Jean Queen

I’m going to make an educated guess and say I think it’s time you buy a new pair of jeans.

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Every man should own classic dark jeans

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The average American family with school-age children will spend $328.40 on jeans, shirts, other types of clothing and shoes this year, according to Parents magazine. That is, unless they shop at a secondhand store. Don’t turn up your nose.

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T-shirts. Old jeans. Comfortable shoes. Hair bands.

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New mom needs a wardrobe makeover

Blue jeans are not fashion. They are a cop-out for women too lazy to wear attractive clothing.

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Are jeans true-blue fashion or an easy cop-out for women? (The Charlotte Observer)

Jeans that fit properly don’t need to cost $100 or more, says Patrick Robinson, Gap head of design. To prove his point, he and a team of designers have spent a year and a half working on perfecting premium denim at a lower price.

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The Carolinas’ first Madewell store will open Saturday at SouthPark mall. “We are jeans makers,” says marketing director Gigi Guerra. “We’ve got really great jeans, really great fits.”

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Q. I have an expensive pair of Allen Edmonds shoes that are starting to look shabby. I can’t afford $300-plus for a new pair. Would new soles give them a new lease on life?

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New life for pricey shoes; jeans for mom (The Charlotte Observer)

On any American street, or in any airport or mall, you see the same sad tableau: A 10-year-old boy is walking with his father, whose development was evidently arrested when he was that age, judging by his clothes. Father and son are dressed identically – running shoes, T-shirts. And jeans, always jeans. If mother is there, she, too, is draped in denim.

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What our jeans say about us (The Charlotte Observer)

(By Peter St. Onge, pstonge@charlotteobserver.com) They came in jeans and business suits, with briefcases and hand-held resumes. They were looking for a new job, a better job. Any job. For three days last week, at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, thousands of hopefuls stood in lines that sometimes stretched for hours, waiting for an interview with a new hotel coming to Concord. They came from sales …

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