Double denim and other dilemmas
Nov 03, 2021
5 minutes
‘No one bats an eyelid if you turn up in jeans these days’
FOR some gentlemen of a particular class and age, denim is something to be feared. Corduroy, tweed, flannel and linen—these are the fabrics you want hanging in your wardrobe. Denim? That’s for cowboys and gigolos, they believe. For them, the ultimate mystery remains how to wear what has become the most ubiquitous garment on the globe: a pair of denim jeans.
Now, however, is the time to embrace denim, not just because the demise of 9-to-5 office life means that the worsted suit will be reserved for high days and holidays, but because denim is enjoying a revival. Once dismissed as a scruffy garment, jeans can be worn almost anywhere and to any occasion. Unless it’s a Pall Mall club or
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