Jeans vs Chinos? - Topic of the day 8/8/24
Two of the most common articles of clothing - what's your pick and why? If it's "oh well it depends", then what factors are worth considering? How much overlap exists between the two garments?
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Jeans
well i don’t own chinos
Same
i’d probably sooner wear fatigues but it’s more of a workwear idea than a weird elitist thing
I wonder if I should get some tbh
Jeans r so cool though
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i want like. a pair of those big dumbass tripps
maybe two so i can also have shorts. or just get some zip-offs
I wonder if chinos run larger than jeans
actually i just got paid i should take measurements so i can order a pair
Yeahyuh
chinos suck if they have no haters I am dead
Chinos
I love being ready for the office or the tasteful dinner with a considered circle
both
Chinos are cool if they are big
jeans
and well any canvas pants tbh
that's probably partially because we're in a time where texture=cool and smooth=not cool
smooth is v cool wdym
Smooth brains be like
I got these wide fit chinos
Why do people not like chinos?
Slim stretch chino stigmas
Chinos are cool if they are big (1)
I think thats the only pair I have that are wide/big
Also lmao I knew it
Idk why but for the longest time I kept thinking of the word Chino with the word Chinese. That's because it did originate from the use of that word
Long story short, the pants originated from the Philippines and Spaniards called it chino as an association
I had to wear chinos every day in high school for our uniform so i'll always associate them with that
That too
I'll never buy a pair again
I mean I had a friend who was Guatemalan who was nicknamed "Chino" so I literally kept thinking of him as well lol
And then once I found out what the slang meant I was like "I'm never saying that again lol"
Regardless, I'm thinking of buying more of them. I'm still trying to learn the differences between the two
Honestly shoutout the j crew giant fit chino, a few ppl I know got em and they’re good
I check that out
Yeah they’re honestly very solid regular fit chinos
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These were the ones I bought
Fatigues are arguably chinos
if pants aren't jeans then they're chinos
imo
chino haters don't realize they're probably wearing a pair right now...
cargo pants? that's right: chinos
Sweatpants are chinos
in my head chinos are always beige
navy chinos? nah those are just pants
Jeans
Jeans
if i had to pick one...chinos
well this totd went about as expected
they're the yogurt of clothes imo, plain if you want, interesting if you want (via pleats or sizing up or raw hemming), and able to combine with several other things without being super overpowering
If chinos are yogurt then what does that make jeans
Cereal
jeans are great and, as a matter of speaking, my best fits are in jeans but they're less transformative
🤔 you can put cereal in yogurt though
What does it all mean...
jeanos
gotta make a hybrid pair then
whose to blame
Bean boots WOO
chenim
i love wine
Neither! Schoeller dryskin is my favorite pant material
Can’t wait to put on my Needles BDU chinos
jeans wilder
Corduroy
Chinos, they're lighter and come in more colours
I also feel like they're more versatile
used to be a big chinos guy because they're just the default pant in my mind/skinny jeans era had me convinced jeans were just uncomfortable. they don't really offer much of anything though. no cool texture or visual interest. the vanilla ice cream of pants; perfectly good but are you really picking it in the ice cream shop over anything else
The only chino that has excites me in 10+ years is the buzz rickson one at self edge
Jeanos
https://www.selfedge.com/chinos?product_id=2561
And excite is too strong a word rlly
a lot of my fave ivy fits have chinos in them but i realized pretty early on that they really don't have a place in my own wardrobe and i dislike shopping for them
beige chinos just feel way too straight for me lmao
I love looking like a dork
And I think chinos help out with that
Chino jeans!
I think Chino's are about the most versatile kind of trouser out there.
You want a smart fit? A chino does that.
Going casual? No problem.
Vintage, modern, street, ivy...chino does it all and goes with just about any other piece.
Also I strongly agree with @artvandelayimporting that you need to go big or go home with a chino!
Jeans? You're not gonna believe it but, theyre also Chinos
Wool gaba balloon pants? Chinos
Homme plisse? Actually chinos
Unironically yes!!
The C in Culottes stands for Chinos
Too far
Only if it’s not a 5 pocket design
the amount of queer-coded media set in or staged around ivy league schools (a separate peace, the rules of attraction, talented mr ripley, etc) has disloged that association for me lmao
oh yah i mean i adoreee subversive ivy stuff (especially the way you do it!) for me personally it doesnt fully work or click quite yet. maybe pleated chinos are in my future though as i look to expand my pants selection...
having said that jeans can be gay as hell too lol
I think big chinos cuffed with docs is gay coded but everything else is very straight coded
I love jeans 💙💙💙
Also @d.h. if ur gay n ur wearing chinos then it’s gay to wear chinos yknow
Chinos, like the versatility.