"If it's Denim it must be Spring!"
Jeans are an invention of 19th century U.S.A. Initially conceived as rugged work pants by the founder of Levi Strauss they eventually became a symbol of rebellious youth in the fifties. In the late sixties jeans became a socially acceptable designer item and worn by well-to-do young in Europe.
A Men & Women’s Wise-Ass Neoteric Look:
Begin with Designer Jeans worn with a striped shirt open at the neck and paired with a noteworthy belt and Italian loafers. Choose a boldly colored and printed pocket square to contrast with the shirt. Pull the centre of the pocket square down and tuck it inside the back pocket of your jeans leaving the points out to give a loose relaxed effect.
Levi’s 501 are the celebrity jeans. Why? Because famous people, like Andy Warhol, wore them…
with…
check shirt, necktie, and blue blazer.
Bob Colacello, writer for Vanity Fair, has mentioned that it was Warhol”s colleague and friend, Fred Hughes, who birthed the combination of jeans with a suit jacket. Hughes had his 501′s washed and pressed every day so the seams were never crooked and there was no loose fabric on the thighs. Warhol was far more notorious than Hughes and so the “uniform” became known as the ‘Warhol Look’.
- “Warhol WOW”
To keep 501′s true blue they should be dry cleaned, not washed.
Copyright © 2011 Nicole Rigets
