To Cuff or Not to Cuff?
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@Brandrea said in IH-634S-A - 21oz Selvedge Denim Straight Cut Jeans (20th Anniversary Edition):
My view on cuffs is that it just looks so cool … on other people. I’m a hemmed guy, but in all honesty I do like the look of cuffed denim.
@Brandrea I thank you for putting my identical opinion into such clear text.
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@motojobobo said in IH-634S-A - 21oz Selvedge Denim Straight Cut Jeans (20th Anniversary Edition):
@Brandrea said in IH-634S-A - 21oz Selvedge Denim Straight Cut Jeans (20th Anniversary Edition):
My view on cuffs is that it just looks so cool … on other people. I’m a hemmed guy, but in all honesty I do like the look of cuffed denim.
@Brandrea I thank you for putting my identical opinion into such clear text.
I wish it weren’t the case. I tried wearing my newly bought 14oz broken twill for a few days thinking I’d leave them un hemmed … just doesn’t work for me.
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necro-bumping this old thread to save the 634-A thread from being taken over by cuffing discussion. If appropriate, mods feel free to delete my post, move the posts here, or ignore me entirely
To add to the discussion, have tried cuffing a couple of times, but never for very long. Instead I hem a little long, get them to stack a little, and then can cuff them on occasion if I want. I dont like the crease/fade from a cuff and also I'm continually thinking about all the dirt and stuff caught in the cuff that will wear through the fold faster than if they were hemmed. Maybe one day i'll commit to a cuff.
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@pechelman Moved the entire discussion here and thank you for bumping. I've got jeans in all kinds of configurations (single, double, Tokyo Roll, hemmed long for stacks, short to break with different shoes) and think there is no right answer to the question.
@ARNC said it best with "The only sacrilege is having these and not wearing them"
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@goosehd said in To Cuff or Not to Cuff?:
@pechelman Moved the entire discussion here and thank you for bumping. I've got jeans in all kinds of configurations (single, double, Tokyo Roll, hemmed long for stacks, short to break with different shoes) and think there is no right answer to the question.
@ARNC said it best with "The only sacrilege is having these and not wearing them"
Sorry I didn’t mean to highjack the thread … who knew there was an entire thread dedicated to cuffing
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I don't cuff because it makes it look like your wearing a costume. To me it looks hipster. I just paid 350 for jeans I want them to fit correctly and blend in. I'm not trying to draw attention or show off. Understated is always best. I get that it is time period correct and understand that point.
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@Matt said in To Cuff or Not to Cuff?:
My jeans have been cuffed since 1987. Why stop now.
That's the year I was born.
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@Anesthetist Hipsters shop at goodwill to be ironic....conessours of the finest quality by 350 pants. About 5% of people that cuff their pants can pull it off....the rest look like extras from Grease or little kids playing a character. I don't wear sandals either...men should never show their feet unless your around water IMO. Nobody wants to see hairy ass toes.
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There is no "right" answer on how to wear your jeans. If some bought IH jeans and immediately made them into 5" denim jorts and had legs as white as mine and posted 30 pics a day of their inner thighs, i'd still appreciate the passion.
For me I cuff or not cuff depending on the footwear. I also need longer inseam when on horseback as they ride up from the sitting position. I loved cuffing them when i first got into selvedge denim as an attempt to "show off". It shouldn't surprise anyone that in suburban MN no one cares about jeans. everyone wears either A. Mall brand stuff or B. Carhartt gear from tractor supply.
It took a bit to realize that i was dressing only for me, and that's just fine. cuff or don't cuff, but i've said enough.
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