THE 90s TAPER JEAN
“There are certain objects that accompany us through becoming ourselves. The Jean is one of them”. James Shaw
Long before we understood clothing, we understood what jeans represented. Freedom. Independence. Movement. Possibility. For one generation they appeared everywhere. Skate parks. Tennis courts. Music venues. Summer holidays. Late nights. Ordinary days that felt important at the time.
The people who shaped us often wore them. Not because they were fashionable. Because they belonged to life. Agassi wearing denim shorts at the US Open. Skateboarders wearing them until they fell apart. Musicians wearing them on stage. Friends wearing them every day without thinking about it.
The jean moved easily between worlds. Workwear became youth culture. Rebellion became everyday life. Over time the memories blurred together. The objects remained.
Looking back now, it is difficult to separate the jean from everything the cultures it carried with it. Music. Sport. Friendship. Travel. Growing up. The jean became evidence of experience. Not something preserved. Something lived in.
That idea sits at the heart of the Peace 90's Taper Jean.
Not a reproduction. Not nostalgia. A silhouette remembered rather than recreated. The shape comes from memory as much as reference. Relaxed through the top block. Easy through the thigh. A gentle taper through the leg. Enough room to move. Enough structure to hold its shape. A fit designed to feel familiar rather than fashionable.
The kind of jean that becomes more personal over time. The more it is worn, the more it belongs to the person wearing it.
Each pair is cut and made in Portugal from 13oz regenerative cotton grown in Spain and woven by Candiani in Italy. Finished with a button fly, hand-cut suede patch and Peace hallmark details.
The first piece of The Uniform.
Built to develop character.
Built to remain.
Not because it came first.
Because some journeys begin here.
And some never really leave.
