I rather agree with the Grauniad article, this whole ‘grown men over 23 should wear comfortable slacks, and only listen to jazz’ is just so Daily Mail. I was surprised to see Jean Machine was back in business, I used to shop there when they had a shop in Bath. I had a lovely western-style denim shirt, pearl buttons, and nice detailing on the yoke and cuffs. Heavier denim than most shirts, I wore it for years. I’ve still got a down-filled vest/gillet, with knitted type collar, just worked out its thirty-four years old! My then girlfriend had a red one that I bought her, practically lived in the thing.
Can’t believe the price of their jeans, £175 for relaxed raw jeans that don’t look much different to my £24 Route One jeans; that’s taking the piss.
As regards this whole washing jeans, I’ve got a number of pairs that haven’t been washed for years, however, they only get worn at weekends during the winter, or in the evening if I go out somewhere, otherwise I wear ex-military combats to work and around the house in the winter, November to March, and shorts the rest of the year, so my jeans get very little wear, and that wear is spread across six or seven pairs, of varying vintage: some are at least ten-twelve years old, now, so about all they smell of is denim, especially my selvedge Uniqlo ones, which are irreplaceable now they’ve stopped making them. 🙁