If you didn't grow up during the 1950s in England, we forgive you. Post-World-War II Brits, however, we fully expect you to be familiar with the era's ubiquitous gray flannel trousers. Colloquially called grayers, they represented a new age in menswear, when style-inclined youth threw off the stiff formalities of conventional dressing -- think: three-piece suits -- for these more relaxed, pair-with-everything pants. Today, the birth of the "British blue jean" serves as fashion catnip for designe...
If you didn't grow up during the 1950s in England, we forgive you. Post-World-War II Brits, however, we fully expect you to be familiar with the era's ubiquitous gray flannel trousers. Colloquially called grayers, they represented a new age in menswear, when style-inclined youth threw off the stiff formalities of conventional dressing -- think: three-piece suits -- for these more relaxed, pair-with-everything pants. Today, the birth of the "British blue jean" serves as fashion catnip for designe...
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