It’s another week for fashion and
I’m loving every minute of it! I can hardly wait every other week to pen these
words to you. However, my roommates can attest that I never really know what
I’m going to write until I sit down and actually start typing away.
Good news all the same, readers of
my column… last night I had an epiphany, which, as the dictionary.com defines
it, it: “A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something”
Readers! I definitely, yet
unfortunately, did not come to know the purpose for our lives. That is indeed
not my forte, for as you can see I am a simple fashion writer. Ergo! I did come
across the idea that I should emphasize the importance of the famed material of
denim in our everyday lives. This thought was brought on by my good friend…
well, to protect his identity we’ll go with calling him “Willy.”
Willy led me to the realization
that jeans (and I’m not talking just the color of denim here, compatriots), can
be a life-altering material when worn in the right atmosphere. There is a
deeper meaning that I am trying to get out there. How should I say it? Jeans
are the most important part of the outfit.
On the average, a guy will wear
jeans more than slacks or khakis, unless he’s some sort of annoying Cape Cod
model or some such thing. Therefore, you males need to grasp the underlying
truth that lies within the pockets of those trousers: girls look at them more
than they look at your face.
I know it’s unbelievable. You don’t
want to believe it right now. Take a moment; I’ll be here when you get back.
That’s fine… now get back to reading.
I have always thought (this is
crazy, I know) that a boy can own one pair of good jeans and be set. That’s
right, only one. My advice was always to go out and spend a good amount of
money on a single pair of boot-cut jeans and then couple them with varying
sorts of sweaters and tops – this was just the best way to go. Willy, however,
counseled otherwise.
As a male, he pointed out that his
fantastic jeans that he spent “a good amount of money on” were not jeans that
he felt comfortable in for the “nightlife”. Let’s just say, he did not feel at
ease pairing them with a stiff black button up and nice black Kenny Coles for
carousing the Sunset Strip.
Well, this was not good news. So, I
have changed my ringtone – I now believe in the two pairs jeans policy. Of
course it’s more money, but what it will do for your dating life! As Willy
pointed out, guys either like their pants too big (way late 1990s, fellows;
we’re in a new millennium now) or too tight (quite Euro, but I don’t mind it at
all). His remedy to this problem was to buy jeans that fit just right around
his waist, and lo and behold, they would fall at a perfect length above his
shoe.
To us ladies this seems like the
logical choice, but we can testify that we hardly ever buy clothes in our size.
(A major faux pas I might add but that is an opinion for another time and
you’ve already heard my piece regarding it.)
My fashion advice for this point in
our lives together is this: buy a pair of jeans for everyday life and one pair
of jeans for going out on the town, boys. It’s so simple. Girls don’t care if
you wear the exact same pants day in and day out. If you have no fashion sense,
then they’ll be happy with what you do have.
The jeans should fall to one small
fold above the top of the shoes and be snug around your waist – and please
note, hip-huggers are for women. Tapered jeans are detestable and should not be
worn, neither should stonewash. Oh the horror of the “washed” jeans of the
1980s.
Jean jackets should never be paired
with a pair of jeans but every male should own one. We all know and love Carson
from “Queer Eye”. He says that mismatched jeans are OK but he is lying to you.
They are a “no-go” together but a “must have” separately.
All in all, jeans are important to
the wardrobe of the male. Guys, you don’t seem to always notice the urgency
with which girls compliment you on your jeans or tell you to buy good pants.
They are just trying to help you out.
Willy has the idea: girls are
attracted to men that wear their clothes well and that means that they have to
fit. They don’t have to be extraordinarily expensive, just well-fitting and
boot cut. Now, boys, go out and get fitted up… out with your old and in with
your new – jeans that is.
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