Denim: dark color or light color

[treomen]

Does anyone have opinion? I personally find dark color denim easier to match other clothes, what do you think?

 

[mr.rose]

Dark all the way.

 

[NOBD]

I find light and medium much easier to combine. But the pseudo miners and cowboys will object to anything but raw dark denim. They will also use the word 'dad jeans' in this thread.

 

[mr.rose]

True. But define light? When i think of light, i think of almost white. You know the new teenage trend. Come to think of it, with you using the word medium, i would say most of my jeans are medium with a few dark ones.

 

[NOBD]

Originally Posted by mr.rose

True. But define light? When i think of light, i think of almost white. You know the new teenage trend. Come to think of it, with you using the word medium, i would say most of my jeans are medium with a few dark ones.
I understand. I was thinking more of medium (that gets lighter after wearing and washing) than of 'white-light'.

 

[Nicola]

Originally Posted by treomen

Does anyone have opinion? I personally find dark color denim easier to match other clothes, what do you think?


Unless you own one pair of pants or they must all be the same why worry?

 

[westinghouse]

One should own many different shades of denim.

 

[Reevolving]

Not a single person here will say light jeans are good,
yet every single one of them was wearing lighter jeans in the 1990s.

Dark denim was totally lame back in the 90s.
(Look at Mr. 1978 ...Sergio Velente / Jordache / Sasoon ..... Ohh la la ! )
Now, light denim is totally lame. (Look at Mr. Grunge rocker 1993! )
Basically, what looks "good" is what TV/younger people are wearing, and isn't too old.

If you want to be more empirical, poor people (and outdated suburban parents) are more apt to wear 8-10 year old jeans.
So, today, if you wear light jeans, you'll look like poor people (or a dad)
10 years from now, if you wear dark jeans, you'll look like poor people (or a dad)
...while every is wearing "hip" light jeans 10 years from now...

There's nothing inherent good or bad about the color.
It's just meaningless fashion, and buying cycles.

 

[17andStyle]

I have always worn dark jeans only, sold with no intentional rips or patches in them. I have no trouble getting them all torn myself, haha.

 

[Ianiceman]

Originally Posted by Reevolving

Not a single person here will say light jeans are good,
yet every single one of them was wearing lighter jeans in the 1990s.

Dark denim was totally lame back in the 90s.
(Look at Mr. 1978 ...Sergio Velente / Jordache / Sasoon ..... Ohh la la ! )
Now, light denim is totally lame. (Look at Mr. Grunge rocker 1993! )
Basically, what looks "good" is what TV/younger people are wearing, and isn't too old.

If you want to be more empirical, poor people (and outdated suburban parents) are more apt to wear 8-10 year old jeans.
So, today, if you wear light jeans, you'll look like poor people (or a dad)
10 years from now, if you wear dark jeans, you'll look like poor people (or a dad)
...while every is wearing "hip" light jeans 10 years from now...

There's nothing inherent good or bad about the color.
It's just meaningless fashion, and buying cycles.

a perfect summary of my feelings on the subject. Well done.

A few years ago punters were paying serious money for genuine vintage 501s that were all washed out by years of wear. Where are these people now?

While I can see that dark denim looks a little more dressy insofar as jeans can be dressy, I have a few pairs of years old 501s in various shades of wear and I'm not about to throw them out just cos some knacker in Paris or Milan decides they aren't 'cool' any more.

 

[westinghouse]

The problem is that a dark blue shirt looks far better with lighter jeans that it does with darker jeans.

 

[CMJTperry]

Originally Posted by westinghouse

The problem is that a dark blue shirt looks far better with lighter jeans that it does with darker jeans.

So true.

 

[chrisb0109]

Originally Posted by Reevolving

Not a single person here will say light jeans are good, yet every single one of them was wearing lighter jeans in the 1990s. Dark denim was totally lame back in the 90s. (Look at Mr. 1978 ...Sergio Velente / Jordache / Sasoon ..... Ohh la la ! ) Now, light denim is totally lame. (Look at Mr. Grunge rocker 1993! ) Basically, what looks "good" is what TV/younger people are wearing, and isn't too old. If you want to be more empirical, poor people (and outdated suburban parents) are more apt to wear 8-10 year old jeans. So, today, if you wear light jeans, you'll look like poor people (or a dad) 10 years from now, if you wear dark jeans, you'll look like poor people (or a dad) ...while every is wearing "hip" light jeans 10 years from now... There's nothing inherent good or bad about the color. It's just meaningless fashion, and buying cycles.
well analyzed, except that you forget an inherent quality of denim. It fades. 8-10 years from now, suburban parents and homeless people may be wearing the jeans we are buying today, but they won't be dark anymore. Homeless people don't wear light jeans because they are out of style, thy wear them because they are old. All old jeans are light.

 

[Ianiceman]

... Unless they are selvedge raw denim owned by some obsessive nut who doesn't wash them for mo ths and instead puts them in the freezer and all that malarkey.

 

[lastlight]

Originally Posted by Ianiceman

a perfect summary of my feelings on the subject. Well done.

A few years ago punters were paying serious money for genuine vintage 501s that were all washed out by years of wear. Where are these people now?

While I can see that dark denim looks a little more dressy insofar as jeans can be dressy, I have a few pairs of years old 501s in various shades of wear and I'm not about to throw them out just cos some knacker in Paris or Milan decides they aren't 'cool' any more.

I remember some company in new york, that had a restuarant's staff wear their jeans until they were worn and torn and smelly. Then sold them faded and ripped for shitloads.