“Did you have to lie down to get those jeans on?” I once heard my friend’s dad ask of her tight, stretchy jeans.
I think it became fashionable when I was in middle school (the 2000’s) to wear jeans made with a small percentage of spandex. My high school years brought the tapered look back to meet spandex denim. And, skinny jeans were created.
Blue, red, purple, aqua, pink, black, yellow, orange…the colors of the spandex jeans tattooed about the legs of unkempt middle-schoolers and twenty-somethings. But, now not only girls are donning skin-tight jeans, but also guys are sporting the growing and fashion conscious trend.
And, girls are wondering why.
Corban senior Tristan Leiter said, “Well, first of all, if I don’t think skinny jeans are comfortable. Why would any guy think they are comfortable?”
Senior Austin Moore, a wearer of skinny jeans, said, “The biggest reason I wear skinny jeans is because I like the way they look. The second reason is because they are comfortable.”
So, appearance is the first priority with comfort as a close second.
But, not all guys can pull off the look of skinny jeans.
Senior Jordan Lindsey said, “One of my friends is a stick and he looks good in them.”
But, Lindsey knows for a fact that not all guys should wear skinny jeans, “They should know the body that God gave them,” he said.
Once skinny jeans were made for men, Moore chose to wear them because, “I got kinda tired of boot cut jeans because they are associated with preppy(ness). I felt like they (skinny jeans) fit my style more and I like the way they looked on other people.”
Before skinny jeans became common, guys first found them in the girl’s section.
But, as Leiter said, “I don’t want to have to shop in the same section as my boyfriend.”
Junior Annie McKay voices her opinion of guys in skinny jeans, “Rather leave it than love it.”
But, is there something to skinny jeans? What is it that causes girls and guy alike to shimmy into a pair of body-hugging pants?
“I feel like they show off a sense of confidence, but also a sense of rebellion,” said Lindsey.
So, is it a certain level of confidence that allows a guy to rock the close-fitting fashion phenomena?
Lindsey thinks so.
“Yes, I’d wear them, but, here’s the deal, call it insecurity, but I can’t find the confidence to walk into a girl’s department and find 30×36,” he said.
But, skinny jeans may make more of an unwanted statement rather than an attractive display of self-confidence.
Lindsey points out how often guys in skinny jeans are perceived as “weird” or “cross-dressers.”
“I hope that one day my kids can go to a school and no matter what they’re social class, what they’re race is, what their religion is, what their taste in films is, where they decide to travel, who they decide to travel with…I hope one day my kids will be able to leave my house without being harassed, ridiculed, or labeled as a punk just because they decide to wear skinny jeans,” said Lindsey.
So, are skinny jeans on guys a good idea or bad idea?
“Only a certain style of guys can pull it off, it usually should include a v-neck t-shirt,” said McKay.
Just one kid says
Personally, as a guy, I wear skinny jeans simply because I’m too skinny to fit into most other brands; also, because of this I try to wear smaller shirts etc, that do not make me look like a box (since most stores like to supply a line of entirely wide tshirts). While some people enjoy that style, I prefer my shirts to actually fit my size…and it looks bizarre to wear more snug-fitting shirts and then wear loose jeans that have to be belted to fit. I find skinny jeans comfy, but they also look better (in my opinion) than the looser jeans (at least on skinnier people [probably where they get their name I guess lol]).
adrian says
do you, girls, explain what you wear?
anyway the answer is simple, as every choise in this world: because we like them!
sktl92 says
Yes! Skinny jeans on guys is a great idea. Before the females out there daresay that skinny jeans are only for them, let me remind them that jeans, and pants for that matter, were originally created for men to wear, not women. So please be open-minded and ultimately, if you don’t like how something looks, don’t look at it.
The skinny jeans in the picture look great, but I wear mine even tighter. Contrary to what many people think, they are very comfortable. The only discomfort comes from dealing with the narrow minds who might snicker, make a rude comment or stare.
And it’s not just a trend for kids or teens either. As long as you feel young or you just choose to do your own thing, they make a cool wardrobe item.
Shelly says
Guys,
Regardless of what you like or what is comfortable, please keep in mind the standard that we should all remember when choosing clothes: modesty. I don’t appreciate guys wearing too-tight skinny jeans for the same reason you don’t appreciate girls wearing too-tight jeans or too-low tops. Please keep the purity of your sisters in Christ in mind when you choose your skinny jeans!
Mick says
I’m a guy with pecs who has a small waist and long legs (29″, 6’3″).
I wear flip flops or Converse with skinny jeans and V-neck short/sweater or jean jacket without shirt because I am told that I look good in them and I know that I feel comfortable in them.
If one truly has purity or is pure, that’s not changed by a pair of jeans. I don’t keep the purity of my sisters or brothers in mind when I put on my clothes because their purity is their responsibility.
-Mick