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io9MoviesFast Fashion Gets Its Revenge in Killer Pants Horror-Comedy Slaxx
That’s right: Slaxx is about a pair of uber-stylish jeans that become sentient and homicidal. You’d be hard-pressed to find a better hook for what’s ultimately a cautionary tale about the dangers of fast fashion—or a film that explores those themes with such deadpan humor and commitment to theatrical splatter. The entire movie, which was … Continued
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EartherYour Blue Jeans Are Polluting the Arctic
Since quarantine began, I’ve donned nary a pair of jeans. Sweatpants? Hell yeah! Dresses? Glorified pajamas, I say. But blue jeans? To sit on the couch all day? Couldn’t be me. Well, it turns out that by leaving my jeans in the closet and not wearing and washing them, I may be preventing itsy bitsy … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidThe Weird Methods Used to Make Brand New Jeans Look Old
This fun peek inside a factory that makes jeans from Carson Nicely shows the creative methods a manufacturer uses to create a pair of distressed denim. They spray paint color on them, mark up some fake whiskers on the front of the pants, tumble the jeans with a bunch of rocks, and basically mutilate the … Continued
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Tech NewsWhy Cotton Kills, A Technical Explanation
“He was wearing all cotton, which is the worst fabric for cold, wet weather. The weather just got the best of him,” reads an official statement by Alaska State Troopers about the death of a hiker there in 2005. This is how and why cotton can kill you. Hypothermia The Mayo Clinic definition reads: “Hypothermia … Continued
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Tech News
Scratch-N-Sniff Jeans Always Smell Minty Fresh Even If You Don’t
When you find that perfect fitting pair of jeans, you don’t want to do anything to jeopardize their size and shape. And if you’re among a growing demographic who refuses to wash their jeans as a result, you might want to consider Naked & Famous’ Scratch-N-Sniff jeans that actually release a fresh minty smell when … Continued
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Tech NewsA Behind the Scenes Look at the Craziest Jeans Company in the World
Naked and Famous Denim is the Willy Wonka of the fashion world. Seriously, the Canadian jeans shop puts out glow in the dark jeans, thermochromic pants that change colors, raspberry scratch n’ sniff denim and so much more crazy. You’re not wearing pants as much as you are wearing the realized dreams of your childhood. … Continued
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Tech NewsAwesome Thermochromic Jeans Changes Colors with Heat
Here’s another off the wall pants idea from Naked and Famous Denim, the craziest jeans company in the entire world: Thermo-chromic denim. Jeans that change color depending on the temperature. Meaning if you get hot in certain areas (yeah, that too), the pants get whiter. Naked and Famous have made its name in being the … Continued
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Tech News
Wrangler’s New Jeans Are a Skin-Softening Spa in Your Pants
You’ve been thinking it for ages: What you really want your jeans to do is make your butt feel like it’s just been lathered with lotion. Pine for these skin softening slacks no longer, because Wrangler has invented moisturizing jeans. Let’s repeat that, but more slowly: Wrangler. Moisturizing. Jeans. The Denim Spa line hits asos.com … Continued
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Tech News
The Craziest Jeans Company Is Making Camo Denim, Bumpy Denim, Jeans that Marbleize and More
The most daring denim company in the world, Naked and Famous, is back at it again. Not satisfied with just making jeans glow in the dark or scratch-n-sniff> or pans that feel like silk and hemp and gauze, Naked and Famous is making jeans with camo, jeans that marbleize, corduroys that act like denim, more … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgets
Yep, Jeans With a See-Through Pocket For Your Phone Sadly Do Exist
Humanity sadly takes a collective step backwards with Alphyn Industries’ new DELTA415 Wearcom jeans that feature a zippered pocket with a see-through pouch for accessing your smartphone without having to remove it first. We’ve already addressed the issue of bigger and bigger smartphones being harder and harder to carry in a pair of skinny jeans. … Continued
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Tech News
Blue Jeans Are Staining the HTC One X a Sickly Blue
Blue Jeans. White One X. Put you in my pants, you know you made my phone stained. It was like, Papa Smurf, for sure. You’re so blue to death and sick as ca-cancer. Ahem. Or something like that. A user found out that when he put his white HTC One X in his jean pocket, … Continued
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Tech News
These Jeans Are Made with Denim So Heavy They Can Stand on Their Own
Our favorite jeans company, Naked and Famous, has made a pair of jeans out of the heaviest denim in the world. Two to three times the weight of your average high quality denim, these Naked and Famous jeans are made from 32oz selvedge denim and are so heavy and rigid, the jeans can stand on … Continued
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Tech News
The Craziest Jeans Company Is Making Silk Denim, Hemp Denim, Gauze Jeans and Reverse Red Dye Pants
Naked and Famous Denim, the craziest jeans company in the world, is getting even wonkier. Along with other jeans, Naked and Famous is releasing Japanese raw denim woven with silk, hemp or gauze and a ridiculously awesome pair of jeans that’ll fade red as you wear it (rather than white). Naked and Famous, if you … Continued
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Tech News
Scratch ‘N Sniff Raspberry Scented Jeans Means You Never Have to Wash Them
These jeans look like any other pair of denim you’d see on a fashionable twentysomething. Dark, slim fit and cut perfectly, heck, I wouldn’t mind buying these myself. But unlike other jeans, this pair is made with scratch ‘n sniff raspberry scented denim. Yes. Scratch and sniff. On your freaking jeans! This is awesome. Made … Continued
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Tech NewsSorry, Freezing Your Jeans Will Not Ungross Them
Your jeans in the freezer: It’s a recipe for shrinkage of the worst kind, plus it won’t do anything to clean your jeans despite Levi’s recommendation to do so. Levi’s worries that its very existence is threatened by climate change, which could lead to scarcity of water to grow cotton and cause many other bad … Continued
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Reviews
Levi’s Commuter Jeans Lightning Review: Skinny Jeans with Biking Powers
A pair of jeans is a pair of jeans is a pair of jeans? Not quite. Especially when you’re riding your bike, as getting denim caught in your bike is a faceplant waiting to happen. These Levi’s Commuter Jeans, however, are made just for riding. Like They look like the typical Levi’s 511 jeans—classic Levi’s … Continued
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Tech News
Naked and Famous’ Glow in the Dark Jeans Look Rad…ioactive
Naked and Famous, the Canadian jeans company, has remixed their standard pair of selvedge denim by coating it in glow in the dark resin. Wear it and you’ll look like you work at a nuclear plant gone awry…or Kanye West. The jeans are charged up by light (and look great in it too) to become … Continued
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Tech NewsWatch a Guy Make Music with a 1000 Pairs of Jeans
I wear jeans. You wear jeans. They’re comfortable, easy and extremely versatile. Hell, they’re SO versatile that you can use them to create a hip hop beat. Seriously, this guy made a 1000 pair of jeans sing. It’s a banger! [YouTube]
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