Opening Ceremony is known for being really fashion forward, but sometimes it's so forward that, like Thelma and Louise, it goes too far and just drives right off the cliff resulting in a total wreck. Case in point: these friggin' pants.
Sometimes when you mix two things that don't naturally go together, you get something magical—like salty caramels or a mule. But sometimes things go terribly wrong, and you end up with a hideous mutant. That is exactly what happened here, with this unholy combination of cargo shorts and a denim waist. (They're so ugly…
Who will mourn the death of sandblasted jeans? Very few people, hopefully, as it's the year 2012 and nobody should be rocking distressed denim anymore, but also because the process workers use to make jeans look fashionably worn-in is horrible for their health — sandblasters end up breathing in a large amount of…
A station in Philadelphia has been re-running the '80s teen dance show Dancin' on Air, and this video captured by FourFour blogger (and Pot Psychologist) Rich Juzwiak shows what we're missing by living in a time when head to toe denim is neither encouraged nor acceptable. Sadly, one can no longer purchase suspender…
Today's date is a monumental one for members of the 5,000 weirdo strong Corduroy Appreciation Club. After all, 11/11/11 is the date that most resembles their beloved fabric.
Sometimes marketing is so absurd that I am tied into knots trying to understand how an advertisement could possibly have been made and set loose into the world. Like this ad for Zappos, sent in by Cheryl S., that claims it sells jeans in "fits for every body type":
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.
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]
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:
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]
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]
And I'm just gonna go there: were they really that bad? The Washington Post's Robin Givhan says yes.
Um. What does the economy have to do with jeans?
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 …
Apparel brand Fiorana is creating a special line of jeans cut specifically for "Latina bodies", reports one fairly-annoyed Latina Advertising Age columnist. Says Fiorana president/founder Mike Braden: "The Latina body is different in waist and hip structure. When wearing Anglo cut jeans, there is always a fit problem…
Though we're quick to mock the folks over at Vogue and W's sister site Style.com, they get a gold star for this one. With Rachel Zoe and Victoria Beckham both putting out books on the rules of style, Style.com editors decided to pit Posh and Raisin-Face's pearls of wisdom against old school style authoress Anne…
Of all the women's 'service' magazines, Marie Claire seems the most well-meaning. Unlike its competitors, the magazine has none of those Jekyll & Hyde-type "Love Your Body... But Lose 10 Lbs. Fast" sorts of stories. No ridiculous tips on incorporating foodstuffs into sex play. And it has a global perspective often missing …
We wish the following statement weren't true: Some of us are fascinated by the fascination with Victoria Beckham. Don't get us wrong, she was always our favorite Spice Girl (she was the only one who seemed to get how funny it all was, she couldn't really sing, she wasn't even necessarily conventionally pretty, but she…
