Captain ILL is a big fan of blue jeans even if he's not allowed to wear them to work (superheroes are required to wear tights, and while the Captin is no fashion expert, he knows that form-fitting jeans are best reserved for women). However, he does wear jeans in his secret identity, though his days of wear green Toughskins are far behind him. There aren't any Toughskins in Vintage Denim, but there's all sorts of other denim related stuff, such as price lists that include a $4,588 pair of vintage Lee Cowboy: buckle-back jeans. Can you imagine what a pair of green Toughskins sized for an 8 year old boy would bring? Probably quite a lot since there don't even seem to be any on ebay. Jeans are practical, rugged, and comfortable, but the best thing about jeans is that they are so damn cool.
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
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Captain ILL is a big fan of blue jeans even if he's not allowed to wear them to work (superheroes are required to wear tights, and while the Captin is no fashion expert, he knows that form-fitting jeans are best reserved for women). However, he does wear jeans in his secret identity, though his days of wear green Toughskins are far behind him. There aren't any Toughskins in Vintage Denim, but there's all sorts of other denim related stuff, such as price lists that include a $4,588 pair of vintage Lee Cowboy: buckle-back jeans. Can you imagine what a pair of green Toughskins sized for an 8 year old boy would bring? Probably quite a lot since there don't even seem to be any on ebay. Jeans are practical, rugged, and comfortable, but the best thing about jeans is that they are so damn cool.
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...and they inspire such great songs, like "Forever in Blue Jeans" by Neil Diamond, and "Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On" by Mel McDaniel. Hmmm, those aren't the best examples...but then there's Michael Jackson's "Billie Jeans"!
Oh david, you made me laugh out loud with that last bit. Jeans, you have to love them. I remember my first pair of jeans: 501 Levi's. Button fly, shrink to fit. Sigh. I can only hope that they gave me some 'cool'...as a gawky eighth-grader with a terrible haircut and blotchy skin I didn't have much of my own! During high school my favorite perfume was called Blue Jeans. Sigh.
for a moment i thought i wasn't allowed to wear jeans at work... then i realized that rule applied to those in the superhero profession. thank goodness.
I am glad you have moved past your toughskin phase.
I was one of those poor souls who's family couldn't afford 501's (go ahead shed a tear, i'll wait for ya). I can clear as day remember when i was in middle school this boy saying to me "i know where you got your jeans at." (they were bon jour jeans, that i had got at kmart) I was near panicked.... i stayed cool... you do? "yeah, you got them at the bon." huge sigh of relief. needless to say, i didn't disagree!
The cover of this ILL is reminiscent of the Rolling Stones' LP "Sticky Fingers" (1971) which featured a functioning zipper.
Don't worry, you're not alone Groovelily, my family couldn't afford 501's either. I've only owned one actual pair of Levi's my entire life, and I didn't acquire them until I was a married woman, and found them on sale at Macy's. Violin's please!
OMG! Bowlingjoe, I totally remember that Rolling Stones cover! I didn't own it myself, an older step-sister had it. I haven't thought of that in years.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane everyone. :-)
Geez groove, didn't you want to punch that kid in the chops? Wonder where he is now? How many middle school boys care about where the local girls get there pants? Hmmmm.
As to zippers, they were strictly passe at my high school...it was button fly all the way. Does anyone else remember Sea Farers?
OK everyone, what's the most cash you have ever dished for a pair of jeans?
Back in the day we bought our 501's from a feed and tack store, washed them and wore them wet until they dried to a customized perfection. I still had my 30 year old pair of Levi's that fit me up until a few years ago when I morphed into an older version of me. I took them to Red Light in the U district and was given a tidy sum of $250 for my, I found out there, "Big E" Levi's. So it isn't the most I ever paid but the most I was paid for blue jeans.
Being as my motto is "never pay full price for clothing" the most I've ever paid for a pair of jeans was about $30. And since my favorite brand is the Style & Co. stretch jeans at Macy's that have an everyday price of $24.98, it's extremely easy for a Jazzerchick to stay chic for cheap. Say that 3times fast!
groovelily recently inched up to a pair of $85 jeans. I refrain from trying on anything over $100... i figure i'd end up liking them and never want to go back to those Fred Meyer half off clearance sales!
David, you forgot "Baby Makes Her Blue Jeans Talk" by Dr Hook.
I forgot it for a reason, Joe. Thanks for dredging that up from my repressed memory file. All those months of therapy wasted...
David, here's some more Dr. Hook to drive you further into despair. Sing along with me. "She was only sixteen, only sixteen....".
OK. Time to stop. Now it's even making ME ill (not ILL).
David if your memories of the song are so strong, make sure you don't miss the video:
Baby Makes Her Blue Jeans Talk
yikes! I watched the video, and the reason she doesn't say a word is cuz her blue jeans are sewn on. There is no other way she could have got those on... The comments are hilarious. I would say more, but i don't think it would be work related. And to think, i had never heard of this song before! How'd i miss it?
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