Women who hate skinny jeans can rejoice this spring when the extra-tight denim that has dominated the market for more than two years makes way for wide-leg cuts.
It all starts with a description given over a mobile phone: “Look for a woman with long blonde hair, blue jeans, silver heels and a black T-shirt arriving on the next flight from Miami.”
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Jeans maker Levi Strauss & Co said on Tuesday that quarterly net profit rose 17 percent on higher revenue from currency gains and improved consumer spending.
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Levi Strauss posts higher profit in first quarter
Seth Wescott pulled in a huge lead on the final jump to defend his Olympic snowboard cross gold on Monday, leaving another Canadian to settle for second best against an ice-cool American rival.
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Bullet in blue jeans zips to gold (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Amazon.com Inc shares rose on Monday after it posted strong growth in holiday season orders and said its customers bought more e-books than physical books for the first time ever on Christmas Day, thanks to its hot-selling Kindle electronic book reader.
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The “first ever” brand of jeans made in North Korea went on sale in Stockholm on Saturday, the Swedish company behind the communist-made denims said.
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Swedish jeans ‘Made in North Korea’ go on sale (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Designer jeans labeled “Made in North Korea” will go on sale this Friday at a trendy department store in the Swedish capital, marking a first foray into Western fashion for the reclusive communist state.
More here: N. Korea’s first designer jeans on sale in Sweden (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
CORRECTED: Japan consumers go frugal, green as economy sags (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
/ Category: Jean News(Corrects list in Nov. 27 story to show LED light bulbs were tied for 15th … not ranked 16th)
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CORRECTED: Japan consumers go frugal, green as economy sags (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The Philippine politician whose wife and relatives were among 57 people massacred in an apparent bid to stop him from running for governor filed his candidacy papers Friday, vowing only his death could stop him.
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Filipino who lost wife in massacre files candidacy (AP via Yahoo! News)
Japan’s first lady Miyuki Hatoyama, who has made headlines with tales of her alien encounters, drew fresh media attention on Monday — for being a fashion ambassador for humble blue jeans.
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Japan’s first lady honoured as ‘jeans ambassador’ (AFP via Yahoo! News)