How much younger does a fresh, crunchy Denim-jacket make you?

[Trenchfriend]

I would say 15 years.

What do you think?

 

[scottyrocks]

Well, I'm 57.

(Puts on crunchy denim jacket. Checks drivers license.)

I'm still 57.

 

[Monitor]

lol younger? Denim jacket makes everyone at least 10 years older. Five of which were spent in an alcohol and possibly drug induced stupor.

 

[Mark]

Put on a denim jacket and a pair of All Star Converse trainers and I feel like I'm in my early 20's again (talking mid 80's).

 

[jacketjunkie]

I agree with Monitor that denim jackets do in fact make you look older.

 

[Seb Lucas]

It might make you FEEL younger but to my eye it makes older men look older. It should also be added that not everyone looks good in a denim jacket - young or old. They never worked well for me, even in the 1980's when they were everywhere.

 

[Gamma68]

 

[Seb Lucas]

 

[Fanch]

 

[scottyrocks]

It didn't make this guy look any younger.

Of course, he was made up to look as down and out as the character he portrays here.

I have the same jacket, btw.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Crunchy..??

 

[Sloan1874]

As with anything, it's the attitude and overall look of the wearer: if you're over 30 and wear a faux-aged denim jacket, dropped-crotch jeans and trainers that look like neon spaceships, then you'll look ridiculous. If you wear a well-fitted jacket that has developed character through wear and do so without self-consciousness, I don't see the problem. As far as Ringo goes, he's 76, and lived a pretty full-on life. No matter what he wears, he's going to look knackered.

 

[ton312]

Crunchy..??

Crunchy is with nuts.

 

[ton312]

TBH I could never really pull off the denim jacket with any confidence. I bought quite a few but always ended up with the Pinterest fail.
The goal:

How I felt:

Some guys pull them off and look effortless. I'm not one of them.

 

[scottyrocks]

Crunchy..??

New. My least favorite denim.

 

[Butch_Coolidge]

It didn't make this guy look any younger.

Of course, he was made up to look as down and out as the character he portrays here.

I have the same jacket, btw.

That's an awesome show. I also have the same jacket, and don't recall ever wearing it. It would make a cool Halloween costume though.


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[Trenchfriend]

Crunchy..??

Or call it "sporty".

 

[Trenchfriend]

It didn't make this guy look any younger.

Of course, he was made up to look as down and out as the character he portrays here.

I have the same jacket, btw.

That's interesting! I got always the impression, that moviemakers often used the sherpajackets as looser-jackets.

 

[Blowtorch]

I am told wearing a denim jacket has a different meaning and gives off a different projection than it used to, in this modern context

 

[Edward]

As with anything, it's the attitude and overall look of the wearer: if you're over 30 and wear a faux-aged denim jacket, dropped-crotch jeans and trainers that look like neon spaceships, then you'll look ridiculous. If you wear a well-fitted jacket that has developed character through wear and do so without self-consciousness, I don't see the problem. As far as Ringo goes, he's 76, and lived a pretty full-on life. No matter what he wears, he's going to look knackered.

Well, he was a Beatle, for fornication's sake. He was never going to be exactly Mr. Rock and Roll Cool.

I'd agree, a lot depends on context. I think they can be aging if you come out of it looking like mutton dressed as lamb - it can all go a bit Top Gear chic if you're not careful. I had a Type 3 style (Dunnes Stores' finest!) which I wore for about a decade from I was fifteen; in my early thirties I bought one of the variations on that which Levis were then selling as the "Type 1" range (not a Type 1 proper. Quite nice, though a bit too long, imo). That was early in my dabbling with the rockabilly / psychobilly look. Still have it somewhere, though not worn it in years as I went off the double-denim look and couldn't imagine wearing denim with anything other than jeans. Considering dabbling again now, but only from pov of looking at a hot-weather motorcycle jacket (Kevlar lined and CE armour pockets). I highly doubt it'd make me look younger..... but then I don't really want to look younger these days. Been lucky enough that I've gotten happier as I've gotten older, rather than wanting to recapture a lost youth. I was rubbish at being young!