I don't think it's the pleats so much as the overall cut. But I dunno. I'm OCD about lady fashion but menswear is not my expertise. The jacket is killer, though, and anyone would look good in it.
The blazer is a main focal point when worn. Denim is seen as a casual fabric and will not work as a focal point as a blazer even if you try to wear it with dress or casual slacks. It simply does not pass the eye test. Denim shirts with denim pants are also a fashion mistake in most cases.
Can you have a denim blazer? I thought blazers were one of those items where the material is part of the identity. What's the difference between a denim jacket and that photo? The cut?
They'd definitely look weird in that way if worn on their own without the jacket, like very high-waisted mom jeans. The whole look with the jacket kind of works though.
It's not *googles* nearly a thousand bucks worth of "works," though.
I think very high wastes are in style now. I watched The Voice and John Legend is wearing super high waisted peach trousers and I can not stop fixating on them. These denim trousers are tame in comparison.
You're too handsome to do this to your reputation. Maybe the blazer w/a different garmet. But those pants are MOM jeans.
You'll regret any photos taken. 😳😳😳😳😳😳😳
It absolutely is. I'd wear both—probably not together though. I like the fit of the jeans.
J. Crew is too expensive to buy in-season (especially at a non-outlet location) when another tempting purchase is really just building on a rotation of essentials. Plus their menswear seems unpredictably cut.
Check out Ken Sakata on YouTube or Front Office on Instagram if this vibe works for you. He doesn’t make an identical fit but the feel is similar and the execution is better.
The pants bother me. Is it the pleats, or the fact that they seem to be just slightly too short? I'm not sure. But I don't hate this as much as I would've expected.
there is that...but in fact i have actually done alterations for j crew (lmao, it was a while back 🤪, crazy) and they definitely had an on-set tailor hem them at that length 🤷🏽♀️
On casual Fridays I often wore jeans and a denim blazer (I have two--one has fancy embroidery on the lapels). Perfect for in between business casual and totally casual. I love my denim blazers.
My parents got me a denim sport jacket when I was in high school, and I thought What the— I'll never wear this! I wore it to death, and I never saw anyone else wearing one.
Maybe if it was made nicer. It looks like the cheap jeans moms would buy their kids in the 60s and 70s , when all they wanted were a pair of Levi’s and a denim jacket.
thanks to Derek Guy, I'm pleased to report that the suit appears to avoid a *lot* of the mistakes that he sees in a lot of menswear these days, so that's cool.
the pants cutting the person in half, where the jacket end is vis a vis the hand, the clean hanging of the pants...are the three things that stood out to me as stuff he'd like/approve of.
plus it just made me think of all his fashion friends that he uses as models who pull off all sorts of looks.
You could pull this off. Me? I would like someone prompted a 2nd rate AI image generator for "48 year virgin trying on JCPenny jeans with his mom in in 1991"
Yes, the denim suits from the 70's did feature the wider leg pants, AKA bell bottoms and I think that sort of pants would suit the blazer from J.Crew better than those mom jeans. I kinda miss the 70's.
Has it been through the washer and dryer? I remember when I was a kid we used to try to guess how much too big our jeans should be when we bought them so that they would fit properly after mom put them in the washer and dryer.
Let me get this straight: first there's the "51st State" and "Governor Trudeau" bullshit, now you've got J Crew out trying to sell The Canadian Tuxedo? Gtfo
Kendrick Lamar wore a denim suit to the Grammys to dig at Drake as a Canadian the night before the trade war was to begin. American awareness is legendary in its ability to disappoint.
I wore a three piece version of that to my first day at a new school (4th grade) in 1978. It took years to recover my rep. In retrospect I wish I’d had the confidence to just own it. So…wear it?
I wonder if this means j. crew quality is back to what it used to be? The quality of their fabric and sewing had really gone down the last couple years so I stopped buying anything there.
Fella's...let me tell you about the "Double-knit Sansabelt®" slack wars of the 70's. Crack open a Lowenbrau®, fire up a More® cigarette, sit back and enjoy!
The older I get the closer I get to crotchety old guy in loose fitting pants with suspenders. Denim jacket I could see fitting with that, on days when I need to dress up a bit. 😆
When I got married in 1980 (a very informal backyard wedding) my husband’s bachelor friend stood up for him. He wore his denim suit which looked as if it had been wadded up in a ball under his bed for two years 😂
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It's not *googles* nearly a thousand bucks worth of "works," though.
You'll regret any photos taken. 😳😳😳😳😳😳😳
J. Crew is too expensive to buy in-season (especially at a non-outlet location) when another tempting purchase is really just building on a rotation of essentials. Plus their menswear seems unpredictably cut.
Great minds!
But those pants are😖
I guess this is why they say to never throw out your clothes… it all unfortunately comes back in style… 🥴🤢
In the voice of @dieworkwear.bsky.social
> Fashion is never necessarily moving *toward* something great, it's just always moving *away* from something that came right before. <
Sometimes that requires adopting some crap in the meantime.
https://fashionhistory.fitnyc.edu/1973-rafael-denim-suit/
we need to get Derek the suit guy to weigh in on this one
Unrelated: the middle bro looks like he's about to barf. Resting Barf Face?
pleated denim remains...quite a thing, though
plus it just made me think of all his fashion friends that he uses as models who pull off all sorts of looks.
Everything old is new again.
I remember demin suits.
Horrifying.
Wore it with a wide paisley tie.
ESP the middle management pleats on the “trousers”
Or so bad it’s good?
Think Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears at the 2001 American Music Awards. That should convince you.
I'd wear it.
Think again.
It's awful.
In the fall they'll feature corduroy suits.
Jamelle's too young to remember the many fashion tragedies of the 1970s
Just no.