On the train yesterday a woman was crying. I sat two seats away, watching. Nobody raised their eyes from their phones. In fact people actively looked away; out the window, at the floor, anywhere but at the sobbing woman. It seems pathetic of me to… Read More
Here’s a perfect example of flip-side-wrongness. Observed from the front, the subject, in this case a pair of denim trousers, appears interesting, charming, positively debonair. You’ve got the shadowy ghosts of pockets past up top. And below we have some, arguably pointless, but nevertheless eye-catching,… Read More
Pre-dishevelled jeans, be they sand-blasted, scribbled on, or God forbid, ripped, are frequently a disaster area. Witness the legions of regional Don Juan’s in calf-clinging abominations; slashed at the knees, throttling at the ankles. That they go sockless in winter, with flimsy ASOS plimsolls or… Read More
The above image from Chicken Shack’s Instagram makes these Sassafrass jeans look extremely strong. Loose, riddled with contrast top-stitching, plenty of utilitarian pocketery… what’s not to love. They’re clearly a little cropped, but the way the shot works, the length looks about right. Although a… Read More
TooGood‘s denim range is priced to commit assault and battery on your wallet. And we’re not taking about a back-hand slap. Rather a kick down the stairs, followed by repeated clouts with a dustbin. If 200-300 for some denim trousers gets you reaching for the… Read More
I’m not much of a denim snob. I’m a label snob, which is much worse. Jeans I currently have in rotation include OTHER/Shop, orSlow and Blue Blue Japan. I have no knowledge of the technicalities of their looming or otherwise, I was seduced by the… Read More
