I got this PM a couple of weeks ago, and didn’t notice it right away (I think I’ve had like 12 PMs in the 5 years I’ve been on this board):
Well, Andrew, I’m sorry for the delay, but here’s what you wanted to know:
JNCO Jeans are back!!!
I spoke with Eli, who is in charge of the newly recreated JNCO Jeans line, and he tells me that the new line will certainly evoke the feeling of the older clothes, but he had no pictures up on the website yet, and seemed to be a bit perturbed and pressed for time. As a result, I have little information about what they will look like (I did let him know that we all want big pockets like in the old days, so we don’t have to sit on our wallets).
I do know that they will be sold at JC Penney, Sears, etc. All of the places that used to sell JNCO Jeans will sell them again.
Eli did tell me that he is shipping now, and that stores should have them on the shelves no later than June.
Eli is the guy in charge of the JNCO line. I’m not sure if he is the designer, but he’s definitely in charge.
I used this thing I have called a “telephone” to initiate voice contact just this morning.
Seriously, I am a huge JNCO fan (over 80 pairs of shorts and over 20 pairsof jeans), and when I couldn’t find them at JCP, I called the company to ask about it. Since then (that was 2005, I think) I check in with them once or twice a year to badger them about re-introducing the JNCO line.
Last October I was told that they were going to start the line up again, and was given Eli’s name and email. Today I just called him, tho, since I was so late and slow in getting to your message.
Yes, but I agree with Vincent on the subject of foot massage, and I find that I prefer smaller, softer hands than I presume you to have.
Yes.
he he
Actually, if you live in Las Vegas, you better not be looking for waist sizes 36 or 38. I drive all over the valley and buy every pair I can find in my size of the pairs I like (we have 3 JCP’s here). But the 34s, 32s and so on are up for grabs.
Oh, and when I told him we all wanted big pockets, so we didn’t hurt our asses by sitting on our wallets, he said he understood the sentiment. Unfortunately, he didn’t confirm that they would have the big pockets. I sent him an email asking some clarifying questions, and I’ll post the replies when I get them.
Telephone? Those are the things that send text messages right?
You are my new hero!
Do you take requests?
I don’t care if you’re my hero or not, I’ll fight you for those 36s! Fortunately (probably more for me than you lol) I do not live in the Vegas area and we’ll be able to dominate our respective markets.
You are awesome.
Yes it is. How big of geeks/nerds/losers are we that we’re excited for an old line of pants to be renewed?
I need a pic of you guys currently in JNCO’s, because in high school when people wore them, they looked like over grown toddlers! I don’t want to make fun of something you love, as I’m sure I wear things you would question, but JNCO’s? Must see pics where you look like anything but a raver that reeks of cigarette smoke.
Dude, JNCO Jeans? Those massive, baggy, horrid creations? People are still interested in those? This is a sad day indeed. Anyway, I doubt they’ll be coming back in any kind of big way. American Eagle, Hollister, and the like have essentially cornered a large part of the teen jean market.
I don’t have any full body pictures of myself. Perhaps our Snowboarder friend can contribute.
And speaking of Bo, what kind of maintenance tips do you have for these jeans? I want my hopefully soon to be purchased new pairs looking like new for as long as possible. Little help?
Am I an asshole for sort of hoping Covered_In_Bees reveals he’s just been dicking around with Snowboard Bo and actually hates JNCO jeans, or am I just foreseeing the inevitable outcome of this?
I think that he means that the happy dance you guys are doing for this particular brand of jeans is a little surreal. I’ve never seen two dudes so excited about pants. That’s cool though. I’d be pretty stoked if Hypercolor came back myself.
American Apparel sells them http://store.americanapparel.net/rsa6407tc.html
I’ve never seen an adult wearing JNCOs. Some skater friends wore the not super crazy wide ones in 6th grade and some of the raver/rocker posers that were “all dark and shit man” wore them early high school. Usually with lots of eyeliner and oddly died hair, Slipknot or Kittie tshirts.
