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lauraanne_gilmanSo, there's this entire article in the New York Times about the new trend in menswear being skiny, skinny jeans. Really skinny, so much so that you have to make like a greased acrobat to slide into them.
They claim it's a reaction away from the preponderance of boot-cut styles over the past few years.
Uh-huh.
Fashion Industry Guys? Here's a clue. Design jeans that fit, are comfortable, that give you enough room to walk without chafing but don't slide off your ass or flap around the ankles, that hug the form but don't divulge what you had for lunch, and we will buy them, male and female. Maybe not at the $500-700 price tags you were quoting or these uber-punk style jeans, no, but we'll buy them in quantity, oh yeah.
Oh, and make them available in basic black, and a couple of shades of blue, and maybe a nice weathered gray or brown, and we'll buy one of each. Maybe two. I have no interest in acid-washed, pre-ripped, ultra-faded or pre-stained. I can do all those things myself -- that's what jeans are for!
They claim it's a reaction away from the preponderance of boot-cut styles over the past few years.
Uh-huh.
Fashion Industry Guys? Here's a clue. Design jeans that fit, are comfortable, that give you enough room to walk without chafing but don't slide off your ass or flap around the ankles, that hug the form but don't divulge what you had for lunch, and we will buy them, male and female. Maybe not at the $500-700 price tags you were quoting or these uber-punk style jeans, no, but we'll buy them in quantity, oh yeah.
Oh, and make them available in basic black, and a couple of shades of blue, and maybe a nice weathered gray or brown, and we'll buy one of each. Maybe two. I have no interest in acid-washed, pre-ripped, ultra-faded or pre-stained. I can do all those things myself -- that's what jeans are for!
