Consider This: Bruce Springsteen in Jeans - The Cut

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Consider This: Bruce Springsteen in Jeans - The Cut Posted: 25 Oct 2019 09:11 AM PDT Photo: Columbia Records/Amazon Bruce Springsteen is, perhaps undoubtedly, the king of jeans. Not only does he look really good in a pair of jeans (see above's Born in the U.S.A. album cover), he's also constantly doing stuff to call attention to just how good he looks in them. Think: splits, jumps, and sliding crotch-first across a stage. Springsteen, now a spry 70, is honoring his seventh decade of looking perfect in denim pants with the release of a movie called Western Stars. (Technically, it's a concert documentary, but there is no need to nitpick.) Anyway, a jean-clad Springsteen features prominently in much of Western Stars, which got me thinking. Why not honor this great American music legend and jeans wearer with a look back at some of his iconic denim moments? Alexa, cue Ally Maine's "Why Did You Do That?" Photo: Brooks Kraft/Sygma via Getty Images Photo: Tom Hill/Getty Images Photo: Aaron Rapoport/Corbis via Getty Images Photo: Rick Diamond/Getty Images Photo: Lynn Goldsmith/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images Photo: Aaron Rapoport/Getty Images Photo: DMI/The LIFE Picture Collection via Photo: Rick Diamond/Getty Images Photo: Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Photo: Rick Diamond/Getty Images Bruce Springsteen in jeans in "Western Stars." Photo: Rob DeMartin/Warner Bros. Pictures Thanks for 70 years of amazing jeans, Bruce Springsteen! Stay in touch. Get the Cut newsletter delivered daily By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Notice and to receive email correspondence from us.

Jeans Are the Coolest Pants You Can Buy Right Now - Highsnobiety Posted: 22 Oct 2019 07:19 AM PDT Even this time last year, who would have thought that jeans would soon again be the coolest pants around? Circa 2017, during the heyday of YEEZY, when people inexplicably paid through the nose for Calabasas-adorned track pants, denim's resurgence looked a million miles away; memories of the raw and selvage movement of the early-noughties fading just like the ink on your A.P.C. Petit Standards once did. But now, jeans are back – and the best part is that anything goes. Certain jean types are synonymous with a particular time. In the early-aughts, people wore bootcuts because they thought the grungy look paired well with their Ed Hardy T-shirts and Von Dutch trucker caps. When The Strokes, Franz Ferdinand, and The Libertines ushered in a new era of garage and indie rock around 2005, Hedi Slimane led the way in proselytizing people to skinny, even drainpipe, fits. After that scene became played out, the aforementioned raw denim subculture came along and never truly went away, birthing nerdy online communities that still exist to this day. For some purists, a person's denim IQ can only be measured by how much Kapital, Needles, visvim, and other Japanese brands they have in their closet. As luxury and streetwear merged, jeans found themselves as the odd staple out. Sure, it's denim, probably the most popular fabric on the planet, so it's always going to be "in" in some respects. But take a look over street style galleries from the past few years and you'll see a ton of luxury track pants, suiting, and crazy trousers, but not too much denim. If jeans never truly went away, at least now they've come into sharp focus. As maximalism becomes played out, some people just want a nice pair of straight leg jeans that look smart with their heels and loafers. Others, however, dispute that ugly and irony-indebted trends are going anywhere, which is why you have the likes of Hedi Slimane — in one of recent fashion's more puzzling volte-faces — sending bootcuts down the runway for Celine. Even weirder is the once mooted return of early '90s monstrosities like those by JNCO, which perhaps explains why off-the-wall denim designers Ksenia Schnaider, Bstroy, and GmBH are making avant-garde jeans that people are actually into (in the coming months, look out for a funky Levi's project from jack-of-all-trades creative Tremaine Emory, too). Unlike the era's mentioned before, where one pervading style reigned supreme, there's never been more selection to choose from. Among the cool kids, both conservative and outré styles are coexisting harmoniously. The ultimate proof that jeans are "back," however? The fact Luka Sabbat, once an unbeliever, has done a 180 and has regularly been seen wearing denim. If he can be convinced, then so can anyone. 511 Slim Fit Jeans Levi's Made & Crafted 511 Slim Fit Advanced Stretch Jeans Levi's Premium 501 '93 Straight Jeans Levi's Premium 501 Original Fit Jeans Levi's Made & Crafted 505 Regular Fit Jeans Levi's 505 Regular Fit Jeans Levi's 569 Loose Straight Fit Advanced Stretch Jeans Levi's 550 Relaxed Fit Jeans Levi's 550 Relaxed Fit Jeans Levi's 527 Slim Boot Cut Jeans Levi's Style Content Editor

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