There are 1-2-3-4,000 bands that sound just like the Ramones, and 99 percent of them are interchangeable and unremarkable. So why is Portland, Ore., trio Mean Jeans part of the one percent that makes an impossibly rudimentary, decades-old formula sound as fresh and fun as ever? Read full article >>
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London, April 5 : Sainsbury's has launched a new line of jeans that claims to give wearers the best bottom and flatten tummy.
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'Miracle Jeans' claim to give best butt, flat tummy
Esquire magazine knows a thing or two about men’s fashion, which makes their verdict on Rick Santorum all the more brutal. A review of Santorum’s sartorial choices declared him to have “the worst pair of jeans that has ever been seen on a man’s legs in America.”
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Lana Del Rey released a new video for her single “Blue Jeans,” and some might find it objectionable: It portrays Del Rey threatened by violence, with a tattooed man sticking his fingers down her throat and holding her head underwater in a pool. Read full article >>
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R oger Fidler , in jeans and a black turtleneck, is watching Steve Jobs , in jeans and a black turtleneck, introduce the iPad. Fidler is sitting in his stark white office — the late Apple co-founder adored white’s simplicity — and Jobs is strolling on stage in a 2010 video playing on Fidler’s MacBook. “There’s laptops and smartphones now,” Jobs says. “But a question has arisen lately: Is there …
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For tablet computer visionary Roger Fidler, a lot of what-ifs
What do jeans that haven’t been washed in three months smell like? According to one Australian woman, they don’t smell unlike jeans that have been worn for just a day or two. Tullia Jack, a Melbourne researcher, is trying to encourage people to save water by keeping their jeans out of the wash — would you? Read full article > >
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It’s bad enough that teachers have to inculcate The Future according to the whims of state bureaucrats while dodging acid and waiting for the mayoral axe to fall on their school. Can’t a pedagogue pad around the classroom in Crocs and a Black Flag t-shirt in peace? The principal of an East Village elementary school was fed up with the slovenly appearance of his staff, and instituted a dress code …
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East Village Principal’s Dress Code Deprives Teachers Of Jeans
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The sometimes plain, sometimes heavily decorated neckties are a symbol of the West, worn with everything from blue jeans to tuxedos. Texas links the bolo to the romanticism of the pioneer era and suggests that anyone who wears one refuses to be bound by convention. New Mexico says they reflect the state’s tri-cultural heritage — a mix of Hispanic, American Indian and Anglo …
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From blue jeans to tuxedos, Arizona’s Heard Museum exhibits versatility of bolo ties
After a series of mediocre debate performances over the past six week, Texas Gov. Rick Perry seems to be signaling that he may not take part in future candidate gatherings. Perry has committed to the next debate in Michigan on November 9 but, according to campaign spokesman Ray Sullivan, the governor’s participation in future debates is very much up in the air. Read full article > >
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Apparel and accessories company says it is in discussions with Delta Galil Industries over $350-$400 million sale.
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