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What 2 Brothers Started in
NC in 1905 Is No More
Nov 18, 2017 10:46 AM CST
What 2 Brothers Started in NC in 1905 Is No More
Iconic Cone Denim White Oak plant in Greensboro will close Dec. 31
(Newser)
- Moses and Ceasar Cone founded their denim brand in the late 19th century, and in 1905 opened the Cone Denim White Oak plant in Greensboro, NC. Within three years, it was churning out more denim than anywhere else in the world, reports the Triad City Beat ; in its heyday, White...
Why Those Jeans Cost $300
Jul 10, 2011 4:18 PM CDT
Why Those Jeans Cost $300
One big reason: They're made in America
(Newser)
- Ever wondered how a pair of jeans, even great-looking ones, could possibly cost $300 or more? The
Wall Street Journal
has the answer—and in large part, it’s because the fancy pants were made in America, writes Christina Binkley. If a pair of $300 True Religion jeans had been...
Denim's Back, But
Denim-on-Denim
Is Pushing It
Jan 28, 2010 1:11 PM CST
Denim's Back, But Denim-on-Denim Is Pushing It
Jeans are back in the spotlight, but how much is too much?
(Newser)
- Thanks in part to the recession, denim is all the rage—but the growing tendency to layer denim on denim (on, sometimes, even more denim) might be too much. “It can look silly, too contrived,” a video producer tells the
Wall Street Journal
. Nonetheless, the look is everywhere,...
Say Goodbye to $600 Jeans
Oct 29, 2009 11:53 AM CDT
Say Goodbye to $600 Jeans
Thanks to the recession, premium denim comes at a lower premium
(Newser)
- If you couldn't afford a pair of "premium jeans" last year, maybe you can now. Though the basic components of jeans haven't changed in decades, prices skyrocketed early in the decade—but thanks to the recession, designer denim that might have gone for more than $300 two years ago...
New CK Jeans
Give You the
Back—or Front
—You Want
Aug 27, 2009 12:06 PM CDT
New CK Jeans Give You the Back—or Front —You Want
Designer gives butt a lift and fly a boost
(Newser)
- Good news for the flat-bottomed: Calvin Klein’s Body jeans do for your lower half what a push-up bra does for your upper half, the
New York Post
reports—and both men and women can get a lift from the new line. The ladies get a rounder, more flattering look...
New Gap Jeans Compete With Designer Denim
Aug 14, 2009 11:43 AM CDT
New Gap Jeans Compete With Designer Denim
But for about a quarter of the price
(Newser)
- Gap is taking on the reigning kings of designer denim with its new jeans revamp in an effort “to reinvent Gap as a place of authority on denim,” the company's president says. Gone are the old designs—all of them. In their place are six new styles that...
Why Jeans Are Evil
OPINION
Apr 16, 2009 7:47 AM CDT
Why Jeans Are Evil
(Newser)
- Across America, men, women, and children are wearing the same pants: jeans. Not only a sartorial crime, the trend is an “obnoxious misuse of freedom,” rails George Will of the
Washington Post.
Levi Strauss set out to make tough pants for 49ers who spent all day in the...
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