https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jeans-brand-nostalgia Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:08:18 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jeans-brand-nostalgia/page/2#post-1970971 Thu, 01 Nov 2018 03:41:32 +0000 rachylou 1970971@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Chemin de Fer!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jeans-brand-nostalgia/page/2#post-1970939 Thu, 01 Nov 2018 01:17:05 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 1970939@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'd forgotten about Chic and Brittania! I definitely had a few pair of Toughskins when I was a kid... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jeans-brand-nostalgia/page/2#post-1970914 Wed, 31 Oct 2018 21:33:17 +0000 karen13 1970914@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I was born in the mid 1960s. I wore a lot of army surplus and second hand. Sears Toughskins jeans were my mom's choice because they were sturdy. But my joy knew no bounds when I got my first pair of Dittos for junior high. (yay to MsMaven!) They had to be worn with Candies mules. Not sure what possessed my practical, frugal parents to get them for me. Or how I survived my early teens without fracturing an ankle. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jeans-brand-nostalgia/page/2#post-1970911 Wed, 31 Oct 2018 21:26:20 +0000 kellygirl 1970911@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Jo one mentioned Dittos or Chemin de Fer? Those are late 70s and early 80s brands. I had the cutest pair of Chemin de Fer sailor style jeans. Ive been a Gap girl for the last couple of decades except for when I wore 501s. Now it’s pretty much Gap or AG. I like Paige denim too. Still trying to find the right fit in Madewell. Had a brief romance with Kut for the Kloth too! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jeans-brand-nostalgia/page/2#post-1970907 Wed, 31 Oct 2018 20:55:59 +0000 Anonymous 1970907@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I bought my first pair of jeans (Wranglers) in 1974? with my own money (my mom refused to buy them for me). My next pair were a men's Levis 501 1976 (for some reason they just fit me really well),&nbsp; and then we enter the 1980s with designer Jordache, Calvin Klein, etc. For the past 10 + years I have been wearing Gap jeans (I love their long and lean and while it disappeared for a bit, they are back).</p> <p>I grew up in New Jersey and I remember an army surplus store near Clinton that carried tons of&nbsp; jeans. You could spend an entire&nbsp; afternoon in&nbsp; that store. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jeans-brand-nostalgia/page/2#post-1970898 Wed, 31 Oct 2018 20:09:56 +0000 Anonymous 1970898@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>:D </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jeans-brand-nostalgia/page/2#post-1970892 Wed, 31 Oct 2018 19:35:09 +0000 rachylou 1970892@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Omg, Sassoon and Britannias! I forgot about those too. Gosh, there were/are a lot of brands. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jeans-brand-nostalgia/page/2#post-1970872 Wed, 31 Oct 2018 17:49:50 +0000 Anonymous 1970872@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, and some floral Lee jeans. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jeans-brand-nostalgia/page/2#post-1970871 Wed, 31 Oct 2018 17:49:13 +0000 Anonymous 1970871@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>:)<br /> I had Wranglers, Levis, Calvin Klein, Sasson &amp; Britannias! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jeans-brand-nostalgia/page/2#post-1970862 Wed, 31 Oct 2018 17:39:38 +0000 Greenjeans 1970862@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Anyone remember Palmettos? &nbsp;I remember having a few pairs - at least one had pinstripes - &nbsp;I liked a lot. &nbsp;</p> <p>Also, Calvin Klines fit me well back then. &nbsp;My BFF wore Gloria Vanderbilt (I still remember the swan logo).&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jeans-brand-nostalgia/page/2#post-1970826 Wed, 31 Oct 2018 16:10:34 +0000 LaPed 1970826@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, I forgot about the Euro brands! I had some Diesel and Mavi (both made in Italy) that I really liked, and remember bringing home some G-Stars from an Amsterdam thrift shop in college -- great souvenir. That was early 00s; I think all of those would be waaay too low-rise for me now. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jeans-brand-nostalgia/page/2#post-1970824 Wed, 31 Oct 2018 16:05:26 +0000 Angie 1970824@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Joyce</b>, I LOVE THAT. Wooohoooo.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jeans-brand-nostalgia/page/2#post-1970808 Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:41:32 +0000 Joyce B 1970808@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>There you go, a pict in my Girbaud next to Louis Pasteur.<br /> I am thinking that the picture that kkards posted is of the same jeans or at least very similar. It seems that even then we had similar taste, I always love her posts. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jeans-brand-nostalgia/page/2#post-1970774 Wed, 31 Oct 2018 14:25:20 +0000 Angie 1970774@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>WOW. You're jogging my memory. I love it!&nbsp;</p> <p><b>Laura</b> and<b> Joyce,</b> thanks for the info. Fun French jeans. Would like to see a pair.&nbsp;</p> <p><b>Anna,</b> YES. Ronald Sassoon. Fab stuff. Although I didn't have a pair.</p> <p><b>Dianna</b>, YES. Diesel. I had a few of those too.&nbsp;</p> <p>And Replay jeans too.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jeans-brand-nostalgia/page/2#post-1970770 Wed, 31 Oct 2018 14:00:44 +0000 Inge 1970770@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Such a fun trip down memory lane! Aside from Levi's 501 - they were everywhere, I think (and we loved the commercial with Nick Kamen!-) - I also wore Pepe.&nbsp; And there was another brand that was very popular in Belgium when I was about 15, but I can't remember the name (many of the jeans had a red rose appliqué on the back pockets). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jeans-brand-nostalgia/page/2#post-1970695 Wed, 31 Oct 2018 09:13:55 +0000 Sisi 1970695@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I still remember a beautiful pair of Elio Fiorucci jeans I had in the Seventies. I liked the&nbsp;logo embroidered in white and fuchsia on a rear pocket and they fit wonderfully. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jeans-brand-nostalgia/page/2#post-1970652 Wed, 31 Oct 2018 03:10:45 +0000 Cee 1970652@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Levis get my vote for the fact they're made by Levi ! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jeans-brand-nostalgia/page/2#post-1970649 Wed, 31 Oct 2018 03:09:01 +0000 Jaime 1970649@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Definitely remember wearing Gloria Vanderbilt when I was around middle school age and then I remember nothing until my green and blue (not denim) Levi bootcut jeans which may have been all I wore in college. What did I wear all those other years beside black sweatshirts? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jeans-brand-nostalgia/page/2#post-1970641 Wed, 31 Oct 2018 02:59:30 +0000 annagybe 1970641@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nobody wore Sassoon? With the Ok hand. That was my first pair </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jeans-brand-nostalgia/page/2#post-1970597 Wed, 31 Oct 2018 00:48:25 +0000 Cee 1970597@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Proud jean wearer since the '70s when it was impossible to not get the cuff caught in your bike chain ! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jeans-brand-nostalgia/page/2#post-1970596 Wed, 31 Oct 2018 00:48:18 +0000 Anonymous 1970596@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Brand wise the ones i can think of were Jordache and later Guess, but im sure i had Levis and such. All the different washes we had, the stone washed and the acid washed were must haves. My all time favorites though, were the black ones that laced up the sides and the light wash ones with rhinestones:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jeans-brand-nostalgia/page/2#post-1970594 Wed, 31 Oct 2018 00:34:55 +0000 Joyce B 1970594@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie, I just checked and my Girbaud were made in the USA at the time. They were my favorite jeans and I still keep them as a memory.<br /> Gitanos were another good brand. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jeans-brand-nostalgia/page/2#post-1970573 Tue, 30 Oct 2018 23:20:49 +0000 Gigi 1970573@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>In high school, almost all my jeans were Chic. They were the only ones I could find that could fit my rear end without the waist being huge. Jeans shopping was a nightmare before spandex.</p> <p>I also had one pair of Wrangler and one pair of Lee, if I recall right. But Chic was my mainstay. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jeans-brand-nostalgia/page/2#post-1970564 Tue, 30 Oct 2018 22:36:08 +0000 Joyce B 1970564@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie, I think Girbaud was either French or was a French brand but manufactured in the US. Those were the good times I still have one pair, I will check when I get home and report back. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jeans-brand-nostalgia/page/2#post-1970559 Tue, 30 Oct 2018 22:05:38 +0000 Laura 1970559@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie, about Girbaud, I assumed they were French, but who knows, maybe it was just great marketing! They had their own shop in Chicago into the late 90s at least.&nbsp;</p> <p>Also, shout-out to Esprit and their crazy colored corduroys. I recall having a pair of pink ones in a painter pant style, with a button fly, and wore them with a grey and pink fair isle sweater, and a different grey sweater that buttoned up the back.</p> <p>By the way, that was another thing for me in the 80s. We reversed our cardigans so they buttoned up the back. That was a trick my mom taught me from the 50s!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jeans-brand-nostalgia/page/2#post-1970549 Tue, 30 Oct 2018 21:11:20 +0000 anchie 1970549@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh what a coincidence. I was in Trieste just yesterday and was reminisencing about jeans shopping trips in early 80’s. Western jeans were not available<br /> in former Yugoslavia and going on a day shopping trips to Italian border city Trieste was very popular. We would stock up on Levi’s 501 and Benetton sweaters. In late 80’s companies in Yugoslavia got license to produce Levi’s an Lee Cooper jeans. Later in early 90’s when imports started being more available I wore Diesel, Wrangler, Replay and Big Star jeans. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jeans-brand-nostalgia/page/2#post-1970546 Tue, 30 Oct 2018 20:56:54 +0000 Style Fan 1970546@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My first pair of jeans were hand me downs from my brother.&nbsp; I was not in school so it was the 50s.&nbsp; I loved them.&nbsp; They had cowboys on them.&nbsp; In the 60s I had Lees and Levis.&nbsp; I also had Wranglers.&nbsp; Some I inherited from my brother. &nbsp;<br />I had a pair of Pentimento jeans.&nbsp; Also, Bleans, Calvin Klein, Landlubber and lots of others in the 70s.<br />In the 80s I had a great pair from Espirit.&nbsp; I know I had others but I can't remember the brands.<br />I had Hollywood, Manager, Ikea, Edwin, Indian Motorcycle and others in 90s.<br />In the 00s I had David Kahn, 7s, Fidelity, Hudsons, Paige, Frame, Citizens, Levis, etc.<br />Levis have always been in my closet.<br />My absolute favourite pair of jeans is my first pair.&nbsp; The ones with the cowboys on them.&nbsp; They were my introduction to the fabulous world of jeans.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jeans-brand-nostalgia/page/2#post-1970545 Tue, 30 Oct 2018 20:56:31 +0000 Colette 1970545@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh how funny, <b>Laura</b> reminded me that I bought my SO his first pair of adult designer jeans in 1989 and they were&nbsp;Marithe and Francois Girbaud. I think he may still have them even though they definitely don't fit. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jeans-brand-nostalgia#post-1970542 Tue, 30 Oct 2018 20:51:30 +0000 Gretchen 1970542@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Elementary - Wranglers<br />Jr High - Guess Ankle zips<br />High school - Men's Levi 501 button-flies, or super acid washed Guess<br />College - GAP<br />Post-college - maternity jeans, then started exploring different specialty stores. Skipped the low rise trend, but bit hard on bootcuts/flares<br />Last 10 years - Brand matters less than fit. Skinnies ftw, and loved finding NYDJ<br />Now (post post post-college) - Ready to retire skinnies unless worn w boots. Focusing a lot on details - seaming, embroidery, buttons, etc. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jeans-brand-nostalgia#post-1970540 Tue, 30 Oct 2018 20:36:52 +0000 Carla 1970540@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Boarding school and old-world old-school parents - so no jeans for me until I was on my own. </p> <p>Pic 1 - HASH elephant leg star jeans were all the rage and my first pair of denim in the '70's.</p> <p>Pic 2 - Dickies painter pants - I had the cream, dark Jean, and faded Jean versions. Pic 3- Also Levi bib overalls in Jean and green corduroy in the '80's</p> <p>Pic 3 - Wrangler regular straights or Levi 504 straights were the only jeans I wore for a long stretch (good fit)</p> <p>No pic - last 5 years Hanna Highrise (straights and baby bootcut) from Marks Work Wear House due to high cotton content 99/1 or 98/2 when so many others were going with synthetics, and good fit for my body. I'm off the HH's since the fabrication has changed. I just can't abide stretchy jeans so read the labels for high cotton content.</p> <p>My curremt faves are from Calvin Klein and JBrand. </p>