Forte says chic: National Celebrate your Skinny Jeans Day

During my insomnia the other night, I was up watching E! News and there was an annoying segment on how skinny jeans are dangerous to your health. I scoffed at the notion and was about to turn it off, but then I was kind of intrigued. Some shiny faced journalist from a fitness magazine said that skinny jeans can cause a condition called, lipoatrophia semicircularism, in which mechanical pressure on the thighs can cause skin depressions due to atrophy of the subcutaneous tissue. Huh? In other words the jeans are too tight and your thighs get messed up. She went on to say that skinny jeans cause fertility issues in both men and women as well as digestive problems. And then she launched a revolution to rid of all skinny jeans. Yeah, like everyone is going to start to wear flare or bootcut jeans. Why would E! present such a debbie downer segment when they feature all the hot celebrities who wear skinny jeans? And its such a fallacy as well. I've never heard of anyone having such problems. Skinny jeans should be taut and fitted, but not too constricted where its pressing up uncomfortably against your babymaker. So I'm going to declare today, in my grand little world, "National Celebrate your Skinny Jeans Day." And I'd like to kick it off by sending a big shot out to Susie Crippen and Jeff Rudes, the creators of JBrand denim who basically re-launched and re-introduced the skinny jean trend into mainstream fashion. Thank you for having the skinny jean evolve ever so eloquentely in the past 5 years. Of course we have to look way back to the punk movement in the 70's where The Ramones and Sex Pistols were wearing the tightest jeans ever (thanks Vivienne Westwood- never afraid to rebel) and then into the 80's where Mick Jagger, Pat Benetar and Chrissie Hynde rocked them as well. Thank you, thank you!