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A very good question indeed! Has the 'athleisure' storm taken over the bullish run Jeans have had for decades? While the style gurus argue that athleisure could just be another trend that will be out in some time like those ugly-@$$ crocs the numbers tell a different story.

Recently covered in the Economist, Levi's topped annual revenues in 1990s to $7bn but came down to $4bn a decade ago in the late 2000s. Recently, however, the company has introduced new styles and have also revamped its supply chain while still not moving away from Denim and tarnishing its brand name in any way. Sales have been growing in parts of Europe and even the direct-to-consumer sales are on the rise in US.

Why did we cover only Levis and declared that the Denim continues to reign supreme? Because Levis is the original and a rise in business for Levis would mean a rise in business for other denim brands if they continue to stick to their roots.

We have covered both Jeans and Joggers in the past if you are interested to know more, do check those articles out. And before you leave, below are some of Urban Purush's favorite Levis recommendations,

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This has got to be one of the top few debatable questions in the World of men's style.

The answer to this typically depends upon an organization's culture. If your organization does not have specific clothing items listed as Business Casuals, many would treat jeans and tees as business casuals. But there are organizations that have defined business casuals as a Polo must.

When it comes to barebone definitions,

- Business Casual means business attire that is dressed down. That can be attained by chucking the tie off your suit or pairing an odd jacket. Business casual is not where you dress up your casual wear it is where you dress down your business wear. Read the previous sentence again!

- Jeans has always been a casual wear item. Yes, dark wash well-fitted denim can be dressed up and pass on as business casual but by the very nature of the denim material, a pair of jeans is a casual wear item. Please repeat, a pair of jeans is a casual wear item! (And if you are trying to dress your jeans up, don't you dare consider skinny jeans)

So the conclusion is the fact that jeans is a casual clothing item. It can be dressed up to fit the business casual environment based on your organization's culture. But in case clothing items for Business Casual attire are not explicitly defined and you are not aware of the organization culture, a pair of jeans shouldn't be your first choice.

Below are some jeans that are best choice when it comes to Business Casual,


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Alright gents, its summer time, the sun is shining bright and the temperature is soaring. You as a stylish gent, as an Urban Purush, want to dress better, take your game to the next level. But pulling off a suit in the scorching heat could be a bit too much. What is the next best thing?

The next best thing is a Sports Jacket. Pairing it up with Jeans has been very popular for some time now. It is super versatile, meaning you can run a Friday board meeting in it and you can also chill out with the boys at the local bar in it. The Jeans and Sports Jacket combo is easily going to drive you home out of all situations.

Consider Urban Purush's top 7 tips to ensure you are crushing it every time when it comes to this style,

1. The first tip is actually a 'style don't'. Don't try to pair your suit jacket with jeans especially if that is your only suit. Your suit needs to be ready at all times and shouldn't be paired separately as it may lead to it being worn out. Same applies to those suit pants

2. Look into the patterns available out there. This will not only help your sports jacket stand out but will also ensure it doesn't look like a suit jacket. Consider herringbone, birdseye, stripes or checks

3. Make sure you are buying the right jeans that suit your body type. Skinny jeans would suit a much more fitting jacket than something on the looser side

4. While your jeans are mostly blue, you can always experiment with the color of the sports jacket. Grey, black, tan, navy almost anything will work. Just avoid a color similar to your jeans, you don't want to give out an impression that you are trying to put together a suit

5. When it comes to shoes, and we hope you are not committing the single biggest men's shoe sin, this is where formal shoes can be made use of. But if you want to avoid the major work of making sure the formal shoes look good on jeans you can always bring in leather loafers, monk straps, or chelsea boots. Casual sneakers might not work well, avoid if possible

6. When it comes to upperwear, you can definitely pull off a round neck or even v-neck tee. A polo t-shirt can do wonders but nothing like a formal long sleeve shirt. The long sleeve shirt will compliment the entire outfit much better and complete your look

7. Time and again, Urban Purush has taught you that accessories maketh the man! Sports jackets and jeans is no different. Try to bring in the details with a solid pocket square, a metal chronograph or even a slim tie

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Gentlemen, Sports Jacket and Jeans is definitely an outfit that is a step above the average. It might not be totally formal or casual but it is just about right for all occasions.
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Gentlemen, continuing on our coverage on men's jeans from the different types of jeans fit to tackling the question of should you be wearing skinny jeans, today we address the top 3 best kept secrets around jeans. Questions that must have hit your mind but you never found any answers to. So lets get the ball rolling,

1. Why are jeans called 'jeans'?
Great question! Infact when they started off, jeans were called 'waist high overalls'. However, jeans were very popular among the sailors from Genoa, Italy. These sailors were called Genes and soon their pair of 'waist high overalls' got the name Jeans

2. What is the use of the 5th pocket?
Also referred to as the 'coin pocket' which would probably hint at keeping coins in there, the 5th pocket was actually built in jeans as a place to keep your pocket watch! Yes Sir, the grand daddies of the later half of 19th century rocked pocket watches like only they could and the 5th pocket was the place to store it. Although pocket watches faded, the 5th pocket didn't!

3. Snap button on jeans
So all of our jeans have snap buttons at different places and they don't really make any sense, right? Well, wrong! These snap buttons aka rivets are there to reinforce the key points so that your jeans stays strong and doesn't tear up for years. These rivets are one of the key reasons for the endurance our jeans display through the years

And that's about it. Do you have any question on jeans you are unable to find an answer to? Let us know.
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They say that Music and Mathematics are two universal languages. When it comes to men's wardrobe, jeans is one universal item that you will be able to easily rock from London to Shanghai and from New York to Mumbai.

Jeans, although casual, can be easily dressed up or down. Throw in a tee or your favorite navy blazer and the same jeans are good to go!

Every man has at least a pair of blue denim but is it the perfect fit? When you go out jeans shopping you will realize the different type of fits available and may wonder which one is right for you? It is extremely important to have the knowledge of what fit of jeans suit which body type before making the purchase decision.

Before we understand the different type of fits, lets look into the different rise of jeans.
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- High rise jeans are worn around the navel. Its best to wear them untucked i.e. on casual shirts and tees

- Mid rise jeans are worn a bit below the navel to allow for tucking in your upperwear. Formal shirts can thus be paired with these jeans for a dressed up look

- Low rise jeans are typically casual and are worn much below the navel presenting a casual fit. There are also drop crotch (or low crotch) jeans available out there that are worn low on the waist. These are saggy at the hips and can be avoided

Now let's dive into some of the most common denim fits available out there,

1. Relaxed/Regular/Straight - These are your usual straight leg jeans with a relaxed fit that doesn't hug any part of the body and have a large leg opening
Who should wear
1. Muscular men that tend to have heavier thighs (all thanks to the leg days at gym)
2. Men that are heavier in the mid section
3. Large men/overweight men
Who should avoid
1. Men with athletic body type
2. Thin men


2. Slim/Tapered - The one thing that defines slim or tapered jeans is that it should not be too tight or too loose. These are slimmer through the leg and have a tapered leg opening
Who should wear
1. Men with athletic body type
2. Men with normal body type
Who should avoid
1. Muscular men with large chest and slimmer legs (all thanks to avoiding leg days at gym)
2. Large men/overweight men


3. Skinny - As the name goes this fit hugs your body throughout from hip to leg opening
Who should wear
1. Men who are actually skinny
2. Men with athletic body type can also pull this off
Who should avoid
1. Muscular men
2. Large men/overweight men


Gents, now that you have the required knowledge, go out and own a pair of jeans like a boss!
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Wearing casuals is sometimes a double edged sword. You want to appear casual and be able to ‘chill’ but you also want to look presentable at the same time. The good news is that your go to pair of jeans, a rockin' tee and sneakers can also be dressed up so that you can look your casual best without being overdressed. Below are our top 3 tips,

1. Upgrade the quality
Guys, quality is inevitable! There is no substitute for a good quality clothing item. It may be a tad expensive, but it’s much better to own one good quality pair of jeans than two cheap bad quality denims. Better quality will automatically take your casual look a notch above. Good quality casual wear is undoubtedly the first step to nail the casual game

2. The right fit
If you have been a follower of Urban Purush you already know the importance of why should your clothes fit perfectly. Considering how it is very likely that you are not looking to layer up to avoid ‘overdressing’, the right fit becomes all the more important as you have nothing to hide those ill-fitted baggy shirt! Understand your body type, understand the jeans fit and make the purchase decision accordingly. Buy skinny jeans if you are a teenager, buy slim fit if you have a slim body type but don’t buy slim fit if you are by no means slim!

3. Accessorize
Another opportunity to take up your look by a notch or two is to accessorize. We don't mean sporty wrist bands but a nice wrist watch that can definitely go a long way, you can always play with your socks with pop colors or adding an appropriate eyewear never did any wrong to anyone!

Gentlemen, you don’t always have to be suited up to look your best. Go out and be your casual best!
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What clothing item comes to your mind when you hear the words - college, outing, pool party, hanging around?

A tee is probably the by default clothing item for every young guy out there. But are you doing it right?

You may probably think what can go wrong with a tee? Well, plenty!

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1. The correct body type
A well fitted tee would look great on anyone who is well built. But well fitted tees aren't appropriate if you have some flab in the midsection. In which case, you may consider looser variants

2. The correct environment
Let's face it, tees have basically evolved from under shirts. So tees are casual wear and that is why they are best for casual hanging around the town, college wear (ofcourse when you don't have to make a presentation) and other such not so serious stuff

3. The correct tee
Crew neck or v-neck? Snug or loose? The correct tee would obviously depend on your body type. But general rules to consider are the sleeves length, tees shouldn't cover more than half of your biceps i.e. more than half of the distance between shoulder and elbow. The tee should be long enough to cover about half of your crotch section. Anything beyond the crotch is too lengthy, anything above the crotch is just too short!

Tees go well with jeans, chinos, shorts just about anything except formal trousers. What do you think? How good are you in the tees game?
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At Urban Purush, you must have definitely read before about why shoes matter? or what are the top 5 must have men's shoes but all that knowledge is of no use if its not put into action. Let's talk about the single most absolutely biggest sin that men commit pertaining to shoes!

And that sin is (drums roll please)

Sports Shoes in a non sports environment!

Question time - What's common between Steve Carell in Crazy Stupid Love and Shah Rukh Khan in Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi?



Yes Sir! Those damn sports shoes!

Do not (in CAPS again - DO NOT) wear them on your jeans and formal trousers! How difficult is that to understand?

Ofcourse, there are exceptions to this rule. If you are in a sports environment or you need to walk alot or you are on a picnic or if you are Steve Jobs! But again if you are Steve Jobs you are probably not reading this.

Gentlemen, sports shoes, as their name suggests, are made for sports and not for your Friday casual or, worst, daily wear!

Rock a pair of sneakers or boots with Jeans and always (in CAPS again - ALWAYS) wear formal shoes with formal trousers.

Below are some of the shoes we can safely recommend,

Formals:

Casuals:
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Gentlemen, one of the best-kept-secret of men's style hack for easily dressing up for an occasion is to pick up a special item and build up the attire around it. For instance, if you are going to a game of cricket donning the Indian cricket team's t-shirt, you wouldn't want to wear dress pants and black leather shoes. The look is built around the central item (in this case the Indian cricket jersey) and you probably throw in sneakers and jeans to compliment it.

Behold the Waistcoat. Waistcoat is almost always going to be the star of your outfit whenever you are wearing it without a suit. With this article we make sure that you are up to speed on this wonderful wardrobe item.

1. When to wear
Whenever there is a need to dress up a bit but throwing on a suit or a blazer will fall into the zone of overdressing, this is the ideal situation for a waistcoat. Waistcoat is your best friend when you want to dress up but not go all the way. It can also be a great alternative to suit for dressing up in hot weather.

2. Fabrics
Waistcoats come in all kinds of fabric. From cotton to corduroy and from denim to leather. Ofcourse the level of formality is different based on the fabric used. No points in guessing how cotton and cords will be more formal than jeans and leather.

3. Building the attire
Coordinating with the waistcoat is important. You have to base it on the formality level of the fabric and the occasion. A white shirt will go well with formal waistcoat. Similarly stressed light color jeans will do just fine with casual waistcoat. You can always add some details like throwing in a tie or a scarf or even a pocket square to jazz things up.

4. Stuff to avoid
Avoid double breasted waistcoats and leather waistcoats unless you are a cowboy.

5. Waistcoat or Vest
There is no difference between the two. Americans call it vest, infact everything without sleeves is called a vest. Brits call it a Waistcoat.

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That's all for this article. Do share your tips and tricks about the waistcoat and how to totally own one.
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