iconic denim photos

[grouse_allergy]

Simply naming the movie is one thing, but that is something else. +rep

[AKMetal]

agreed! that's impressive

[Tomhet]

[denimdestroyedmylife]

[whatuknowaboutthat]

who is that?

[fardin]

thats the geat serge gainsbourg

[Paul T]

Hi wife, Jane Birkin, is something of an icon, too.

I recommend you do a Google image search to find out why...

http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=jane+birkin&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&resnum=1&ct=title

this is one of the tamer images - but a damn fine album.

[Mr Black]

That's some Camels toe she's got going on there!!!

[denimdestroyedmylife]

Hi wife, Jane Birkin, is something of an icon, too.

and then vote in the bardot vs birkin poll in supertrash (NSFW)

[mikedbt5]

Brando has been done before but this shot is great .

[mikedbt5]

Have a few old Lee adverts on file , found this

[denimdestroyedmylife]

dennis wilson (of the beach boys) in two lane blacktop:

^ that's james taylor on the right

and the chick is Art Garfunkel's girlfriend, shortly before her suicide

[n9no]

Townshend / Twickenham 78

...^ ^ 'two lane blacktop' - such an awesome movie.

[n9no]

This is how you rock a canadian tuxedo / Marvin Gaye 73

[n9no]

Neil Young - Topanga 72

[hollowsleather]

Brando has been done before but this shot is great .

This photo is great. Anyone ever notice how every hollywood badass rode a Triumph? Brando, James Dean, Steve Mcqueen, Hagrid...the list goes on.

[erk]

and bob dylan...

and

[cash]

^Dude needs to wear a helmet. What if he gets in a wreck......

[Ispy]

I'm not really sure that these count as iconic "photos", but they definitely have a place here:

[hawkeye]

Clark Gable and Carole Lombar 1940

[fardin]

[fardin]

dean in a nice BIG YANK work shirt, and the infamous black frisco jeens by can´t bustem

[erk]

^Dude needs to wear a helmet. What if he gets in a wreck......

yeah, good one.

[fardin]

actor slim pickens here still a rodeo clown.

pic is from 1946 so they really wore em tight back then

[crownzip]

Nice WWII USN chambray shirts and denim dungarees.

[Charlie Delta]

actor slim pickens here still a rodeo clown.

pic is from 1946 so they really wore em tight back then

Here's something that's interesting to think about;

if this was really how some of the jeans were worn those days, how come all the '45 repro's we see have a diaper ass and massive hipflare combined with waistsizes that are near impossible to size down on???

[horriblyjollyjinx]

Here's something that's interesting to think about;

if this was really how some of the jeans were worn those days, how come all the '45 repro's we see have a diaper ass and massive hipflare combined with waistsizes that are near impossible to size down on???

The Edwin Lees are historically accurate, I've seen tons of vintage Lees and they're dead on. The SC 45 might have a bigger flare though.

[Charlie Delta]

I guess it could indeed be as simple as just the differences between Lee, Levi's and Wrangler fits those days (not to mention the bazillion other brands that were also around...).

[horriblyjollyjinx]

I guess it could indeed be as simple as just the differences between Lee, Levi's and Wrangler fits those days (not to mention the bazillion other brands that were also around...).

Well I actually dont find the old Lees to have a diaper ass, rather they have a high rise and widely space backpockets, and some hipflare, but I think its about the same as Levi's.

If you wear them high and tight theyll look like in that picture. But you're right about sizing; the Edwin Lees are oversized. I have however tried on several pairs of used and washed Edwin Lees that were true to tag size, so I guess they do shrink quite a bit after all.

[fardin]

I guess it could indeed be as simple as just the differences between Lee, Levi's and Wrangler fits those days (not to mention the bazillion other brands that were also around...).

well with 47 501 repro we know from paul that they are no really accurate, so i guess back then one could maybe size em down ( and who knows maybe slim pickens has a big butt:))

about the lee they have a different cut. i have the 42 and 52 and 59 and if one buys the right size then the hip can be tight. here are two pics of lees from the same site from the 1940s