Forever Young

Nearly a century and a half old but staying young, energetic and trendier than ever. It was in 1872 when a great idea hit Levi Strauss, that there's no reason why the materials like canvas, oilcloth, tarp and denim are used only for tents, covers for transportation trucks or in timber yards. The very strong and resistant material, some are semi water proof too, can also be used for making work clothes and overalls.

He did just that and the Jeans as we know them had since become the longest lasting universal fashion, not looking a day older and with every sign that they will be here to stay. Forever. They are loved and accepted by old and young, rich and poor, by the high society as well as peasants and humble workers in every corner of the planet. An immortal garment that has survived with dignity and ingenuity the passage of time, through war, peace, good times or bad, revolts and revolutions. It has become a 'must' in any kind of wardrobe although, in recent years, some of the innovations had almost all but altered every original structure all together, leaving only the material itself to be identified as jeans, more or less.

There are numerous style, skinny jeans (my favourite, with extra high heels), bell bottoms, high-waisted or hipsters, jewelled studded, sequined, embroidered or with patchworks, smooth or wrinkled, torn or even thread-bare in parts ... simply endless designs and all of them have faithful followers. Apart from the kind with more holes than stitches, I have tried them all and love most of them. I even wear jeans to what's supposed to be posh restaurants and concerts, but taking great care to add expensive and elegant accessories like a jewelled brooch pinned on the small pocket, or several strands of semiprecious beads hanging from the soft belt. Nobody had refused me entry, yet.

Not that I want a funeral (cremation is my preference) but I imagine I will be the corpse with the perfect make-up and mascara, a white silk frilly blouse and in a pair of the most fashionable jeans, with jewel-studded belt and 4 inch high heels; after a sumptuous dinner with Champaign and dancing under the moonlight, followed by passionate love-making, wrapped in the warm arms of my lover, when I am a 90 year old lady.

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