Blue Jean Shorts Ideas
Denim shorts are a hot item among celebrities and fashionistas alike. Regardless of who's wearing them, the components always remain the same. When searching for blue jean shorts, understand that there are three major components that can make or break a pair of blue jean shorts: denim wash, style/fit, and the minor details. You can also look at history and the most notable blue jean shorts for inspiration.
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History
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Historically, men provided a significant contribution to early shorts and denim fashion, despite the fashion's widespread popularity with modern women. Men began wearing breeches, knee length pants with hose, during the late 14th to early 16th century. In 1873, Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis patented their invention for blue jeans. In the 1930s, women began wearing shorts for tennis tournaments. Early in the 20th century, Bermuda shorts were created by the British military to be worn in the tropical regions of the empire. The mid-1950s brought higher hemlines by those who tired of Bermuda shorts. By the 1970s, people would cut off the legs of their denim and create their own shorts.
Denim Wash
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Indigo dyeing achieves all shades of blue or those similar to blue. For example, on Levi's website the company offers blue denim that is categorized in light, medium or dark washes. In creating a desired shade of denim, the more dips into the indigo dye, the darker the color. Every piece of denim is different. For example, the same medium-wash denim may not contain the exact same shade. Abercrombie and Fitch offers a range of washes for blue denim also, including "dark tinted," which provides denim with a vintage look. Nonetheless, light, medium and dark are the basic denim washes.
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Style/Fit
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A variety of styles exist in blue jean shorts. The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines shorts as "knee length or less than knee length trousers." Blue jean shorts can either be loose or tight, long or short, and everything in between. Bermuda blue jean shorts are about 1 inch above the knee. In contrast, Daisy Dukes are extremely short, form-fitting blue jean shorts. They can also be found in different waist rises, such as high rise, medium rise or low rise. Blue jean shorts can also be purchased as one-piece jumpers, rompers or overalls. They can also be found with matching blue jean suspenders.
Details
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When purchasing blue jean shorts, it's the details that make each piece different. You can find blue jean shorts with a clean-cut, natural edge or even cuffed. Cut-off jean shorts are where the edge of the short is not hemmed and left to fray. You can also find denim that is destroyed and distressed with strategically placed wear and tear that makes a rugged fashion statement. Patches can also provide an eclectic touch to blue jean shorts. You can also find blue jean shorts with pockets, no pockets, or flap pockets with buttons.
Notables
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Many people consider the most notable pair of blue jean shorts to be the Daisy Dukes. These short, form fitting, cut-off jean shorts are named after the character Daisy Duke, played by actress Catherine Bach, in "The Dukes of Hazzard" (1979 to 1985). More recently, "Arrested Development" character Tobias Fünke wore cut-off jean shorts as an under garment.
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Comments
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Anonymous
Jul 10, 2011
The information about denim washes is really informative and interesting.
