Signature Bootcut
Over the last few years I’ve seen Hudson Jeans infiltrated many denim bars in the city. The papers were talking about the death of designer denim but Hudson seemed to be thriving. It started in Los Angeles in 2002. It brings premium denim material from the best mills in Europe and Japan. The denim is constructed and hand finished in Los Angeles. The head designer and creative director of Hudson Jeans is Benjamin Taverniti who joined the company in 2007. Hudson’s trademark is their fit and fabrics. There is both men’s and women’s lines for denim but they are also expanding into tops, dresses and jackets for women.
Hudson has a huge celebrity following. If you look at any of the denim blogs you’ll see celebs in Hudson Jeans. I just assumed it was a denim line for skinny girls. Now before you say “Anita, you are a skinny girl”, let me explain. I’m skinny, but my history as an athlete doesn’t give me your stereotypical skinny body. My thighs and calves are muscular and the cut of some denim just doesn’t work for me. The waist is right and the thighs are too tight or the waist is too loose and the thighs are right. It’s a battle which has left me without any loyalty to any denim company. There is no one brand that dominates my wardrobe like say Juma or Complex Geometries.
Five Pocket Skinny/Super Stretch
Enter The Mint Agency into this story. I received a couple Hudson Jeans lookbooks from them. I like Hudson’s no frills approach to denim. There aren’t any embellishments or rhinestones anywhere in the collection. The focus is on wash and cut. There are a variety of styles: bootcut, skinny, straight, jean legging, midrise and lowrise. A discussion over what styles I liked from the fall and holiday collection and their fit resulted in three pairs of Hudson Jeans arriving at my office.  Thanks Sam at The Mint Agency! Now I would finally be able to find out for myself if this fit is as good as their marketing is.
I’m very impressed with Hudson Jeans. The Sandra and St. Martins styles brought bootcut back into my fashion vocabulary. I never thought I would wear a pair of jeans again before trying Hudson. I was quite content in my straight and skinny denim cocoon with no plans to emerge from it. Now I’m trying to be like a butterfly find casual to events to wear my Hudson bootcuts at.
Five Pocket Bootcut
Putting on Hudsons feel like slipping into an old worn out pair. The fit of the 28s were perfect for me. It had a bit of give in the waist but the thighs were perfect; formfitting but not sausage. Overall the waist to thigh ratio tightness ratio that I use to gauge denim was very, very good. The pockets are placed in an area that doesn’t make you butt look funny or larger than normal. Skinny denim sometimes looks more like jean leggings than regular jeans on me. Hudson’s skinny jeans look like jeans on me and give me some breathing room. I love this. There won’t be a day where I can’t wear these jeans because my weight fluctuated a few pounds higher. I’m looking at you Fifth Avenue Shoe Repair. I love you but you’re not very forgiving. So I’m drinking the Hudson koolaid. They are some of the softest denim I’ve ever come across and the fit of the 28s rock my lower body. The style tag says “Trust Me” on it. They aren’t kidding.
Hudson is available at TNT, Aritiza, Over the Rainbow and Holt Renfrew. Holt’s has a line of couture Hudson Jeans that are exclusive to the store. They are more expensive but have additional details the standard line doesn’t have. The regular Hudson line is in the $220 – $265 range and the couture styles are from $295 – $500. The designer denim market may have shrunk but some players are still thriving.