Wearing jeans is what we all seem to do, every day. But is there really need to wear them for every occasion? But this poses the question of ‘when is the right occasion for jeans?’
Jeans were initially designed for practicality. The hardwearing material meant that the trousers were weatherproof and hard to tear etc. The jeans, commonly known to be worn by cowboys, then spread to other outdoor working people. As practicality and comfort became more fashionable, jeans became more and more common.
Before long nearly everybody owned a pair of jeans. So by looking back in history it would seem that jeans are designed for practical use and therefore are worn in more casual situations, rather than worn as your best.
There are thin jeans to baggy jeans, light jeans to dark jeans, and jeans with a distressed fabric to make them look ‘worked in’. These jeans can be worn to make you look casual, but at the same time they, if worn with the appropriate accompaniments, can look semi-smart and be worn to most social occasions. Definitely a far cry from the original jeans.
Jeans today have become more and more acceptable to wear to nearly everything. When I was younger you would never have dared wear jeans to the theatre or to church, as they were not considered smart. But now that jeans come in a far wider range of styles and shades you will find that people will consider a pair of jeans that they own their ‘best’.
So when to wear jeans is entirely up to you. Nowadays there does not seem to be any set rules, as jeans so often do not even look like jeans any more. I believe the days have gone when we considered jeans as only casualwear.
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