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Decried by Gen Z, skinny and slim-stretch denim still make up overwhelming sales in men’s denim, industry experts sayThere were those who thought the pandemic would do away with the skinny jean for good. But some men, like Atlanta Hawks forward John Collins, aren’t purging them from their wardrobes just yet.According to the coroner report, it was the pandemic, in the home office, with a pair of sweatpants that killed skinny jeans.
No one needed to be squeezing their legs into thigh-constricting denim while quarantined at home, the thinking went, and so skinny fits were vanquished by the dual forces of