Does anyone else not like wearing jeans??

[OrangeAD30TC]

I stopped wearing jeans and have discovered a whole host of materials that I think are better for pants than denim. Discuss.

[CharAznable]

There's good denim and bad denim

[wstsidela]

I'm just a jeans-wearing kinda guy

[EightySix]

What do you wear if you don't wear jeans? Khaki's 24/7? Nylon track pants? Shorts year 'round? Sweatpants? (you from NJ?)


I'm lost. You blew my mind a little bit... I never realized how important pants were to me until now!

:munch

[donnievaz]

With the exception of shorts (which I wear from about April - October) I feel weird in anything but Levi's.

[TRawker]

What do you wear if you don't wear jeans? Khaki's 24/7? Nylon track pants? Shorts year 'round? Sweatpants? (you from NJ?)


I'm lost. You blew my mind a little bit... I never realized how important pants were to me until now!

:munch

HAHAHAHA That reminds me of that episode of Seinfeld when George starts wearing sweatpants and Jerry says something to the tune of "you know...nothing says you've given up on life than when you start wearing sweatpants all the time."

[RedRockRoy]

There is a lot of great looking denim out there. Just not made by Levi, Wrangler, etc....

[sodapopinski]

I agree, pants suck!!
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/912/hotpants3vg.jpg

[Ken Ho]

No, you are from bizarro-land. I wear jeans pretty much exclusively. Black jeans for work, casual black jeans for play. Denim shorts in summer. I don't have denim underwear, but it bears thinking about.
I don't wear Levi's though, mostly Billabong stuff.
The best thing about denim, is that you can wear it every day for a week, and it looks as good on Friday as it did on Monday. If they needs to be washed, I just chuck em on the floor for a few days, then it's good to go again.
Denim is possibly the GREATEST American invention of all.
If I find a pair of jeans I really like, I buy 2 pair.

[stratzrus]

I'm not really a jeans wearer.

i just bought a pair a couple of months ago after not having any for about two years and I've only worn them twice...when I went to Vermont for the weekend.
What do you wear if you don't wear jeans? Khaki's 24/7? Yeah pretty much.

I've got beige, tan, olive, grey, blue and black...two pairs of each color. They're fine for work or casual dress on the weekend. No ironing just wash and wear and they're pretty much acceptable wherever you go.

Around the house it's usually boxers or PJs.

I don't wear sneakers either. I've got one pair that I've worn three times in the year and a half that I've owned them.

[Jazzydave]

I love my jeans...but I've had them for a long time so they're pretty worn in. Believe it or not, some of my favorite pants to wear are my old camos from when I was in the Air Force...if only I could find some that weren't camo...

[Thwap]

As I sit here in a well-worn pair of Levis 501's, I have to say that to me...there's just nothing better.

[Lucidology]

OMG ... all I wear is jeans.. even on a Tuxedo gig (no one every notices ... )

[zekmoe]

If I didn't have to work, jeans would be the only long pants I'd own.

[Hendrix99]

I hate jeans, always have since I was a little kid. Sensory thing I think. I've always been a huge fan of cargo pants. Khakis for work or scrubs. Cargos or shorts at home.

[HoboMan]

Haven't worn jeans in over 10 years.

[LHanson]

Rarely wear them. Can't find a pair that fit.

OTOH, the wife likes my ass in them.

[Jarrett]

I hate jeans, always have since I was a little kid. I've always been a huge fan of cargo pants. Khakis for work or scrubs. Cargos or shorts at home.This pretty much sums me up. I've just never found a pair of jeans that fit me right and when I do they make my skin break out for some reason. I pretty much wear shorts all the time unless I have to go to work or its less than 40 degress outside. Then I switch to dockers, cargo pants, sweats, anything but jeans.

I'm sort of an anomaly. I live on a small horse ranch in rural Texas, drive a pickup, but don't wear jeans and don't own any boots or cowboy hats. When I take my daughter to horse shows every weekend, I'm the only dude in Tshirt, shorts and sandals. Sometimes when we show up in the winter and I have my shorts on, some of the competitors will say, "See I told you he was going to wear his shorts" :) Yeah I get weird looks, but its just not my thing and I can't swallow changing my appearance just to suit my environment when its something I'm not.

[whitehall]

As I get older it gets harder to find jeans I like. I wear a suit to work so I don't get to wear jeans that much. I like the lighter /thinner demin on a lot of the designer brands. I put on a pair of regular levis and they were like cardboard.

[monty]

I like them when they are well worn, but dont like getting them to that point so I rerely wear them.

[chrisjw5]

Denim shorts in summer.
You wear Jorts (http://www.jorts.com/)? That's much worse than not wearing jeans.

[Zelmo]

Jeans.

[anathema]

I agree, pants suck!!
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/912/hotpants3vg.jpg


Its sad that I know he is dressed like Faye Valentine from Cowboy Bebop...

great anime however, and I'm not an anime guy...

[Frankee]

With the exception of shorts (which I wear from about April - October) I feel weird in anything but Levi's.

This.

[guitgator]

I wear Dockers exclusively....along with my maroon Members Only jacket. The only thing I don't like about the Dockers is they cover up my penny loafers.

[plexistack]

The problem with jeans on stage is they hold too much damn water. By the time our 60 min set is over I need a dryer, my jeans are soaked!

[tokiswartooth]

I wear Dockers exclusively....along with my maroon Members Only jacket. The only thing I don't like about the Dockers is they cover up my penny loafers.

:worthless

You need some Sally Jesse Raphael glasses to go with that outfit.

Post of the day!!!

[SlyStrat]

Would'nt wear khaki's if they were free.
Jeans and a nice button down shirt for me.

[Polynitro]

I love jeans but I also love wool slacks, cotton chinos, and corduroys. You gotta mix it up a bit and keep it interesting. No jorts for me-ever.

[pickaguitar]

I wear jeans when I have to but find them restricting...

Loose shorts is what I go for when I have the chance

[sundaypunch]

It's only jeans for me. That is, with pants. I wouldn't be caught dead in a pair of jean shorts.

[Scott Miller]

I haven't worn jeans for about 40 years. I'll wear anything but jeans. Wait... I have a pair of bright purple jeans, but I only wear them at gigs.

[mark norwine]

I stopped wearing jeans and have discovered a whole host of materials that I think are better for pants than denim. Discuss.

I simply don't understand the recent spate of threads that invite *us* to discuss.

It's you who had this catharsis....why don't *you* discuss. Or at least begin the discussion....

[phillygtr]

Don't you hate it when you haven't done laundry in a long time and you're forced to pick from the bottom of the drawer?
I agree, pants suck!!
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/912/hotpants3vg.jpg

[Polynitro]

I stopped wearing jeans and have discovered a whole host of materials that I think are better for pants than denim. Discuss.

Better? Denim is the best material for pants. It doesn't need to be washed or ironed, it lasts forever, it forms to ones body, it looks better with age, it goes with almost anything.

[phillygtr]

Conceptually, I don't have a problem with denim used as a shorts material, but it's rarely ever executed well. Most of the time it's just a jeans design & cut made shorter (literally in the case of cut offs). They don't hang well.
You wear Jorts (http://www.jorts.com/)? That's much worse than not wearing jeans.

[Jon Silberman]

Frankly, I don't give a damn what you wear. (said w/a :) )

[guitarpkr67]

I love jeans. And to those who can't find jeans that fit right. You have to pick out some jeans you like and fit the best and then wear them. They will begin to form to your body. Once they do, they feel great.

[DaveF]

Better? Denim is the best material for pants. It doesn't need to be washed ...

uhhh

[jzgtrguy]

did you know if you change one letter from Gear page you get wear page? Just saying

[Ian Anderson]

Shorts most of the time. jeans on the motorcycle, going out at night, or the 10 days of the year it's too cold for shorts.

[Ken Ho]

Conceptually, I don't have a problem with denim used as a shorts material, but it's rarely ever executed well. Most of the time it's just a jeans design & cut made shorter (literally in the case of cut offs). They don't hang well.

Maybe in your world, but I favour surf-wear brands, esp Billabong, and they do denim shorts very well.
Of course, not having a beer-gut is a help in the "hang" department.

[HHB]

I like Lucky Brand jeans, wearing some right now

[ACfixer]

HAHAHAHA That reminds me of that episode of Seinfeld when George starts wearing sweatpants and Jerry says something to the tune of "you know...nothing says you've given up on life than when you start wearing sweatpants all the time."

At least they don't "swoosh" when you walk in them.

[ShavenYak]

I don't wear jeans all that much anymore either. I've got several pairs of cargo pants and other casual style khakis that are just more comfortable. A new pair of jeans is, as someone else said, like wearing cardboard.

[ACfixer]

I have like 8 pairs of knee-length "jorts" that I use for summer work shorts. I guess this puts and end to that... I am embarrassed. Wanna crawl in a hole and die.

[shredtrash]

That's just Un-American!

[VintageKnob]

Sometimes a man must wear stretchy pants!

http://cheappartychick.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/stretchy-pants.jpg

[neastguy]

is this what they want the PUB to be? threads like this? lol.. I love em all

[Blanket Jackson]

I wear whatever doesn't have any stains or dog hair on it that day. Don't really put too much thought into it. Sometimes jeans, sometimes wool, sometimes cotton. No jeans at work though. Put more thought into shirts. The real change for me was not wearing sneakers too much any longer. Bought some killer light and comfy shoes and now I look good in my cool shirt and sporty shoes, no matter what pants I wear.

[90wreck]

I simply don't understand the recent spate of threads that invite *us* to discuss.

It's you who had this catharsis....why don't *you* discuss. Or at least begin the discussion....
Thank you Mark.......Anybody who starts a thread should ALWAYS give an example/story/explanation of the thread title.(Or get a strike)

.....I don't trust anybody that doesn't wear jeans once in a while.
Are you a manly man?

[kovachian]

I wear both jeans and khakis, but presently I wear jeans most of the time. I'd wear khakis and slacks more often, if I could find more that are actually comfortable. Most pairs just feel really constricting and weird when they rub against my skin, not sure how to describe it. Broken-in denim just feels right, like few other fabrics can do. As for shirts otoh, I stopped wearing t-shirts years ago. Everything I wear is some combination of button-up/collar/no-collar for me.

[ford]

Levi's makes some very good jeans.... I like others also.. but I'm no snob...:beer and over 100 bucks for a pair of jeans is just crazy.. as any pair of Levi's might take a bit longer to break in.. but will last forever...

[urizen]

AWWWW, girls, girls, GIRLS! What's HAPPENING to us here:facepalm???!?

[stratzrus]

I wear Dockers exclusively....along with my maroon Members Only jacket. The only thing I don't like about the Dockers is they cover up my penny loafers.I know you're joking, but with the exception of the Members Only jacket you described me perfectly. I'm wearing black Dockers and black Cole Haan penny loafers at this very moment.

I guess one man's joke is another man's reality. :cry:

[RickNew]

OMG ... all I wear is jeans.. even on a Tuxedo gig (no one every notices ... )

With black nikes...I'm in

[soapvox speaker]

Does anyone else not like wearing jeans??

you know that this is america, right?

[stratzrus]

you know that this is america, right?No, this is the internet, otherwise known as the world wide web.

[lakehaus]

Work is dress slacks, pressed shirts, tie - jacket to meetings. Except "casual Friday", khaki's and button down shirt... otherwise I'm in shorts and jeans baby! Oh, and I prefer "Charlie Sheen" shirts over t-shirts most of the time.

[theycallme"tc"]

Well, I´m 18, and this year I´ve discovered men´s shoes and real pants. Chicks seem to dig it!

I still wear jeans though...but I´m digging chocolate or black washed denim more than the old, ripped, "You can tell I haven´t washed these suckers in a month" variety I used to wear mainly. I´ll still wear em to ocassions when it seems somewhat appropiate. Like a Bring Me The Horizon concert, if I´d ever go to see them live.

[OrangeAD30TC]

Wow...this has taken off. I am 23, Married a year ago and in a band. I play at a church in SF that the Chronicle called, "the church of the pretty people". Its all designer jeans and hippster. SF hippsters to be exact. My whole life I tried to be cool and wear what was in. My mom was on my case as a kid, my wife constantly tells me I have no style, even friends and just people I know give me their opinion on my garb like I asked for it. It just started pissing me off. So one day I said F it. I can't keep up. I looked at my grandfather and thought....hmmm....he's got an interesting style. I would definately be the only guy under 50 wearing that stuff...so I did it.

I went to the Salvation army/goodwill and bought some pants. I got some wool pants that are very classy and comfy. Then I found some pin striped slacks and thought these are cool. I found some brown Khakis and some weird blue ones. I went on ebay and ordered some Members Only Jacktes (Not kidding, I always thought the shoulder/neck straps were sort of militant looking and that appealed to me). I know one thing...People shut up. My wife, my mom, all my friends they just look me up and down and don't say anything.

[ChmpgnSupernover]

I've always wanted something other than jeans but all I can ever find are lame khaki's that look too formal for casual-wear, or chinos (what the heck are they anyway?). Can someone give me an example of some cool non-jean pants?? I'm 23 years old.

[Motorhed]

I wear just about nothing but jeans, even in the summer. I've never been big on shorts, maybe they do keep you cooler but I just don't like wearing them. I do have a few pairs of OD green cargos and a couple camo cargos that I wear sometimes. I've got my dress pants and khakis for when I have to wear them but if I had a choice, I'd never wear them.

[OrangeAD30TC]

I've always wanted something other than jeans but all I can ever find are lame khaki's that look too formal for casual-wear, or chinos (what the heck are they anyway?). Can someone give me an example of some cool non-jean pants?? I'm 23 years old.

Go to good will, They usually have two sections of pants. Jeans and everything else. Check em out and you will get a flavor of probably every style and material mens pants have been married to in the past 30 years.

[ChmpgnSupernover]

Go to good will, They usually have two sections of pants. Jeans and everything else. Check em out and you will get a flavor of probably every style and material mens pants have been married to in the past 30 years.
I'll do it!

[bluesjuke]

This pretty much sums me up. I've just never found a pair of jeans that fit me right and when I do they make my skin break out for some reason. I pretty much wear shorts all the time unless I have to go to work or its less than 40 degress outside. Then I switch to dockers, cargo pants, sweats, anything but jeans.

I'm sort of an anomaly. I live on a small horse ranch in rural Texas, drive a pickup, but don't wear jeans and don't own any boots or cowboy hats. When I take my daughter to horse shows every weekend, I'm the only dude in Tshirt, shorts and sandals. Sometimes when we show up in the winter and I have my shorts on, some of the competitors will say, "See I told you he was going to wear his shorts" :) Yeah I get weird looks, but its just not my thing and I can't swallow changing my appearance just to suit my environment when its something I'm not.


I've got to get off of my butt and give you a call.


You should see my wife in her shorts and black muck boots!
She also wears shorts and leather chaps when riding.

Me, I'm just a jeans guy all of the time.
Jeans and T shirs for me when I'm 70, 8o years old- no plaid and polyester.

[Polynitro]

Instead of members only jacket wear one of these:

http://www.baracuta-g9.com/v3/

(G9 Slimfit Harrington)

This is one of the most iconic jackets thats been around since the 60s and is still here today. From Steve Maqueen, to Frank Sinatra, The Clash, The Jam, Green Day and even Private Ryan (at the end of the movie) everyone should own one of these. This is the best one made but its expensive, I have a Ben Sherman one I got for $20. There's a ton of cheap knockoffs but the one made in England is really good quality.

As long as you don't wear this with Doc Martens you won't be mistaken for a skinhead. And stay away from 'Old Man Blue' (see Saving Private Ryan)

I suggest you don't go to goodwill unles you plan on moving to Billyburg and rock granny glasses and spock-rocker hair.

[Polynitro]

I've always wanted something other than jeans but all I can ever find are lame khaki's that look too formal for casual-wear, or chinos (what the heck are they anyway?). Can someone give me an example of some cool non-jean pants?? I'm 23 years old.

chinos are khakis and vice versa...Technically khaki is the color of chinos which came from the military and people started wearing them casually (even though wwII khakis had front rises that as Michael Kors would say, "are outta this World)

Id start with a jean-style corduroy like Levis 501 cords. THey are cut the same as a jean but with cord cotton insted of denim. Chinos don't have to be tan, I just got a pair of Calvin Klien chinos that are prety slim fitting in a gray color. Finally you can wear what the Brits call "trousers", basically just a suit bottom. A nice pair of wool slacks can be dressed down with a polo or whatever. Just look for mid-rise, straight leg, no pleats. You want them to fit more like jeans then a suit (below your waist), or you'll look like you are wearing half a suit.

[stratzrus]

I went on ebay and ordered some Members Only Jacktes (Not kidding, I always thought the shoulder/neck straps were sort of militant looking and that appealed to me). I know one thing...People shut up. My wife, my mom, all my friends they just look me up and down and don't say anything.It's the Members Only jacket...I wouldn't say anything either. :rotflmao

Try one of these and I guarantee they will say something:

http://s7d4.scene7.com/is/image/BrooksBrothers/290M_NAVY?wid=220&fmt=jpeg&qlt=95,0&op_sharpen=1&resMode=sharp2&op_usm=0.4,1.0,10,0&iccEmbed=0

[Polynitro]

members only jackets are cool in theory. But in practice they scream 2 things: old man and 1988. Its just a Harrington ripoff anyway, might as well get the real and much cooler thing.

Members Only are trying to make a comeback BTW:
http://www.membersonlystyle.com/

[urizen]

Instead of members only jacket wear one of these:

http://www.baracuta-g9.com/v3/

(G9 Slimfit Harrington)

This is one of the most iconic jackets thats been around since the 60s and is still here today. From Steve Maqueen, to Frank Sinatra, The Clash, The Jam, Green Day and even Private Ryan (at the end of the movie) everyone should own one of these. This is the best one made but its expensive, I have a Ben Sherman one I got for $20. There's a ton of cheap knockoffs but the one made in England is really good quality...

I know Barracuta's claims for itself---while I don't have the brand, that simply looks like (what we 'Murricans would call) a golf jacket or windbreaker---I've got a Brooks Bros. (plaid, in cotton & wool) that looks just like it (except for the elasticated cuffs, which are a PITA in the real world) and a Bobby Jones in tan suede that's beat-up and rocks (slim-cut, breaks just above the hips, no elasticated cuffs or elasticated waist).

If sir were looking about for something classic, iconic, trim, and distinctive, perhaps sir should step over to a good military purveyor and examine the masculine good looks embodied in the Eisenhower jacket.







Still, whoever follows (alleged) guitar players' collective advice on style is de facto treading on thin ice.

[Polynitro]

I know Barracuta's claims for itself---while I don't have the brand, that simply looks like (what we 'Murricans would call) a golf jacket or windbreaker---I've got a Brooks Bros. (plaid, in cotton & wool) that looks just like it (except for the elasticated cuffs, which are a PITA in the real world) and a Bobby Jones in tan suede that's beat-up and rocks (slim-cut, breaks just above the hips, no elasticated cuffs or elasticated waist).

If sir were looking about for something classic, iconic, trim, and distinctive, perhaps sir should step over to a good military purveyor and examine the masculine good looks embodied in the Eisenhower jacket.







Still, whoever follows (alleged) guitar players' collective advice on style is de facto treading on thin ice.

It would be hard to rock an Eisenhower jacket, epsecially where I live next to a master jet base and a SEAl/Marine base...I saw the Brooks Bros harrington, it looked decent. The thing with all the baracuta knock offs is that none of them have the tartan lining that comes all the way to the zipper, and also when I raise my arms in the baracuta the jacket doesn't ride up. Im not sure how they do this magical feat but its cool. My Ben Sherman fits pretty good too and for $20 you can't beat it. (compared to $240 for the real one) And the baracuta is teflon coated so it beads water really well. One last thing is its double zipped(at top and bottom) another cool feature you won't find in most knock offs.

But yeah its AKA a golf jacket. But the slim fitted ones aren't blousey like the original ones.

[FlyingDutchman]

I like Lucky Brand jeans, wearing some right now

+1 my favorite denim...

[OrangeAD30TC]

It's the Members Only jacket...I wouldn't say anything either. :rotflmao

Thanks

[mprvise]

I'm pretty much all jeans, all the time. After spending several years at a corporate day gig where slacks were mandatory most of the time I can now wear whatever I want, and what I want is jeans.