Painting The Butt Pockets On Jeans Is An Adorable Lil' Spring Trend - BuzzFeed News |
- Painting The Butt Pockets On Jeans Is An Adorable Lil' Spring Trend - BuzzFeed News
- ARZONICO: Seeking denim: I found myself in perfect jeans - RU Daily Targum
- Billiam, Greenville's artisanal jeans maker, reshapes itself - Upstate Business Journal
- 20 Wide Leg Jeans To Give Your Legs Some Breathing Room - Refinery29
- In Boston’s stodgiest industries, jeans — jeans! — start to flourish - Boston Business Journal
| Painting The Butt Pockets On Jeans Is An Adorable Lil' Spring Trend - BuzzFeed News Posted: 08 Apr 2019 12:00 AM PDT  Spring 2019 has officially been declared #softszn, which means it's time for pastels, hugs, and cute DIY touches. One adorable way people have been getting into the soft szn feeling is by painting the back pockets of their jeans and jean shorts. While the technique is hardly new, it's blossomed into a trend all over again on social media. In particular, TikTok has been inundated with some pretty impressive pocket art. Like this sweet little cat. Or these bee-utiful scene. Or this, which incorporates another trend of painting Kermit on things, which I do not understand but truly love. Truly the sky is the limit. If you want to get in on the cute butt trend, there are some things you should know first. According to this post from Kessler Ramirez, it's totally fine to use regular ol' acrylic paint, as long as you heat-treat it with a hair dryer after. You also need to be careful about washing it. But, otherwise, the only thing holding you back is your own creativity. Happy painting, softies!  |
| ARZONICO: Seeking denim: I found myself in perfect jeans - RU Daily Targum Posted: 08 Apr 2019 09:52 PM PDT  Everyone finds pleasure in different things — some people find their passion in dance, food or books, but I found mine in fashion. Fashion combines so many art forms in one: movement, architecture and, of course, visual and design. Following fashion and the business of fashion has become more than just a passtime for me, it's a passion. But no matter who you ask, every fashion lover has a different answer to this all-important question: What is your favorite pair of jeans? Some people never wear jeans, and I think of them as the lowest form of fashion, but as street style has begun to mix with high fashion, almost everyone has their own denim journey. Growing up, I dreaded the thought of ever wearing jeans. My mom loved to outfit me in straight leg, medium wash jeans from The Children's Place but I much preferred wearing the same pair of black leggings every day until I wore holes into them. The only jeans I wore were jean shorts, and I would get so excited the first day it was more than 60 degrees and I was allowed to show off my pasty white chicken legs for the first time all year. It was not until I got older that I began to appreciate the outlet of expression fashion gave me, thus jeans slowly started to creep into my life. By seventh grade I owned every pair of "jeggings" and ultra-skinny pair of triple zero jeans Abercrombie offered — light, dark, ripped, embroidered, you name it I had it. In the spring and summer when patterned leggings and shorts were all the rage, I remained in my black jeans and long sleeves. I read somewhere once that clothing has a pretty big impact on your psychology, and that when two students are taking an exam, the one wearing nice clothes does significantly better than the one in pajamas. Apologies to every educator I had in high school, but this is one of my biggest takeaways from my four years. From freshman to senior year, I had the same pair of "lucky jeans" I wore for every exam, SAT and presentation: a pair of light-wash Flying Monkey boyfriend jeans with a rip on the left leg. By senior year they had more than a few rips and tears, but I always knew when putting on those jeans that whatever I was doing was serious. I was probably the only one in my SAT testing room wearing jeans and a sweater, but at 8 a.m. I could not have felt more confident and more ready to take the test. I really wish I remembered where I read that and if it is even true, because I definitely believe it. The summer after my senior year of high school I faced somewhat of an identity crisis — I was going to a new school with no clear vision of what I was going to do or how my life was going to be. This deeply affected me, and many days I would not make it out of the house, much less care about what clothes I was wearing. I traded in white denim and summer dresses for pajamas and sweatshirts as I worried about where my life was going. It was not until the week before move-in day when I was out shopping for the first time in a month when I put a pair of jeans on again. I had forgotten how a simple article of clothing could make you feel. It was the first time I had felt like myself all summer, and when I wear them now I still feel the same. Recently, denim has started to creep more into the high fashion world than before. You can buy a pair of $2,700 flare jeans from Prada, but most people cannot do that. Jeans do not have to be expensive to be good: my favorite pair is a pair of vintage Levi 501s I got for $12. It might sound dramatic, but in the right pair of jeans you can feel like you can conquer anything. Anyone who tells you differently simply has not found the right pair yet. Marley Arzonico is a Rutgers Business School first-year planning to major in marketing. Her column, "College but Make it Fashion," runs on alternate Tuesdays. ________________________________________________________________________________ *Columns, cartoons and letters do not necessarily reflect the views of the Targum Publishing Company or its staff. YOUR VOICE | The Daily Targum welcomes submissions from all readers. Due to space limitations in our print newspaper, letters to the editor must not exceed 500 words. Guest columns and commentaries must be between 700 and 850 words. All authors must include their name, phone number, class year and college affiliation or department to be considered for publication. Please submit via email to oped@dailytargum.com by 4 p.m. to be considered for the following day's publication. Columns, cartoons and letters do not necessarily reflect the views of the Targum Publishing Company or its staff.  |
| Billiam, Greenville's artisanal jeans maker, reshapes itself - Upstate Business Journal Posted: 10 Apr 2019 06:15 AM PDT  From the textile looms of yesteryear to the automation found in today's industrial plants, the Upstate's economy has evolved and progressed as a result of hard work, craftsmanship, management commitment, and a willingness to innovate. That work ethic – to do things well, but to also try to do them better – is one reason the area remains a hotbed of manufacturing, both big and small. Ten years after he burst onto the scene as the founder of Billiam, Bill Mitchell, one of the Upstate's current pantheon of artisanal manufacturers, is stepping on the pedal and stitching together a new look for his business. Sitting among an array of new and vintage sewing machines in his shop at 205 Wade Hampton Blvd. in Greenville, Mitchell, now 31, recalled how he emerged as one of the leaders of the local makers movement.  He did so passionately and painstakingly, splitting his time between his parents' basement and his college apartment in Clemson, tailoring T-shirts and sweatshirts before prodding himself to take on something more challenging. He settled on jeans, specifically denim jeans using fabric woven on midcentury looms at Cone Mills in Greensboro, North Carolina, and a new made-to-order market was born.  "It's something that people find their identity in, how tight their jeans are, how loose they are, what color they are, all sorts of stuff," Mitchell said. Mitchell found that "all ages, races, sexes, and all of those categories have a difficult time finding jeans" and that a steady stream of clients – "a majority of our customers is late 20s to mid-40s," he said – were, and are, willing to pay $250 and up for the opportunity to collaborate with him on customized jeans from Billiam, a brand based on his nickname. Mitchell has also found that jeans have become more acceptable in a variety of settings, creating more demand.  "It's the thing that you couldn't wear to church, you couldn't wear in all these different business atmospheres, and now it's widely becoming acceptable in all markets," he said. Billiam remains one of the few denim jeans makers in America that engages in every step of production in-house: designing, cutting, sewing, and finishing, all in one open space where visitors can peek at the action. The shop serves clients both in person and online, and while its apparel mostly finds its way into the wardrobes of local residents and tourists, it's also sold in boutiques in the United Kingdom. Working smarter Mitchell was intrigued by a book he read detailing Toyota's manufacturing process and "how lean and smart they are … but one of the things that really stuck with me was the idea of spending your money on processes that add value and automating everything else," he said.  Within the makers movement nationally, "There's the path where we are repeating the oldest, hardest way of work that they did in the '40s. … As far as bringing in new technology that is cutting-edge technology into textile manufacturing, there are not many people at all that are doing that," he observed. Now, after denying himself pay in the early years and employing interns before shifting to a more sophisticated production team, Mitchell is innovating. While he still uses 15 sewing machines to handle different aspects of production – a Singer makes waistbands, a Union Special sews in the round – Mitchell is switching out or adding equipment to widen capabilities and achieve greater efficiencies. Moving around his production space, Mitchell pointed to a new embroidery machine and to several others that he's purchased from Juki, a global industrial sewing machine company based in Tokyo. "They're the biggest. They're the best. They're moving forward with fully automated machines, CNC machines, really interesting things that people have kind of never seen before," he said. Toward the front of the store, Mitchell gestured to a new laser cutter used to produce leather goods that can, he said, "cut out a three-piece wallet in two minutes with an exact logo on it."  "We are, as a company, broadening what is possible from service-based manufacturing," Mitchell said. "I want to be able to say, 'Here are three different colors of T-shirts. Do you want those to fit as well as your jeans fit? Would you like your belt to be custom-punched? Would you like your wallet to have your name on it?' "And so, I want to figure out ways to increase our capacity with machines and then also with the products that we offer," he said. Billiam already produces leather belts and denim and canvas aprons for both personal and commercial use. As for denim jeans, Billiam's signature product, Mitchell said that while his company has "fought for American-made" and had purchased selvage denim only from Cone Mills, the plant's closing in late 2017 has led him to look to a plant in Mexico for supply. "And it is a better technology, a newer facility. In many senses, it's a better-quality material," he believes. Currently working with three full-time and three part-time workers, Mitchell will be adding more styles to his line of from-scratch jeans for both men and women.  Customization will remain his hallmark. After a decade in business, he said, his goal is "to have this thing be a Ralph Lauren, be a Calvin Klein" and build Billiam into a brand that will be worn and appreciated over the next 100 years. 
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