Chinos and Jeans seem to be huge different pants, for most people, it might be a great question mark on their mind, what is the exactly differ between chinos and jeans? and how or when should I pick chino instead jeans? what should I combo with jeans or chinos? Should I keep them all in my wardrobe?

In my opinion, both chino and jeans are great outfits for men, but sometimes, and on some different occasions, we need to know when to select chinos, and when we need to change to jeans instead.

We will comparations of jeans and chinos from some different angles, hopefully, you will find your own answer by then.

The origin of Chinos and Jeans

The chinos first appear in the 19th century, someone said it first shows up in the American-Philipines wars, and someone said they appeared in British and French military uniforms. But no matter what is the real origin of chinos, the chinos started as a military uniform because it’s versatile.

As for the jeans, that would be a clear record that jeans were firstly created by Levi Strauss, Levi create a new durable and easy care denim material pants for workers’ daily wear.

Comparison of Jeans and Chinos

Since we already know the origin of chinos and jeans, now it is time to figure out what is the main difference between jeans and chinos, we would like to start with the material, usage, etc ways to distinguish the differences.

Fabric

Basically, chinos and jeans are essential cotton materials, chinos are made of chino cotton, and jeans are made of denim cotton. What makes them different though? the secret is in the pattern waves and thickness.

Normally chinos cotton is twill waves and lightweight, and for jeans, denim cotton is usually thicker and dye with a darker hue. That is why jeans look more durable than chinos mostly.

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Popularity

As we all know, jeans are mostly appear in your eyes then chinos, though both of them are popular, no doubt that jeans sell better than chinos, there has a report on 2010 that records said that a person on average has 7 pieces of jeans in their wardrobe. But still today, we can not find a word about detailed sales of chinos. That might mean jeans are well sold than chinos.

And on the other hand, talk about jeans, we might have Lee, Levi, Jackjohns… such brands appear on our mind, but for the chinos, they’re are still no brands famous for their chinos.

So you might say that jeans are better than chinos? Actually, it is not easy to make a conclusion. Popularity is not just for sales. Chinos still be a very important part of our daily wear. I will pick a chino rather than jeans in the warmer weather since I think chinos are more breathable and lightweight and comfortable to wear in Summer and Autumn.

Wash and care

Both chino and jean are cotton basic, so all machinery free, which means, we can simply put chinos and jeans into the washing machine and roll it up. And then you can find a place to hang your chinos or jeans. All it is simple. But should remember, chinos are always in a lighter color, please wash darker color separate with a lighter color, in case of dye the lighter cloth.

Jeans are usually dyed for a darker color, which means they might fake sometimes after a long time of washing, it might be a natural thing when you find your jeans fake off.

fitting occasions

Though jeans and chinos are both treated as casual wear, they still have different. In my eyes, jeans are more casual, funky, chic, and punk wear. All my imaginable that jeans are fit for any body shape and any occasions.

For the chinos, might be more aged, grown wear in most cases. People who wear chinos look more clean and professional.

Color

As we mentioned above, most chinos are made of a lighter hue and solid color, like white, grey, khaki, etc, which means they can just wear for the office, dating, etc.

jeans can be wider usage and can be worn at work, hang out, or hiking since jeans do not need to worry about easily being dirt or breaking.

Casual

Both jeans and chinos are casual wear, so when should I wear chinos instead of jeans? it depends, the chino look will make you feel cleaner, and professional, it is easy to combo a top of t-shirts and a sneaker or loafer. Even better you can wear a blazer if in some semi-casual ways.

Compare with chinos, jeans show more free combo, more casual style. You can simply pick slippers and solid color T-shirts on the street without criticism.

Age group

Chinos are more widely applicable for their relax looking, chinos are worn popularly by men and women from kids to teens and older.

Jeans could show more personality in some cases. Wilder, varied, and durable, so they are liked by teens and young adults. But that does not mean, only young adults and teens wear jeans, on the contrary, we can easily sell jeans by all ages.

Durable

It might be a comment sense that jeans are more durable than chinos, though some brands clarify their chinos are using durable material, but compare to the jeans, in the same price range, the denim should always be better than twill for its durable.

Last words

After all, there should not be a simple concussion about chinos or jeans which are better. fashion should not be definable, it all depends, on different weather, different moods different combination of the top. Both jeans and chinos are a great style and a part of fashion life, we would choose a property way and occasion to wear them.

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