Denim Is Spring’s Best Friend

Allow me to take a break from complaining about how annoying February is for a moment to admit that technically speaking, spring is going to be here soon. Soon-ish, according to that groundhog, but soonish is better than never and no offense, but groundhogs are rabbits with bangs.

The thing about spring, though, is that the weather is weird. It’s transitional and fussy. One day it’s eerily warm and the next day it’s like, “LOL, PSYKE, COLD AS ICE. Enjoy your goose pimples!” And then it throws floral confetti in the air while blasting a trumpet filled with gold fish because you guys, like I said, spring weather is weird.

Here are some weird things spring weather does that no one really talks about:

– Spends a lot of time at the American Museum of Thumbnails and Gumbo

– Can recite Enya’s entire musical anthology backwards and in Latin

– Refuses to use public swimming pools

But sort of similar to how we’re stuck with February because we’re family friends and we’ve known Feb our whole life and bla bla bla, we’re stuck with spring weather. The good news is that along with spring weather comes its best friend. They’re kind of a package deal. I’m talking about denim.

Denim is like that really cool girl who was nice to everyone at school. Denim sits at every cafeteria table. Denim is athletic, academic, and into theater. You’ve never gone to one of denim’s parties and regretted it, and likewise you’ve never invited denim to one of your parties and wondered what you were thinking. Denim is so nice that while spring weather is technically “lucky” to be best friends with denim, denim tells everyone how lucky she is to be best friends with spring weather. They are the perfect pair.

Let’s use one of my friends, Leandra (playing the role of weirdo spring weather), and the OG of denim-wear, Gap, to demonstrate.

Denim (like these Gap dark-wash jeans) can layer under the spring skirts you want to wear, which you’ll then want to top with cozy thick knits in case that weird spring breeze comes on down to Buffalo Town.

As you can see here, denim can also be worn during weird spring weather as…drumroll, please!…just jeans. But you’ll wear them with an oxford shirt (thank baby Jared Leto that the sweater won’t be an outdoor requirement for much longer), a Fran Lebowitz-ian long blazer, a bowtie, and camp socks OTP. Over The Pants.

But why camp socks in spring?

Why male models!

Here’s a suggestion: ask spring weather if it wants go on a double date with you, your bff, the great outdoors, and denim. Maybe you’ll see that weird rabbit with bangs. Let him know that spring may be delayed, but you’ll be ready. In fact, you can’t wait.

Part of a collaboration with Gap.