Fidelity Stevie Skinny in Viper Rinse Review on Denimology
Fidelity was born in 2005 by designer Jason Trotzuk, who began many years before that by painting blue jeans in his parents’ basement and selling them for a few hundred bucks a pop on the streets of Vancouver. Talk about an awesome story! Trotsuk was inspired by rock n’ roll culture, and the Fidelity Stevie Mid-Rise Skinny in Viper Rinse definitely has the character to match (and fits right in with my tastes!). I had heard about the brand in the past and was excited to get the chance to review a pair from them. I noticed that Fidelity is another brand that has recently incorporated the 4-way, shape retention stretch into their new upcoming lines (Zen Denim, which is a performance stretch with recovery technology made up of 90% cotton, 6% polyester and 4% elastane, and Paramount Denim, which is a sister denim to the Zen made up of a 10.5oz, 92% cotton, 6% polyester and 2% elastane). I was about to choose a pair with one of these two new fabric technologies, but I was fascinated by the dark rinse of the Viper Denim…partly because I usually am not partial to flat rinse denim because I like how dynamic fading and whiskering gives to a pair of jeans, and I could tell these were different. Fidelity let me know that the Viper Denim definitely has the same shape retention, with a 11.5 oz, 62/38% Cotton/Poly blend. I went with the Stevie Skinny because of the 8.5” mid-rise, and chose my usual size of 26.
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