I don't want to fade away ... Give me one more day, please . . . . --Eric Clapton, "Bell Bottom Blues" Denim, it's not just for the ranch anymore. It's the newest old thing. It's back. It's all that.

A new video shows how jeans get blue, while new research from UC Berkeley shows how the dye used to get them that way could get greener. Freelancer Michael Franco writes about the serious and silly ...