Moral Fabric

I've written about this before, but continue to think about it. The wearing of jeans by the presidential candidates and indeed by the president. When I was young we called them Blue jeans. At some point they were dungarees. But always worn by the working class people. Then that changed and they became popular. The price skyrocketed. Designer Jeans were all the rage. This continues to this day, albeit on a limited scale. My Grand daughter talks about skinny jeans and super skinny jeans. And I have noticed a return to buying jeans with holes and fading included. I know it is all about style. But now I'm thinking I see a correlation here. I probably should apply for a government grant to study this but will just do it as a service to the community. I'm thinking the wearing of jeans directly correlates with the moral fabric of the country ! Think about it.
You could say it started with James Dean and the wild bunch. Wearing blue jeans with the cuffs rolled up and a tee shirt riding a motorcycle. This movie portrayed this" public menace" as being misunderstood and a sad case. Barney Fife was right, we should have nipped it in the bud right then ! Following that we had the hippies. Dressed in denim, as they called it, and using mind altering drugs. Free love, nothing more than promiscuous behavior, communes and the beginnings of socialism in this country.
Later the " beautiful people " started wearing them. The designer jeans became all the rage. Skin tight,flares,boot cut,relaxed fit,straight legged,stone washed,bell bottomed and a host of others. Blue jeans have now been worn to the Oscars,Grammys and every other award show. You see them at funerals and weddings. And now all the presidential candidates are strutting around in them.
One need only take a good look at the country to know we have gone down a slippery slope. The country's moral fabric has definitely changed. At one time our country was in a Tuxedo. An example to the world. Now we are reduced to wearing blue jeans.