New Jeans

I'm sort of embarrassed to admit it, but I think the Lauren Conrad brand demin from Kohls is currently the best affordable jean out there.    I normally try to steer clear of the celebrity-"designed" (and I use the term design loosely here) brands because I suspect they are really designed by some extremely underpaid groupie who is just trying to get in good with pseudo-celebrities.  Also I think that singers and actors should stick to their craft and stop trying to corner every market out there in their ever-increasing quest to take over even more of the world's share of wealth and leave some of it to the rest of us.  Just because they are famous doesn't mean they know jack about regular-people fashion - just look at Helena Bonham Carter.  And I mean that nicely because I LOVE Helena Bonham Carter - I think she has more STYLE than anyone in Hollywood, I think she just gets confused when she opens her closet.

All that said, I now have three pairs of Lauren Conrad jeans and I feel only marginally guilty about it since it's not like she's a real actress or anything.    Also I do have a sneaking suspicion that she might actually play a part in her brand because she does seem to care about fashion designing and all that, judging from her stint on The Hills, which I watched religiously - also embarrassed.  Anyway, about the jean.  Something about the material - it's soft without feeling flimsy of cheap, and the styles are fitted right for real live girls instead of paper dolls and 10 year olds.    Levis jeans can be scratchy; however, they never seem to degrade in quality and they fit nicely, but they are very unforgiving when it comes to periodic, um, expansion.  Old Navy jeans are ok but don't fit quite right, especially after a couple of washes.  Gap Jeans are probably my second favorite -  I still have a pair from my freshman year in college and wear them often (which probably means they should be my number one).  I stopped buying Express Jeans when they forgot they were selling to the middle class and jacked their prices up.  So it comes down to being all about fit, feel, and frugality and, in my opinion, the LC brand hits the target on all three points.

Extra bonus - the pair I bought yesterday was $60 but were on sale for $30 and I didn't find that out until I went to pay for them; thank you Lauren Conrad and Kohl's for appealing to my cheapie side.   For these reasons, Kohl's will always be my very favorite store. 

And no, unfortunately, I am not getting kickbacks from Kohls for this and any future glowing Kohls posts.   But I wouldn't say no if they were offered.....