| Down Size Denim's Dominance |
| Written by James Cameroone |
| Friday, 02 July 2010 07:11 |
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When it comes to crazy, outdated fashion, I can appreciate the goofiness of it all. I love 80s crop tops, high socks, bright neon colors, ripped up leather jackets or even sports jackets with shoulder pads. But next to wearing Insane Clown Posse apparel, I just don't understand the appeal of denim on denim. Why do people like this stuff?
When it comes to crazy, outdated fashion, I can appreciate the goofiness of it all. I love 80s crop tops, high socks, bright neon colors, ripped up leather jackets or even sports jackets with shoulder pads. But next to wearing Insane Clown Posse apparel, I just don't understand the appeal of denim on denim. Why do people like this stuff? I'm specifically talking about stonewashed jeans with button down denim jackets (among other denim faux pas'). It is the quintessential 1990s American television wardrobe default. Think about it. All those sitcoms like "Full House" or "Growing Pains" featured their characters rocking too much denim. Even George Costanza of our beloved "Seinfeld" is seen in a few episodes wearing a less than flattering combination of a denim jacket over a solid-colored sweater tucked into his oversize Wrangler's. I'd say the deadly denim combo was close to making a comeback around the emergence of Hip-hop mogul pet projects of Sean Combs and Jay-Z: Sean John and Rocawear. What they did was took tight-fitting denim and simply loosened it up...a lot. Baggy jeans with baggy denim jackets were a big hit in the early years of the new millennium. It has since dropped out of style, but funk master Sly Stone was recently seen sporting the outfit at this year's Coachella music festival. He even added a denim baseball hat! Should have stuck to the bell-bottoms, Sly. I'm not trying to trash denim. I have my fair collection of stonewashed jeans and I may even have a Levi's jean jacket lying around somewhere. I will never, however, put those two together. Those days are over. It's time for people to know better. Denim works well with lots of other clothes, there's no need to match it with more of the same! |