Fall Fashion Trends: All About Denim

Fall Fashion Trends: All About Denim

Jeans are like friends: Choose them wisely and they'll cover your ass, make you look good, and last a lifetime (or close to it). We scoured the scene to bring you the best styles for your body and budget.

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Denim Dictionary
Whiskers aren't just features on cats and bunny rabbits. Meisha Jones, senior denim buyer for Barneys New York, defines tricky denim terms.

Rise:
The distance from the top of the waist to the bottom of the crotch

Inseam:
The inside length of the leg of the jeans

Selvage:
Denim woven on looms so that edges don't unravel or fray

Wash:
Refers to the color of the denim

Twisted seam:
When the seams wrap around your legs to visually slim them

Whiskering:
A wash effect that causes light and dark brushes, usually on the thigh, resulting in a more vintage look

Distressed:
Refers to jeans that have been washed, rubbed, ripped, or chemically treated to create a worn-in feel

Grommets:
Small metal or plastic rings inserted through fabric to give it a badass edge

 

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Big fat lies about men and dating

Big fat lies about men and dating

If I had a pound for every Valentine's Day press release that's landed in my inbox this week, I certainly wouldn't be writing this blog. I'd be hurtling down a runway in a private jet made of goldplated pound coins, drinking champers from a pound coin goblet while endlessly feeding pound coins into a Swarovski slot machine... In other words, I'd be rich.

And nearly every one of these press releases has led on a HUGELY SURPRISING SHOCKING statistic such as seven out of ten Brits never kissing on a first date through to 26% of men pausing to check their phones while having sex and the majority of men believing that putting the dustbin out is the ultimate sign of affection. (Gosh we're a lucky bunch, aren't we?)

The point is, if I wanted to get the story behind the statistics, where would I find one of these kiss-dodging, possibly autistic, knuckle-grazing imbeciles? Presumably a swamp that boasts good mobile signal.
Because a straw poll of my male friends quickly revealed that 100% of them do their darnedest to try and score a snog on a first date, none would dream of getting back to a text while in flagrante and all have some grasp of the fact that putting the bin out is an act of hygienic necessity, not a substitute for roses and romance.?)

My plea? That you ask your male mates these three questions and if you find one who fits this exact model, you march him straight to Cosmo HQ so we can immediately feature him in the pages of the magazine, then pickle him for future generations to gawp at.

 

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