How jeans conquered the world (2012)
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Re: How jeans conquered the world (2012)
#2A far as male pants/trousers go, your choices are basically jeans, corduroys, or khakis (chinos). Corduroys are uncomfortably warm, IME, and of the remaining two jeans are a clear winner for convenience: they don't need to be ironed (chinos look terrible as soon as they get even slightly wrinkled, jeans do not), and they better conceal small spills and stains. Not much more to it than that, for me.
Re: How jeans conquered the world (2012)
#3A far as male pants/trousers go, your choices are basically jeans, corduroys, or khakis (chinos). Corduroys are uncomfortably warm, IME, and of the remaining two jeans are a clear winner for convenience: they don't need to be ironed (chinos look terrible as soon as they get even slightly wrinkled, jeans do not), and they better conceal small spills and stains. Not much more to it than that, for me.
Agreed. My favourite thing about jeans are the lack of care they require, and their ability to hide stains!
Re: How jeans conquered the world (2012)
#4A far as male pants/trousers go, your choices are basically jeans, corduroys, or khakis (chinos). Corduroys are uncomfortably warm, IME, and of the remaining two jeans are a clear winner for convenience: they don't need to be ironed (chinos look terrible as soon as they get even slightly wrinkled, jeans do not), and they better conceal small spills and stains. Not much more to it than that, for me.
Depending on your line of work, wool trousers are daily wear
Re: How jeans conquered the world (2012)
#5A far as male pants/trousers go, your choices are basically jeans, corduroys, or khakis (chinos). Corduroys are uncomfortably warm, IME, and of the remaining two jeans are a clear winner for convenience: they don't need to be ironed (chinos look terrible as soon as they get even slightly wrinkled, jeans do not), and they better conceal small spills and stains. Not much more to it than that, for me.
Depending on your line of work, wool trousers are daily wear
Good point. But I'm a West Coast software engineer specifically to avoid that ;)
Re: How jeans conquered the world (2012)
#6A far as male pants/trousers go, your choices are basically jeans, corduroys, or khakis (chinos). Corduroys are uncomfortably warm, IME, and of the remaining two jeans are a clear winner for convenience: they don't need to be ironed (chinos look terrible as soon as they get even slightly wrinkled, jeans do not), and they better conceal small spills and stains. Not much more to it than that, for me.
I've settled on black jeans and black tennis shoes for my usual outfit. Makes wearing bright shirts easy, maintenance is trivial, still looks nice enough to wear on stage if I'm giving a presentation at a conference.
Re: How jeans conquered the world (2012)
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
Depending on your line of work, wool trousers are daily wear
Good point. But I'm a West Coast software engineer specifically to avoid that ;)
Just saying, your list of options there is pretty limited. You could also do something like these duck cotton jeans: https://www.ironheart.co.uk/bottoms/ih-666d.html
Re: How jeans conquered the world (2012)
#8Japan is at the pinnacle of denim these days (although the US is catching up again). If you want to go off the deep end, take a look at SF based Self Edge [http://www.selfedge.com] or NY based Blue in Green [https://blueingreensoho.com/]
Re: How jeans conquered the world (2012)
#9A far as male pants/trousers go, your choices are basically jeans, corduroys, or khakis (chinos). Corduroys are uncomfortably warm, IME, and of the remaining two jeans are a clear winner for convenience: they don't need to be ironed (chinos look terrible as soon as they get even slightly wrinkled, jeans do not), and they better conceal small spills and stains. Not much more to it than that, for me.
Yes, choice is very limited.
Yet ... still when I need to find a pair of trousers, it can take me half a day of shopping.
Online shopping is no good either, because I can't just write "low waist boot cut jeans, size 32/34" in any search engine. Even Amazon can't grok it.
Seriously, somebody should fill that market gap.
Re: How jeans conquered the world (2012)
#10It's surprisingly difficult to find a pair of jeans that I really like, and I've taken to altering my own to make up for the shortcomings.
Nearly all have reduced the number of belt loops to 5, so I always add 2 more in the back on either side.
I've started seeing really short zippers, which is unfixable and best to avoid.
I've noticed a lot of ill fitting jeans bunch around the crotch or suffer from being a "cheap hotel". Also unfixable.
Most are not lined inside around the waist and pockets.
Sometimes the pocket hole is cut too high, making it awkward to put your hand in the pocket. Or worse, theres not enough give on the pocket to fit your hand in.
Buttons and buttonholes don't always match well, especially on a button fly. I think it's easier to enlarge the holes, but sometimes the buttons can be oddly small.
And of course measurements are unreliable, but that's true of all clothes.
These are nitpicky things, but I notice them all the time at all price ranges. I expect they're decisions made out of carelessness, or to save costs, or because that was the intend result. Cynically, I believe carelessness is the most common cause.