Friday, October 28, 2016

HAVE SKINNY JEANS BECOME MAINSTREAM FOR MEN?

The dog days of summer always service notice that fall is not far away. The gin and tonic days are numbered and the casual attire of summer gets ready for their long hibernation. It is at this time of the year that I gain a renewed interest in denim jeans for men – what’s in style, is there a change at hand, what additions are needed for my ever expanding collection? I look to the recent past to ground myself and provide pragmatic direction.And so it begins. Long dormant brain cells spring to life. A memory is rekindled. Fall 2015 / winter 2016 comes back into focus. 
In the city, skinny jeans were popping up on men in an increasing frequency. Lately they have become a go to jean not just for the university students and young hipsters, but also for upwardly mobile professionals and blue collar workers without regard for a wearers age. Although skinny jeans for men have been around for years, the current status as a go to style has to be synonymous with mainstream acceptance.
From Lee Jeans to Saint Laurent, virtually everyone has a skinny jean offering for men. However; the designation of skinny is evolving as there are now cuts labeled as extreme skinny, super slim, or super skinny, all indicating a trend for tighter, skinnier jeans.
Styling such skinny jeans can be a challenge, but to find an answer, we look to the streets. A common theme is hip length sweaters or shirts coupled with a jacket when required by circumstance, personal style, or weather conditions . If you wear boots, you’ll most likely need to tuck the jeans into them which can be a rocking good look.

So the open question is, are skinny jeans still a growing trend for men or has it hit its high water mark? Only time will tell, at which point we’ll already be talking about some other style. However; there are some tea leaves we can read. If women’s styles are a leading indicator of men’s styles (which seems to have been the case for skinny jeans), we should start to see the inclusion of softer fabrics higher rises, and legging like levels of skinniness. Stay tuned. We welcome, and some would say need your opinions, to keep us on course.

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