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Jeans also started getting skinnier/slimmer 20 years ago, and that trend demanded thinner and stretchier fabrics. Thick, baggy work jeans are no doubt more dura

• hinkley 4y ago
  Jeans went skinny in the eighties but not to the extent now. I never followed fashion trends, but as an amateur cyclist my thighs simply would not fit in a pair of 501’s. I was the first kid anywhere in my social circle or school to wear 550’s, a full year before anyone else discovered baggy pants. Painful clothing is fucking bullshit.
• nabilhat 4y ago
  It's actually become hard to find proper work jeans with no synthetic content now, even the baggy stuff where fit isn't so important. All of Duluth's stuff is part spandex or polyester now. Most Carhartt contains spandex or polyester, always check if it's important. Even if it's only a few percent, it's going to make cancer fumes if you're doing hot work. Fabric manufacturers trending towards thinner and stretchier fabrics is primarily driven by production factors. Most dramatically, cutting the fabric. Stretchy fabrics are more accommodating to lay out flat for cutting, and thinner fabrics increase layer count in cut stacks [0]. Cutting thick stacks like this isn't remotely consistent, and why different instances of the same size garmet often vary in fit and size. Stretchy fabrics can be made with less precision and still "fit", reducing quality constraints to allow cheaper methods. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iRa2fWVSNE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iRa2fWVSNE