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The article presents discussion about recent pants projects by the author which shows different sewing techniques. Several different pants were made by the author, including women's casual pants, men's dressy woolen trousers and experimental designs. Various types of fabrics were also used, such as wool and cotton.

The article presents an overview of materials and tools used for making trousers. As for sewing and pressing, clipping scissors, thimble and tailor's basting thread are needed. It recommends the use of adhesives which are considered the best friends of sewers. It also noted the importance of determining top- and bottom-weight fabrics.

The article presents an examination of several ready-to-wear and custom-made men's and women's traditional fly-fronted trousers. It is noted that these pants show that there is no single standard for quality, construction or performance for this type of clothing. Some of the pants that were evaluated include L.L Bean, YSL and Brooks Brothers.

Information on Toughskins jeans is presented. In the 1970s, many children were forced by their parents to wear these jeans sold only at department stores owned by Sears Roebuck & Co. Toughskins were plain-looking jeans with a yellow X stitched on each rear pocket.

Information about Levi's 501 Button-Fly jeans from Levi Strauss & Co. is presented. The jeans, marked by the button-fly front and red tag attached to the right back pocket, has been the finest of the Levi Strauss denim-jean since 1890.

Information on Jordache jeans is presented. These tight-fitting, European-cut designer jeans were popular in the 1970s. Introduced in 1978 by the Nakash Brothers of Israel, Jordache's trademark was a wild-maned horse on the rear pocket.

Information about Gloria Vanderbilt Jeans is presented. These jeans were designed by Gloria Vanderbilt, a socialite from Manhattan, New York City. Vanderbilt was described as queen of designer jeans. Her best-selling jeans were too much tight. She also marketed perfume that became popular in the 1980s.

Information about the clothing store chain Gap Inc. is presented. The chain started in San Francisco, California in the year 1969 as a single store specializing in selling blue jeans. More than 3,000 stores were opened in various countries in the next 30 years. Khakis, blue jeans and polo shirts were sold in these stores.

Information about frye boots, a type of boots for men, is presented. These boots were popular in the 1970s. They were usually worn with jeans and flannel shirts.

Information on designer jeans is presented. These are expensive, form-fitting jeans, popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s. They featured the name of someone famously chic on the back pocket. As per pop culture authors Jane and Michael Stern in their Encyclopedia of Bad Taste, the name on the designer jeans gives them status and therefore makes the person who wears them feel more important than someone who wears ordinary Levis.

Information on Daisy Dukes jeans is presented. These are mega-short, butt-cleaving denim cut-offs, a countrified version of hot pants inspired by and named after actress Catherine Bach's Daisy Duke, depicted on the television series "The Dukes of Hazzard."

Information on corduroy, a type of cord which enjoyed huge popularity in 1970s as a fabric for men's clothing is presented. It was used in suits, blazers, shirts and jeans.

Information about Chic jeans is presented. It is reported that the jeans, which were the first to offer the waist-inseam method of male-sizing for females, is one of the world's top-selling jeans for women of the 1980s. The reason behind the popularity of the jeans is its affordability. It is further reported that the jeans is defined by the orange cursive 'Chic' written across the back pocket.

Information on designer-jeans by designer Calvin Klein is presented. It is informed that a television commercial for the brand featuring Brooke Shields was one of the reason which helped to popularize the brand. It is also informed that it was considered a matter of prestige during the 1980s to be wearing jeans from Kelvin Klein .

Information on acid-washed or stone-washed jeans is presented wore by youngsters in the end of 1980s is presented. Youngsters purposely purchased jeans that looked faded and that had white bleach streaks throughout. They tended to acquire rips and holes very easily. Some youngsters deliberately cut holes in a shiny new pair and then washed them in hot water with bleaching materials.