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"My recent spring closet-cleaning fever has led to no less than six Salvation Army-bound trash bags, way too much time spent listening to The Strokes, and a reignited love affair with my old jean jacket. On my most recent wardrobe makeover mission (I&amp;#x27;m no Erin Wasson, ie, &amp;quot;very Japanese, where you have one rolling rack,&amp;quot; but I&amp;#x27;m working on it!), I unearthed a total treasure, buried in between some faded old Michael Stars shirts and a long satin skirt from Calypso I&amp;#x27;ve never stepped foot in but can&amp;#x27;t bear to part with. It was my old jean jacket, from the Gap circa 1998, and I must admit that absence has, in fact, made my heart grow fonder. I&amp;#x27;ve barely taken it off since I rediscovered it, and now I&amp;#x27;m spreading the good word to you lovely ladies... It&amp;#x27;s time to shop your closet and rediscover your jean jacket. Want three reasons why? 1. You could do worse than to take a style cue from Kanye West, seen above in a classic Levi&amp;#x27;s version. He hit just about every fashion show on the Fall 2009 circuit, he has one of the best dressed girlfriends in Hollywood, and he&amp;#x27;s reportedly coming out with a denim line of his own in the very near future. 2. You&amp;#x27;ve already got the rules for wearing a blazer down to a science (and if you don&amp;#x27;t, feel free to take a quick refresher course here!), and a jean jacket essentially follows the exact same formula. Except since it&amp;#x27;s denim, it&amp;#x27;s even more neutral than a black blazer and you can wear it with absolutely everything in your wardrobe. It serves the same transitional-weather purpose and chances are, you already own one. 3. The jean jacket is, at its core, a classic piece that will never go out of style. There&amp;#x27;s a reason the one in my closet that I&amp;#x27;ve owned for more than 10 years still looks modern--not much has changed in the denim department since then. People have been wearing &amp;#x27;em for decades: think James Dean, Madonna, Ralph Lauren, and Agyness Deyn all rocking the classic version. Like the LBD, it&amp;#x27;ll never really go out of style. If you already tossed yours last time you cleaned out your closet, shop some of our favorite affordable versions now (and take it as a lesson learned: Never throw out the classics!): What do you guys think of the jean jacket revival? Do you still have yours? Would you wear it again? How long has it been since you took it out of hiding? Discuss! Follow Slaves to Fashion on Twitter! http://twitter.com/slavestofashion Photo: Getty Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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