The benchmark for what type of jeans are objectively “good” is constantly shifting. Even if you had all the free time in the world, it would be hard to keep up with how loose your jeans should be or how many pockets it’s okay to have. But with your busy schedule? It’s damn near impossible. However, that shouldn’t stop you from trying. Here’s how you can keep up with what’s going on with jeans even though you work full-time and have a life outside of legwear.
Set a Google alert for “jeans.”
Yeah, “jeans” is a pretty broad alert, so you’re going to get a lot of irrelevant notifications. But you must stay vigilant! If you read through every alert you get and properly digest the information, you’ll be up-to-date with the ever-evolving denim landscape in no time. Oh! Just got a notification – it looks like bell bottoms are back in! Oh, nope, just got another one, it’s boot cut now, baby! See? Vigilant!
Make jeans your side hustle.
If keeping up with jeans is really important to you, you have to dedicate some time to it! There’s no easy way to keep up with whether skinny, flare, or wide leg jeans are “in” now, so go all out and make knowing that information your side hustle! Sure, this pursuit won’t generate any money for you, and you’ll actually probably end up spending money on styles of jeans you didn’t even know existed until just moments ago, but it’ll be worth it just to walk into work and impress/startle your coworkers with your cutting-edge “mega-flare” jeans. They’re so in right now! Well, they were five minutes ago, anyway. Now, it’s shredded jeans. You’re going to want to google that.
Cut down on your sleep time.
Now if you’re really really serious about being in the know regarding high-rise, mid-rise, and (God forbid) low rise, you have to be willing to sacrifice your health and wellbeing to the cause. Daytime is for working. But nighttime? Nighttime is for incessantly scrolling through TikToks of fashion school kids to see what it is they’re wearing these days. Looks like JNCO jeans are making a comeback! You know what? Maybe it would be best to get some shuteye.
Just say fuck it.
You’re a working adult – who gives a fuck what’s going on with jeans? Just wear what feels good to you and get back to your nine-to-five. Just no jeggings. Unless they’re back in? No, no, forget it. Focus on work! But maybe keep that Google alert going just in case?
There you have it! Some very easy, clear-cut ways to work full-time and also keep up with what’s going on with jeans. If all else fails, just try thrifting some vintage Levis and call it a day (those’ll always be in – probably).
