Nemuel Mutinda
In college, you only needed to own three nice pairs of jeans bought off the rack, or more likely from a mitumba stall, and your wardrobe was complete.
Low waist, straight leg indigo dyed denim jeans with stonewash. |
With the mushrooming of ‘exhibition’ stalls that sell the same items, and the fact that jeans are popular, you will find yourself looking like everyone else.
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Don’t despair. It is possible to create your own jeans style and avoid losing your identity in the sea of denim out there.
| Selvage denim jeans with pocket detail. [Photos: internet] |
Even better, since your body has probably changed since college, you can even factor in body type and hair colour into the process of creating flattering customised jeans. You can choose where you want your pockets to be, the shape of the back pocket, style of the hem, the type of fly and finishing treatments. Also, you can choose the leg style — flared, drainpipe, straight, wide or skin-tight.
Jeans must be made of denim fabric. After identifying a good jeans making tailor, select the kind of denim you want from the samples he has or he can advise you where to buy the material.
