Jeans have been around in one form or another since the nineteenth century, yet are still considered modern, and too 'edgy' for the workplace. If ever a pair of trousers could be described as an anti-establishment icon, it's jeans.
Jeans are everywhere, with denim once even being used as upholstery material for a limited edition of the Volkswagen Beetle. Jeans have been sported by virtually everyone at some pint - in fact the only people I can thunk of never to have been seen in a pair of denims are John Lydon, various church leaders in their 80s, and, err, that's about it.
The colour and the style of jeans changes all the time, of course, but not so radically that they are ever unrecognisable. Thankfully some trends look to have disappeared permanently (wine coloured denims, anyone?) while some are yet to be invented. Recent trends (some good, some not so good) have included:
*Integral staining - (artificially made to look like the wearer has been smearing jeans with silt
*Fake biro - jeans designed to look like they've been defaced/ doodled on
*Permacrush - jeans made to look like they've spent eternity at the bottom of a pile of washing and have suddenly been picked up and worn
*wacky embroidery - frogs, sequins, etc
*And the funniest one of all - jeans with flames printed on them. So you can look like you're being barbecued. A mad and repellent idea. Especially at £150.
The choice of what's available has actually increased lately as well, what with the amount of info available on the web. There are blogs by jeans collectors/ experts, websites for fashion houses, auction sites, stores. For mens jeans online, it's fair to say we are spoilt for choice.
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