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Tuesday (May 10) is the CURE Foundation’s National Denim Day , so (clear it with your boss first) don your favourite blue-hued civvies or one of these stylish pairs to help raise cash for cancer research. Go to www.curefoundation. com or call 1-888-592-CURE (2873) to participate.
It’s known as one of the brands responsible for upping denim’s accepted price range, and you’ll understand why when your assets catch some quality reflections in these rhinestone-finished stretch boot cuts by culty fave Seven for All Mankind ($290, Aritzia , 50 Bloor West, 934-0935, www.aritzia. ca).
With stylish man-purses so hard to come by, you’ll be thankful that these distressed pseudo painter jeans ($59.90, H&M , 1 Dundas West, 416-593-0064) have ample buttoned pockets in the back – and feature a blessedly low price tag.
Bonkers for boho? You’ll definitely out your inner hippie in these heavily embroidered retro-California numbers by People for Peace ($338, Over the Rainbow , 101 Yorkville, 416-967-7448, www.rainbowjeans.com.)
Ripped enough to be cool, but not too torn to be a rip-off, these men’s Mobil jeans by Stussy ($172, Uncle Otis , 26 Bellair, 416-920-2281) offer a stylish compromise.
Created by Canadian-based jean genius Jason Trotzuk (founder of Dish jeans), this new Fidelity line is causing a retail uproar. Notice the tailored butt-enhancing darts above the pockets on these Snap Dragons ($145, Body Blue Denim Lab , 724 Queen West, 416-703-7601)? And the trendy straight leg? That’s what I’m talkin’ ’bout, people.
