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My blue jeans: A two-and-a-half year journey of obsession

My blue jeans: A two-and-a-half year journey of obsession

By Gabriel Martins May 2, 2025
When we think of denim, of course blue jeans come to mind, but denim refers to the weaving of different strands of cotton. Generally, denim is woven with indigo-dyed cotton and standard white cotton — that’s why you see speckled white dots in your jeans. 
Jodi Tang | Graphic Artist

Skirts over pants and the subversive genius of unsexy clothing | Wear Me This

By Sujena Soumyanath March 18, 2025

The internet still remembers when Ashley Tisdale showed up to the 2005 premiere of the Disney flick “Ice Princess.”  Wearing a gold-sequined miniskirt over blue jeans and carrying a clutch resembling...

Iris Ren | Senior Graphic Artist

Letting go of my old pants

By Sophia Keohane January 23, 2025
It sucks saying goodbye to your favorite pair of jeans. It sucks saying bye to someone you used to love. But at the end of the day, it’s not a fit — and that’s okay. 
Andre Salkin

Skate On The Paradigm: Most jobs are bulls—

By Andre Salkin September 21, 2020
As predicted by Keynes, productive jobs — those that actually produce wealth — have been significantly overtaken by automatic beings.

Hofberg: Workout shoes and jeans

By Daily Free Press Admin March 17, 2014

Listen up gentlemen, this one’s for you. No longer can I keep quiet about a serious fashion faux pas that I experience on a daily basis: workout shoes and jeans. I’m sorry. I don’t care how comfortable...

Fitting into your jeans may be all about genes

By Daily Free Press Admin April 10, 2012

According to the World Health Organization, more than one in 10 adults suffers from obesity and over 2.6 million people die from being obese and overweight every year. In many ways obesity has become a...

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