Science

Skinny Jeans Are Damaging Your Health

They might be a staple of the well-dressed geek’s wardrobe, but skinny jeans aren’t doing you any favours. In fact, they might be causing you real, physical damage.


May 13, 2012
Mobile

Blue Jeans Are Staining The HTC One X

Beauty is fleeting, I guess. The matte finish of the HTC One X is gorgeous but there’s probably a reason why Apple and Nokia have chosen to go glossy with its phones instead of matte — it doesn’t get ruined. Wiping off the blue stains seems to do the trick but you can imagine people getting lazier and lazier and having their phone eventually devolve into a bruised-looking mess.


March 14, 2012
Geek Out

These Jeans Are Made With Denim So Heavy They Can Stand On Their Own

Our favourite jeans company, Naked and Famous, has made a pair of jeans out of the heaviest denim in the world. Two to three times the weight of your average high quality denim, these Naked and Famous jeans are made from 907g selvedge denim and are so heavy and rigid, the jeans can stand on their own.


February 29, 2012
Geek Out

Naked And Famous Making Hemp Denim Jeans

Naked and Famous Denim, the craziest jeans company in the world, is getting even wonkier. Along with other jeans, Naked and Famous is releasing Japanese raw denim woven with silk, hemp or gauze, and a ridiculously awesome pair of jeans that’ll fade red as you wear it (rather than white).


January 27, 2012
Geek Out

Scratch ‘N’ Sniff Jeans Means You Never Have To Wash Them

These jeans look like any other pair of denim you’d see on a fashionable twentysomething. Dark, slim fit and cut perfectly, heck, I wouldn’t mind buying these myself. But unlike other jeans, this pair is made with scratch ‘n’ sniff raspberry scented denim. Yes. Scratch and sniff. On your freaking jeans! This is awesome.


November 9, 2011
Science

Sorry, Freezing Your Jeans Will Not Ungross Them

Your jeans in the freezer: It’s a recipe for shrinkage of the worst kind, plus it won’t do anything to clean your jeans despite Levi’s recommendation to do so.


September 9, 2011
Geek Out

Levi’s Commuter Jeans: Skinny Jeans With Biking Powers

A pair of jeans is a pair of jeans is a pair of jeans? Not quite. Especially when you’re riding your bike, as getting denim caught in your bike is a faceplant waiting to happen. These Levi’s Commuter Jeans, however, are made just for riding.


August 4, 2011
Science

Naked And Famous’ Glow In The Dark Jeans Look Rad…ioactive

Naked and Famous, the Canadian jeans company, has remixed their standard pair of selvedge denim by coating it in glow in the dark resin. Wear it and you’ll look like you work at a nuclear plant gone awry… or Kanye West.


June 15, 2011
Cameras

You Do Not Need An Ass Cam To Help You Buy Jeans

“I haven’t seen anyone come out sobbing, but some were definitely devastated.” So says Jennifer Althouse, the buyer at American Rag, a store in Los Angeles, which has just installed an “ass cam”. A dressing room camera offering a rear view.


May 26, 2011
Geek Out

Watch A Guy Make Music With 1000 Pairs Of Jeans

I wear jeans. You wear jeans. They’re comfortable, easy and extremely versatile. Hell, they’re SO versatile that you can use them to create a hip hop beat. Seriously, this guy made a 1000 pair of jeans sing. It’s a banger!