Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan, is a towering genius of finance, Obama hanger-on, savior of Wall Street, and irritable dick. He’s also long liked to wear tight jeans, as his 1974 yearbook page…
Continue here: Yearbook Page Reveals Jamie Dimon’s Lifelong Tight-Jeans Obsession [Exclusive] (Gawker)
So, Mediaite’s Rachel Sklar did a piece about cars. What? Yes: cars. Ray Wert at Gawker Media car blog Jalopnik posted on it. Sklar dove in the comments. Car people are insane. What do you think…
More here: New York Media Types Clearly Aren’t Licensed To Talk About Cars [Bad Idea Jeans] (Gawker)
There’s something admirable about this disturbingly awesome invention for the heartland, these Winkers™ pants: the fatter you get, the better they work. All of America, from coast to chubby coast,…
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The Terrible Ingenuity of ‘Winker’ Jeans (An Introduction) [Fashion] (Gawker)
Leonardo DiCaprio, 34, goes for a bicycle ride around Notting Hill. Pic via Bauer-Griffin.
Continue here: Catch My Mom Jeans If You Can [Open Caption] (Gawker)
The Way We Live Now: Emasculated. Figuratively, as The Man gives us a few extra pennies in Welfare even as cops yank our falafel-cart permit; and literally, because the fashion industry must sell…
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Fat Men + Skinny Jeans= Salvation [Recessionomics] (Gawker)
[A woman stands in front of the racy new Calvin Klein ad in Soho that's causing a controversy; image via Getty]
What a time to start selling $595 jeans. The free publicity potential is incredible. Across America, hacks are whipping out pocket calculators and saying, “Do you know what you could buy for $595??”…
More here: The Economy is Bad Idea Jeans [Recessionomics] (Gawker)