Where Did All the Real Jeans Go?
0 Comments Published by Foxfire Woman on Friday, March 25, 2005 at 12:34 PM.
Where Did All the Real Jeans Go?
by Kat Yares
I've noticed a trend lately. It is almost impossible to find a comfortable pair of jeans that don't either a) look like they are made for a teenager or b) look like they are made for an old woman.
Used to be I could run into the local super center, grab a pair of size 10 longs off the shelf, go home and be happy. Those days are gone. I'm not looking for fashionable jeans, I'm not into trendy. Nor do I want jeans that have an elasticized waist. I don't even want this stretchy stuff that seems to be everywhere I go.
What do I want? Good quality, regular denim. Not this thin stuff that I wonder if I'll split the knees out every time I squat down.
Classic style that after a few washings will wear like an old friend. Not something I'm hitching up every time I walk across the floor. Don't even get me started on 'low riders.'
Strangely enough, I want them to be blue. Preferably dark blue, but I'll settle for light if that's all they have. But I don't want black, I don't want khaki and I sure don't want my jeans to be pink.
A reasonable price would be nice also. I can handle twenty dollars a pair, but really, why would I pay more for something I'm going to be wearing to do garden work?
I used to think I would always be safe if I stuck with Levi's. I mean, after all, those would never change. But, they have. The pair I have on right now is my latest off the shelf purchase. The denim is so thin that I just know they aren't going to last the summer season in the garden. The worst part is that they were more expensive than my last pair, which are now two years old.
I know that this is probably a fad, maybe a craze, and that soon the old fashioned denim jeans will be back. I know if I paid twice the money or more, I could probably find the real denim jeans online somewhere. But I won't. It's the principle of the thing.
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