singer22.com/1957boyfriendsuplovdestroy.html

it was really kind of crazy, surm! i wish i could have taken a pic, but it would have been too obvious. i'm still kind of unsettled by it all.

noooo rachel bilson :(

"Boyfriend" jeans, aka the hand-me-downs Levis you stole from your brother for painting the front porch in that cost about $27 at Sears in 1992. Nice work, fashun industry.

Ya retards.

I can never find jeans that look good on me and I think I'm not going to buy them anymore.

fuck em! i have a friend who i've NEVER seen in jeans. it's strange.

I took the advice on this thread and bought my last two pairs of Levis as tight as possible and I'm not sure it is the right decision. One pair fits around the waste but is a bit tight around the thighs, so much so that when I walk up the subway stairs I feel very conscious of working against the stiffness of the material. The other pair fits throughout the leg but is a bit tight around the stomach. When i come home I have to undo the top button so that I can be comfortable. Did I follow your advice too literally?

laurel, please explain this 'bias cut cotton twill' thing and how to spot it, since i know nothing about fabric.

Uh. Denim is a twill. It stretches "on the bias" that is, around your round parts (as do many other woven fabrics to some degree, the gradual stretch and fiber "memory" is just a quality of cotton in general). Which is pretty much everywhere, since jeans are constructed as flat items but have to go on non-flat bodies. You don't have to know anything about fabric! :D

Mary, I'm wearing a new pair of jeans right now that I bought on...last Thurs? One week and about 4 wearings later, they are still a little too tight but still stretching gradually. Personally, that's the tightness I want over the life of the jeans. If they stretch too much now, they'll be baggy in three months. The first few wearings are def not comfortable!

ahh ok i thought it was some kind of special fabric-cut, like a bias-cut skirt! gah, and i work in a clothing store!

I've had these jeans for a couple months. Maybe I need to distinguish between jeans that look good and jeans that are comfortable to wear around the house? Or maybe I really did buy both pairs a size too small.

virginia plain, have you worn them much since? i got a pair of levis that seemed a bit snug when i bought them and now they are totally stretched out.. but i wore them around quite a lot during the summer..

oops, xpost. i also notice maybe the darker washes are harder to stretch, my earlier pair were pretty light blue.. also i guess i bought the cheap kind of levis, i know they make a better quality style that would take longer. (had a pair like that in a beautiful dark wash that were $$$ since bought in europe, and went and gave them away for being too short.. not thinking that soon enough rolled up jeans would be back in style!! damn)

I only buy the darkest wash that isn't black, and yeah, the fabric is a little stiffer and harsher than the lighter colors, and it was DEFINITELY not cooperative last week! It's just getting kind of wearable as of today.

http://ergonomenon.wordpress.com/2006/10/26/why-tight-pants-are-a-health-risk/

I wear both pairs on the weekends, but kind of only outside the house. Inside, I change into something more comfy. The waistline can't really stretch that much though can it? Both jeans are a kind of stiff, lacking in stretch fabric.

http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/2008/11/at-prada-milano.html

^^^ now that is a health risk! way to go, miuccia

I'm totally old man set in his ways with jeans now. I go to the levi's store and get one pair each of 32/32 505s and 527s in whatever wash they have at the time that looks good.

Being a dude is so easy.

i wear 32/32s too, but they're a little long for me

32/32 is the 34c of the men's jeans world, isn't it. get some pants that are sized properly for you.

i have the same problem you do

i'm a 32/31

32/32 is sample size you lucky ducks. i would only shop sample sales.

i wish i was a little bit shorter i wish i was a porter i wish i had a girl with a fort i would fort her...

how do I find "sample sales"

Time Out New York

guys I just have to say, I love Gap's "long" jeans and in Canada they are about $90 a pair but I paid $45 in Michigan for them! This is when the dollar was at par, too... SO unfair :(

NEW JEANS:
http://media.kohls.com.edgesuite.net/is/image/kohls/431807?wid=230&hei=230&op_sharpen=1

I HAS THEM

I wish I had someone to buy a pair of these for.

I'll let you buy them for me. size 26.

I just scored some APC jeans from their 50% off sale today. 100 bux off. Good times.

Got a pair of dry RRL (boutique Ralph Lauren label, super-expensive Americana stuff) jeans for $65 rather than $210 retail. Japanese selvedge, etc.. I should stock up, these are dope.

those are very cool (the women's bootcut there)

i got a pair of acne jeans (hep) from sale @ revolve clothing, they're nice. although that label seems to run ridiculously small

I just scored some APC jeans from their 50% off sale today.

Wait a minute, from the back room of the store? I asked if the jeans were on sale as well and the sales girl unceremoniously guffawed at the naivety of my question.

The boy trying them on looked really good though, but he was afraid his tailor would not be able to create a good line upon hemming.

No, front room; they usually have other $210 jeans, but it's not raw denim stuff

nice work burt.

but he was afraid his tailor would not be able to create a good line upon hemming.

i'm sorry, but that sounds ridiculous. I guess the equivalent would be "i'm afraid my personal chef would not be able to boil water".

i'm all about Lucky jeans these days. i've got some online that are okay, but no jeans have ever fit me as well as the pair i got in Chicago.

Got a pair of LVC 1947s from Cultizm - ~$165 shipped from Germany to the US in about two days. Only problem is that I have no tub in which to soak them.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/15/AR2009041502861.html

Denim is the infantile uniform of a nation in which entertainment frequently features childlike adults ("Seinfeld," "Two and a Half Men") and cartoons for adults ("King of the Hill"). Seventy-five percent of American "gamers" -- people who play video games -- are older than 18 and nevertheless are allowed to vote. In their undifferentiated dress, children and their childish parents become undifferentiated audiences for juvenilized movies (the six -- so far -- "Batman" adventures and "Indiana Jones and the Credit-Default Swaps," coming soon to a cineplex near you). Denim is the clerical vestment for the priesthood of all believers in democracy's catechism of leveling -- thou shalt not dress better than society's most slovenly. To do so would be to commit the sin of lookism -- of believing that appearance matters. That heresy leads to denying the universal appropriateness of everything, and then to the elitist assertion that there is good and bad taste.

wow APC jeans are exp in the US!

Just bought an awesome new pair of ACNE

"summoning Americans to soul-searching and repentance about the plague of that ubiquitous fabric, which is symptomatic of deep disorders in the national psyche."

I cut off a pair of 501s into jorts yesterday.

This is not complicated. For men, sartorial good taste can be reduced to one rule: If Fred Astaire would not have worn it, don't wear it. For women, substitute Grace Kelly.

http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/g-will1.jpg

FASHION TIPZ FROM ME, GEORGE WILL

If Gene Kelly would not have worn it in Xanadu, don't wear it

]I cut off a pair of 501s into jorts yesterday.

― too many misters not enough sisters (milo z), Tuesday, April 28, 2009 8:59 PM (35 minutes ago) Bookmark

wtg dude

http://i43.tinypic.com/2zef1vb.jpg

for the jean experts--do clothing companies purchase fade patterns?

jeans are hard to buy when you have thunder thighs.

ctrl-f "jorts" FOUND

dyao, you're in hk no? about 5 years ago "carrot jeans"* were a pretty big regional trend there...

*relaxed seat/thighs but taper down to skinny around the calves.

this bottoms trend is now developed on the extreme end to the resurgence of harem pants (non-denim tho), ymmv.

imo: take a look at 2nd hand shops for carrot jeans?

http://images.google.com/images?q=carrot%20jeans

just ordered a bunch of levis, very pleased. their trouser jeans are really cute

thanks SS I'll have a look! xp

for the jean experts--do clothing companies purchase fade patterns?

LVC (Levi Vintage, their high-end line) reproduces the wear on vintage pairs they've purchased on different model years.

for the jean experts--do clothing companies purchase fade patterns?

― W i l l, Tuesday, September 8, 2009 5:18 PM (4 months ago)

styling details such as abrasions, blasting, whiskering, webbing, tacking... all are designed to specs. on the low-end, production facilities have prefab samples for examples, but on the mid- to high-end, you bring your specs at the design stage and need to be signed off on during the sample approval process.

for vintage/worn looks, absolutely... collection pieces are analyzed for their wearing. i have routinely wear tested many samples and then gave them back to the designer for analysis. i've also had a pair of original vintages borrowed for inspiration. I never accepted money for this, but then again, I was approved on buying trips to R&D competitor's garments, most of which were returned to me.

stumbled on some raw denim forums while doing some general googling. wow, these people get pretty cultish about this stuff!

think I'm gonna pick up some uniqlo selvedge denim based on SS's rec in the male clothes thread

The uniqlo selvedge denim are good every day jeans. Recommended.

yeah I hope I can find some in my size.

looking around I see cuffed jeans are in style now. ?!?

xposts - thanks, good to know the clerk at d3nim bar wasn't bullshitting me!

Anyone wanna explain to me where the trend of wrinkles at the thigh originated from? half the jeans i see these days have these wrinkles on the thigh, or fade marks there. it's fucking revolting.

raw denim fad iirc

the indigo dye fades away fastest at the front part near the crotch/thighs and the backs of the knees. so companies are all about recreatin that in their prestressed jeans. waiting for SS to show up and school me.

fading is one thing. lines that are supposed to look like creases or wrinkles is something else altogether.

but yeah i guess i just need to shout out against raw denim altogether, unless it's very special

"Whiskers" are the worst kind of pre-fading, imo.

omg that's what it's called? that's disgusting

worst.

my worst pet peeve about jeans is when people wear pre-stressed jeans where the original pair was obviously worn by someone very tall, so the fading on the back of the knee ends up being around the person's mid-calf or lower

They're called whiskers on women's jeans, don't know for sure if also on men's. On us girls, they radiate more or less out from the crotch, which is what I REALLY hate about them: like neon sign arrows pointing to incipient camel toe.

if you ever look at a pair of vintage jeans, they usually will have patterns of wear and whiskering. for consumers who want to wear "vintage looking" jeans, these patterns and whiskering are designed to emulate what happens to a pair of normal jeans over time.

it has nothing to do with raw denim, it has everything to do with time and wear.

and who has time for time and wear these days lol now u can buy the time and wear

who knows wear the time goes?

u guys

u can buy distressed shoes too to match ur whiskers

http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-thing?.out=jpg&size=l&tid=6925037

http://www.fitch-abercrombie.com/images/21%20833447406040978850.jpg

These are destroyed denim shorts and as such will arrive to you with frays, knicks, holes, etc. This is NOT a defect, but was made to look this way. This is what A&F is known and loved for!! No 2 pairs are the same - the destruction to your shorts are unique. ADD YOUR OWN UNIQUENESS & DESTRUCTION - make them even hotter and sexier by adding your own destruction - you can tear at the destroyed holes abit more to add even more uniqueness to your shorts! Free Delivery to Europe

good luck europe

Ppre-worn shoes and jeans to go with your Fender "Road Worn" guitar?

Have been wearing LVC '37s for a few weeks now. So light and comfy compared to the last pair I was wearing (Warehouse 800).

Right cuff keeps reverting to being longer than my left cuff, though.

even more uniqueness

Bought what are technically my most expensive pair of jeans ever today - got some Glory jeans originally $160 at 60% off. They are your standard dark blue utility jean, but the denim is very heavy and rigid compared to other jeans I've owned. They don't have any annoying pre-fade or piss-stain or creases or anything, which I appreciate.

fun fact: theyre called 'whiskers' not 'creases' and were inspired by china (vague recollection of watching a documentary on a couple of inhouse designers traveling to china getting inspiration from hanging laundry woah)

i actually bought my favorite pair jeans in a long long time at walmart for $10 a couple of weeks ago. why doesnt anyone make dark rinse flared jeans anymore? also desired: white stitching.

also please please please dont catch on 'JEGGINGS' (the term - dont really care one why or the other about the jeans themselves)

http://www.gymboree.com/shop/dept_item.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524445991696&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374306254886&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=1408474395917465&bmUID=1279809698883&productSizeSelected=0&fit_type=

oh wait. here:

http://www.gymboree.com/shop/dept_item.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524445991696&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374306254886&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=1408474395917465&bmUID=1279810199051

fun fact: theyre called 'whiskers' not 'creases' and were inspired by china (vague recollection of watching a documentary on a couple of inhouse designers traveling to china getting inspiration from hanging laundry woah)

― sunny successor, Thursday, July 22, 2010 7:49 AM (1 hour ago)

<3 u SS, but this is plain untrue!

These, fwiw:
http://gearpatrol.com/blog/2010/03/08/glory-utility-55-selvage/

need to get hemmed though and probably won't be cool enough to wear them for a while.

well someone on a documentary on discovery channel (i think) was claiming they invented whiskers! this was some years ago. anyway theyre gross and i <3 you too.

need to get hemmed though and probably won't be cool enough to wear them for a while.

― uNi-tArDs (Hurting 2), Thursday, July 22, 2010 1:18 PM Bookmark

haha, the lack of subjects for the verbs in this sentence provides for unintentional lulz.

how could anyone invent "whiskers"? they appear naturally as a result of wearing jeans

i guess someone invented the idea to bleach them into new jeans? i dont know.

the history of distressing/pre-worn looks on denim is not rooted in China. I'd wager italy or usa circa 1980 according to my lookbooks.

Does that include whiskers? I don't remember seeing whiskers (I mean creasing yeah but not blatant line drawn cat looking whiskers) until the '00s.

http://static2.modcloth.com/productshots/0041/7586/13504-1.jpg?1278609193

You don't need magic to conjure up the perfect pair of jeans - they're right here! Everything you'd wish for in a pair of pants, these on-trend, lightweight 'chief of all jean-ies' feature a pleated front, hip pockets, slightly tapered leg, and sleek, pocketless back. Craft an astonishingly amazing look by pairing this great garment with a puff-sleeved chiffon blouse, bejeweled sandals, and as many bangles as you wish, and people will have to blink to make sure they saw you right!

^^ this is how i know that i have lost touch with what the kids are wearing. i would not be caught dead in these pants.

It's the bejeweled sandals part that's horrifying me.

those pants are SO UGLY y'all

as many bangles as i wish??? sign me up

Those pants are like everything I DO NOT WANT in a pair of pants. They are sure to be the most unflattering jeans ever. Ew.

I hope to never see anything remotely resembling those on a person irl.

I wore those pants...in fourth grade. With some kind of pink sweatshirt that had puff-paint sheep or bunnies on it -- I can't even remember but I was desperate for something with puff-paint. Never goin back there, not even for y'all.

Oh god I loved puff paint. Ha. I'm pretty sure I wore v similar pants around then too. Just terrible.

puff painted sweatshirts and drip-and-drape earrings were big at my middle school, followed by stirrup pants with oversize neon shirts and scrunchy socks in high school

those pants are not only the ugliest cut, they appear to be made of the ugliest fabric as well -- are they like chambray or something?!

is that a word? chambray?

I like em

i call bs

They're unpretentious and the cut is pretty flattering - they look perfect for a breezy sunny day

Or for working in the garden

maybe if you are either 4 or 100 years old

poochy stomach, flat butt, tapered-yet-baggy = flattering?!

Those are trousers, they don't have a "stomach" - and how can you see the butt? have you enhanced and rotated?

1) there are no pockets on the butt, which frequently leads to the appearance of a flat butt, esp. with such high waisted pants
2) pleats are like a little cave for poochy stomachs (ie normal stomachs). if a person has even the smallest pooch, pleats are basically an advertisement for that pooch. little fabric arrows pointing at one's pooch.

conclusion -- these pants are unflattering if you do not have a perfectly flat stomach or a perfectly round rear.

to the 3-4 people on whom this would be flattering, enjoy your high waisted pleated chambray jeans

Those are trousers, they don't have a "stomach"

Are you insane? Clothes don't cancel out the body underneath, skinny boy. Everyone has a stomach.

Those pants would look atrocious on 99% of women.

to the 3-4 people on whom this would be flattering, enjoy your high waisted pleated chambray jeans

lol I missed that but yes, exactly.

chambray is a plain weave
jeans are a denim weave

chambray <> jeans

whatever, denim pedant
these jeans are heinous

we aren't so far from those. if the cycle of fashion repeats 70-80s move from slim hip-hugger flares to high waisted pleated tapered poufy jeans repeats, skinny jeans having almost finished their run surely means you'll see someone wearing those without irony any day now.

A lot of things come and go without ever breaking the "without irony" barrier. I'll be happy if these pants have their day among the tragically hip and then go away for another 15 years.

The girls are already wearing the shorts version of those jeans: high-waisted and pleated and possibly with cuffs, worn with oxford shoes of some kind probably mousy brown -- very "studenty". As soon as fall hits I'm sure the long versions will make the scene.

i am aware of fashion's cyclical nature, and i am aware that girls are wearing high waisted pleated shorts, BUT

* that doesn't change the fact that these pants are ugly as shit
* my inability to even consider wearing them means that i am not a candidate for shopping in the junior's section anymore

i probably shouldn't shop there anyway, and i don't really, because i don't really "shop" but you know what i mean

oh i love chambray pants, like those. so comfy too. great for airplane rides!

Many US companies began "vanity sizing" in the 80s, convincing people that they wore a smaller size than what the garment measures out to be (eg, a size 27" garment measures to a true 29"). Some brands (like Levi's) resisted this trend for over a decade until they saw their sales decrease because those brands "didn't fit" the consumer. European and Asian companies do not vanity size which may explain the variance.

― Steve Shasta, Tuesday, June 24, 2008 4:24 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

To learn more about vanity sizing, take a tape measure and your favorite jeans and measure the waist and compare to the stated size.

― Steve Shasta, Wednesday, June 25, 2008 10:30 AM (2 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

http://www.esquire.com/cm/esquire/images/dU/waistline-measurement-chart-for-men-090710-xlg.jpg

hahahaha whoa

also today i saw a very old (80 y.o.) woman mowing her lawn wearing pants similar to the ones i posted above
they were neither stylish nor flattering

ordered a pair of these yesterday:
http://www.misterfreedom.com/?p=1135

I'm officially in cord mode. yay, fall!

for LL, Shasta and Laurel;
http://www.hulu.com/watch/10333/saturday-night-live-mom-jeans

I'm always in cord mode.

same shoes, $77 price tag, comes in sizes S-M-L
STILL UGLY

http://static2.modcloth.com/productshots/0041/7780/13675-1.jpg

most appalling thing could be sizes S-M-L

Christ on a bolt of lightning, WHAT THE FUG are those? Small? SMALL?? The waist is like half the size of the hip measurement, how many people is THAT supposed to perfectly fit?

Dollars to doughnuts those are pinned in the back to make them perfectly fitted on the model. Will not work on anyone else in the world unless yr willing to go around with clothespins sticking out of your tuchus.

those pleats that point directly to her bunched up crotch are a great place to smuggle some raisinets into the movie theater amirite

lord what have you done to this thread.... T.T

want
http://s6.thisnext.com/media/largest_dimension/BDC4CFB0.jpg

Zimbabwean cotton yarn is dyed using the labor intensive, classic rope dyeing technique involving a series of dips into indigo vats followed by sun drying (dipped 19 times). While most jeans makers today use right-hand twill denim, KMW denim is made in a selvedge 13.5 oz. left-hand twill. KMW fabric is woven on pre WWII American built wooden shuttle looms.

steve shasta,

do companies still make regular rise jeans anymore?

yours,
dayo

sadly no, everything is either drop-crotch harem pants or incorporating empire-girdles.

have been wearing levi's 511s
http://images.asos.com/inv/s/15/95/525822/dripdry/image1xl.jpg

and levi's trouser cut
http://s8.thisnext.com/media/largest_dimension/A3F8469A.jpg

I want to buy some APC jeans but unfortunately nowhere sells them here so I can't try them on. this wouldn't ordinarily be an issue except... I recently bought some 32" waist zara jeans that fit nice however I picked up some 32" cos cords and though I can get them shut they're unbearably tight.

should I just go with the 32" in the APC knowing that I'll size down a bit as we come out of winter and they'll stretch out a bit?

wish there was a "waistline Vs. actual waistline" infographic which took in zara and cos though I suspect cos' trousers are true to size.

side question: are the uniqlo japan jeans decent? and is the japan slim fit similar to the APC new cures or new standards?

haha well how unbearable is 'unbearable'? apc tends to fit p true to size ime (i.e. less generous than probably zara) although i guess the cords might fit differently...

... i really cant answer this qn, sry :/

the zaras I had did seem a little 'bigger' than other brands (though I had pants and not jeans)

right now my only pair of jeans is a pair of uniqlo selvedge based on steve shasta's recs and I like them a lot

http://www.popsofa.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/light-mens-jeans.jpg

anyone have any tips for sealing in jean color? I bought these AE flares on ebay and while they're surprisingly bitchin in color and form they are a saturated dark wash and I find my hands blue after wearing them for an hour or two. I really don't want them to fade.

coz:
sounds like apc 32" will be comfortable, shouldn't be as unbearable as your Zara cords.
uniqlo denim are probably the best value jeans out there, in partic. if you are seeking japanese selvage denim.

ss:
you are describing "crocking" where the dye isn't set properly and causes bleedage. a quick rinse in (very) cold water should get most of the dye to bleed out but should not damage the richness of the denim. the key to keeping the dye set is to avoid washing/drying. neither cotton nor indigo are very colorfast so minimize the time in the wash/dryer to avoid fading.

actually found somewhere in town that does APC today and tried on the 32. were fine (but black) so going to cop some indigo online

w/ my last pair of colour-bleedy jeans i took the internet's advice and put them on a short cold wash, inside out, no detergent but half a cup of white vinegar, then hung them to dry indoors. it seemed to work - the colour's still dark and doesn't rub off on white bags any more.

measure the actual waist of a pair of jeans that fit correctly
APCs run two inches larger in the waist than tagged size, and can stretch another inch or two beyond that

so if your actual waist = 36" you probably want a 33 in APC

i really want snazzy new jeans

all the ones i tried on recently were ass-flattening, which is just so wrong

measure the actual waist of a pair of jeans that fit correctly
APCs run two inches larger in the waist than tagged size, and can stretch another inch or two beyond that

so if your actual waist = 36" you probably want a 33 in APC

― boots get knocked from here to czechoslovakier (milo z), Monday, January 3, 2011 12:59 PM (2 hours ago)

ehhh, this is gray territory as everybody's idea of "fit" is not the same, some people enjoy an ultra skin tight girdle effect, others like to sag around their knees. APC use unsanforized denim that is "true to size" (ie, not ShrinkToFit), although there was a trend a few years ago to really undersize which would make for people squeezing into the smallest jeans possible, but that's a separate sport. I've owned about 10 pairs of APCs and they've all fit in the comfortable range of the size spectrum. YMMV.

My size 36 APC New Standards measured 38" unworn and stretched rapidly to where they were downright baggy (if I'd known more then, I would have gotten a 35). Online shop measurements generally back that up - add two inches to tagged size to get the unworn waist. (and the denim is sanforized)

That's why I figure matching the actual waist size of some comfortable jeans to the actual waist of some APCs minus an inch or two (so that it would ultimately stretch to equal the other jeans, since the APCs won't be constantly washed like most people's Gap/etc. jeans) is the safest route.

that is odd but i have to admit i haven't bought a pair of APCs in a very, very long time, i hope they aren't vanity sizing :-/

APC NSes at Context: http://www.contextclothing.com/item.php?id=6

"Context Expert Tip:
APC is Vanity Sized!"

sad, that was not the case back in "the day".?)
in other news that shop also sells Momotaro Jeans outside of Japan which is crazy to see! I got a chance to tour their factory in Kojima in 2001 (maybe 2003?), that is a pretty dope operation they have got going. Really amazing attention to quality.

I think Blue in Green in New York sells Momotaro too.

thanks SS! my mom seems to think salt will help. is this true?

i use salt for dyeing - afaik the salt only works to open up the fibers.

which is skinner: new cures or petit standards?

is rapha denim TTS

I am so fucking fed up with jeans. I just bought a pair that fit like a glove in the store and the first time after being washed but after a couple hours they're too loose and bagging out in places.

Also, was it Levis that would make you jeans in your exact proportions? How much is that. I think I'm about at that point. Do they still do that?

also lol

More than half of women (54 percent) try on at least 10 pairs of jeans to find one pair they would buy.

Maybe this is my problem. I hate clothes shopping and trying on clothes in particular. I don't have the patience.

you should by jeans that are too tight

that way when they loosen up they fit

I just wear whatever version of a Levi's low-rise skinny jean I can find in my size and in Short for not more than $60. Maybe 2% stretch or so certainly doesn't hurt.

Very grateful to whomever started cutting the asses of women's jeans higher than the bellies -- I need far less coverage in the front.

x-post Yeah I know but then I always get worried and then they're not going to loosen up and I'll wind up with too tight jeans and buyer's regret. :( Oh screw it. Next time I'll go tighter.

Yeah I don't think these have enough stretch. Also bought regular length which is ok because I'm wearing flats but I couldn't wear bought with these. DAMN YOU JEANS! One day I'll find my perfect match. One day.

couldn't wear bought with these

err boots

yeah i used to have that same fear, and then i bought a pair of jeans that seemed way too tight, and i was afraid to wear them out, but then i did, and in like 3 hours they fit perfectly, so

enbb, i recommend madewell rail straight. really good cut, not too tight, though the lighter washes stretch out more.

also can i say that acne jeans are horrible and the sizing is insane

uhhhh, men's jeans <> women's jeans.

save up for APCs, ENBB. they're my gal's favorite, she has a few pairs and loves them (because they are not lycra/poly blend like 99% of womens jeans). not cheap tho, and if you're impatient you may hate them at first.

cozey, <3 those rapha's, even *I* shudder at the price tag though, holyyyyyyyy.....

i cannot wait to buy a new pair of real jeans for spring! maybe they will be apc and maybe i will buy them in nyc

You all know I'm a budget jeans gal and also p curvy in the ass etc so I usually get mad at all those upmarket slim/straight brands, but I'm going able to do some nice stuff in March and maybe checking out the world of nicer jeans will be one of them. We'll see. Rrrrob, I will def go to APC w you, though!

Hm I wonder if I got the rail straights in a big enough size and had them hemmed at a cropped length, if they would work for me? Going on the list!

nyc gals also check out uniqlo's unisex denim, tho ymmv with their purely women's line.

http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/800/20110210-nf21gykibqe1y5bj599if4wauu.jpg

lol

Pretty sure Uniqlo isn't an option for me, I don't think their sizes go large enough. Tried it once, a few years back.

So upthread, someone mentioned about apc's lasting 10 years or whatever. Do people wear these (or other expensive, high quality jeans) to do yard work or otherwise live an active outdoor lifestyle? Or are they primarily just worn as urban casual wear?

I can't afford expensive, high quality jeans (bitter) so I just get Tommy Hilfiger skinny jeans at Macy's. Honestly, they have been the fitting jeans I have ever owned. That isn't saying much though.

I have a really bad relationship with jeans. At a year old I was given my dad's old, vintage baby pair of Levi's that my mother later cut (mutilated and killed) and turned into shorts. UGH! Would love that pair now for my little girl. Also, because it was the first and last time I was ever in and owned a cool pair of jeans.

At 7 my grandmother bought me a pair with a huge parrot embroidered all the way down the right pant leg and had a matching vest with parrot. Then at 9 I had a pair of Del Rio Jeans, ugh! Made in Del Rio, TX and they had a huge faux leather tag stitched on the back that broadcasted I was proudly wearing poorly designed jeans made in the armpit of Texas. They were snug at the waist with really wide legs that never tapered, just BIG all the way down. I got made fun of when I wore them to school on the day we didn't have to wear uniforms.

Wore 501's most of my adult life. Sad story, me and jeans. Always wanted a nice, selvedge pair that fit perfectly and yes, that were mega pricey. Oh, before Macy's, bought my jeans at Target! How's that for fuckin sad :(

I realized the other day that the jeans I was wearing (from the Banana Republic sale rack; trouser style, I guess you'd call them) were putting me dangerously close to Mom Jeans territory :(

:(

i am kind of tired of covering my body below my waist. no matter what i buy, it is always slipping down off my bony ass. if i buy slim, it hugs my thighs in unpleasant ways. if i buy high waisted it cuts off blood flow to my spare tire. i am going to sell all my $300 jeans and switch to sweatpants and muu muus

if you're going to go for "giving it all up in the name of comfort", buy yourself some scrubs.

I basically have two kinds of jeans, my work jeans which are all cowboy cut wranglers, and then my everyday jeans which are ralph lauren Double R L and marc jacobs wranglers, both are my favorite jeans, were raw denim, but have worn well. I'd like to buy a few more pairs of the marc Jacobs wranglers but ebay is the only option now.

so you wear wrangler to work, but not the selvage?

My work wranglers are the 16 dollar slim cowboy cut, the guy at work call them Stranglers. My wranglers with selvage are one of my "nice" pair of jeans.

Got it. I was trying to work out a couple posts ago whether "nice" jeans (which are often spoke of for their durability) are suitable for dirty work and outdoorsy adventure. you would say no, then?

I don't know anything about nice jeans. Best I do are maybe a $40 Levis, but I usually go for wranglers. But I've been intrigued by the legends of durability that surround raw denim.

I've had these for 3 years now and they were almost black when I first bought them. I've only washed them every 6 months and never dried them.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8155/7282593196_ca41c45aec.jpg

has anyone tried this, the price is great!
Make your own jeans

I find myself struggling with anything that isn't a v slim or skinny fit, as my legs are sparrow-like. It's really annoying especially when trousers have way too much fabric at the ankle/foot. So been trying to get stuff tailored a bit lately, it's tricky enough tho.

holy eff i tried on like 30 pairs of jeans this afternoon in epic jeans trying-on session. there's a store near my place called jeans jeans jeans and they are rad there but you need stamina. funnily enough i ended up buying the first pair of jeans i tried on. sigh/lol. i tried on so many butt-flattening, love-handle making jeans, argh. anyway, the jeans i got are Nudie jeans, "tube kelly", and they are rad. unisex jeans for me all the way.

seriously i almost cried after about 30 min. never try on jeans when you have pms btw. i forgot.

these jeans are only getting more and more awesome
and i have worn them a lot

i told this guy last night that they were the kind you don't wash for 6 months and he was kind of horrified, haha

Wait, excuse me? You don't wash them for six months??

i wear those same jeans :D i get some "girl jeans" comments sometimes but whatevs.

you're not supposed to, no!
i would've been horrified upon being told this by the jeans people, but i've known about this no-washing-of-quality-denim thing for years, just have never bought a pair with this dictum
xp

that's funny because in the store i was like "i thought nudie only made guys jeans" and was told they're unisex. not that it matters; good fit is good fit.

Wow! I feel like most jeans lose shape after a couple wears. I guess these don't because of the quality?

I'm done with summer skirt/dress shopping for a while now and have been losing some weight. I think maybe next month when I'm at goal and have a little more $$ I might get some real quality jeans for the first time ever.

these jeans are not losing their shape, so far so good, and i've worn them several times with lots of walking and dancing and sitting down, yknow, the stretch-'em-out activities. i hate jeans that stretch out after one or two wears; they are so over for me.

You would be crazy to wash raw denim for at least 6 months, maybe a light hand washing. Quality jeans will grow into their shape the more you wear them without washing, especially if you buy the right fit. Although I have a friend who is serious about jeans and bought a very pricey pair of japanese jeans and climbed into the bathtub filled with hot water with them on. He said they are the best fitting jeans he owns now.

yeah if something horribly dirty befalls me while i'm wearing these jeans i will prob just jump in a lake with them on or something

my inner dirtbag is thrilled btw

no no no

you should always soak your raw denim for 30 minutes or so in cold water (no soap) and then hang-dry them. this will remove the starch, open up the denim a bit and get any shrinkage out of the way. if they're well-dyed jeans you should hardly notice any loss of color, though they will lose that crispy shiny look.

then you can go ahead and do what jacob is saying.

those jeans aren't stretching because they're not 100% cotton (they're a stretch blend w/ 2% elastic polyester)

xpost to rrrrrrrobyn

wait what

so after 6 months i should soak my jeans in cold water and hang them to dry
i wasn't going to jump in a lake or a bathtub with my jeans on btw but if that's what the experts decree...

i actually disagree w/ jacob, after like 10 years of collecting fancy fancy jeans (up to like $400) i've eventually realized that no matter how you wash and wear them (within reason) you will eventually get denim-nerd fades and creases. the key is to keep putting wear on the jeans. i know people who've worn non-fancy diesel jeans for five or six years and have machine-washed and dried them monthly, and they look more or less like the hot jeans on denim forums. similarly i know people who've ended up w/ that look after a year, machine washing and drying every month, but they rode their bike a couple miles every day in their jeans.

the one thing that jacob's approach actually does well is that it gets the fades and creases in before you go through that awkward medium-blue "mom jeans" color.

but mark my words, the craze for super-dark denim and is dying and i bet you just like terminally unhip shit like crazy pattern shirts and sweaters are suddenly trendy the mom jean denim color (not the fit) will be back soon.

robyn in your case it doesn't matter since your jeans are a stretch blend, so soak or no soak they're not going to change shape.

my greatest concern here is just that they don't lose their shape
xp
okay good!

so do i have to stick to the no-washing for 6-months thing or ?

that has to do w/ the color and fading, not the shape

the thinking is that moving in your jeans causes the cotton fibers to bend and flex which weakens the bond between dye and fabric. similarly parts of the jeans rub up against things which also weakens the bond.

indigo is quite water soluble, so the parts that have been weakened by wear will fade faster. denim heads do the "wash every six months" thing w/ the idea that parts that get a lot of wear (like around the knees and pockets) will develop cool creasing patterns as they fade.

the problem with that thinking is that if you're not actually moving around a ton in your jeans, the effect of the wear will be minimized. i've seen great results from jacob's method and i've seen pretty weak ones. it seems to have to do w/ a lot of variables ... i've seen people beat the fuck out of their jeans and not wash for a year and get terrible fades because whatever they did put wear much more evenly on the jeans. in my case, i had jeans that i wore dancing for a long time and rarely washed and they didn't turn out so good because i think sweating through the jeans kinda put wear on the entire fabric.

on the other hand my gf has some crappy j crew dark denim jeans that got great fades, but that has to do w/ the fact that she wears them ass-tight and spends a lot of time kneeling to help middle school students and running around after them.

so yeah, long story short is ... i don't know.

ah it's like jeans fashion science/religion or something
i'm just like to have found a pair of jeans that look cool, hold their shape and don't flatten my ass

i suppose you will not be too surprised to learn that there are big forums pretty much devoted to your jeans and how often to wash them

TBH though despite all the hoopla about fading and whatnot, the reasons not to wash your jeans often are:

1) as long as you're not pooping your pants, pants develop odors much more slowly than shirts, and jeans in general are a pretty loose breathable cotton weave so that helps w/ odor too.

2) jeans are rugged wear so they tend to actually look better when they're more beat up than when they're clean and pressed

3) if you like having jeans dark it will keep them dark much longer

like i said i think dark jeans are overexposed and i'm getting more and more into natural shades of jeans

so like, this is what denim heads are trying to do

but what i'm saying is i think as much fun as it is trying to get your jeans to look like that, i'd rather have something more natural like this (that's what i mean by mom jeans color)

Yeah unless you have denim that is dyed with natural indigo the no washing is sort of pointless, I think. The reason I don't wash mine is like valid said, to get the creases and wear before the bottom legs start fading as well. But really I love my jeans just as much before the creases start setting in, I sort of like the process. I've never tried Nudie or many of the designer jeans that say they are raw denim because I don't believe them. My favorites were a pair of dead stock Big E's I used to own that I think we're from the 50's. I bought them in the early 90's before the denim craze came around to the states. Wish I hadn't sold them. I also had a pair of Evisu that I washed and dried and eventually they looked awful, I guess like Mom jeans, so I've never dried my jeans now and rarely wash them.

forgot the h in your name, sorry

all good

definitely i would machine-dry my jeans though, that is a good way to destroy them

would not

Man, people are super serious about jeans! I wear them more than any other item of clothing so it's time to invest instead of just repeatedly buying $50 once they inevitably start to sag and lighten too much. So I guess you'd recommend buying them on the tight side?

My friend who got me into jeans in the 90's even buys vintage hand soap and using a wash board on his really expensive vintage Levis and other japanese jeans. There was a line of replica Levis in the early 2000's that I really liked. I don't really keep up with jeans like I used to but they lasted longer than any other denim I had. The problem I always have is the holes that form on the but near the back pocket or a hole in the pocket from my wallet. If the denim is very thick like real raw denim or old Levis this rarely happens.

If you're buying 100% cotton jeans that aren't pre-shrunk you want to buy them tight otherwise they will stretch out and not have a nice form a year from now. even slightly shrunk raw denim with loosen up after wearing.

I hang all my clothes to dry as it is
Ive been wearing dark jeans since the 90s and I'm not gonna change now dammit

If I were buying $400 jeans i'd buy the special soap too

e if you like how a pair of jeans fits, buy one size smaller in the waist because it'll stretch an inch in the waist

if one size smaller is too tight anywhere but the waist you need a different cut (otherwise even at the bigger size it's going to end up disproportionate - you will either have comfortable waist and too tight everything else or baggy waist and everything else ok)

if they're stretch blend (not 100 percent) they won't really stretch so just buy your size

actually jacob i think you're off there

unwashed unshrunk jeans (unsanforized) are "shrink to fit" so you buy one or two sizes bigger and then rinse because they'll shrink an inch or more

then as you wear them, they stretch and you when they're too stretched you wash again.

Doesn't it depend or whether you washed jeans in hot or cold water? The more I think about this the more confused I'm becoming. I think I was off.

no, the fibers contract when they dry. hot water will shrink fabrics if it's as hot as the air in your dryer but in general i don't think that's true for most washers (even on hot)

like boiled wool is shrunk but it's literally boiled for hours.

evaporation also shrinks jeans, which is why they'll shrink even if they dry on a line, but the faster you set them the more they'll shrink.

tbh though i don't think clothing shrinkage is well understood at the molecular level

er faster you dry them

like i keep reading stuff like this

Moving from one state to another requires crossing an energy barrier. It even takes energy to get back to the lowest-energy, most disordered state. Hot temperatures in laundering give the fibers the energy that allows them to change state so that the long polymer chains scroll back up again.

which is basically the same as saying "HEAT MAKES IT GO"

wow just wow at jeans physics discussions

eh call it textile science

no, too boring

ok then call it jeanetics

My jeans always wind up needing a belt after a while, even if they fit nicely elsewhere. All I want is a nice slim pair of jeans that will fit in the waist :-(

belts are part of wearing pants imo

Who doesn't wear a belt??

(sometimes me)

belts are def part of wearing jeans and in fact early jeans were designed to be worn with suspenders

I bought this belt almost 15 years ago and I still wear it almost everyday, one of the best investments I've made. Nothing hardly last 15 years.

Haha, me! I never wear a belt! Because where my jeans go to is not my waist, and my hips are too padded to hold things up unless they scrunched me way in.

Maybe one of those striped elastic ones with the nesting infinity-symbol buckles, you know like from jr high.

sorry now that i wrote that i realize it's definitely a part of guy jeans but since girl jeans are cut different i don't think you need a belt

It's okay, I was responding to rrrobyn, really.

i think it really depends on what shirt you're wearing. and what kind of pants/jeans. tucking in or not tucking in. high-waisted or low-waisted. will belt make a weird line in yr shirt or what. i have different belts for different purposes. i do know that a lot of women don't wear belts though. but i just feel it pulls the look together. even if the belt is worn outside, as an accessory rather than a utilitarian device.

it's a utilitarian device for making my head spin

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_5ukY6Ag3teQ/Taew9ecsm-I/AAAAAAAABic/q7ck9iy8mxU/5620846592_12e21962d7_o.jpg

hott

http://image.tianjimedia.com/uploadImages/2011/167/FIJ37EQV2V45_re_4df8137a8159c_500.jpg

super hott

(the style in general, not those particular girls / outfits)

the outfit on top is pretty sweet but that shoulderless shirt has got to go, and i'm not gonna get into the hemline / jeans clash, the played out sunglasses, the hair or the facial expressions. i do want to ask why she's carrying around a leather sofa pillow.

it is surprisingly hard to find pictures of people pulling that look of well though which surprises me because i feel like a lot of people i know irl have been successful w/ it

i guess this pic of reese is the closest i could find though she's not wearing jeans

http://images.teamsugar.com/files/upl1/0/3987/22_2008/Reese-Witherspoon-3.preview.jpg

Re: belts being de rigueur for wearing jeans - are there any stylish stretch-band jeans? Or are stretch-band waists hopelessly mom-jeans/dad-jeans?

(also, TS: the comfort of not having an inflexible leather belt sticking into your back or stomach vs. a belt's lack of constant squeezing of your thigh)

What happened to the shoulders on that girl's shirt, is that a thing?

I need new jeans! I'm thinking of trying shrink-to-fit 501's, but I have rly skinny legs. Will it look like I'm swimming in them? Does anyone have tips on shrinking them?

yow what the hell is going on with the outfit of the second girl i posted? i didn't look too closely at that one. still like the first outfit.

you have two options stevie: you can get spendy and buy the 1947 501s which are slim fit or you can forego shrink to fit and just get 511s. you might be tempted to buy your regular size and shrink those but you'll get something awkward that won't be as flattering as buying a slim cut in the first place.

yeah i think the thing with 501s is even when you're done shrinking them, they're not going to be skinny jeans

if you look around then 501xx can be had for v cheap (sub 50$ on amazon, even less if you get lucky with a sale), so it's not the end of the world if you think they look a bit mom jeans in the end. i am old and i have a big bum, so i like 501xx.

Yeah, even spending like $40 on jeans is a lot of money for me right now. I'm past the phase of wearing, like, crustpunk-skinny but the fact that I've got chicken legs and nonexistent thighs/butt means that normal sized jeans look baggy on me.

http://us.levi.com/product/index.jsp?productId=4101270&&cp=3146842.3146854.3691990&fbn=4101270|null|null

Ya I've been wearing those for like 6 years; ppl keep telling me how great 501's are but I think all of these ppl have more substantial lower halves than I do. I do like 511's quite a bit.

opinons on steven alan jeans

I have been unsuccessfully jeans shopping myself. All I can say is that it was a shitty enough endeavor when I had $$$ to spend; now that I'm on a tight budget, it is BEYOND SHITTY.

Got a pair of madewells rail straight in dark blue wash on sale; not terrible but not great--stretched out quite a bit (2% elastane) and gapes at the waist.

Gonna try Levi's "Bold Curve" straights when I hit up a Levi's outlet.

Oh and a washing question: if a jean has stretch (which seems unavoidable in women's jeans these days), is washing good or bad? I'd like to get them tightened up again. . .

temporary solution (washing) causes a permanent problem (sagging) ime

soak in cold water, hang dry, ive heard tell

^^^ will try this. Am I supposed to put salt in or waht. Too lazy to go back and read this whole thread.

i would like to take this opportunity to relate that being a parent is taking a serious toll on the knees of my jeans. one pair i've already patched three times, another pair, less than 3 years old has just developed a hole. it's a disgrace.

idk abt salt water seems like a bit much

I am seriously upset about jeans these days.

I literally only have one pair that I like and I've bought about five over the last year that just did not work.

They're great out of the dryer but sag within an hour and then I have baggy ass which is NAGL! I am ready to spend some serious $$$ on jeans that will fit well, make my butt look good, and not lose their shape but I don't know where to start looking.

HALP.

madd @ jeans

I AM! This has been stressing me out for like a month. lol.

idk what fancy jeans are good for ladies i only know bro selvedge

maybe u need this

http://i.imgur.com/qTqiqkH.png

:(

Who here knows about fancy lady jeans?

Well that would solve the baggy ass problem I suppose.

i have some apc i will vouch for them but idk if theyll make yr personal ass look cool

hahahahahaha

I will have to investigate these APCs for myself and find out.

they stretch out a lot so yr suposed to buy them super tight protip

and you cant really wash them so u pay for the privilege of being a disgusting slob m/l

hmmmmmmm interesting

You can't wash them as in . . . ever?

after a while you can wash them a lil maybe

raw denim is mad real

u have to be committed

apparently so!

gonna go read up on this raw non-washable denim brb

I went to the Levi's store. They have changed all the cuts and colors again so I can't just replace the ones I'm wearing, I have to buy something totally different this time. Bastards.

Went for the bold curve ankles again which are basically leggings with a zipper, which is fine.

u can look on ebay maybe for discontinued cuts if u need them

Hmmm maybe I should go to the Levis store. I think there's one downtown. I just need to go somewhere and be ready to try on all the jeans until I find THE ONES. I just hate clothes shopping so much. blah.

511s forever

by the way is there truth to the notion that levi's prices its american jeans so low as to lose money, and makes up for it with extortionate prices in the rest of the world? my anecdotal experience seems to back it up but i wonder if someone could bring the knowledge on this subject (i.e. STEVE SHASTA)

man hes IN ON IT dont u see

i am serios about my selvedge but the area around the inner thigh / back crotch is really worn, they r patched so nothing shows but i worry that it is still bad form to wear them

levis were pretty expensive in hong kong but so were a lot of american brands

With women's jeans, Levi's seem to offer each cut and color for like 2 seasons or something. Like, they have not made the 531 Low Skinny since the season when I first bought two pairs of them, which is a crying shame. I did just check ebay, which seems like it might be fruitful eventually.

I wore my busted up 531s into the store just now and the (also curvy) saleswoman was like "SHOW ME THOSE, WHAT??"

i am serios about my selvedge but the area around the inner thigh / back crotch is really worn, they r patched so nothing shows but i worry that it is still bad form to wear them

― 乒乓, Tuesday, March 12, 2013 12:08 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this just mean u r hardcore

dayo, all my jeans are patched, I have a drawer full of 6 pairs of jeans, 5 of which have blown-out thighs patched with varying materials/levels of success. I will now rotate out the saddest pair.

alright that's all the validation i need ... im gonna go for it

Levis drive me crazy with their changing styles all the time. Jeans shopping is so fraught! I wish I enjoyed it more but it stresses me out like swimwear shopping

I half-solved my Levi's shopping problem by not even trying to find anything myself. I grab the first female sales associate I find on my way in the door and pull up my shirt to show whatever Levi's I'm wearing and say, "Replace these. Bring me your shortest offerings" and we go from there.

ooh I like it!

Now that they have this whole Demi/Bold curve thing going, I say, bring me your shortest, curviest offerings. Today the cashier who rang me up called me her Bold sister. Retail is cool on rainy days when the staff are super bored.

fwiw, I like AG stevies.

The bolder-than-bold cut is the SUPREME cut iirc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btqSG1Rks-I

you can trade in yr old apcs

that is so weird, dude

Can someone suggest a good pair of jeans for under, say, $120?

I like these fwiw but they're twice my budget.

http://i.imgur.com/WgmbWbb.jpg

there are no good jeans for less than $150

also what are those jeans you just posted a picture of

tell us about your size, too

those are Momotaros, got the image off blueowl.us. I'm 32 X 32

I like raw selvedge but maybe you're right about the price.

as an aside one of my favorite pairs ever was Paper Denim & Cloth about 10 years ago. Now I see their product in TJ Maxx and that shit is hideous. JEAN SELLOUTS, man.

some stuff on sale http://needsupply.com/mens/sale/denim

Unbranded has some raw selvedge for around $80.

are your thighs hefty, regular or slim?

i recall as a child the jeans my mom would buy me from fedco were marked hefty, regular, slim. i think they might have been wranglers.

r u husky, does yr mom sew yr initials into yr underwear

oh RIGHT, it was "husky" not "hefty"

there are no good jeans for less than $150

― the late great, Thursday, January 30, 2014 11:58 AM (24 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol are you for real rn

yes

maybe i should say no good new jeans

I like these APC's o Ebay asking $119, NWT

http://ow.ly/t7jTK

pietie standards are full on skinny jeans fwiw, if youre into that get em for sure apcs are sick bro

what's the verdict on the selvedge jeans uniqlo have replaced the old made-in-japan line with?

http://www.uniqlo.com/us/store/lifewear/men-regular-fit-straight-jeans-selvedge/091103-69-038?ref=mens-clothing%2Fmens-bottoms%2Fmens-jeans
http://www.uniqlo.com/us/store/lifewear/men-slim-fit-straight-jeans-selvedge/124313-69-030?ref=mens-clothing%2Fmens-bottoms%2Fmens-jeans

are your thighs hefty, regular or slim?

― the late great, Thursday, January 30, 2014 12:17 PM (38 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

regular. i'm probably pushing it a little for skinny jeans. also i have a beer belly but i'm going to work that off any day now

petit standard is on the slim side

but yeah, if i were you i would try to find some lightly worn $200-$300 jeans (i would look for LVCs) for around $100 on ebay

that's probably a better investment than new $80 jeans

thx

lol @ "hefty"!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/LEVIS-VINTAGE-LVC-USA-501Z-XX-Jeans-Big-E-Red-Selvedge-size-32-x-34-/271385487287?pt=US_CSA_MC_Jeans&hash=item3f2fd5e7b7

This basic pair of uniqlo black jeans has been super durable and I question whether they are really made of cotton or not

have any of you ever done the shrink to fit thing? any tips? does it work? for levi's, i'm thinking

i have a few pairs of 501s but damn if the fabric is not up to the role of being a jean. and/or the dimensions are just subtly off for my body. they fit just fine but the panels around each "quadrant" of the intersected seams at the crotch wear out in like less than a year. i've had a couple repaired and they still get shredded.

i feel like if i did this cowboy alchemy fit process, they wouldn't be stressed in this spot and would last longer. true? bullshit?

imo u shd try it an report back

one wld think if u got the raw levis they wld at least last longer due to not being treated/stone washed/whatever

personally ive just accepted that levis wear out fast, like they cost 1/3rd as much as some fancy selvedge and last one third as long its all part of the cycle of birth death and renewal

Reinforce at-risk areas with suede patches imo.

wld u do that prolifically inside the denim or cover the holes with it or what?

personally ive just accepted that levis wear out fast, like they cost 1/3rd as much as some fancy selvedge and last one third as long its all part of the cycle of birth death and renewal

― lag∞n, Friday, March 27, 2015 3:33 PM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

after just buying some levi's and paying only $30/pair on average this is how i feel too, it won't be a huge deal if need to buy another pair in a year or two

I think the fashion forward thing to do is have it pre-emptively applied on top of the denim so the suede wears out first. Of course I never do this, instead I put the leather inside after there's already a hole, and machine-applique it into place.

yeah i dont want no suede patches on the outside of my jeans

Buy the heaviest weight denim you can find, like 20+ ounce

Then buy a wheelchair or segway to transport yourself around because you won't be able to move your legs

tbh goole i was strongly considering doing the levis shrink-to-fit 501s and even ordered a pair but i ended up with a few pairs of their other styles that fit me great immediately. i didn't trust the sizing estimates for buying STF 501s and didn't want to waste the money with a pair that didn't fit right after going through a whole tedious process.

lots of myths imo around "the perfect jean" that requires doing all kinds of silly things to get "the perfect fit" on a pair that "will last forever", idk maybe i just got lucky w/ the off-the-shelf pairs of the other levis or maybe they don't really fit me well and i'm just ignorant. anyways it just didn't seem worth the trouble. i am definitely not a jeans connoisseur though

I think my permanent jean routine is going to Uniqlo or H&M and buying a pair that I will about 5 or 6 days out of the week until a hole develops in the bottom of my back pocket where the corner of my wallet is.

All of my jeans get holes here first :-/

Also fuck a front wallet so don't even try

Women's Levi's jeans are not cheap enough to consider them disposable like that! They're like $80! There are web sales sometimes, but then if you buy a different color than before and the fabric has 1% more or less spandex or w/e, suddenly they don't fit anymore.

^ this forever

I have made about 6 pairs of various fabrics of jeans based around a pair of old wranglers that wore out on me.
Probably need to try making another style of trouser so that i have a fresh perspective on things.
Think I might get the California pants pattern based ona pair of 19th century button fly trousers.

but yeah, if i were you i would try to find some lightly worn $200-$300 jeans (i would look for LVCs) for around $100 on ebay

Felt for the first time I needed better jeans, so I hunted a bit and I've just won a pair of 'only worn 3 times' Iron Heart 634s on ebay for less-than-half-price (quite lazily listed so it got no real action). A bit nervous - not many photos & I hope I've got the sizing right – but intrigued to try good denim for the first time.

Actually what I tried to type was '16 pairs of jeans' made over the last year. They're not that difficult to do. Might be easier with a better sewing machine too.

i do shrink to fit 501s, one pair per year, they fit fine. they fade to a nice colour imo. they are cheap. there is some variation in how much i can get them to shrink, e.g. i got a pair of 1947s on sale and they barerly shrunk, but the regular line 501s shrink more. the +1" in the waist, +2-3" in the inseam rule of thumb is probably about right for those.

i destroy pockets before i destroy jeans themselves usually :(

u do the wearing them dry thing and all i think im gonna give it a try

I was LEGIT DENIM MAN for a short period and also had some of the repro 1947 501s that I didn't wash for six months, then did a shrink-to-fit thing, and then washed again at some point and overshrunk them a bit. they were really too warm for the summer, especially pre-washing

now I gave up and have these super-comfortable uniqlo things that claim to be jeans but have space age materials in them and they're very comfortable and idgaf

I wear topman jeans almost exclusively, as I mentioned before anything else and I have loads of bulky fabric swimming around ankles. Quality is p good, I get about a year's wear out of a good pair.

I'd like to get into better denim but I suspect even the skinniest selvedge cuts would be way too wide for me, maybe acne studios or apc might have a thin enough cut.

theres hella skinny cuts 4 u out there

Which brands? I've looked around quite a lot.

If all else fails you can get womens jeans

im no skinny jeans expert as ive got huge sausage legs but these r v skinny http://uscheckout.apc.fr/browse.cfm/4,3381.html

Prob still too big, it's not like I'm mega skinny generally, I just have fairly stick insect ankles and judging by the size of jeans, my thighs are skinny also, I reckon those apc jeans would be v sloppy on the ankles.

I wear topman super spray on and they just seem well fitting to me.

even when it looks on the model like they're skinny the jean will arrive and be flapping everywhere.

I could try women's jeans I guess, tho my waist is 32 so, shrug emoticon.

I prob could get jeans and get them shortened and tapered and the thigh might be fine, but off the peg I'm fighting a losing battle

they have very small leg openings!

I prob should go try some on!

I got these recently and they were awful - http://www.mrporter.com/en-gb/mens/rag_and_bone/slim-fit-denim-jeans/492251

Has reinforced my fears, I returned them obviously.

im luxuriating in these rn http://webshop.hankjobenhavn.com/products/245-jeans/1310-jeans-tapered---heavy-stonewash/

maybe check out their slim cut seem to have small leg opening/very tapered

really like most of the Han clothes

xpost yep I think I've considered their jeans before, Scandinavian brands tend to make v skinny cuts, apart from Norse

If all else fails you can get womens jeans

― 龜, Wednesday, April 1, 2015 5:25 PM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

although after looking at those acnes maybe this is might be worth a look

it's prob a combo of short/skinny legs, the jeans will be too long and most are a little baggy so unless I am getting them retailored they will look shit from the shin down

or this might be one for my psychiatrist idk

as a child I was made to wear baggy hand me downs

yah nudies are pretty slim imo, I think they're northern european

or this might be one for my psychiatrist idk

― Junior Dictionary (LocalGarda), Wednesday, April 1, 2015 5:44 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ha i didnt want to say but

I prob should go try some on!

I got these recently and they were awful - http://www.mrporter.com/en-gb/mens/rag_and_bone/slim-fit-denim-jeans/492251

Has reinforced my fears, I returned them obviously.

― Junior Dictionary (LocalGarda), Wednesday, April 1, 2015 5:36 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark

You shouldn't get anything with the word 'slim cut' in them if you want skinnies

Yeah I know, they just looked skinny though in the pics. Slim is a word with a wide meaning in men's fashion, for every 40 you spend on trousers the cut gets wider.

I am p sure though that all slim jeans look shit on me, joking aside, think as I said, most are a bit too long but also baggy.

I wear these, like a 15 yr old emo, but I'm confident they look well: http://www.topman.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?beginIndex=0&viewAllFlag=&catalogId=33056&storeId=12555&productId=17435337&langId=-1&categoryId=&parent_category_rn=&searchTerm=TM69D12JBLK&resultCount=1&geoip=home

In summer I'll wear a slim chino cos rolling it up tidies up the lower leg. Trousers are just a prob for me.

see you're going to a place called topman for pants, you need bottomman

I go there for underwear but it's just not well fitting enough I'm afraid.

I just use a small piece of phone cable now, it's all that fits under those jeans.

xp went there once and found the salesppl to be extremely passive

they need some direction for sure

hmmm... at W34, i think i'd feel pretty silly (and uncomfortable) wearing skinny jeans, but then i've never really tried wearing them. straight-legs feel pretty tight on me, but look baggier than i like or is fashionable.

don't wear skinny jeans because my knots won't fit

as someone with short and skinny legs i would rep for nudie's tight fits. i have a pair of their tight long johns with a 27 waist that i love and are by far the best fitting jeans i've ever had. i'm probably just going to buy another pair in a different colour because i can't be bothered to hunt around for ages for a pair that fit ok and then i inevitably get altered a month later when i'm fed up with them.

have any of you ever done the shrink to fit thing? any tips? does it work? for levi's, i'm thinking

i have a few pairs of 501s but damn if the fabric is not up to the role of being a jean. and/or the dimensions are just subtly off for my body. they fit just fine but the panels around each "quadrant" of the intersected seams at the crotch wear out in like less than a year. i've had a couple repaired and they still get shredded.

i feel like if i did this cowboy alchemy fit process, they wouldn't be stressed in this spot and would last longer. true? bullshit?

― goole, Friday, March 27, 2015 2:30 PM (3 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i tried it [maracas.jpg] and success was only partial

soo the 'official' levi's suggesch is to size up 2" waist and more on inseam (they only make inseams on the even numbers too); i read a bunch of blogs etc and found this one that seemed to have some clue what was up:

http://thighsbiggerthanyourhead.blogspot.com/2010/12/how-to-shrink-to-fit-stf-your-levis.html

and followed his process: +1" waist, +2" inseam

i wasn't able to wear them until dry, so i just hung 'em up overnight. and they didn't shrink that much! my normal size for pre-shrunk 501s is pretty snug, which i'm down with, and the shrink didn't get them close. the waist fit much higher, too. i wonder if the cuts aren't subtly more generous on the STFs to begin with?

about a week later, i gave the same pair a second soak (with a couple full pours of boiling water from my elecric kettle to goose the weak temp out my tub) and an overnight to dry and they were still a bit loose. that was about 5 days ago.

i think since then they've continued to tighten up tho; i'm wearing them now and they seem a little less roomy and didn't absolutely need to be cuffed.

so idk about cowboy alchemy but we'll see; in another month or so they could be my fave. i've also seen some people recommend doing STF w/o sizing up at all, maybe i'll give that a shot

Getting into babycord jeans for the summer. Got some really nice designs in fabric. & they're pretty unique. Just wish I could get more choices about fabric.
Wonder if there are still caches of psychedelic babycord lying around anywhere or if they've all already been found.
Just remember reading Anne-Marie of Sweet Charity talking about finding stuff in the early 80s. & I'm stuck with whatever I can locate now.

just bought some slim black UNIQLO selvedge jawn sfor $15 on clearance!

if you want a slim fit then basically just by your usual waist and at most 2" longer in the leg

So the "stretch selvedge" jeans (98% cotton 2% spandex) I got at UNIQLO less than a year ago already have a huge hole in the back pocket where my wallet is! I refuse to carry my wallet around anywhere else and it seems kinda nuts these got a hole in less than a year. I'm avoiding this not-100%-cotton selvedge in the future :/

This seems important

http://qz.com/747737/its-been-a-breakout-summer-for-mom-jeans/

love moms

Got some Hudson jeans last month ($60 randomly at a TJ Maxx rack) and they're as good as any I've owned. Working for a start-up-ish company where denim is the status thing among the guys running the place.

My go-to pair for the last year or so has been a pair of Steven Alan jeans I got on sale - kind of your standard faded mid-blue without anything weird in the fades, just a very good fitting pair of classic jeans.

"denim"

idk where to go for quality affordable "denim" now that UNIQLO has elastic in their selvedge jeans and my back pocket wore out in less than a year :(

nudies on sale iirc. idk, I'm over the artisanal selvedge don't-wash shrink-to-fit denim lifestyle

here's another question: why are there so many fucking brands of jeans, why??? what does each new jean company offer that 10 others did not previously already?

idk where to go for quality affordable "denim" now that UNIQLO has elastic in their selvedge jeans and my back pocket wore out in less than a year :(

― laraaji p. henson (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, August 15, 2016 2:07 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

gustin! just got nice medium-weight selvedge for 75 bucks during one of their stock sales.

black levis for me, they have become kind of a uniform

Gustin is annoying bc orders take so long to come and returns are a pain. The one thing I got from them, a pair of blue-blacks, was nice but their "slim" fit was way tighter than other slims the same size, and after I started lifting a little they no longer fit. I may eventually try again and get a straight fit.

that's why i buy when they have stock sales!

I also have a feeling their waist sizes are a little truer to size than the typical manufacturer, because the waist was always very tight even though in every other brand the same waist size fits me fine.

idk where to go for quality affordable "denim" now that UNIQLO has elastic in their selvedge jeans and my back pocket wore out in less than a year :(

This saddens me, my 2yr old uniqlos are the shit.. was gonna buy some more this week, figured my long and perilous jeans journey had finally ended

idk where to go for quality affordable "denim" now that UNIQLO has elastic in their selvedge jeans and my back pocket wore out in less than a year :(

the gap has pretty good japanese selvedge denim and you can usually find them on sale

xp yes, gustin waists are true to size unlike basically every other manufacturer.

I also have a feeling their waist sizes are a little truer to size than the typical manufacturer, because the waist was always very tight even though in every other brand the same waist size fits me fine.

― socka flocka-jones (man alive), Monday, August 15, 2016 3:05 PM (36 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I benefited from this because my friend ordered a size that was too small for him but perfect for me :)

there is no way i can bring myself to buy jeans online w/o first trying them on :(

I need new jeans, what should I get? I'm sick of Uniqlo's denim now that it's built for comfort but not durability (I get pocket blowouts in <1 year when I wear them regularly). I don't want to spend more than $100. Should I just keep getting $40 Uniqlo jeans every year or two?

oh also I have to be able to try them on first so no boutique web stores

I still think nudies makes good ones that are not "omg selvedge" or "must wear these six weeks without washing while carrying bricks to break them in" but idk it's been a few years since I bought any

Should I just keep getting $40 Uniqlo jeans every year or two?

it's not a bad idea if you like them

im wondering if i need to get my jeans hemmed. im only 5'7" and a 30" inseam is a little too long for me, it's really hard to find shorter jeans or pants than 30". right now i have them cuffed which is fine but the cuff is a little too deep than i'd otherwise wear

now I'm having a flashback to the time I realized this guy that works at the other end of the floor at work was a chive bro and not only wore a backward baseball cap on fridays but also boot cut jeans that had been dragging the ground until the back of the hem was blown out

boot cut hmmmm

you know what I'm talking about with this jeans dragging the ground thing, right

I was kind of in awe, that this late 90s college bro look was in front of me at work in 2015

you have to complete that look with black italian-style loafers iirc

yet again i'd recommend cos.

Hey MH I didn't know you worked here, we should go grab a beer sometime.

lol

hahaha

i managed to get some Neuw 'Iggy' jeans (not heard of the brand before but they were really decent) for quite cheap from TKMaxx. If I'd known I'd be so pleased with them, I'd have bought two pairs but they don't stock them any more.

good to hear others have that bro at work

even if Tombot is the bro, let's get some brews

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/i-wore-jnco-jeans-for-seven-days-to-find-myself

I need new jeans, what should I get? I'm sick of Uniqlo's denim now that it's built for comfort but not durability (I get pocket blowouts in <1 year when I wear them regularly). I don't want to spend more than $100. Should I just keep getting $40 Uniqlo jeans every year or two?

― Fluffy Saint-Bernard (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, February 16, 2017 6:40 AM (five hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i feel like just keep buying cheap is a good idea unless anyone has any recommendations for really high duality durable fancy jeans.

i used to wear nudies for years but just got into buying used 501s and stuff for a while there after going off skinny jeans, but just bought a pair of nudie thin finns, i will get back to you in a year as to whether they have fallen apart

do nudies run smaller than usual? the models on their site make them look like they're mostly super skinny cuts

I had one pretty regular sized pair and a skinnier pair, waist runs relatively true and not inflated

the waist seems true in that i could just about fit into a 32 but had to admit to myself I'm really a 33. they have a variety of cuts with some of them being v skinny. i wear thin finns and I'm a pretty skinny legged dude and they're pretty tight

waists on jeans stretch out really fast ime. i've been a 31 for years, but tried on a bunch of 31s recently that felt really tight and at first thought "oh i guess im a 32 now." after a day of wearing them they felt totally normal though.

that is true, you want them a bit snug to begin with for sure

my legs can't fit into anything smaller than a slim and even that is sometimes pretty snug

saw a couple cool designs

i need jeans as well, but i might just stick with levis

i just started buying more $ jeans and getting them repaired. crotch blows out on almost any pair unless they have that double layer that some companies build in now. i think if you search for cycling jeans you should findÉ anyway most cities should have someone who can chainstitch those badboys back up, nothing feels better than wearing a pair of jeans you've already been wearing for ages

I found out Levi's had discontinued the 527s and just went on Amazon and ordered six or seven pairs in different finishes

I'm that guy

I don't ever let the hems blow out though. Never even fray - busted ass clothes are for more dedicated hobros than me

oh shit maybe I should check out those Levi's Commuter jeans?

wait acc to the website they redesigned them and they have terrible reviews now :(

WHY CAN'T I JUST FIND GOOD KINDA-SLIM DURABLE RAW/SELVEDGE JEANS FOR UNDER $100

i've not worn uniqlo jeans but have bought other clothes from them (in japan though, not sure if that makes a difference) and i like the quality and style for the price

i like levi's for the same reasons

though ag and rag&bone are good, long lasting jeans if you can find a style you like (don't see any good ones on their sites right now), but they are more expensive

jeans don't last long.

be at peace.

i embrace my worn out jeans and actually prefer them

me too. i have two pairs in rotation and feel like i'm eating my greens when i wear the newer pair.

i wear the newer ones to work and the old ones on weekends

hmm some cheap cos jeans on sale rn

gap actually has some decent jeans and they're probably mostly or all on sale since the company is struggling

I picked up a pair of dark regular-fit selvedge jeans for 10 DAMN DOLLARS at Uniqlo and I looooooooove them!!! I have not worn non-slim jeans in 10 years and I really love them a lot????

yeah it's interesting to go away from slim jeans, feels like a departure

non-slim jeans feel less fussy