Maybe related to the obesity trend as well. ‘Athleisure’ clothes are more comfortable if you’re fat and easier to fit with multiple fat rolls. Denim isn’t comfortable if you’ve got multiple fat rolls. Ask me how I know this stuff...
LOL
Maybe if they offered some styles with cut-out holes for the tattoos to show...
With two teens, I agree with the obesity reason. It’s much easier for these overweight teens to slip on yoga pants with sizes measuring at S M L XL than to try and squeeze into denim that is 3 sizes too small.
So, cover your body in talcum powder, climb up on a rooftop and jump into them.
Then you’ll have a pair of Levis 1002 Blues. ...
(Someone’ll get that joke)
I’m not even that overweight, just typical middle age changes, and I can’t find a decent pair of jeans. I had 2 really good pair and when they completely wore out I went shopping 4 times spending hours in the dressing rooms only to find 2 pair that fit “OK” and the one I returned after wearing for an hour I kept having to hike them up at the waist..if you want to call it waist as most of them sit below it these days. I ordered some through JCPenney, classic VB jeans with reviews all saying middle aged women like the fit. I coudln’t believe when I received them and tried on they were made so weird that I couldn’t even walk in them. Not enough fabric at the crotch or something, weird.
100% cotton jeans might aren't as stretchy as the new stuff, and they don't expand to account for putting on a few pounds. Besides that, my skin is sensitive to spandex, polyester, and all the other stuff in anything but 100% cotton sweats or jeans.
And, besides that, well made 100% cotton jeans last forever! And after that, they get some years as cutoffs.