Cuffed Jeans

[navetsea]

Always exceptions.

1940 Russell Lee photo of a Pie Town, NM cowboy.
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why is the spur on his right leg has longer arm than on his left?

 

[Bamaboots]

why is the spur on his right leg has longer arm than on his left?

Optical illusion.

 

[Bamaboots]

why is the spur on his right leg has longer arm than on his left?

After blowing the pic up, I’m sure I was wrong. It appears the shank was broken from the yoke at one time on the left spur and cowboy ingenuity and maybe a little blacksmithing skill kept the pair of spurs alive.

 

[SinSir]

Likely. Cuffs started as a practical thing, but became fashion. Opposite of that trend in the UK circa 2006 for folks to wear bootcut (stealth flares) jeans too long, then walk on the rear hem til they wore into a sort of u-shape tinged with dirt!



Interesting tho, comparing with the trend to cuff with buckled engineer boots.

Cowboys also didn't like their jeans to rise too high when on horseback, while bikers need to keep them free of gears and such. Could be another reason for what then evolved into different trends.

Funny you mention this. I'm still trying find the right cuff on the motorcycle for my 21.5oz brave stars. Yesterday, I got the cuff caught on my foot peg, which rarely happens. They've softened some after a wash but still like denin iron. I tend to uncuff mine or unroll once on the bike to cover the boot while in the riding position and recuff when I get off.

 

[navetsea]

probably matter more on bicycle riding, some really roll their right leg to be higher than crank diameter with the pedal down to perfectly stay clear of it

 

[Edward]

Maybe then the trick was to wear 'em too long for on the bike, and roll-up when off it!

 

[navetsea]

imo, jeans for wearing on the bike should be tapered and not too wide on the leg opening, or your boots shaft should be wide enough to properly fill out the lower leg of the jeans (like western boot), flapping pants or dangling boot laces near moving parts bringing bad luck unnecessarily higher odd

 

[GHT]

Two inches turned up might just swamp this guy, but then again he's only 20 weeks old. They may not be of a designer make but they are bespoke. My missus made them.
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The little guy's father told my missus that the jeans were getting a tad tight, such is the speed that babies grow. She made them with enough material to both, let them down and also let them out, when she's done he will get a few more months out of them.
Whilst altering them I tried to find a pair to buy for the little boy. New buys seem to come with elasticated waist and hems, when I told this to my wife she just smiled. "What?" I said, "what's so funny?" She told me that I had forgotten that baby's clothes need to compensate for, what she euphemistically called, "the drip tray."
In the meantime, the alterations have finished and when he's grown out of them, he will have a bespoke pair of bib and braces, with turned up cuffs, of course.

You see the button studs each side of the waist, there's room for a couple more set further back, if they are still a bit too big. And do you like the fade? You can do much with a scrubbing brush.

 

[Trenchfriend]

I'm still not a fan of cuffing, but my shorty is the only exception! I liked it this way from the beginning, cuffed "ex factory".