Lighten Up On The Denim
Monday, 19 July 2010 07:13 | 
Written by James Cameroone |
Let's get this straight. When it comes to wacky, outdated fashion, I'm a guy who can appreciate the goofiness. I love to see the resurgence of 80s crop tops, high socks, bright neon colors, hair scrunchies, or even cut-sleeved sports jackets with inserted shoulder pads. Next to gothic clothing (which I'm sorry, you're not expressing yourself by wearing stock Hot Topic combat boots and being really overheated all the time), I just don't understand the appeal of denim on denim, and why do some people still think this is OK?
Let's get this straight. When it comes to wacky, outdated fashion, I'm a guy who can appreciate the goofiness. I love to see the resurgence of 80s crop tops, high socks, bright neon colors, hair scrunchies, or even cut-sleeved sports jackets with inserted shoulder pads. Next to gothic clothing (which I'm sorry, you're not expressing yourself by wearing stock Hot Topic combat boots and being really overheated all the time), I just don't understand the appeal of denim on denim, and why do some people still think this is OK?
For example, the combo of stonewashed jeans combined with button down denim jackets, that's a deal breaker. It's the 1990s American television wardrobe default when you think about it. All those sitcoms like "Step by Step" or "Full House" featured their characters decked out in denim. Even Jerry Seinfeld wears a less than flattering combination of a denim jacket over a solid-colored sweater tucked into his tight fitting Levis.
Hip-hop mogul Sean Combs and Jay-Z attempted to bring brought back some double denim ideas with their respective clothing lines in the early millennium. They took the tight-fitting denim that Jerry wore and loosened it up, put some sag in there, and made the smallest size an XL. For some reason, they were a big hit in the early 2000s, but luckily for us, they've gotten out of style. Sly Stone, however, at Coachella music festival was recently seen sporting denim on denim outfit He even added a denim baseball hat! Should have stuck to the bell-bottoms, Sly.
I'll clear this up, I'm not trying to scrap denim. I have a decent collection stonewashed jeans and a Wrangler jean jacket I wear on occasion. I will never, however, put those two together. Those days are over.
It might have worked in the 90s, but today, people should know better. Denim works well with lots of other clothes, there's no need to match it with more of the same!
Let's get this straight. When it comes to wacky, outdated fashion, I'm a guy who can appreciate the goofiness. I love to see the resurgence of 80s crop tops, high socks, bright neon colors, hair scrunchies, or even cut-sleeved sports jackets with inserted shoulder pads. Next to gothic clothing (which I'm sorry, you're not expressing yourself by wearing stock Hot Topic combat boots and being really overheated all the time), I just don't understand the appeal of denim on denim, and why do some people still think this is OK?
For example, the combo of stonewashed jeans combined with button down denim jackets, that's a deal breaker. It's the 1990s American television wardrobe default when you think about it. All those sitcoms like "Step by Step" or "Full House" featured their characters decked out in denim. Even Jerry Seinfeld wears a less than flattering combination of a denim jacket over a solid-colored sweater tucked into his tight fitting Levis.
Hip-hop mogul Sean Combs and Jay-Z attempted to bring brought back some double denim ideas with their respective clothing lines in the early millennium. They took the tight-fitting denim that Jerry wore and loosened it up, put some sag in there, and made the smallest size an XL. For some reason, they were a big hit in the early 2000s, but luckily for us, they've gotten out of style. Sly Stone, however, at Coachella music festival was recently seen sporting denim on denim outfit He even added a denim baseball hat! Should have stuck to the bell-bottoms, Sly.
I'll clear this up, I'm not trying to scrap denim. I have a decent collection stonewashed jeans and a Wrangler jean jacket I wear on occasion. I will never, however, put those two together. Those days are over.
It might have worked in the 90s, but today, people should know better. Denim works well with lots of other clothes, there's no need to match it with more of the same!