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Chaps wearing stretch jeans

letthegoodtimesroll
letthegoodtimesroll Posts: 10,676
edited May 2017 in General Charlton
What is that all about ? It seems every pair of jeans or trousers on the shelves these days have stretch fabric and 'comfort' wastebands. Fat blokes traditionally wear jeans that look like they've got room for another two sizes in growth, it's called forward planning and harks back to when their mums used to buy them clothing and tell them they'd grow into it. Whatever happened to just buying something that is the right size ?

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  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,310
    Hope I die before I get old
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,788
    Saw a lot of this on Saturday at Sandown Park along with tweed jackets.
  • All_Thaid_Up
    All_Thaid_Up Posts: 2,293
    I went and bought a pair the other week. normally a size 33/34 but bought a 32. they are bit like maternity wear for women, probably could have got in a 28 with the amount of give they have.

    weird but very comfortable at least they are not super skinny!!!
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    Brought a pair last week. Didn't try them on, and realised my every growing beer belly had got the better of me. Swiftly returned to the shop and got the next size up.
  • letthegoodtimesroll
    letthegoodtimesroll Posts: 10,676
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    Henry Irving said:

    Hope I die before I get old

    Don't tell me you've got a pair of trendy red trainers as well to go with your comfort fit strides...
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,356
    All_Thaid_Up said:

    I went and bought a pair the other week. normally a size 33/34 but bought a 32. they are bit like maternity wear for women, probably could have got in a 28 with the amount of give they have.

    weird but very comfortable at least they are not super skinny!!!

    "Maternity wear for women".
  • Redvalleyeast
    Redvalleyeast Posts: 4,739
    edited May 2017
    Not a good look for the older gentleman. I tried a pair on and at nearly 47 years old,looked a complete bell ;)
  • letthegoodtimesroll
    letthegoodtimesroll Posts: 10,676
    Chizz said:

    All_Thaid_Up said:

    I went and bought a pair the other week. normally a size 33/34 but bought a 32. they are bit like maternity wear for women, probably could have got in a 28 with the amount of give they have.

    weird but very comfortable at least they are not super skinny!!!

    "Maternity wear for women".
    Sums it up quite nicely.
  • iamdan
    iamdan Posts: 2,422
    I have a size 42" skinny jeans.. looks good :neutral:
  • letthegoodtimesroll
    letthegoodtimesroll Posts: 10,676
    iamdan said:

    I have a size 42" skinny jeans.. looks good :neutral:

    They may well do, but do they still look good when you put them on ?

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  • cfgs
    cfgs Posts: 11,495
    Lads wearing skin tight jeans with a baggy arse just looks weird.
  • T_C_E
    T_C_E Posts: 16,427
    Blokes with skinny legs wearing tight jeans and sticky up shoes!! FFS, it looks like two 9 irons wrapped in denim. ;)
    Love
    "The over 60s fashion Police"
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,387
    what about chaps wearing chaps ?
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,739
    Lincsaddick said:

    what about chaps wearing chaps ?

    Steady on.this is a family forum: )
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,387
    blackpool72 said:

    Lincsaddick said:

    what about chaps wearing chaps ?

    Steady on.this is a family forum: )
    hahahahaha ... https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=chaps&qpvt=chaps&qpvt=chaps&qpvt=chaps&FORM=IGRE

  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,826
    I misread the tile as Jean's wearing Chaps.
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,914
    I can't be doing with this stretch fabric stuff and elasticated waists.

    I normally wear Levi 501's red tag and currently have a pair 32 waist 32 inside leg. I hang them in the wardrobe and get them out every now and then to just look at them and reminisce about a time when they would have fitted me.
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,405
    Don't know what the fuss is about I have been stretching jeans to breaking point for 20 odd years being a total bloater n all!
  • letthegoodtimesroll
    letthegoodtimesroll Posts: 10,676
    edited May 2017
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  • letthegoodtimesroll
    letthegoodtimesroll Posts: 10,676
    edited May 2017
    bobmunro said:

    I can't be doing with this stretch fabric stuff and elasticated waists.

    I normally wear Levi 501's red tag and currently have a pair 32 waist 32 inside leg. I hang them in the wardrobe and get them out every now and then to just look at them and reminisce about a time when they would have fitted me.

    Blimey, they must be 'big E' ones

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  • hawksmoor
    hawksmoor Posts: 2,608
    Ah, Big 'E' selvedge Levi's. Cost an absolute fortune for a knackered vintage pair that smell of wee.
  • Oh_Yoni_Boy
    Oh_Yoni_Boy Posts: 1,762
    iamdan said:

    I have a size 42" skinny jeans.. looks good :neutral:

    Going for that 'half-squeezed toothpaste tube' look?
  • letthegoodtimesroll
    letthegoodtimesroll Posts: 10,676
    edited May 2017
    hawksmoor said:

    Ah, Big 'E' selvedge Levi's. Cost an absolute fortune for a knackered vintage pair that smell of wee.

    The denim used then (pre the 1971 switch from capitals to lower case) will more or less not wear out unlike the 'little e' products of today. Mine's still going strong (not that its ever worn but it still fits
  • hawksmoor
    hawksmoor Posts: 2,608
    I only wear selvedge denim but don't have any big 'E' Levi's. Would the denim have been Cone Mills pre-1971? I did have a couple of pairs of Japanese Sugar Cane 1947s, which were based on 1947 Levi's. I found them a bit on the loose side, though. My go-to pair at the moment are Japan Blues.
  • letthegoodtimesroll
    letthegoodtimesroll Posts: 10,676
    hawksmoor said:

    I only wear selvedge denim but don't have any big 'E' Levi's. Would the denim have been Cone Mills pre-1971? I did have a couple of pairs of Japanese Sugar Cane 1947s, which were based on 1947 Levi's. I found them a bit on the loose side, though. My go-to pair at the moment are Japan Blues.

    The denim feels almost like canvas (probably because it doesn't get worn these days) which is what they claim the very first ones were actually made of by all accounts. I've worn jeans from Albam which say they use that Japanese denim but cutting back on the washing of the jeans can only be done for so long and my experience is I've found that once you do start washing them they ain't quite so tough as they first seem or claim.
  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,826
    Albam do really good looking stuff that sounds great but doesn't last anywhere near as well as it should.

    A few years ago now the only jeans I owned were Levi 501s, black. These days I don't own any jeans.
  • palarsehater
    palarsehater Posts: 12,304
    edited May 2017
    jeans are something i dont go expensive on edwin jeans im wearing atm, or asos ones arent bad.
  • Daarrzzetbum
    Daarrzzetbum Posts: 1,236
    Not for me

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