Talk Shop Fridays: What's Your Denim?

I live in jeans. As a result, I go through between fifteen and twenty pairs a year– sometimes it has to do with bad choices/impulse buys (hello, OND), weight gain/loss (hello, Christmas) or the downright abuse that occurs when I fall in love with a pair of jeans (see: Esprit, on sale, for $17. I bought three pair.) I’ve had my True Religion Bobby skirt for almost two years now, and I have a sad feeling it may die sometime this summer. If everything is right in the world, I’ll be able to pick up a pair of Paige leather-trimmed bootcuts this weekend without bursting into tears or killing a sales associate. I like to switch up between premium denim and consumer denim– after all, I’m not wearing a $200 pair of jeans to tend bar where they’ll inevitably end up covered in beer, Jagermeister and who knows what else, but on the other hand it’s still important my butt looks good in them.

So the question here is, folks: what denim are you wearing? When was the last time you bought a pair? Do you mix it up, or are you a fierce loyalist? Are you like my friend, Steven, who stockpiled twelve pairs of 501s back in 1996 and haven’t bought a pair since*? Tell us in the comments because it’s, you know, Talk Shop Friday.

*Seriously dude, it’s been over ten years. Its time to go shopping.