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Jeans are a weird phenomenon. Ugly, heavy, unflattering fabric. They only look good on people who would look good no matter what they wore. Worse still, they

Jeans are a weird phenomenon. Ugly, heavy, unflattering fabric. They only look good on people who would look good no matter what they wore. Worse still, they are like a disease. I was in a bar/restaurant recently, and I couldn't help but notice how many people were wearing jeans. So I did a visual survey, and as far as I could tell, out of about 40 people, only myself and one other lady were not wearing them. Even my wife was in a pair.

lpsz 10y ago
It's a US thing for everyone (regardless of gender and age) to dress in jeans and sneakers. Curiously not the case elsewhere in the world, though.
- techsupporter 10y ago
  I wear jeans (made in the U.S.[0]), sneakers (made in the U.S.[1]), and t-shirts (made in the U.S.[2]) because they're comfortable. On the other hand, I very rarely go out to any place that most anyone would call fancy. "Fine dining" for my spouse and I is Taco Time or a couple of places in Ballard[3] that we know to be open late and have cheap late happy hour food menus. (Oh, and socks[4], too.) 0 - http://texasjeans.com/ http://texasjeans.com/ 1 - http://www.newbalance.com/made-in-usa-1/ http://www.newbalance.com/made-in-usa-1/ 2 - http://store.americanapparel.net/en/ http://store.americanapparel.net/en/ 3 - Seattle 4 - http://www.socks4life.com/specials/made-in-usa.html http://www.socks4life.com/specials/made-in-usa.html
brusch64 10y ago
What would be your alternative ? You think that people look better in working casuals ? Suits ? From your comment I would suppose that you are living in the US. I personally wear jeans pretty much exclusively and have no problem with it. I prefer and search for heavy jeans. In my opinion people always look better in fitting clothes. If they are wearing unfitting jeans, they are going to look bad in it. If they are wearing unfitting suits, they gonna look bad in it. If they wear fitting clothes nearly everything works. Many years back I've worked with an American company (I am from Europe) and they really didn't like us wearing jeans all the time (a totally normal thing to do in Europe where I am living). They said it didn't look professionel enough if you aren't wearing working casuals.
- adamconroy 10y ago
  I guess my ideal alternative would be simple diversity. But if everyone is going to wear the same thing then I would prefer it if the fabric was more aesthetically pleasing. But of course its none of my business, everyone can do what they like. It sort of feels like a feature of 'Brave New World', where everyone is apathetically conditioned to wear the same thing.

lpsz 10y ago

It's a US thing for everyone (regardless of gender and age) to dress in jeans and sneakers. Curiously not the case elsewhere in the world, though.

techsupporter 10y ago
I wear jeans (made in the U.S.[0]), sneakers (made in the U.S.[1]), and t-shirts (made in the U.S.[2]) because they're comfortable. On the other hand, I very rarely go out to any place that most anyone would call fancy. "Fine dining" for my spouse and I is Taco Time or a couple of places in Ballard[3] that we know to be open late and have cheap late happy hour food menus. (Oh, and socks[4], too.) 0 - http://texasjeans.com/ http://texasjeans.com/ 1 - http://www.newbalance.com/made-in-usa-1/ http://www.newbalance.com/made-in-usa-1/ 2 - http://store.americanapparel.net/en/ http://store.americanapparel.net/en/ 3 - Seattle 4 - http://www.socks4life.com/specials/made-in-usa.html http://www.socks4life.com/specials/made-in-usa.html

brusch64 10y ago

What would be your alternative ? You think that people look better in working casuals ? Suits ? From your comment I would suppose that you are living in the US. I personally wear jeans pretty much exclusively and have no problem with it. I prefer and search for heavy jeans. In my opinion people always look better in fitting clothes. If they are wearing unfitting jeans, they are going to look bad in it. If they are wearing unfitting suits, they gonna look bad in it. If they wear fitting clothes nearly everything works. Many years back I've worked with an American company (I am from Europe) and they really didn't like us wearing jeans all the time (a totally normal thing to do in Europe where I am living). They said it didn't look professionel enough if you aren't wearing working casuals.

adamconroy 10y ago
I guess my ideal alternative would be simple diversity. But if everyone is going to wear the same thing then I would prefer it if the fabric was more aesthetically pleasing. But of course its none of my business, everyone can do what they like. It sort of feels like a feature of 'Brave New World', where everyone is apathetically conditioned to wear the same thing.