Posts with tag denim

Some clothing companies call themselves green after making just a little effort to be more eco-friendly, but James Jeans just keeps improving. Co-founder and creative director of the line, Seun Lim, is moving swiftly forward, incorporating more eco-friendly practices each season.

There are so many different types of jeans that it could really make a girl crazy. Let's cut to the chase. There are four crucial pairs that we should all have in our closets.

Black denim, thrashed within an inch of its life, is hot for fall. And, judging by Martin Margiela's Spring 2009 collection, will continue to be hot through that season, too. So what's a girl on a budget to do?

We all know what a muffin top is, and we're pretty sure that nobody's a fan. Almost anyone can be a victim -- very few people, regardless of size, are free of pudge down near their hips, and the wrong pants paired with the wrong top is all you need to cause a bit of oozing. Fortunately, the right pants and top can help!

Most of us in the world of fashion were slightly taken aback when Katie Holmes started sporting what looked like her husband's jeans, pegged and rolled to the ankle. We were sure it was a fluke, but she kept showing up in them, and before long, we stopped being surprised. Heck, we even stopped making faces about it.

This week, let's take a moment to celebrate the delightfully heinous crimes against denim witnessed on eBay. We've already brought you:

Bad Jean Jacket #1
Bad Jean Jacket #2
& Bad Jean Jacket #3

Here are #4-8, starting with this one.

A patch on your jean jacket is sort of sweet, in an "I was once a girl/boy scout and I dig patches" kind of way. This many patches? Batdung crazy.

This jacket includes patches such as:

Madrid
American Indian guy
American Indian guy #2
Ladybug
Bear with hat on
Giraffe
Elephant
Rag doll
Rainbow
French weathervane
Skull

WTF? See the gallery for more eBay denim disasters.

Ach! Too! Busy! Cripes! Eyes! Burning!

Be careful with denim, people. This is an example of where a simple crime against denim could lead to total outfit mayhem. We don't care what you're wearing under that jacket; we take one look at it and we're having a seizure on the floor.

This jean jacket from Josephs-colours-sells on eBay is a Coldwater Creek from the underacknowledged realm of "trying to look like your mother and doing it wrong."

WTF? This is so obviously wrong.

It's like this. The jacket was too long so they decided to cut it. Then, while they got ready to cut it, they had seven martinis and decided it would be really funny if they just cut some of it off. We can just see this being a good idea at like, 3am:

"Yeah, you know...like coattails...but on the sides...of this denim jacket...with three quarter sleeves and an awkward, sideways belly-flap."

But that idea should have been trumped in the morning.

Ah, the fall wedding season. If you're getting married, you probably have a ton of wedding-related events to attend. As it gets a little chilly, you kinda start to wish you could just wear your blue jeans.

Enter a totally ridiculous solution: Wedding Belle Blues. Here you can find several different styles of jeans adorned with lace and ribbons to make them...bridely.

This may seem to be a crime against denim, but weddings are somewhat costume-y events. You might never, never wear those jeans again (oh god please don't), but they are, in fact, appropriate just this once.

So, have a look at the gallery below with a sense of drama and humor, and enjoy the lacy ass jeans.

It must be fall. Get out your bad jean jackets.

Here, on sale from Cerry5354, we have a green satin disaster. This is like a castoff from that scene in Return to Oz when Dorothy had to touch everything that was green to bring Oz back to life or something, I don't know, I was only half watching by that point because that Rock dude really freaked my shiz out. And the flying moose box. WTF, moose box? Anyway, all the stuff that was green in that scene was like, really awkwardly and sort of aggressively green. Like this jacket.

Also, can we take a moment to appreciate the fact that Dorothy was played by Fairuza Balk? Thanks.

So. Our economy sucks. No, really! Just ask these guys. And as a consequence, that extra fifty bucks one has leftover after paying all of their bills is probably going towards a gas stipend or in their savings account.

But we're kind of reckless and we all love to consume, especially things that are not in our budget, so clothing brands are coming up with all types of absurd marketing plans to convince us that even in this recession, we can not live with out designer duds.

Case in point: Levi's will be joining the Logo unit for MTV networks for a campaign entitled, "Logo Unbuttoned." It gets its name from the Levi's 501 campaign that first debuted in July, "Live Unbuttoned." So, to review: Levi's has temporarily hijacked the title of the gay and lesbian oriented Logo network so it can "be the sole sponsor of a program block that Logo plans to introduce on Oct. 12, "Saturday Nights Unbuttoned Presented by Levi's," which will run from 1 to 3 a.m. on Sunday mornings."

Will our ultra amazing gay and lesbian brothers and sisters be more inclined to purchase Levi's 501 jeans once the campaign ends on October 12th? No. But we give the denim label an 'A' for effort.

[via NY Times]

What makes a good pair of jeans? A comfy waist? The right fit in the thighs? If you ask Heidi Klum, the answer is simple -- "It's very important to have a little bit of something fun on the butt."

At an event last week celebrating the launch of this seasons Heidi Klum by Jordache denim line, Heidi was all about the booty talk, saying, "The first thing girls do is turn around and look in the mirror and they look at what their butts look like. It has to look right and as perfect as possible."

In between the hubub of Fashion Week parties and runway shows were celebrity meet and greets -- events where designers or celebrities with clothing lines mixed with press and fans. My favorite was the one by Heidi Klum held at Bloomingdales in New York City's Upper West Side. She was super nice to all the reporters, switching effortlessly from English to German depending on the nationality of whoever she was speaking with.

The creators of 4 Stroke Jeans know how to make their denim look appealing--by putting it on Keith Richards' model-slash-socialite daughter, Theodora.

The company, which launched nearly two years ago, names each of its denim styles after a famous concert venue. And in keeping with one of the music industry's favorite pet causes, 4 Stroke is also eco-friendly, using organic fabrics and laundries that recycle their water.

Our favorite look from 4 Stroke's latest collection is the Saville jean, a wide-legged, dark-denim pair that we're sure Theodora's mother, former model Patti Hansen, would have swooned over in the 1970s.

When you think of the different body types out there, and then consider the number of styles of jeans on the market, it's no wonder that finding the perfect pair of jeans for your specific body can be overwhelming, to say the least. And then, when you factor in not only fit, but also age and event appropriateness (a 30- or 40-year-old woman should probably wear a different style than a 16-year-old girl), it just gets more confusing.

Fortunately, Redbook did some dutiful denim research and found some jeans for everybody and every body. They found styles to flatter all kinds of figures, so whether your big booty needs a boost or your rear is a bit wider than you'd like, there's a jean for you.

Check out the gallery to see what kinds of jeans will work for your body type, but regardless of your shape, keep in mind the following rules: