Chinos or Jeans? - Topic of the day 12/6/24
The saying goes “you are either a chinos person or a jeans person”. So which one are you? What are the pros and cons of either? What are your favorite chinos and jeans?
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i am jeans
I just love pants
I think to limit yourself to one of the other is flawed to begin with, each has its place in a wardrobe and different outfits or vibes will call for one or the other.
Jeanos
Cheans
I’ll kill you
I knew this topic would get heated
came heat ot also type jeanos but i was gonna spell it jinos
is it fair to say i'm like 80% jeans and 20% chinos?
I am a jeansman
Call me pants-sexual because I want to feel all of them on me
Jeans
:galaxybrain: both
I slept in my jeans for my afternoon nap and im wearing them again today, might run it back
honestly it's hard to choose between jeans and chinos sometimes
jeans death b4 chinos
i don't own a single pair of chinos in 2o24
i have 9 jean
This is fatigue erasure
Jeans or chinos
everyone is one or the other
Both. PRL Andrews and Levis 501s. But corduroy and fatigues/cargo pants are great too.
Aren’t PRL Andrew’s not chinos by definition
They’re pleated trousers
Fuck :why_dissolve:
I have never worn a pair of chinos I liked, but have fallen in love with a dozen different jeans. Jeaner 4lyfe
Andrews i thought were chinos cause theyre made of cotton twill
I have realized upon reflection that my favorite pair of pants are kinda chinos
However if i have to pick one in a sharks jets situation im a jeans all the way
Jeans for sure. I feel like (most) chinos just don’t hold up against the stress and strain of dealing with me
Chinos are not supposed to be pleated and have a different pocket design (i don’t really care about the semantics though)
But if pleated trousers are chinos then some fatigues are chinos
tuxedo pooh moment when you start calling your cotton pants with the lil sewn in folds at the waist "pleated trousers"
The first pair of chinos I got was like, a light blue Primark pair from a charity shop.
(I do this)
chinos until i find jeans that i like
agreed im far too abrasive for chinos
I guess I technically have two pairs of jeans and zero pairs of chinos, so jeans
What if....
Chino jeans :happy_thonk:
Best of both worlds
gross
The definition of chino on Wikipedia is “a cotton twill” does that mean jeans are just indigo chinos?
no it means wikipedia is wrong
:linkGun: :wikipedia:
Jean good
tbf no pants are bulletproof
Technically you’re wrong but I’ll let it slide for the joke lol
brb gonna make the metal pants
Metal kinda sucks for body armor, but if you manage to get your hands on some ballistic plating you could probably cobble together a pair of chaps
Assless or assed, either way
Imagine your only weak point being your ass
butt shot
Its propably unfair towards chinos, but I have very strong mfad reddit bizcas associations with chinos.
I think my main gripe with chinos is that they are neither here or there. If I want something casual I will go for jeans. If I want something more formal I go for wool trousers. Chinos kinda inhabit that no mans land inbetween.
Though I think @Soup does great casual chino fits, if those count as chinos.
I haven’t been super into chinos ever but this fit from Cody Wellema has me thinking about a pair in a stiffer fabric with a nice wide cut to get that clean silhouette
yeah these are some random prl chinos that are 3 sizes too big that I've gotten a lot of mileage out of
I can’t imagine that I got a great ass
Chinos during the week, jeans on the weekend? I did wear jeans to work today and felt naughty. Can't bring myself to do it regularly.
Absolute mad man
:linkCool:
Cool fits here
Mostly i wear Jeans almost everyday but recently I'm trying to get myself wearing chinos more often. After copped a thrifted Beams chinos, i feel like i need to find vintage US Military Khaki pants to replace my old ones. I hope this is not another rabbit hole for me.
I used to be a jeans guy until I realized that none of my jeans fit well
Now it's chinos until I can get some more jeans
That being said some of my chinos aren't fitting well either
despite what logic and my closet would suggest it's jeans lol
chinos are cool sometimes but there's more substitutes for a chinos (fatigues, carpenters, draped trousers, etc)
Those of you wearing jeans every day.. what do you all do for a living and was this different before COVID? Work dress codes have definitely loosened up but I just can't fathom many settings where jeans are normative (at least not in gigs that pay enough to have this as a hobby!)
Tech? WFH?
lol
first of all, having fashion as a hobby has nothing to do with money
plenty of stuff really accessible, especially through second hand
though to answer your question: University, and basically all the museums I ever worked/interned for were very chill with jeans
Education - I wear whatever the hell I want
I work in engineering and while I don't wear jeans into the office, I absolutely could if I wanted to
If one guy in my lab (who hasn't been there as long as I have) can wear a Goku shirt and gym shorts, jeans are just fine
iconic
I think thats the only semblance of a dress code my boss ever mentioned "maybe don't wear shorts when holding a lecture?" :xd:
That’s for when you’re a full professor
Fwiw I got all my jeans from walmart like 8 years ago. Everything else was goodwill/thrift stores
I’ve spent maybe $100 total on jeans/black jeans/chinos etc in the last decade
Also I have straight worn basketball shorts and a dingy hoodie to my job in engineering
most people here probably make more than me and yet I dress better than them. It's not a money issue it's a skill issue
I work in an academic research lab. Basically the only time I feel the imperative to dress a certain way is when I go to the hospital to collect patient samples.
Jeans cause me great discomfort.
despite being a "business professional" environment the few times i've gone in office i've been overdressed wearing a blazer, tie and chinos
i'm also not understanding the train of thought of "works at a place where jeans are normative" = "not earning enough money to have fashion as a hobby" when chinos are usually more expensive than jeans anyway
Interesting responses. Intended no offense by this, but - at least from my perspective - this is certainly not inexpensive as hobbies go. Obviously one can spend a range, but virtually by definition this kinda requires some level of disposable income in an era where it is becoming less and less common to have that. Most folks I know with disposable income certainly can't wear jeans to the office regularly. There are exceptions (some academic and engineering settings were the first ones that come to mind and sure enough seem the dominant answers).
Mostly, was just having a wtf moment seeing people talk about wearing jeans all the time while also recommending things that even secondhand cost more than many people's entire wardrobe. Was wondering if I was the only one who wasn't a senior manager at some bay area tech company....
bro i just spent $300 on jeans wtf are u talking about
I've been in like, 3 educational institutions in the last 5 years lol
What jeans are they?
there's ways to engage with clothes and/or fashion as a hobby without spending any money - discussing clothes, reading about brands or textiles, compiling inspo, trying on clothes WITHOUT buying, etc.
and even within the framework of spending money 1) there are some instances in which it's more or less a necessity (e.g. shoe sole falls off) and 2) depending on location there's a number of ways to obtain clothes for little money (thrift, flea markets, garage sales, swaps, Marketplace or other social media, etc)
LOL. That. Precisely that is what I'm talking about. 🤣
Ill be honest you type a lot of words and i don't know what the fuck you're saying
Idc if it's very uncool I just like chinos
Fatigues tho 🔥
I thought I hated most pants but particularly jeans for a long time, I really just can't do slim/skinny :xd:
Tbh I only have my one weird mustard pair of jeans since I haven't prioritized getting any or found a shop I vibe with around me...
Clothing costs money. $300 is a lot of money to most people. Unless they are earning good money, most people need that money for food, housing, daycare, etc. In my experience, most people earning good money are not in fields where wearing jeans regularly is a thing. So I was curious what fields people work in. The answer appears to mostly be engineering and academia. I really have no idea why this became a controversy.
I'm not sure how to say it any simpler than that....
Steve you seem to be projecting a lot about the types of workplaces you are familiar with and your personal opinion on jeans, and conflating both of those with disposable income levels for some reason
You don't have to be a "bay area tech manager" or whatever to be into fashion lmao, people here just have regular jobs, many are students etc etc
I honestly can’t imagine many places where people aren’t permitted to wear jeans to work (US only)
I think folks are taking this way more seriously than I meant it. I'm sorry if I wasn't clear here but it genuinely wasn't meant as judgment in ANY way.
I don't think anyone's offended, just saying that your perspective on who can wear jeans seems wrong
I was curious what people do as - in my experience - workplace dress codes haven't evolved to a point where jeans are okay. I'm open to the possibility my circle has just been weirdly conservative about dress. It genuinely was just meant as a curiosity about what fields people here are in
Steve can I inquire as to your age and line of work
I feel as though context for your experience may be helpful here
41. Professor, but in a medical school. Lots of work friends in my field obviously. Others mostly in the corporate world in various fields (accounting, marketing, supply chain, etc.) My engineering buddies typically enjoy a looser dress code, as do those on the "undergrad campus" side of our university.
lol that checks out
Explains a lot
@Steve Your image of what a professional work place is is colored entirely by media and your own experience, and your own experience hasn’t put you anywhere that would have a more open dress code
Is there actually a dress code or is it homogenized via social cues? Are you wearing chinos to fit in, or because it’s a rule?
Core demo here is late 20s/early 30s fwiw
I think what we have here is a textbook difference in perspective and personal experience
That said I wouldn’t say there’s a correlation between our best dressed users and our highest earning users
There’s quite a few people here who engage within this hobby in ways that don’t require a tech salary
Just to be clear, definitely not something I ever meant to imply and I'm genuinely sorry if anything I said came across that way.
All good! It’s an interesting topic because you’re right in that it CAN be an expensive hobby
Entirely possible! I'd have to check out dress code specifics but we have endless arbitrary rules for nearly everything so I'd be shocked if there wasn't one🤣
Can be expensive for sure. Literally the numbers I see mentioned here for single items are more than I would spend in a full year on clothes a few years ago. It's also been interesting to think about how work has shaped my wardrobe. I'm pretty darn comfortable in "dress" clothes because....I kinda had to be given how darn much time I spend in them. I still remember ties being absolute torture devices as a kid. If I retired tomorrow....I do wonder how my wardrobe would evolve.
i think it's worth asking, especially if you're potentially exploring this potential evolution
i'm 35 and work for a contractor for the DOE (read: not rich) and while the stated dress code is "business professional" there's a lot of leeway in practice, including jeans and the occasional sneaker (moreso if in tech), especially post-pandemic
while i do contend with high retail pricing on certain things the reality is sometimes it's worth the price, and other times i look for and wait for a good deal on something. certainly this isn't universal to all people who buy clothes but it's more common than one would assume, especially around here imo
Oh, still quite a ways off from retirement. More a philosophical exercise on my part as I'm not even sure I would really retire vs maybe change my track/focus/etc. Point taken though, it's honestly not something I thought about until recently.
And I actually fully agree re some things being worth it and also your point above about there being ways to engage without spending money. It's a fair point, though my impression of the disco has certainly been that it is > 90% "wearing clothes" (fit battles, recs, fit checks, etc.) relative to discussing the latest fashion shows, manufacturing, etc.
Mostly, I was just trying to reconcile people frequently dropping what I consider a staggering sum of money on single items. My annual average clothing budget before getting into this was probably well under $500, many years it was likely zero (or like $25 to replace underwear/socks with holes). Most folks I know seem to spend similarly despite most earning upper-middle-class incomes. As we already discussed, my impression of work dress codes is apparently quite skewed. Perhaps I should have considered that but it is just....literally I don't know anyone who can afford $300 jeans who can also wear them to work. Or perhaps I should say, I don't know anyone who would prioritize that money for clothing, which may be closer to reality (certainly many have iPhones, etc.)
id recommend checking out #fashion and #inspiration
They're both fairly active and you'll see more of the hobbyist or artistic side.
A lot of us offer advice or recommendations for shit like "how do i dress for the office", but idt that makes up most of the activity here.
While plenty of people that spend 300$ on jeans probably don’t engage with fashion (there’s still enough people that just buy whatever, just because price doesn’t matter to them) , the subsection of “big spenders” that actually engage with fashion as a hobby will also treat it as such.
Lots of people in professional contexts might not be able to wear their expensive jeans to work (while many will), but neither can they bring their expensive golf clubs or tennis rackets into the office and use them there.
If I want to have fancy 300$ jeans and can’t wear them to work - I can still wear them in my free time, just like I’d head to the golf course in my free time.
Fashion, the way I see it, is at its core still a hobby. The added benefit of that hobby is that it can very much be part of your day to day and that’s very fun.
If you can wear your 300$ jeans to work just buy 300$ chinos, to stick with the spirit of the thread 😉
Your perspective seems to be “clothes are at their core a necessity of daily life” and that’s completely fine. But I assume you have some kind of hobby that you spend a bunch of money on that someone not in that sphere would think is crazy.
Hah yes, should probably also apologize for massively derailing this. Didn't think it would be as big a discussion as it turned into. Has been interesting/insightful though!
And actually...not really re hobbies? I mean, I do play tennis but $300/yr is probably high end. Avid reader but books/ebooks are quite cheap. Once the kids are a little older and we get back into camping that is likely going to be a huge upfront outlay, so that may be the closest. Now you all have me questioning if I'm just living too spartan an existence?🤣
I guess travel adds up too
One of the things I kinda miss from jeans going to jeans is the lack of a small pocket, a pocket in a pocket if you will.
