# Re: Off The Cuff

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Posted by LeviLovR on July 05, 2020 at 01:26:38

In Reply to: Re: Off The Cuff posted by Allwet on July 04, 2020 at 21:04:42:

Yes, that's how it all began. However, selvedge jeans are now popular again and to prove that you have selvedge jeans you cuff them so that the selvedge shows. Usually it's a small cuff of an inch or two. There are actually sites on line that tell you how to cuff your jeans to get the desired effect. I do not mind the small, narrow cuff at all and think it looks good if you know what you are doing. I prefer my jeans uncuffed and the few times I have tried cuffing them it took me back to my childhood and pants being rolled up at the bottom and let down as you grew as you described. I did not consider it an advantage at all, I thought it made me look absolutely goofy. My mother was actually a very good seamstress and was one of the few women in the neighborhood who knew how to shorten pants and put a cuff on dress pants, so people often paid her to do it for them. But she didn't do that with our "play" clothes.

I have read that the cuffs on jeans have been used as ash trays and as a place to store and carry items, almost like another pocket. Dropping ashes from your cigarette into the cuffs of your jeans just might be where the phrase "liar, liar pants on fire!" originated. I do recall rolling down the cuffs of pants in my childhood and there would be a certain amount of dirt and debris that would fall out depending on where you had been playing and what you were doing that day.

I'm just glad jeans have stuck around as long as they have over the years despite all the variations in styles. Any one out there ever where bell bottom jeans? I can't believe we actually thought that was "cool."

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- Re: Off The Cuff Allwet 02:37:03 7/06/2020 (3)
  - Re: Off The Cuff LeviLovR 09:33:15 7/06/2020 (2)
    - Re: Off The Cuff LeviLovR 10:56:04 7/06/2020 (1)
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