Jean Queen

Burglars stole six pairs of men’s jeans, along with electronics, from an Augusta home Monday morning.

Continue here: Jeans, computer equipment stolen from Augusta home

There can’t be anyone on radio better qualified to slope around Hackney in the wake of the August riots than the oral historian Alan Dein.

Read the rest of the post here:
Lives in a Landscape, Radio 4, Monday Bitten by the Bug, Radio 4, Tuesday

Your seatbelt isn’t the only belt that must be securely fastened if you’re a stratospherically-famous punk rocker on board a flight operated by America’s leading budget airline. So, apparently, must the one which holds up your trousers.

See the rest here:
Green Day singer kicked off flight over sagging jeans

Regular readers of this column will know that when J Brand discontinued its Steve boyfriend jeans (below), this particular denim addict was nothing short of bereft. The best cut for me personally ever, Steve was skinny at the hips, wide-legged and low-slung without ever being rude. All of this was only added to by the fact that he came, as do all J Brand jeans, sans logo and in suitably dark and …

More:
Susannah Frankel: ‘My favourite jeans, J Brand’s Steve, bit the dust when I caught him on a doorknob’

In 1950s America, jeans were deemed so culturally subversive that teenagers were banned from wearing them in many public buildings. It’s hard to imagine the same furore today over a rack of identically “distressed” (and distressingly flimsy) high-street skinnies or supermarket stretch denim.

Read the rest of the post here:
Being Modern: High-street jeans

There’s a fine line between shopping with healthy enthusiasm and displaying signs of out-and-out addiction. For me, this is tested most regularly by the desire to own more pairs of jeans than is strictly necessary. Strange to relate, then, that the discipline with which I have chosen not to invest in denim this season is unprecedented.

More here: Susannah Frankel: ‘My favourite jeans are Current Elliot in vintage denim – so strait-laced a Sindy doll might have …

The premise sounds too good to be true: stylish jeans as comfy as pajama bottoms.

Continue here: PajamaJeans are comfy and cute

London is the most expensive place to buy knock-off trainers, jeans and CDs, according to figures released today, with counterfeiters offering slimmer discounts than in other big cities around the world.

Continue here: London proves pricey for knock-off goods

share: digg facebook twitter The California company Baller Jeans was created by one Zak King who, according to the website www.ballerjeans.com, was struck by the gods of innovation while trying to “discreetly scratch and adjust himself without the need to draw attention to his covert activities.” The jeans’ distinctive pocket glove provides “convenience for men who …

Continue here: Baller jeans allow men to secretly take care of their personal business

Hospice of Texarkana recently held its inaugural Jeans and Bling fundraiser at Ramage Farms in Hooks, Texas, for construction of its inpatient care center.

More:
Hospice holds Jeans and Bling fundraiser