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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Chloe Mac Donnell

Too cool for school? Why some men keep wearing jeans – even in a heatwave

Composite of Williams, Burnham and show attendee – all wearing jeans
Andy Burnham, centre, at Manchester Piccadilly station, with Pharrell Williams, left, and a fashion show attendee in Paris this week as temperatures soared. Composite: Getty and Reuters

For many, dressing for an extreme heatwave means wearing as little as possible. But for some men, not even record-breaking temperatures can dissuade them from pulling on their favourite pair of jeans.

This week as temperatures in the UK rose sharply on the back of the climate crisis, Andy Burnham stuck to his tried and tested “cool dad” combination of dark jeans with a dark blue (not black as he pointed out to Kemi Badenoch) T-shirt as he made his way to London to be sworn in as MP for Makerfield.

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