Get excited.
I marked the beginning of winter by purchasing some from Dejour Jeans. If you are in Melbourne, this place in Brunswick is a must as they are a tiny candy shop with stacks and stacks of jeans in various colours and fits, and they tailor them to you; shortening the legs, taking in the waist or getting rid of crinkles around the knees all with a flick of their tailor's chalk and sometimes within the hour.
My new black high waisted skinnies from Dejour fit like a second denim dreamskin. They are shaped and hold all the good bits in. They require me to do a wiggly dance to put them on and give me a red mark around my waist that looks like I have had a caesarean if I eat too much. I also got some green corduroy skinnies which are super cool but I have no idea what to wear with and when I tried them on at home I had that "these don't belong on me" feeling that you get when your eyebrows are dyed too dark or you are wearing shoes that are too big. Don't get jealous now.
Re-adjust your waistbands and slither into you slacks: here is a brief Jean-elogy.
17th Century- Jean and Dungaree were crucial textiles from the working class people in Italy, France, England and India as they were so robust
1800- Massena's troops entered the town a with uniforms cut from blue cloth called "bleu de Genes"
1871- Jacob Davis called them "Blue Jeans"
1873- Blue jeans were patented by Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis
1950- James Dean wore them in "Rebel Without a Cause" - wearing jeans was a symbol of youth rebellion and was banned in theatres and restaurants
1960- Both men's and women's jeans had the zipper down the front, generally fit quite loosely, much like a pair of bib overalls without the bib. Until 1960, Levi Strauss called its flagship product "waist overalls" rather than "jeans".
1970- Jeans were general fashion for casual wear in the US- Flares in particular
2011- "Jeggings" enters the 12 Edition of the Oxford Concise Dictionary
2015- with the popularisation of Normcore, Mom jeans are back in fashion, as are ripped jeans with perfectly symmetrical rips in the knees, and yoga pants being accepted as normal pants to wear everywhere, regardless of whether you actually do yoga or not.
Does your muffin top overflow?
Do we see that part of your butt that you're not supposed to show?
Do you change in to your jeggings
That aren't jeans, they're just pretending, do your jeans ride low?"
If you answered yes to any of these, I knew your pain once. Avoid the breeze around your kidneys, detest the trend for the factory distressed, and take the time to find the fit that makes you look fit. Be it mid-waist or bootleg, show some taste and avoid the jeg.
Winter is tough. It's dark when you wake up, it's dark when you get home. Your feet get wet, your skin gets dry and your nose gets crusty like a cracked nipple from blowing it too much. But find yourself a hard-wearing winter essential (that requires you to do a wiggly dance to get into to warm up) and your legs will be laughing.
Jean-uinely.
Jj
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