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terminal pharmacy 04.03.2008 12:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Pookie
I've said it before and I'll say it again: no man over the age of 35 should wear jeans. They are definitely a young man's thing.

I challenge anybody to show me a man over that age that looks good in jeans.

Fuck, I just had deja vu.


Do I need to stop wearing jeans next year pookie when I turn 35? Will I instantly become uncool for being 35 and wearing jeans?

 

Cantankerous 04.03.2008 12:04 AM

uuhhhhhhhhhh wow
back problems galore

Pookie 04.03.2008 01:04 AM

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Originally Posted by terminal pharmacy
Do I need to stop wearing jeans next year pookie when I turn 35? Will I instantly become uncool for being 35 and wearing jeans?




Not uncool. You'll just start the rapid descent to twatness.

terminal pharmacy 04.03.2008 01:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Pookie
Not uncool. You'll just start the rapid descent to twatness.


maybe when you get to 35 you will realise how much of a twat you were when you were younger

raging_nelly 04.03.2008 03:29 AM

Stone washed skinnies... ripped to shreds in obscene places...

I once had them torn down the whole of one leg during a crowd surfing incident and continued to wear them for days on end.

_slavo_ 04.03.2008 03:40 AM

I like wearing baggy jeans...I know it's kind of lousy but that's just what I'm used to and I look like a cretin in tight pants. Right now I'm wearing these ones by Element:

 

Cantankerous 04.03.2008 05:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Nefeli
do you remember those 80ties acid? washed jeans?
 

i cant find a good picture..the pattern was with many whites but in lame way.
that was the most disgusting thing to wear back then, i remember hating it.
now. i have seen people (with style) wearing them again and it looks from ok to good. its all about how you handle yourself, thats why i like how things are at the present- i feel that way from the 90ties and on.

yeah, they're coming back again, fortunately not as mom jeans and fringed denim jackets this time. they're still not the greatest decision one could make in the clothing department.

the 80s and 90s both were god-awful decades for fashion.

drrrtyboots 04.03.2008 05:50 AM

Black Levi's 511 Skinny are my favorite as of now but it seems like whenever I get a new pair I end up liking them much more than my previous favorite pair. Anyway, these fit great and make shit WORK.

Inhuman 04.03.2008 08:16 AM

Bluenotes slim washed-out charcol is my pic. I used to be a big fan of dickies, but lately I've been back into jeans

sarramkrop 04.03.2008 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Cantankerous
yeah, they're coming back again, fortunately not as mom jeans and fringed denim jackets this time. they're still not the greatest decision one could make in the clothing department.

the 80s and 90s both were god-awful decades for fashion.


Those came back in the mid-90's already and they are the worst thing known to man and woman. Nobody, and I mean nobody manages not to look like either a rapist or, for the females, like someone who has too many children from too many different men in that thing.

gmku 04.03.2008 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by drrrtyboots
Black Levi's 511 Skinny are my favorite as of now but it seems like whenever I get a new pair I end up liking them much more than my previous favorite pair. Anyway, these fit great and make shit WORK.


what's interesting to me is that the 511 most fits my idea of what the original Levis cut should look like. Trim, tight, straight, tapered. I don't get that look from any other cut, not even with 501s or 505s. But the 511s conform to some notion I have about how Levis should look.

514s come close to this, but are just a little looser, like a 501s that haven't shrunk much.

511s seem really hard to find though. Only one store in my immediate area carries them, Kohl's. I bought a couple pair last week, went back to look for more, and they're practically wiped out, just odd sizes left. Hope they keep making these and that they become more widely available.

sarramkrop 04.03.2008 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by gmku
Have to say I love the way DIESEL jeans look, esp the slim/skinny ones. But man, on my budget, I cannot drop 200 bucks on jeans! I'd love to be able to, but that's insanely beyond my realm at the moment.


Do Diesel jeans really cost 200 bucks in the States or are you talking about a particular limited edition model?

!@#$%! 04.03.2008 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by sarramkrop
Do Diesel jeans really cost 200 bucks in the States or are you talking about a particular limited edition model?


fuck yes. more even. i entered a diesel store in the 90 and never returned. i have better things to do with $300.

behold


clothing for the children of millionaires. fuck'em.

sarramkrop 04.03.2008 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
fuck yes. more even. i entered a diesel store in the 90 and never returned. i have better things to do with $300.

behold


clothing for the children of millionaires. fuck'em.

Wow, they are really expensive.

floatingslowly 04.03.2008 09:19 AM

I haven't owned a pair of jeans in almost 20 years...

!@#$%! 04.03.2008 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by sarramkrop
Wow, they are really expensive.



yeah. sorry for my frequently disappering S, my keyboard is a bit fucked. (i meant 90s).

madame !@#$%! owns a pair of diesel boots but she's the queen of bargain hunting; im not sure where he got those

gmku 04.03.2008 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
fuck yes. more even. i entered a diesel store in the 90 and never returned. i have better things to do with $300.

behold


clothing for the children of millionaires. fuck'em.


yeah, it's ridiculous. On the other hand, if I were the child of millionaires, I'd spend my money there. Since I'm not, Levis are just as fine.

gmku 04.03.2008 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by sarramkrop
Do Diesel jeans really cost 200 bucks in the States or are you talking about a particular limited edition model?


I've never seen any in the stores here, only online. Their stuff online is the 200-300 dollar range. I know though that even Levis has a limited edition line in the hundreds, so maybe that's just what I'm seeing.

Who would like to research this?

!@#$%! 04.03.2008 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by gmku
yeah, it's ridiculous. On the other hand, if I were the child of millionaires, I'd spend my money there. Since I'm not, Levis are just as fine.


these photos look shittier, but im sure you'll find something that fits for $35

http://www.target.com/Jeans-Clothing...&node=13106491

"dylan jeans"--ha ha ha.

gmku 04.03.2008 09:27 AM

Diesel also sells 50 dollar T-shirts. I buy Hanes when they're on sale 3 for 10 bucks.

sarramkrop 04.03.2008 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
yeah. sorry for my frequently disappering S, my keyboard is a bit fucked. (i meant 90s).

madame !@#$%! owns a pair of diesel boots but she's the queen of bargain hunting; im not sure where he got those

They used to be a relatively cheap label. In Northern Italy you can generally get them from factory outlets for a modest fraction of their official price in the shops. You can do that online too, basically you go on forums for fashionistas where they know all the right addresses and right people.

gmku 04.03.2008 09:29 AM

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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
these photos look shittier, but im sure you'll find something that fits for $35

http://www.target.com/Jeans-Clothing...&node=13106491

"dylan jeans"--ha ha ha.


Yeah, I don't what's up with that whole Converse One thing Target has going on now. Very lame. Maybe some day they'll be the new Diesel and fetch hundreds. Buy em now, kids!


Actually, Target sells several cuts of Levis at pretty good prices, right around the 30 buck mark. Wranglers, too, I think.

sarramkrop 04.03.2008 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by gmku
I've never seen any in the stores here, only online. Their stuff online is the 200-300 dollar range. I know though that even Levis has a limited edition line in the hundreds, so maybe that's just what I'm seeing.

Who would like to research this?


I compared the price on their european counterpart and they still work out a hefty price.

gmku 04.03.2008 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by sarramkrop
They used to be a relatively cheap label. In Northern Italy you can generally get them from factory outlets for a modest fraction of their official price in the shops. You can do that online too, basically you go on forums for fashionistas where they know all the right addresses and right people.


Ugh. Too much work. I just want to be able to walk into the local store and find them on the shelf.

I thought my daugher and her friends wore them in the 90s (?). I know they always went cheap on their jeans.

sarramkrop 04.03.2008 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by gmku
Ugh. Too much work. I just want to be able to walk into the local store and find them on the shelf.

Ok, I forgot that analogue guys have their own analogue ways.

Tokolosh 04.03.2008 09:50 AM

Spanish SKUNKFUNK jeans. Between 50-80 bucks a pair.

These guys make nice clothing for both men and women.

!@#$%! 04.03.2008 09:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sarramkrop
They used to be a relatively cheap label. In Northern Italy you can generally get them from factory outlets for a modest fraction of their official price in the shops. You can do that online too, basically you go on forums for fashionistas where they know all the right addresses and right people.


sorry i momentarily disappeared, i was making breakfast

thanks for that, i'll inform her-- she loves clothes but our uneven paychecks don't always allow, ha ha ha.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tokolosh
Spanish SKUNKFUNK jeans. Between 50-80 bucks a pair.

These guys make nice clothing for both men and women.


no estados unidos. damn!

gmku 04.03.2008 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by sarramkrop
Ok, I forgot that analogue guys have their own analogue ways.


Ha, yes, indeed, we do.

krastian 04.03.2008 02:20 PM

Baggy Silvertabs 4 lyfe

Pookie 04.03.2008 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by terminal pharmacy
maybe when you get to 35 you will realise how much of a twat you were when you were younger

When I get to 35? Bless you.

gmku 04.03.2008 03:33 PM

You know what, though? Pookie is absolutely right. Men over 35 should not wear jeans. And since I have always, always been happiest when I have gone against the grain, I will therefore wear jeans in spite of the best advice not to.

PAULYBEE2656 04.03.2008 03:34 PM

 

uhler 04.03.2008 03:37 PM

more people need to wear stonewash jeans. wear them proud like the east germans did circa 1988.

gmku 04.03.2008 03:37 PM

Worst name for a band I ever did hear.

!@#$%! 04.03.2008 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by gmku
You know what, though? Pookie is absolutely right. Men over 35 should not wear jeans. And since I have always, always been happiest when I have gone against the grain, I will therefore wear jeans in spite of the best advice not to.


i'm sorry-- i like pookie, but pookie is english-- and the english are a people who are subjugated by innumerable unspoken rules, regulations, ancient customs, social class codes, irrational conventions, a fear of rocking the boat, groupthink, and spankings of the bottom.

of course there is a long tradition of english eccentrics-- whatever civilization they have is thanks to those people who dared to defy the group.

whereas in america, people are free as a general rule. there are no eccentrics-- or everyone is. yeah, it might be a mess, and you need lawyers to sort any kind of dispute, because there is no common ground, and women will walk around in muumuus, and there is little social cohesion, but people are free to scratch their crotch.

when i came to new mexico i saw some dude selling mace and i asked if it was legal (in dc you can only use pepper spray). he answered "everything is legal in new mexico. if you wanna carry a chicken in your arm, you can". i would have bought the mace from him but the container was in a bit of a shitty shape. of course this was before they outlawed cockfights last year (nothing is perfect).

anyway-- that's why america kicked england's ass back to their island, and that's why you'll wear whatever you want, my gringo friend.

 


that's also why i came here-- so people would get their fucking noses out of my business.

just saying.

but you deserve what you got, for asking for advice on the internet. :D

--

gmku 04.03.2008 03:46 PM

Hee hee...

gmku 04.03.2008 03:49 PM

And furthermore... do you think it's worth the time and effort to wrest back control of the thread?

It is interesting how this turned into an advice column about what or what not to wear. That wasn't my intention. I wanted and still want to know what your favorite jeans are, people. I don't want to know whether you think wearing them is right or wrong. Just--what do you wear? Brand? Fit? Color?

Goddammit.

Cantankerous 04.03.2008 03:52 PM

DARK MOTHERFUCKING DENIM or bleached out denim. or red or black or white. no inbetweens fuckers.
skinny fit, straight fit, high waist, low waist, wide leg, bell bottoms: i wear it all with gusto.
most any brand will do provided they don't have an appalling amount of stretch material built in.

Rob Instigator 04.03.2008 03:52 PM

 

Rob Instigator 04.03.2008 03:53 PM

I own one pair of jeans, and that with reluctance, bought at the insistence of my girlfriend.
they all look like shit with their bullshit pre-distressed crap.


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