Clay and I have been hunting for new jeans to replace the two pairs of shredded fabric he’s been wearing around for the past couple of months. I took the advice of a friend who is married to a tall skinny guy and I drug Clay to The Buckle. I haven’t shopped in that store since I was a teenager. I think I know why too $$$$$$! Every store in town had amazing post Christmas sales except The Buckle and my guess is that they know we needed their jeans.
WE ARE SUCKERS!
Now Clay owns two pairs of the fanciest pants I’ve ever seen on him. I can’t stop laughing at his embellished butt. We picked the two least embellished pairs we could find. I felt so old when I told the Cameron Diaz look alike that was helping us that we needed jeans with less holes because we were buying jeans to replace the jeans he wears that HAVE holes. You see the problem right? She responded with, “Well, a lot of dads come in looking for distressed jeans. So, you don’t want any holes?” I just laughed, because we were obviously out of our element, nothing I was going to say was going to make me sound young and hip to this girl. I wanted to pat her on the head and tell her she was cute.
I texted a picture of the jeans to Ellen, our 18 year old daughter, and she said, “Is he trying on women’s jeans?”
Exactly!
So, now I have a 42 year old man frying up bacon in my kitchen wearing overly embellished jeans and to top it off he’s listening to Michael Jackson songs.
I’m a little concerned what these jeans are doing to him.
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They do look like women’s jeans. Have him pull his shirt down over his butt. Why in the world would they jazz up mens jeans? Poor Clay.
“i can bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan, because i’m a…” oh, wait a minute, never mind!
are those jordache jeans =o) do they even still make jordache jeans?
as long as he cooks…who cares what he wears!
My tall skinny guys where Wrangler cowboy cut slim fit. $25 bucks a pair. Definitely don’t look like girls jeans.
Sorry that should be “wear” not where.
Sparkle jeans for Clay??? I know that Clay can probably pull anything off fashion-wise but, this is just not right! Call up PW right now and find out what MM and the rest of the guys on the ranch wear-probably wranglers. No sissy jeans for Clay!
I am preapologizing for this comment, but when I first saw the picture I thought, “Wow, April needs new jeans, she has really lost weight!”
Me too! My thoughts exactly!! Skinny shiny butt April. OH , it’s a dude? haha. Hey Clay! Shake your money maker!
I thought they were the old jeans.
All I’ve got to say is Johnny Shields is one of the coolest guys I know and he wears highly embellished jeans…from BUCKLE. You are officially “in,” Clay. Live up to the jeans, Man.
Poor Clay… he does have a nice butt, though. I guess he might as well own the sparkles.
Clay is one brave guy. My 6’5″ son wears AE and Old Navy tall sizes. He would probably wear shorts all the time if he had to wear embellished jeans. Different strokes…;)
My tall skinny guy wears Carhartts, online order from Sierra Trading Post, or (with gift cards) from Bass Pro Shop.
The best deal I’ve found on jeans for Josh is Arizona jeans at J.C. Penney. They have them on sale a few times a year (usually Christmas and back to school) for about $15 a pair. They come in 30″ x 34″, but those would still probably be highwaters on Clay. Maybe they go longer yet. I do wish they carried them in 29″ x 34″. Or maybe the boy needs another hole punched on his belt. He’s not exactly sagging, but the waistband of his underwear is usually visible. Hmmm…maybe longer shirts?
P.S. Those really are not so bad! I just know how expensive The Buckle is. Ouch!
Danny has had to buy more nice clothes lately for conferences. He bought a suit at The Men’s Wearhouse and the salesman tried to sell him on a pair of jeans from there. I knew it was trouble when I asked the price and he said, “Oh, don’t worry about the price–you won’t care once he tries them on.” Well, let me tell you, his butt has never looked better in a pair of pants, but $100 is still too dang much! I’m cheap, and I’m proud of it.
Okay, I had an entire family come in with embellished jeans and $400 cowboy boots and western shirts. And baseball caps. I totally understood everything except the embellished jeans part…at least on the men. Oh, and the pockets were even sort of low! I’m out of touch even in western wear!
Lucky brand jeans also make extra long sizes.
Next time….try a good western store….Cinch jeans have LONG lengths and the new cuts are lower waist and straighter legs…and half the price of the Buckle….my 16 yr old grandson wears them and he is NOT a cowboy. We have a CAVENDERS in Texas that has anything Clay would want.
A sparkly butt just fits right in with the season, doesn’t it? Now after New Years I’m not sure how it will play out . . .
I’m more “out of it” that you, April – I have to go look up what “Buckle” is. Sigh . . .
I don’t know if these are in your neck of the woods, but please try:
Boot Barn (http://www.bootbarn.com/)
PacSun (get past the skinny jeans and they have bootcut)
Old Navy
They all carry “tall” jeans (especially boot barn with 36″ inseam) that are not girly.
April I’m concerned about your fellas. First the boys playing with tampons and now Clay wearing embellished jeans…..
I TOTALLY know which girl you are talking about. She has helped me too. Too funny!
My husband has a 38″ inseam, and we buy levi’s shrink to fit 36X40s 501s. Our local store carries them in stock (lots of tall dutchmen around here), but you can get them online for under $40.
I had a similar experience last summer, shopping for shorts for my daughters. All the stores had almost exclusively cutoff jeans. Really? Like you need to buy cutoffs… I got a totally bewildered look from the salesgirl when I brought up the obvious fact that all you need for cutoffs is an old pair of jeans and a pair of scissors. Like it hadn’t occurred to her that you wouldn’t just throw out your old jeans and buy new cutoffs..,
I wish my husband would wear new “old” jeans. His jeans are so gross, thin, and faded. He’s lost about 15 pounds since he bought them, so they sag off his butt. Honestly, my husband looks homeless. I really must use my wifely powers to get that man into a new pair of jeans.
Oh man, April, you totally missed your big chance!! What with your penchant for all things Grey’s Anatomy, you should have bought the man a bunch of scrubs. With your 8 million pretend dollars that you have to spend in 24 hours…
I definitely vote for the slim fit cowboy cut wranglers. No sparkly girl butt going on with these jeans. My very tall son and his very tall friends wear wranglers. The price is also good.
The only thing I was thinking was “nice butt.” Clay’s hot.