So it got me thinking, we are all big premium denim fans on this blog and we love to buy new pairs all the time. How many pairs do you actually own? I have come across people owning 100+ pairs before, all of the same brand too. Other people love to collect things like stamps but we like to collect denim. I think personally I own about 55-60 pairs now which is a bit extreme to non denim lovers but nothing compared to true premium denim fans! So go on tell us, how many do you own?

If this works out well, you can message me your collection pictures to editor@denimblog.com and they will be posted!

So, us at the DenimBlog were wondering; what are your favorite blogs that we publish? Maybe Celebs in Denim? Or New Trends? Lets us know what they are and hopefully you will see more of your favorite blogs! Please choose up to 3 answers.

If you had to choose. Just one single brand. Which one would it be?

Check out a few other popular polls:

• over 240 people voted on  Wash or DryClean your jeans ?
• over 180 people voted about Skinny Jeans on Men?  Hot or Not?
• over 130 people voted on Victoria Beckhams DVB line; Hit or Flop?

Drew Barrymore shows off her hippie chick style in an old pair of ripped up Levi’s jeans while grocery shopping.  Everyone has been saying ripped denim is back and here to stay, at least for Spring & Summer 2008.  But honestly, I’m not sure Drew is following any trend here, this just looks like typical comfy Drew. 

Britney Spears wore a pair of Hudson Capri Jeans while shopping at the Lisa Klein boutique the other day.   Britney is like a bad car wreck – I’m not quite sure why we look at her, but yet, we can’t look away either.  As in the past, she has the right clothes, but she never manages to look all that put together.

I’m just not sure these cute jeans are super flattering on her. Is it just me? Or do you like her look?

Images courtesy Celebutopia.net

Apple Bottom Jeans is doing well on the web it seems. The brand is the #5 most searched denim brand according to Women’s Wear Daily.  Quite an achievement because the top four are Rock & Republic, True Religion, Diesel, and Guess!  Can you believe it?  To what do you think they attribute their success? Maybe its that song by Flo Rida…”Apple Bottom Jeans…Boots With The Fur…”.  My guy asked me the other day what the heck Apple Bottom jeans were.  UGLY I responded!  Not to be a jeans snob, well…okay, call me what you will, but Apple Bottoms are hideous in my opinion, and just another reason why celebs should not attempt to design jeans.  (Apple Bottoms are designed by rap star Nelly).  How could #5 not have been 7 for All Mankind, Citizens of Humanity, or even Levi’s for goodness sake! 

We’ve always loved that Diesel (carries inseams at 30″, 32″ and 34″) and Joe’s Jeans (the Provocateur style) carried shorter inseams for those of us who are not of supermodel stature.  But now, increasingly, 7 for All Mankind is offering jeans with shorter inseams as well.  Finally!  ShopBop has an entire category dedicated to Jeans for Petites.  I am 5’7″ – so not exactly petite, but my legs are not super long either.  I have to hem all my jeans that are 34″ and longer so I would buy the 7 for All Mankind Jeans that have a 32″ inseam which would be perfect on me.  I have a feeling many girls are like me – not short but not super tall either, and could wear these that have 32″ inseams.   Love!

I am so scared of wearing white jeans – or any kind of white pants, really.  I guess its the theory that white maximizes the booty, whereas black or dark colors minimize. 

According to InStyle Magazine’s article “White Done Right”, anyone can pull of the look.  What do you think?

We found this article about Men’s Skinny Jeans to be funny. What is your take on men who wear skinnies?

Men run rakish risks when they go skinny with the denim:

When I went to Las Vegas a couple of weeks ago, I knew I would be exposed to a plethora of bedazzled warm-up suits and ill-fitting glamour, but of all the gaudy attire, one thing burned into my retinas: a young man wearing a pair of skinny jeans. I saw the emo kid while I was waiting at baggage claim, a dreamcatcher-like woven bag slung over his shoulder. His Jared Leto haircut brushed his brow with “I’m so cool” charm. But it was his super slim-fitting jeans that mesmerized me — not in a good way.

When the reincarnation of skinny jeans hit the female market, I thought it was adorable. Seeing Audrey Hepburn in those Gap commercials was delightful.

But when men started to jump on this bandwagon, I started to get cynical.

In my imaginary fashion world, skinny jeans were made by accident.

One day, a designer wanted to make a pair of jeans. When he started making them, he got the measurements of the fabric wrong, which resulted in a pair of form-fitting pants. He slapped them on a popular socialite and they became a trend for women. Decades later, they were all the rage for men.

In a more logical explanation, the financial crisis of the country, believe it or not, has had an impact on the world of fashion.

Based on the runway shows at the recent Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, nearly everything was dark, fitted, short and cropped. From this, I have come to the conclusion that fabric and color are scarce. As a result, things are smaller, which explains the widespread skinny jean epidemic.

I have many pairs of slim fit pants, but the fabric isn’t leeching on to my legs like latex.

During one of my monthly shopping trips to Barneys New York in San Francisco, I decided to suspend my doubt and try on a pair of A.P.C. skinny jeans.

On the rack, the jeans didn’t look too constricting. The finish of the denim was immaculate and the tailoring was top notch, but then I tried them on. The fit of the waist was fine, but trying to ease into the pants was like forcing my legs into sausage casings.

When I finally got them on, I looked in the mirror. They were tight — really tight. I laughed and took them off immediately. There is a thin line between a finely fitted pair of jeans and a pair of pants that could be mistaken for spandex. I crossed that line and then some.

A man has to have a slender, waif-like build in order to don a pair of skinny jeans. I discovered I don’t have that type of body — neither did the emo kid at the airport. Let’s just say that his faded gray jeans were hugging him in all the wrong places.

The one man that who has pulled off the skinny jean look effortlessly is Euro-pop sensation Mika.

With his Freddie Mercury-esque voice and his peacock strut, he has been seen in skinny jeans in various colors of the Crayola box.

As for the herds of emo bands, I accept the fact that each man has a pair of skinny jeans for every day of the week. Besides, we are too distracted by their eye liner and emotionally hardcore lyrics to notice that their pants are painted on to their legs.

When it comes down to it, it’s all about personal taste. If you like to be bound by denim, more power to you.

Personally, I prefer to avoid the risk of infertility… “

So….skinny jeans on men…Hot or Not?