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NEWS ABOUT: denim

denim stories: 4 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

 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

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

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