Do you wear, "Daddy Jeans"?

py2006

I was out over the weekend and I overheard a couple "you wans" bitching under their breath about the "daddy jeans" myself and my mate were wearing.

Now I am hardly the most fashionable guy in the world. I outright refuse to wear tight, pink skinny jeans and a lot of the clothes you will find in "mens" shops nowadays. But I'm fairly casual dresser and general dress a bit younger.

I get my jeans in Jack n Jones which is hardly an aul fellas place. I wear what I believe is nice. They are generally bootcut as they fit me best, I have large calf muscles so straight leg jeans just don't fit.

To me, daddy jeans are the ill fitted, faded, old cheap looking wrangler jeans you often see middle aged men wear while doing the garden or something!

That_Guy

What are "daddy jeans"?

PseudoFamous

That_Guy wrote: »

What are "daddy jeans"?

Jeans that don't make you look metrosexual or squeeze the life out of your balls.

py2006

hah, well I aint too sure! But I am assuming anything that isn't them tight, colourful skinny jeans!! Think Jedward. :eek:

Raven_Melody

There's a bit of an uncalled for fashion brigade against those kind of faded flared bootcut jeans, it's sometimes seen as kind of a 'culchie' thing. I think they look great on the right guy though; they're not nice hanging off a pair of toothpick legs but they can look great on a guy who really fits into them. It's a real 'manly' kind of look. I certainly wouldn't call them 'Daddy Jeans'!

The way I see it, it's the same as a rugby player wouldn't go trying to beat himself into a pair of skinny jeans. Horses for courses and all that.

awec

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Dravokivich

So... it's just jeans then?

Otacon

So Daddy Jeans are jeans one wears if one wants the option of becoming a father one day?

Snowie

Otacon wrote: »

So Daddy Jeans are jeans one wears if one wants the option of becoming a father one day?

or if their wife dress's them :pac:

Hazys

Obama wore them when throwing out the first pitch at a White Sox Nationals game.

He got ripped apart in the media for wearing them, which i thought the whole scenario was pretty funny. Its crazy that Obama's PR team have to make big decisions on what casual clothes the president has to wear in public. TBF his PR team mucked it up by going too far in trying to make Obama an average joe soap, in his Mom jeans, white socks and white sneakers...like the POTUSA cant afford to own a pair of jeans that cost more than $50 and are not 5/6 years old.

Hazys

I work in an office that has a semi-formal dress code but every so often we have jeans day...which is always quiet entertaining.

The collection of middle aged men in Mom's jeans is hilarious. Its clear that none of the guys in the office wear jeans when they are outside of the office (if they do, they should be shot) but for the event they break out some of the gammiest jeans i have every seen in my life.

I dont know why if you dont wear jeans at home, why you would make a special effort to dust off your jeans from the bottom of your wardrobe to wear them on jeans day.

Jeans day is always the lamest thing an office can do, i refuse to be part of it. Somebody in HR decides, time to give the office a break from all the seriousness and let the people in the office let their hair down and look cool...i've never seen a bigger collection of uncomfortable looking people in my life.

BraziliaNZ

Irish men seem to be obsessed with boot cut jeans. Awful looking things. You can spot Irish people a mile away because of this sometimes!

Fenian Army

Whats wrong with boot cut jeans?

They are pretty much all I wear... Skinny jeans look really uncomfortable.

I like normal jeans, they are cheap and last ages. And are comfortable. I think they look well too.

MagicMarker

Which ones are the boot cut ones again? I genuinely have no idea.

All I want from my jeans are comfort and room to maneuver.

mike65

Have not worn jeans in over 20 years, except for painting walls! Hate the things.

awec

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MagicMarker

awec wrote: »

Boot cut jeans get slightly wider at the bottom.

Oh, so basically normal people jeans.

Colonel Panic

Boot cut jeans with the back part filthy and ripped to bits because they're too long. Ugh...

krudler

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

Irish men seem to be obsessed with boot cut jeans. Awful looking things. You can spot Irish people a mile away because of this sometimes!

better them than these:




skinny jeans need to die in a fire

Newaglish

There are more options than 1) terrible bootcut old-man-dressing-young jeans and 2) painted on hipster skinny jeans.

Have a look around, people!

ongarboy

I think the remarks made by those girls just referred to the fact OP was wearing what is considered out of fashion style jeans. (a few years ago the phrase was Jeremy Clarkson jeans due to the Levis 501 he still wore being considered out of fashion and only worn by middle aged guys who still saw themselves as "youthful"). My interpretation of Daddy jeans initially would be the cheapest style jeans you get in Penneys or Dunnes for under a tenner which are about an inch too short and have an ill fitting shapeless style and which might be bought by middle aged men who are clueless with fashion.

Straight, slim and skinny are considered the current fashion styles now with bootcut, flared or baggy considered out of fashion. That doesn't mean you need to go around in the super skinny hipster jeans. Obviously if you are happy and comfortable wearing the bootcut or baggy fits, feel free to continue wearing them (plenty of Irish lads - young and old - do).

IMO, most guys under 25 I see seem to wear the newer style slim/skinny chinos these days rather than jeans so maybe jeans are going out of fashion, period?

helimachoptor

Boot cut wearer here.. And proud!!

Hazys

awec wrote: »

Boot cut jeans get slightly wider at the bottom.

Bootcut jeans and straight jeans are the same thing, the only difference is that bootcut jeans are wider at the bottom to fit over boots.

Wearing bootcut jeans without boots can make you look like you are a wearing flare jeans a la

newmug

So what the feck are MoM jeans then?

SEPT 23 1989

Fot those of us with large feet boot cut are a godsend

foxinsox

newmug wrote: »

So what the feck are MoM jeans then?

Think of an American woman, now make her middle aged, kinda mom like, now give her a big bum, now pull those jeans up as far as you can, kinda under her boobs... that's what I think of...


There is a guy in my town that wears...... drumroll please...

Womens boot cut stretch jeans... with diamante trim on pockets..
Beat onto him does not describe the appearance enough! :eek:

Varied

I'd rather "daddy jeans" than orange skin and blonde hair,

Most of these "trendy" **** do indeed look like judgemental oompa loompas. (I am using irony to make a point before you point that out :P)

Hazys

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Fot those of us with large feet boot cut are a godsend

I dont understand unless you have ridiculously giant ankles, what does bootcut have to do with large feet?

ChtuluDawn

Hazys wrote: »

I dont understand unless you have ridiculously giant ankles, what does bootcut have to do with large feet?

If you are wearing slim fit/skinny jeans and have big feet you look like Sideshow Bob.

awec

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Hazys

ChtuluDawn wrote: »

If you are wearing slim fit/skinny jeans and have big feet you look like Sideshow Bob.

I still dont understand, bootcut jeans are wider at the sides not in the front and at the back.

Unless you have boot cut jeans where the seam is down the front and back of the jeans :eek:

Sonics2k

I refuse to wear any jeans that aren't my proper bootcut style ones.

To hell with skinny jeans!

ChtuluDawn

Hazys wrote: »

I still dont understand, bootcut jeans are wider at the sides not in the front and at the back.

Unless you have boot cut jeans where the seam is down the front and back of the jeans :eek:

Wider at the sides,by default means wider at the front too.Boot cut jeans are cut to sit just above the sole of the shoe/boot hence covering part of the foot,so the feet dont look as big as they would in skinny/slim jeans.

The \/\/anderer

+1 for bootcut jeans! Skinny jeans look absolutely horrible on guys.

Only problem is, it's impossible to find bootcut jeans recently. I'm still hanging on to a few pairs that I've had for years.

Anyone know any good clothes shops that sell them? Preferably in Dublin.

awec

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Captain Chaos

awec wrote: »

Ever wondered why?

Yeah and why the f they still have skinny jeans in the shops. Retail is an ass. Personally I blame Jedward.

Bootcut looks the best on me as I have size 11-12 feet and even straight cut jeans look odd on me because of that. Bootcut on me looks like straight cut should. It's so hard with all that skinny crap all over the shops. I'm not even a big guy, 32, 32s are fine for me.

Varied

The \/\/anderer wrote: »

+1 for bootcut jeans! Skinny jeans look absolutely horrible on guys.

Only problem is, it's impossible to find bootcut jeans recently. I'm still hanging on to a few pairs that I've had for years.

Anyone know any good clothes shops that sell them? Preferably in Dublin.

I get mine in next or debenhams, they are very good quality too.

The \/\/anderer

awec wrote: »

Ever wondered why?

I assume it's something to do with the global recession and manufacturers trying to save money by cutting down on materials?

I can't think of any other reason that they'd try to make skinny jeans fashionable, unless they're taking the piss by making everyone look like ****tards.

awec

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Hazys

ChtuluDawn wrote: »

Wider at the sides,by default means wider at the front too.Boot cut jeans are cut to sit just above the sole of the shoe/boot hence covering part of the foot,so the feet dont look as big as they would in skinny/slim jeans.

If you make something wider at the sides does not by default make it wider at the front. Boot jeans are a variation of flares just not extreme, they are by design to be wider at the sides only.

The \/\/anderer wrote: »

+1 for bootcut jeans! Skinny jeans look absolutely horrible on guys.

Only problem is, it's impossible to find bootcut jeans recently. I'm still hanging on to a few pairs that I've had for years.

Anyone know any good clothes shops that sell them? Preferably in Dublin.

WTF? why do people think its just Bootcut jean or skinny jeans only?

The most common jeans are Straight jeans.

I mostly wear Slim Straight jeans which are inbetween Normal Straight and Skinny. I do have a pair of bootcut but i only wear them when i wear boots.

Bootcut jeans are probably hard to find because they are not that popular outside Ireland. Are boot cut jeans just one of those things where Irish people just decided to be weird about it?

entropi

I wouldnt wear skinny jeans if I was paid to. Normal, or bootcut will do fine, thanks. Sure they're the only ones that would fit normal, as I've big calves. Plus, skinny jeans would make my nuts go back inside me from the tightness :pac:

ChtuluDawn

Hazys wrote: »

If you make something wider at the sides does not by default make it wider at the front. Boot jeans are a variation of flares just not extreme, they are by design to be wider at the sides only.

Ehh,fabric is pliable so of course having one side of it wider will make the other side wider too.

Think of it like this.

Boot cut jeans are wider at the sides so if you pulled them from the front and back at the same time,the sides would become narrower and they would become wider from front to back would they not?

Boot cut jeans are designed to sit on the front of the foot/shoe/boot,partially covering it,as well as been wider in the sides.

Skinny/slim jeans sit at the rim of the shoe as they arent wide enough to cover any of the front part of it.

Fizzlesque

ongarboy wrote: »

My interpretation of Daddy jeans initially would be the cheapest style jeans you get in Penneys or Dunnes for under a tenner which are about an inch too short and have an ill fitting shapeless style and which might be bought by middle aged men who are clueless with fashion.

That would be my interpretation of 'daddy jeans' as well. Completely shapeless, square-arsed and made with horrible type of denim.

Made even worse if they've been ironed to have a crease down the legs.

I love the look of a man in jeans that fit him properly, especially if he has a nice ass, but a bad pair of jeans (by bad I mean don't fit well, are too short/long and are totally shapeless) look awful.

I love Levi jeans - bought a fantastic pair years ago for £5 in a second hand shop which I wore until they fell apart, but when I searched the city for a replacement pair a shop assistant said to me, in a very snooty, dismissive tone, "nobody wears Levi's anymore", which simply isn't true. Still though, five years later I'm still trying to find a pair like my much-loved old pair.

I know this conversation is about men's jeans, but, as a girl, part of the problem I find, with some jeans, is the pockets at the back are too long and interrupt the curve of the bum making it look longer and flatter than it actually is. Same goes for men's jeans.

Also, I really hate the trend of adding diamonds or studs or elaborate embroidery patterns to the back pockets. Many times I've seen a pair that are the right colour, shape, style and price but when I turn them to look at the back there's a medley of nonsense stuck onto the pockets which ruins them for me. :mad:

The \/\/anderer

Straight jeans are fine too, but i prefer the extra room that you usually get with bootcuts. I tried on a pair of normal straight jeans in H&M a while ago. I think if I sat down they would have split in half! And i'm not a particularly big guy.

Varied

I have size 11 feet so anything other than boot cut and I look like I have clown feet. :pac:

The \/\/anderer

Fizzlesque wrote: »

Also, I really hate the trend of adding diamonds or studs or elaborate embroidery patterns to the back pockets. Many times I've seen a pair that are the right colour, shape, style and price but when I turn them to look at the back there's a medley of nonsense stuck onto the pockets which ruins them for me. :mad:

Very annoying! There was also a 'distressed' trend a while ago. Every pair of jeans had random holes and bits missing or extra bits where there shouldn't be bits.

Hazys

ChtuluDawn wrote: »

Ehh,fabric is pliable so of course having one side of it wider will make the other side wider too.

Think of it like this.

Boot cut jeans are wider at the sides so if you pulled them from the front and back at the same time,the sides would become narrower and they would become wider from front to back would they not?

Obviously, but it still makes no sense...you would have to constantly pull your jeans forward for that effect, to stop them from spreading at the sides which is what they would naturally do.

Anyway if this such a problem for Irish people that so many of us have Krusty the Clown feet, why are people buying boot cut jeans to cover the front of their feet...surely their would be a jean market for special Krusty the Clown shaped irish people?

I'm 6ft1 with size 12 feet, my feet would be larger than average. I dont have Krusty the Clown looking feet, nor have a need to feel weird about my size 12 feet showing under my straight fit jeans (not that boot cut shoes would cover the front of the shoe anyway).

Again, to me this is just people making weird excuses to justify wearing boot cut jeans.

Boot cut jeans are designed to sit on the front of the foot/shoe/boot,partially covering it,as well as been wider in the sides.

Skinny/slim jeans sit at the rim of the shoe as they arent wide enough to cover any of the front part of it.

Not true. The length of your jeans has nothing to do with the type of jean you are wearing. All jeans inseam's are designed to have one break on the shoe. Slim jeans should have one break on the top of the shoe, the same as boot cut would have one break on the top of the boot.

The only exception would be extremely skinny jeans that couldn't fit over the shoe.

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abouttobebanned

I prefer a flare jean.

Nobbynacks

Cut them off at the knee, problem solved

Ted_YNWA

The \/\/anderer wrote: »

Very annoying! There was also a 'distressed' trend a while ago. Every pair of jeans had random holes and bits missing or extra bits where there shouldn't be bits.

that annoyed me.. Why would you buy ripped jeans, often at a premium too ?

look at the back of the wardrobe, get a knife & get the same effect for free

donegal_man

Having read this thread the only thing I have to add is thank God I stopped worrying about fashion in my teens wear anything I like so long as it's comfortable. In general that means jeans and a t-shirt, some of my jeans are straight leg and some are boot cut, if that means I'm wearing dad jeans or even that I'm a Jeremy Clarkson lookalike I couldn't care less. I believe the phrase is buck the befrudgers.