fashionable jeans

Were Jeans Fashionable?

Summary by Sam Benton, edited by Ferdinand Rinaldy

Humble work pants that were hard wearing yet comfortable. Today, jeans have gone decidedly upmarket.

Well for one thing they’ve brought us a new distinction in the fashion vocabulary: Fashion Jeans.

Now call me old fashioned, but I find it hard to justify forking out the kind of money that I’m more used to spending on a suit, on a single pair of fashion jeans. It relies on the ever changing trends of the fashion buying global population who seemingly have no qualms handing over the asking price for the latest fashion jeans or the latest fashions full stop.

If its jeans you’re after, then it’s only right that you’ll buy what you like. Whether that’s regular jeans (like mine) or fashion jeans, but more to the point, you’ll buy them where you like. The humble jeans, who’d have thought.

Happy Shopping!

Easy Alternatives to Petite Jeans

Summary by Ada Tancino

Struggling to find a great pair of short jeans? It’s hard being short in the world of fashion jeans today and most petite jeans just don’t cut it. Let’s start with style. Those great skinny styles you’ve been seeing everywhere are often shorter in length, a big plus for you. Straight is also easy to them.

Wear your jeans slightly longer; about ¼” from the ground with your heels on, it will maximize your leg length.

Look for a crease detail on the leg. A vertical fade or crease down the center of the pant leg adds visual length and slimness to your leg.

Avoid super low rises. Stay away from wide leg and trouser styles with heavier hem details. If all else fails or what you love only comes in a long length, pay to get your jeans shortened! It is definitely worth the $10- $15 bucks extra to get a great looking jeans.

There are some tricks to choosing a jeans style that will shorten well without loosing it’s cool.

Most designer jeans have placed it fairly high so it will still work with your shorter proportions. A good tailor will be able to preserve the original hem on your newly shortened jeans.

Look for brands that do offer shorter length jeans. Some of our favorite fashion forward brands offer short inseam lengths check out our list below.

7 For All Mankind, American Eagle, Calvin Klein Jeans, Chadwicks, Diesel, Eddie Bauer, Gap, Gloria Vanderbilt.

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