Choosing the Right Pair of Jeans For Men
Jeans are the bedrock of most casual dress these days – and are increasingly even being seen in the office. They originated as work wear for the likes of miners and were designed primarily for function and durability, but today are far more likely to be seen hanging off the waist of some hipster dude in a bar or a 9-5 kind of guy out washing his car.
No surprise then that the jeans buyer is presented with an enormous and dizzing array of choice when out looking for a pair. So what to buy? While the matter of personal taste is subjective there are a few key things to think about when you’re buying jeans.
Where will you be wearing them?
If you’re planning to buy some jeans for general knocking-around-the-house duties then you should probably factor in price as a critical factor. Day to day jobs that involve kneeling or coming into contact with mud or water (perhaps gardening) are going to damage your jeans pretty quickly, so it would be daftness itself to spend a fortune. Most supermarket chains carry budget lines, and even high street stores now carry ‘own brand’ jeans that can be picked up pretty cheap. Read more
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Downtown L.A. Fashion Week? M.I.A.
Passion revealed? Not so much.
Mode Israel? Unless it’s operating in “stealth mode,” it’s currently another one of the events from last season’s crowded fashion calendar that seems to have quietly disappeared off the Los Angeles Fashion Week map.
Ever since the five-year partnership between events producer IMG and Smashbox Studios ended in October 2008, L.A. Fashion Week has languished without a lead event. Groups of every stripe have rushed in to fill the void, culminating in last fall’s fashion month, which nearly spanned October.
Five months later, the fashion feast has turned to famine, and most of the groups that have staged runway events in past seasons have dropped off the calendar — including the organizers of Downtown Los Angeles Fashion Week. Read more