{"id":781,"date":"2019-01-29T19:03:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-29T19:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fashtory.com\/journal\/?p=781"},"modified":"2019-01-29T23:06:20","modified_gmt":"2019-01-29T23:06:20","slug":"jeans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fashtory.com\/journal\/jeans\/","title":{"rendered":"Why we\u2019ll always love blue jeans"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Why we\u2019ll always love blue jeans<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Transcending social class, status and wealth, denim is the ultimate way to express yourself<\/em> <\/span><\/h3>\n

The average American owns 7 pairs of blue jeans. But just why are we so obsessed with denim? Regardless of seasonal trends, we keep wearing jeans. Boyfriend, skinny, flared or mom cut; \u201980s stonewash, deepest indigo or distressed \u2013 we can\u2019t get enough.\"\"<\/span><\/p>\n

Initially introduced in the 19th<\/sup> century as workwear for miners in Western America, denim was considered the wardrobe of the working classes. That is, until western movies captured the popular imagination and the image of the American cowboy transformed denim\u2019s humble origins.<\/span><\/p>\n

Taken up by motorcycle hellraisers, cinema cashed in again on denim\u2019s newfound rebel status with James Dean and Marlon Brando the pin-ups of denim\u2019s new bad-boy image.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now there\u2019s no stopping us. We\u2019ll wear it in a skirt, midi-dress or jacket, or even as evening wear \u2013 Ralph Lauren\u2019s denim dinner suit is testament to the limitless variations on blue jeans. While Marques Almeida made their name fashioning entire collections from the stuff.<\/span><\/p>\n

Check out Saudi Arabian designer 8 Abayah<\/u><\/a> for new ways to wear denim; or channel your inner rebel with Desire Green\u2019s<\/u> <\/a>pimped up classic denim jacket. Dungarees, jeans and more \u2013 it\u2019s all at your fingertips on Fashtory<\/u>.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Transcending social class, status and wealth, denim is the ultimate way to express yourself \n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[485,263,480,481,483,375,262,482,487,484,108,486],"class_list":{"0":"post-781","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fashtory.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Why-we-always-love-blue-jeans-blog-header.jpg?fit=1920%2C880&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/saDMpk-jeans","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fashtory.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fashtory.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fashtory.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fashtory.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fashtory.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fashtory.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fashtory.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fashtory.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fashtory.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fashtory.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=781"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fashtory.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}