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Why Those Jeans Cost $300

Matt Cantor — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 16:18:05 CDT

Ever wondered how a pair of jeans, even great-looking ones, could possibly cost $300 or more? The Wall Street Journal has the answer—and in large part, it’s because the fancy pants were made in America, writes Christina Binkley. If a pair of $300 True Religion jeans had been made...

Washing Your Jeans May Be Waste of Time

John Johnson — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 14:00:34 CST

Not washing your jeans for months on end may be fashionable in some corners, but is it hygienic? Looks like it. A student in Canada wore his raw denim jeans for 15 months without washing them, then had the pants tested for bacteria at the University of Alberta. Results came...

New Trend: Not Washing Your Jeans—for Months

Kate Schwartz — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 08:00:35 CDT

Why spend $150 on ripped, faded, and worn designer jeans when you can make your own—by not washing them for six months? That's the thought process behind lovers of "raw denim," who wear the same pair over and over and over again, even sleeping in them. "You wear the...

Court: Hoisting Saggy Pants Not Illegal Search

Rob Quinn — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 02:52:00 CDT

Beltless criminals beware: if a police officer has to haul up your pants, it's a "wardrobe assist," not a search, even if he does find a gun, according to a Minnesota court. The court was told that a suspect's baggy jeans slid to his knees when he was ordered to...

Denim's Back, But Denim-on-Denim Is Pushing It

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:11:00 CST

Thanks in part to the recession, denim is all the rage—but the growing tendency to layer denim on denim (on, sometimes, even more denim) might be too much. “It can look silly, too contrived,” a video producer tells the Wall Street Journal . Nonetheless, the look is everywhere, from Jessica...

Say Goodbye to $600 Jeans

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:53:52 CDT

If you couldn't afford a pair of "premium jeans" last year, maybe you can now. Though the basic components of jeans haven't changed in decades, prices skyrocketed early in the decade—but thanks to the recession, designer denim that might have gone for more than $300 two years ago is...

Now in Halls of Power: Jeans

Rob Quinn — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:43:06 CDT

Jeans used to be the uniform of teen rebels but they're now the pants of choice for world leaders and top execs trying to signal that they're serious but modern. "Dad jeans" and stonewashed denim are still no-nos in the halls of power, but crisp, pressed "power jeans" paired with...

New CK Jeans Give You the Back—or Front —You Want

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:06:49 CDT

Good news for the flat-bottomed: Calvin Klein’s Body jeans do for your lower half what a push-up bra does for your upper half, the New York Post reports—and both men and women can get a lift from the new line. The ladies get a rounder, more flattering look for...

New Gap Jeans Compete With Designer Denim

Evann Gastaldo — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:43:42 CDT

Gap is taking on the reigning kings of designer denim with its new jeans revamp in an effort “to reinvent Gap as a place of authority on denim,” the company's president says. Gone are the old designs—all of them. In their place are six new styles that include features...