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NEWS ABOUT: jeans

jeans stories: 14 news summaries

 Say Goodbye to $600 Jeans 

Thanks to the recession, premium denim comes at a lower premium

Oct 29, 09 11:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - If you couldn't afford a pair of "premium jeans" last year, maybe you can now. Though the basic components of jeans haven't changed in decades, prices skyrocketed early in the decade—but thanks to the recession, designer denim that might have gone for more than $300 two years ago... More »

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fashion • jeans • denim • Jay-ZTV • designer fashion • trends





 Now in Halls of Power: Jeans 


Denim goes from workwear to choice of the business classes

Oct 29, 09 4:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jeans used to be the uniform of teen rebels but they're now the pants of choice for world leaders and top execs trying to signal that they're serious but modern. "Dad jeans" and stonewashed denim are still no-nos in the halls of power, but crisp, pressed "power jeans"... More »

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Steve Jobs • fashion • jeans • President Obama • menswear

 New CK Jeans 
 Give You the 
 Back—or Front 
 —You Want 

Designer gives butt a lift and fly a boost

Aug 27, 09 12:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Good news for the flat-bottomed: Calvin Klein’s Body jeans do for your lower half what a push-up bra does for your upper half, the New York Post reports—and both men and women can get a lift from the new line. The ladies get a rounder, more flattering... More »

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fashion • jeans • Calvin Klein • fashion label • denim • Jay-ZTV

New Gap Jeans Compete With Designer Denim

But for about a quarter of the price

Aug 14, 09 11:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gap is taking on the reigning kings of designer denim with its new jeans revamp in an effort “to reinvent Gap as a place of authority on denim,” the company's president says. Gone are the old designs—all of them. In their place are six new styles that... More »

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fashion • jeans • Gap • denim • Jay-ZTV • designer fashion

Obama on
The Jeans: 'I'm
a Little Frumpy'

Prez makes no apologies for All-Star get-up: 'I'm not 20'

Jul 21, 09 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama will go to bat for his health care plan, but he won’t defend his pants. Asked on NBC’s Today Show about the “dad jeans” he wore at last week’s All-Star Game, Obama punted. “I’m a little frumpy,” he confided. “I... More »

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Barack Obama • fashion • All Star Game • jeans • baseball • Today show • President Obama

Skinny Jeans Craze Puts
the Squeeze
on Guys

Style trumps comfort as trend hits not-so-hip

Jul 6, 09 12:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - The market for skinny jeans is expanding, as more and more men looking to show off their assets are pouring themselves into tight fitting styles, the Wall Street Journal reports. But as they target a crowd beyond the usual hipsters, skaters, and hip-hoppers, manufacturers are giving customers a bit of... More »

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fashion • pants • jeans • clothing • Gap • trend • skinny jeans • women's issues • Levi Strauss

(Newser) - Calvin Klein has ditched a controversial Manhattan "foursome" billboard after angry New Yorkers complained that the ad was too much even for them, reports the New York Daily News. The ad, showing a teenage girl wearing only her Calvins making out with two stud muffins on a couch, as... More »

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New York City • Manhattan • jeans • Calvin Klein • bikini • orgy • billboards

 Skinny Jeans: Health Hazard 


May 22, 09 2:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Skinny jeans might be crushing nerves in the very thighs they’re supposed to flatter, MSNBC reports. Experts say they’ve seen a spat of young women suffering from meralgia paresthetica, or “tingling thigh syndrome,” caused by wearing ridiculously tight jeans. It occurs whenever constant pressure is applied... More »

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pinched nerve • jeans • nerves • Jay-ZTV • skinny jeans • meralgia paresthetica • tingling thigh syndrome

 Designer Jeans 
 Thrive in Tight Times 

Pants provide 'affordable luxury'

May 22, 09 9:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - The economy may be tight, but consumers aren’t cutting their pricey denim loose, the Los Angeles Times reports. Sales of premium brand jeans climbed 17% in 2008 and continued a smaller increase into this year—one of the few bits of good news for retailers. A new “focus... More »

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fashion • recession • pants • jeans • fashion designer • Jay-ZTV

 Hipster Jesus Unveiled 

Jesus given jeans and a trim for British church's new statue

May 14, 09 2:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Catholic church in Britain has given Jesus a 21st century makeover, the Daily Telegraph reports. Uckfield Catholic Church's "Jesus in Jeans" sculpture, to be hoisted to the top of its bell tower this week, depicts a rockin' Jesus with a trim haircut and sporting baggy jeans. The design... More »

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church • sculpture • statue • jeans • Britain • Jesus Christ • Jay-ZTV

OPINION

 Why Jeans Are Evil 


Apr 16, 09 7:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Across America, men, women, and children are wearing the same pants: jeans. Not only a sartorial crime, the trend is an “obnoxious misuse of freedom,” rails George Will of the Washington Post. Levi Strauss set out to make tough pants for 49ers who spent all day... More »

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fashion • jeans • George Will • denim

OPINION


 Saggy-Pants 
 Debates Just 
 Hot Air 

'Legislative tailors' have their way across America

Mar 4, 09 1:51 AM CST
(Newser) - Legal battles against sagging pants are being waged across the US at an absurd rate, writes Greg Beato in Reason. Detractors argue that exposing large “swathes of underwear” should be banned, particularly because the  style emulates prison attire and to wear them is “to embrace criminality.” “... More »

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fashion • crime • baggy pants • style • jeans • Bill Maher Grid

 Denim Detective
 Unzips Fake
 Jeans Biz

Designers hire PI's to protect their bottom lines

Sep 6, 08 5:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chris Johnson likes collecting women's jeans, but he doesn't wear them—he's one of hundreds of fashion detectives hired by designers to spot knockoffs, the Los Angeles Times reports. Johnson trolls stores and Internet sites for clients like True Religion who want to put counterfeiters out of business. The fakes... More »

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business • knockoff • private investigator • jeans • counterfeiters • apparel

Levi Strauss Bets
on One-Size-Fits-All

Jeans maker goes global with single fit for its 501 jeans

Jul 18, 08 12:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Levi Strauss is revamping its signature button-fly 501 jeans with a one-size-fits-all philosophy and launching its first global marketing campaign, the Wall Street Journal reports. No longer will jeans in, say, Hong Kong, fit differently than those in New York. The company, which says the jeans are sold in 110... More »

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fashion • jeans • clothing • Levi strauss

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