When it comes to outdated or even obsolete fashion, I can appreciate the wackiness of it all. I love the crop tops, high socks, bright neon colors reminiscent of the 80s culture workout culture. I love the ripped up leather jackets or even sports jackets with shoulder pads that were also prominent in the 80s and early 90s. But next to wearing a wardrobe full of Pacsun apparel, I just don't understand the appeal of denim on denim. Should people be allowed to wear this stuff?
My main qualm is with stonewashed jeans combined with button down denim jackets. It is the quintessential 1990s American television wardrobe default. Think about it. All those sitcoms like "Step by Step" or "Clarissa Explains it All" featured their characters decked out in denim. Even George Costanza of the classic "Seinfeld" wears a less than flattering combination of a denim jacket over a solid-colored sweater tucked into his oversize Wrangler's in a few episodes.
In the early 2000s, Hip-hop mogul Sean Combs and Jay-Z brought back some double denim ideas with their respective clothing lines. They took the tight-fitting denim look and loosened it up, put some sag in there, and made the smallest size an XL. Baggy jeans with baggy denim jackets were a big hit in the early years of the new millennium but have since dropped out of style. I recently saw funk guru Sly Stone at Coachella music festival and he was recently seen sporting a denim on denim outfit He even added a denim baseball hat! Should have stuck to the Afro with the headband, 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!
My main qualm is with stonewashed jeans combined with button down denim jackets. It is the quintessential 1990s American television wardrobe default. Think about it. All those sitcoms like "Step by Step" or "Clarissa Explains it All" featured their characters decked out in denim. Even George Costanza of the classic "Seinfeld" wears a less than flattering combination of a denim jacket over a solid-colored sweater tucked into his oversize Wrangler's in a few episodes.
In the early 2000s, Hip-hop mogul Sean Combs and Jay-Z brought back some double denim ideas with their respective clothing lines. They took the tight-fitting denim look and loosened it up, put some sag in there, and made the smallest size an XL. Baggy jeans with baggy denim jackets were a big hit in the early years of the new millennium but have since dropped out of style. I recently saw funk guru Sly Stone at Coachella music festival and he was recently seen sporting a denim on denim outfit He even added a denim baseball hat! Should have stuck to the Afro with the headband, 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!
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