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Before I proceed to rip apart what's got to be the worst clothing item I've seen since the Forever Lazy, I have an admission to make: I love jeggings. I think they're comfortable and I wear them nearly every day. (I would never wear them in the place of jeans, or pretend they're not what they are.) That said, what in fucking hell inspired this company to come up with a trashier-looking version of pajama jeans — but for men? More »
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A young woman was recently barred from taking an exam at BYU-Idaho because an employee at the University testing center felt her pants were too tight. Now some Mormon bloggers are coming to her defense. More »
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"I haven't seen anyone come out sobbing, but some were definitely devastated." So says Jennifer Althouse, the buyer at American Rag, a store in L.A. which has just installed an "ass cam." A dressing room camera offering a rear view. More »
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• The cover of this magazine has been out for a while, but only the full spread reveals just how well Marc works a handbag. [Fashionologie]
• Trendy label Eleven Paris booked Zoe Kravitz and model Ash Stymest for its lookbook. [TLF]

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• To further her plan for wold domination, Snooki — author, slipper-wearer, and cultural touchstone to millions — will soon be pimping a slew of licensed products, including jewelry (a NYE ball necklace!), clothing, and sunglasses. [NYPost]

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• Want free jeans? Don't mind handing a corporation access to your personal data and real-time location? Gap will give away 10,000 pairs of jeans to Facebook fans who "check in" to its stores on an as-yet-unannounced date tomorrow. [Fashionista]

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A Levi's ad has the word "ass" in it. Old Navy said "booty." And someone "referred to his hindquarters as ‘butt'" in an ad. America's decency is going to shit. More »
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• Courtney Love hired Michael Mouris to create a short animated video about her life. Karl Lagerfeld comes to her and tells her she is "drowning in the kook," like a Teutonic fairy godmother of style. It is awesome. [WWD]

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Brooke Shields still fits in the Calvin Klein jeans from her iconic 1980 ads. "I looked like a sausage," she said on Ellen, "but I was going to get them zipped up if it was the last thing I did." More »
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• This makes so much sense! Levi's sizing system is now taking into account one very important metric: your ass. Because bodies are three-dimensional, and sometimes people with the same measurements are very different shapes.

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The folks at Old Navy swear that they've got the perfect jeans for your body shape. Hence: The "Booty Reader." Like the love child of Miss Cleo and Sir Mix-A-Lot, she likes big butts and she cannot lie. More »
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According to a Consumer Reports/ShopSmart survey, the average woman owns seven pairs of jeans, but only wears four. Possible explanations: Women buy "aspirational" sizes, jeans go out of style, or you're still hoping to repair that weird crotch tear. More »
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Jeans have gone from from workwear, to rebelwear, to wear-anywhere. They are the universal empty point around which a wardrobe is calibrated. And while they are manufactured in more sizes, styles, and washes than ever before, jeans shopping is hell. More »
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Meet Obama Jeanswear, Rwanda's denim tribute to the POTUS. Says Racked, "We love how Obama Jeanswear creatively re-interprets the seal of the United States into something a little more imperial, flanking a shield with griffins and whatnot." [Racked] More »
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Today, the Times deplores men's "mom jeans." My initial thought was, who cares? Then I saw that professional I'm-Not-Even-Trying-Anymore crank Liz Jones had declared that she "can't stand men who wear baseball caps," so, probably her. But, seriously, non-crazies: More »
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Today in allegedly-empowering-but-actually-annoying research, a survey revealed that more British women wanted to look like Kate Winslet than like Victoria Beckham. And over a quarter of women in another survey said fitting into old jeans would feel better than sex. More »
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The New York Observer's Michael Miller checked out the new Body by Calvin Klein Jeans, which have a "body-defining fit for an enhanced profile." In other words: A padded fly. More »
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The next generation of maternity jeans: Denim Therapy will transform your favorites into expectant with the use of some artful elastic paneling. Of course, they're then permanently maternity, but whatevs. [Inventor-Spot] More »
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Jeanswest, an Australian clothing chain, has introduced a "butt cam" to dressing rooms, designed to provide a "butt view of what they look like in the latest denim styles." [Reuters] More »
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It was probably inevitable: gyms have started offering a "Skinny Jeans Workout, specifically designed to get rid of those annoying little bulges and bumps" that interfere with the line of a skintight, circulation-impairing, unflattering pair of pants. [CNN] More »
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And I'm just gonna go there: were they really that bad? The Washington Post's Robin Givhan says yes. More »
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If you insist on wearing jeans so tight they "compresss the nerve in your groin" and make your legs tingle, CBS Healthwatch recommends a safe - and chic! - option: denim-print leggings. More »
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Just when we thought we'd beaten that dead horse, today there are three big stories about fashion, plus-sized women and Beth Ditto. More »
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Yesterday, commenter Bananaballs complained about hipsters sagging their skinny jeans. "Saggy pants be causin' confusion. The kids here in NYC SAG THEIR SKINNY JEANS. Pick a decade, folks!" Well now they don't have to! [InventorSpot] More »
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The March issue of Cosmo's "How To Stretch Your Clothes" story has a novel idea for those of you who like pricey, shredded designer jeans: Just cut holes in cheap jeans! Click to enlarge. More »
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High-end J Brand Jeans have introduced J Brand Blue Label, with "a more generous cut in the leg and contoured waistbands to fit curvier girls." Don't really understand why J Brand can't just make a jean that flatters curves rather than ghetto-izing...but, progress? [Fashionista] More »
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Greetings! I'm Eva, the newest CN Jezebelle! I'm replacing Maureen as the "arbiter of 'controversy'" on the site. But then I started reading Maureen's postings and I didn't understand what all the "controversy" was about. She was just like any college student who likes Obama and taxing rich people! Maybe Maureen is just an example of how anything can be "controversial" if you want it to be. And in fact that is a good trick: if you don't have an opinion about something or someone but you just say "Well, it's very controversial," people will think you are smart...and maybe even British. But British people say, "con-TRAH-versy." Not everyone can get away with saying it the British way. British accents are like matte red lipstick in that way. Speaking of: Can you pull red lipstick off? It isn't easy. Lauren Conrad does it but she has a stylist, although I hear she is in training to do it herself. Doing it yourself is an achievement, like a juice fast or a triathlon. Of course, when you achieve anything you are bound to be considered "controversial," like Lauren. Here are four other Controversies You Should Consider Entering right now. More »
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• Fresh off her appearance on the cover of the June Glamour, Jennifer Lopez will grace the cover of Conde Nast's supremely stupid supplement Fashion Rocks. We don't know if it's more retarded that Jennifer Lopez is supposed to represent "rock" or that Conde Nast is so used to putting pointless, overexposed celebrities on their covers to sell newsstand copies that they did it on a supplement. [WWD, 2nd item]

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• Publishing heiress Lydia Hearst previews her new line of "Lydia" bags for Puma with the following deep thoughts: "I'm not the same person today that I will be tomorrow—I'm constantly changing. Even though it's the same bag, they're all completely different..." Right, they come in three colors. [FWD]

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July's Glamour screams "Found! The sexiest jeans for every size" and beneath the hysteria is an extremely useful feature on jeans to fit every body (well, obviously not real fatties like us) and tips on how to make the best of what you've got once you've squeezed yourself into your jeans. The best fun is over at glamour.com where you can customize a virtual model and try on a whole bunch of styles. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=180629&view=rss&microfeed=true Low rise jeans seemed like such a good idea when we were all young and lithe and had never even heard of love-handles. But these days, those of us who eat more than a grape a day fret under the tyranny of of nubile teenage jeans that mercilessly expose our muffin-like countours to a laughing world. More »
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