Are yoga pants the new jeans?

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Sep 10, 2014

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Are yoga pants the new jeans?

By the 1920s, Levis original 501s had become the top-selling men's workpants and soon became an American fashion staple. But sales of jeans are on the decline, thanks in part to a new trend known as "athleisure."

By the 1920s, Levis original 501s had become the top-selling men's workpants and soon became an American fashion staple. But sales of jeans are on the decline, thanks in part to a new trend known as "athleisure."

Could America's long-standing love affair with jeans be on the rocks?

The popularity of denim is due in large part to its versatility and comfort, at least when compared to dress pants. But there's a competitor on the horizon that's beating out jeans on the comfort scale: yoga pants.

Denim sales are down 6 percent this year, due in part to what some in the fashion industry are calling the "athleisure" trend.

Michelle Dalton Tyree, founder of Fashion Trends Daily, says that while jeans aren't going away anytime soon, the "athleisure" trend has really made its mark.