# 7 Reasons Why not to wear "Seven Jeans" **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 3, 2004, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-reasons-why-not-to-wear-seven-jeans/253425 "2004-07-03T22:51:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-reasons-why-not-to-wear-seven-jeans/253425/21 "2004-07-04T13:37:49Z")
> [@Mr. Roboto](#): > > 1. Comes w/Zipper That’s just _gotta_ hurt. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-reasons-why-not-to-wear-seven-jeans/253425/22 "2004-07-04T14:56:35Z")
> [@Tiggrkitty](#): > > That is a pretty lousy site for advertising. I mean all you see is the ass shots, in which the guys posing, are throwing a hip out and making the jeans look warped. Under each ass picture has some blurb about the jeans, like “stretch boot”, “wide leg jean”, “flare jean” etc. Yeah, it would have been a lot nicer had they showed the front of the jeans before the ass shots, ya know? Those are all _women’s jeans,_ and the rear ends stuffed into them are female. [A thick waisted, oddly flat yet lumpy at the same time reared female](http://www.bennettsclothing.com/images/seven_rocker_ams_rear.jpg), but a female nonetheless. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-reasons-why-not-to-wear-seven-jeans/253425/23 "2004-07-04T15:07:58Z")
Moving this from MPSIMS to The BBQ Pit. And regarding point Numero Uno: You’re blaming the pants? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-reasons-why-not-to-wear-seven-jeans/253425/24 "2004-07-04T15:17:54Z")
I think I’ve gotten the answer on this. Seven jeans are around $ 150 all over the net. [Most of the other sites have conventional skinny model shots](http://store.nordstrom.com/category/cat_boutique-medium.asp?category=2376776~2374325~2380004~2382616). This Bennets site is the only one to apparently use the office staff (much like Walmart) to model their jeans. [Seven for all mankind](http://www.hilary.com/fashion/seven.html) In reading the reviews they are expensive because 1: Stars wear them 2: They accomodate period weight gains and losses 3: They are reputed to have great fit [Here are the men’s jeans](http://www.southmoonunder.com/sevendenim061.htm) [Home site](http://www.sevenforallmankind.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-reasons-why-not-to-wear-seven-jeans/253425/25 "2004-07-04T15:29:44Z")
> [@astro](#): > > In reading the reviews they are expensive because > > 1: Stars wear them > 2: They accomodate period weight gains and losses > 3: They are reputed to have great fit 1. What other reason do you need? 2. Could come in handy if you are of the female persuasion. 3. So do the $15 pair of jeans I bought at Sears. As for the skinny models, I don’t know which is worse (for showing off pants), lumpy, squishy butts or no butts. To each his/her own, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-reasons-why-not-to-wear-seven-jeans/253425/26 "2004-07-04T15:46:21Z")
I’m surely getting old- they all look like the need a good washing to me. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-reasons-why-not-to-wear-seven-jeans/253425/27 "2004-07-04T16:14:59Z")
People I cannot repeat myself enough about this, but THIS: [http://www.bennettsclothing.com/images/seven\_A\_pocket\_nyd\_rear\_small.jpg](http://www.bennettsclothing.com/images/seven_A_pocket_nyd_rear_small.jpg) Is just fucking nasty. Look in the goddamn mirror before you leave the house, willya? At the very least have the decency to wear a shirt covering up your grotesque back fat spilling over. Gah, I must see this 100 times a day here in “wear whatever you want” California. Why would you pay $120 to look so horrible? BTW, I just paid $10 for a great-fitting (everything is covered, nothing is being crushed) pair of Lee jeans at Ross. ---
**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-reasons-why-not-to-wear-seven-jeans/253425/28 "2004-07-04T16:17:06Z")
I don’t understand why a few people have come into **Mr. Roboto’s** three threads and pooped in them. (Which, I think, is why this one was moved to the Pit? Or am I wrong in thinking this would have been considered a joke thread had he opened it initially in the Pit?) It is obvious his OPs were meant as humor, and while not screamingly funny, some of the replies and links have been. What is the deal? Isn’t MPSIMS (where the thread was started) meant for enjoying ourselves, sharing our thoughts and entertaining each other? Where is the hate coming from? ---
**Author:** ![Zap\_Rowsdower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3da27b/32.png) [@Zap\_Rowsdower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zap_Rowsdower)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-reasons-why-not-to-wear-seven-jeans/253425/29 "2004-07-04T16:46:18Z")
I am really surprised at some of the hostility for the models in the this thread, epecially in the comments by **voguevixen**. Its not like these are 300 pound people trying to fit into speedoes or g-strings. No wonder so many women feel pressure to starve themselves nearly to death to fit some imaginary and unhealthy ideal. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-reasons-why-not-to-wear-seven-jeans/253425/30 "2004-07-04T16:50:57Z")
> [@Zap\_Rowsdower](#): > > I am really surprised at some of the hostility for the models in the this thread, epecially in the comments by **voguevixen**. Its not like these are 300 pound people trying to fit into speedoes or g-strings. No wonder so many women feel pressure to starve themselves nearly to death to fit some imaginary and unhealthy ideal. :rolleyes: I’m not saying to starve yourself and look a certain way. I’m saying don’t buy clothes that accentuate your worst feature. Why would you pay $120 to look like THAT and wonder why everyone is laughing at you?! ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-reasons-why-not-to-wear-seven-jeans/253425/31 "2004-07-04T16:53:07Z")
> [@voguevixen](#): > > I’m not saying to starve yourself and look a certain way. I’m saying don’t buy clothes that accentuate your worst feature. Why would you pay $120 to look like THAT and wonder why everyone is laughing at you?! In other words, I’m agreeing with the OP who is saying “these pants suck and make you look stupid.” Why am I being singled out as pooping in his thread? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-reasons-why-not-to-wear-seven-jeans/253425/32 "2004-07-04T17:01:46Z")
> [@Zap\_Rowsdower](#): > > No wonder so many women feel pressure to starve themselves nearly to death to fit some imaginary and unhealthy ideal. :rolleyes: Hooey. No-one has said anything about anyone being _too fat_, it’s about unflattering clothes. Tight, brief pants _make_ the shape of a normal body into something grotesque. Cinch it _here_, leave it bare _here_, and suddenly you’re a walking bag of lumps. That’s not to say anyone should remake themselves to fit into stupid pants, they should just wear something that fits. _preview_ Well, don’t I feel redundant? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-reasons-why-not-to-wear-seven-jeans/253425/33 "2004-07-04T17:29:27Z")
> [@voguevixen](#): > > In other words, I’m agreeing with the OP who is saying “these pants suck and make you look stupid.” Why am I being singled out as pooping in his thread? I didn’t mean you, **voguevixen**. Sorry you took it that way. I was talking about a few people who basically told him to shut up already. I’ve enjoyed all three of these “wife’s gift vs. husband’s gift” threads and I don’t want him to shut up. Some darn funny stuff has been said, by the OP and subsequent posters. **Czarcasm’s** “You’re blaming the pants?”, for instance. Laughed my butt off. Maybe now I’ll look good in those jeans… ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-reasons-why-not-to-wear-seven-jeans/253425/34 "2004-07-04T18:48:35Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > [These?](http://www.bennettsclothing.com/seven_jeans_2.htm) > $120+ for a pair of jeans? > > What the hell are these people on? So that’s what those hideous things are called. Not only do they look like what USED to only be available at garage sales and thrift stores, that is, worn out, or possibly used to paint a house. They fit horribly. If they can make the models’ butts look so shapeless and squarish (yeah I know, they can’t be shapeless AND square, but that’s how they look). Doesn’t even the most braindead girl know that to make a section LIGHTER than others is going to be to highlight that area, making it look fatter, unless one is a size -5? And the ones with the bleached out inner thighs/butts, look like old riding jeans and not in a good way. I HATE today’s fashions. They’re like nightmare versions of bad 70s clothing. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-reasons-why-not-to-wear-seven-jeans/253425/35 "2004-07-04T18:51:18Z")
> [@CanvasShoes](#): > > They’re like nightmare versions of bad 70s clothing. There was GOOD 70s clothing? ---
**Author:** ![The\_27th\_Evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ebca7d/32.png) [@The\_27th\_Evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_27th_Evil)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-reasons-why-not-to-wear-seven-jeans/253425/36 "2004-07-04T18:56:30Z")
Today’s jeans are the reason I only wear black or khaki pants. Although even khakis seems to be nothing but flares and cargo pockets unless you pay ungodly amounts in the career separates area. Page me when syles get decent and professional again. And damn, those jeans are ugly. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-reasons-why-not-to-wear-seven-jeans/253425/37 "2004-07-04T18:58:02Z")
> [@Mr. Roboto](#): > > Men Don’t Want “Seven For All Humanity Jeans” > Here are 7 Reasons: > > ``` > 1. Queer Looking > > ``` Not quite. See… gay men have this thing about looking good in public. Forcing a body into clothes that are too small and or severely unflattering is a male heterosexual mode, so you meant to say **Breeder Looking**. I hope this is the candle that leads to just the teensiest skosh of light in that cavern that houses your grey matter facsimile. ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-reasons-why-not-to-wear-seven-jeans/253425/38 "2004-07-04T19:09:08Z")
I’ve been talking about getting out the sewing machine and sewing some new stuff. Heaven knows, I’ve got tons of fabric and patterns stashed up from my days working at the fabric store. Gah! Who wants to pay a whole lot of money to look like crap? Especially when you are a big girl (like me) and/or when you are amply endowed. Not that I’d wear any of the tops shown on one of those sites, but even if I wanted to, they only go up to size Medium. Even if I starved myself, I am not a size Medium, my chest will not permit it. Phooey on them. Sheesh. Sewing my own clothes seems to be the best way to go. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-reasons-why-not-to-wear-seven-jeans/253425/39 "2004-07-04T19:31:53Z")
> [@Mockingbird](#): > > Forcing a body into clothes that are too small and or severely unflattering is a male heterosexual mode, so you meant to say **Breeder Looking**. No, he meant _queer-looking_, without reference to sexual orientation. Like the phrase _usually_ means: > [@](#): > > [“You see those queer-looking cars down that queer-looking block – that’s where the Chukker is.” We went in and found a rather dingy, smelly, yet somehow vibrant place. Uninhabited except by the bartender and two young women. Somehow Glen went home with both of them.](http://www.druidcityonline.com/Questions%20Chukker/qu-chukker-clubwigcleverdon.htm) > [@](#): > > [The roads were soon swarming with armed men, most of them on foot; but many men on horseback–a strange cavalcade–queer-looking men and queer-looking horses of all colors, ages and condition.](http://www.publicbookshelf.com/public_html/Our_Country_vol_2/minutemen_dj.html) > [@](#): > > [A causeway road leaves Upper Marlborough twisting with many bridges through swamp land. And you see such queer looking growths in these queer open swamps that if you were told they were lotus and papyrus you would hesitate before disbelieving it.](http://www.oldandsold.com/articles07/washington-23.shtml) > [@](#): > > [“There they come,” called Bert, as two men dressed like divers came up the road. > They wore complete rubber suits, hip-boots, rubber coats, and rubber caps. Then they had some queer-looking machines, a windlass, a force pump, grappling irons, and other tools.](http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/youth/bobbseytwins/TheBobbseyTwinsintheCountry/chap21.html) Even with the boots and rubber suits, I’m pretty sure that the Bobbsey Twins weren’t speculating about the men’s sexuality. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-reasons-why-not-to-wear-seven-jeans/253425/40 "2004-07-04T19:37:28Z")
Naahh… I think he was saying (in a non-homophobic way) that they’re faggoty, fag pants. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-reasons-why-not-to-wear-seven-jeans/253425.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-reasons-why-not-to-wear-seven-jeans/253425.md?page=3)