The Science Is In

All the jeans are bad.

ICYMI: Here’s Part 1 on the history of women in trousers, and why we can’t stop believing in the “perfect jeans” myth, Part 2 on fatphobia and the fit industrial complex, and Part 3 on what straight-sized designers just don’t get. You’ll find the entire series here.

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OK, Jeans Science fans. You have been extremely patient while I made us all learn the history of trousers, and pattern grading and how globalization has ruined denim manufacturing. I think we’re all better for it, too? But this installment is the installment you have been waiting for:

I’m going to tell you which jeans I kept of the 60+ I tried. And, which jeans I actually wear.