New York Post
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Will Marilyn Monroe’s iconic jeans turn us into bombshells? The Post put them to the test
On Thursday, a pair of jeans was thrown on my desk like a floppy fish at a sushi market. What appeared to be a basic, dark-wash pair was a recreation of Marilyn Monroe’s iconic denim from the 1961 movie “The Misfits,” rebuilt by designer Vivian Rivetti for Lee Jeans with a tiny bit more stretch but the same 65-year-old silhouette — high waisted, ankle cuff and all. The jeans are a part of a new Lee x Marilyn Monroe limited-edition collab, which also features the iconic Lee Storm Rider Jacket and chic white button-down shirt she was famously photographed wearing while sitting in a director’s chair on the set of “The Misfits.” To be frank, these $109 Marilyn jeans looked, to quote my adolescent tormenters, “super f—ing sad” — and I, along with some hesitant colleagues, were asked to wear the
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