Tuesday, April 7, 2009

A Brief History of Skinny Jeans 2000's-Today

The 2000s
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In the early 2000s, they became favored by garage rock revival bands, most notably by The Strokes.

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Model Kate Moss has been credited with reintroducing the jeans to women. Among women, skinny jeans are most often worn tucked into boots or scrunched up over the wearer's footwear, and are also often paired with ballerina flats.
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The Libertines (particularly Carl Barat and Pete Doherty) used skinny jeans as part of their image. This was later adopted by more mainstream indie pop and indie rock acts such as Kaiser Chiefs, Kasabian, The Kooks and The Horrors, as well as comedians Russell Brand and Noel Fielding, increasing the popularity of skinny jeans amongst men.
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The skinny jean became very popular in Britain when Topman started producing their own. The buzz later hit America and has now become a staple item of clothing for anyone who wants that Rock 'n' Roll look.
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Some skateboarders prefer to wear the jeans because of their ability to stretch, thus making it easier to move around whilst skating.
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Skinny jeans are also now very prominent in the BMX scene resulting in greater maneuverability and less instances in which the pants are caught in the bike's moving parts.
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They have grown in the latter half of the 2000s to become associated with a scene and indie rock trend. Skinny jeans are now worn by many stars today and thanks to brands such as cheap monday they now come in colors such as red, bright blue, gray, green, and purple, as well as the eternal favourite black.
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