Hope came back through with a man wearing what Ryder thought of as dad jeans—
though his own had never worn them.
The Perfect Hope
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By David Adam Kess - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=77763011
As a catch-all term, “dad jeans” encompasses any pair that’s
light blue, higher-waisted, looser-fitting and hypothetically favored by
middle-aged men such as Jerry Seinfeld and Barack Obama.
And yet despite being adopted by the cool kids a few years
ago as part of the “normcore” aesthetic, “dad jeans” have become a synonym for
“outdated.” That’s likely because most men never tossed out their roomier jeans
when slim, selvedge denim was in vogue — or learned the difference between
old-looking (read: vintage cool) and out-of-date.
Which brings us to how you, sir, can dodge that dreaded
buzzword.