Most of all, the Dickies painters are versatile. These are pants every guy can throw on and feel like he's doing the fashion thing. It's the only pair of pants I’ve been complimented on by both a ...

If you, like me, prefer a deeply baggy jean, Dickies is the way to go ... It's a staple that's decidedly in right now, whereas skinny or slim-fit jeans are a bit more dated.

It's enough to make us want to ship him a pair of Dickies. Slim jeans are still a really good thing to own. But let this be a lesson: if you're wearing skinny jeans, retire your front pockets.

I recently did a huge jeans cleanse. Before, I counted seven pairs of gray skinny jeans, old faded Dickies, a stray pair of carpenter pants, even a pair of Gucci denim high-rise. Farewell ...