Doing Asian-Style jeans

[sebbie]

As many of you know, I have for some time been fascinated by true Asian style clothing designs, not only in the briefest swimsuits, but also in other clothing items, such as jeans. A number of the Chinese firms are now marketing directly on US sites such as eBay, and I no longer have to go to directly to Chinese sites such as aliexpress.com to get the real thing.

One of the designs I have been fascinated with is the look in Asian jeans, which features what appears to be a slimmer contour and snugger fit than is typical of Jeans sold by American-headquartered firms.

In surfing, I found this site on ebay.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/231040828941...84.m1439.l2649


Note the following:

1. Asian jeans are quite slim and snug, designed for men who have smaller, trimmer physiques.

2. There is a wider range of colors than is typical of American jean retailers, even though a lot of the American jeans now come out of China. I’m not sure I can yet quite get my head around the idea of wearing jeans in the really bright greens, reds and orange colors, but those appear to be popular with guys in Asia.

3. There is a distinctive Asian “look” to these jeans. It’s tough to identify exactly why they look right for an Asian guy, but somehow they do
So I placed my order for a “conservative” pair of white jeans. I ordered my normal jean size, a 31 waist, a bit fearful that these would be undersized. There was no specific inseam, and I normally wear a 30 inch inseam. I thought I might have to shorten these. About 3 weeks later, a very reasonable amount of time, these showed up in my USPS mailbox.

Here are some comments on the jeans

1. They are very well made and neatly sewn, especially nice given that they are an $18 jean retail (inc shipping)

2. The cloth is lighter weight than Americans normally are used to seeing in jeans, probably a 10 ounce as opposed to at least a 12 oz and up to 14 ounce cloth

3. The length is fine, especially if you want exactly the look in the photos, The narrow legs will ride up just a bit, giving the same “wrinkled” effect as seen in some of the photos

4. The fit is good. If anything the waist seems a touch looser than I am used to in my other skinny jeans

5. I have measured the legs against a number of other skinny and super skinny jeans I have in the same 31”W. The leg width at the cuff of about 13” seems about the same as the Levis 510, the PacSun Bullhead super skinny, and the A&F and Hollister super skinny jeans. These fit very nice through the thigh, perhaps neater than the (usually much more expensive) jeans from the American vendors. The butt fit on these is actually a bit looser than I expected.

6. The cloth is thin enough so that your (ahem) anatomy may reveal itself more clearly in outline that it would in the heavier American jeans. You will want to think a bit about exactly what you wear for underwear under these, though the color does not seem to show through even on the white.

7. I have tried these with a number of different shoes such as Adidas Samba. I think the Asian gius in the photos have it right, and the best look is with a very simple white canvas sneaker that I got at Wal mart (for a song). Narrow jeans generally call for a narrow shoe design or you will look like Donald Duck.

8. I think the white ones will look great with a simple red cotton pullover shirt. I have a simple brown canvas double buckle belt (like a larger version of a belt for a football pant) that is perfect for these.

9. Some American guys might see the narrow width and perhaps really bright colors as being perhaps just a bit “feminine”. This is silly. The Asian guys culturally obviously have no such hang-ups.

10. Bottom line: I liked these so well I could not resist ordering another pair as a Christmas present to myself. This time I am trying the “brown” color with just a 30-inch waist. I think they said the smaller waists are slightly shorter in the inseam as well. These should be in my mailbox on Christmas eve (along with the yellow Seobean swimming brief I found that I also ordered from China. I will update you again in a month or so.