Nov

2010

for Valet.

School of

Denim

Few items of a man's wardrobe are as essential as a pair of jeans. This series offers up style tips and history lessons about America's greatest contribution to the world of fashion.

Great Moments
in Denim History

The Outsiders

Francis Ford Coppola's 1983 drama The Outsiders, based on the 1967 novel of the same name, brought together an all-star cast of young actors—Rob Lowe, Matt Dillon, Patrick Swayze, Tom Cruise—to play a rowdy gang of working-class greasers who take on the rich bullies in their Oklahoma town. The look is a whole lot of slicked hair, denim jackets and classic jeans in hues dark to light. The common thread is length of the guys' jeans. Hemmed high or cuffed, the gang's denim barely graze their scuffed Chuck Taylors and worn work boots. Ditch those socks and it's a style that wouldn't be out of place on the street today.