Jeans for Genes Denim Exhibition

Overview

Suckers for good selvage will dig this one. Denim fans and jeans enthusiasts should squeeze into their skinnes and get to The Grounds of Alexandria on Saturday, July 12 for a one-off exhibition of jeans owned by famous peeps. Check out Anthony Kiedis' painted pants, the baggy straight-legs of Adam Sandler and the unfathomably tight pants of the now presumably pantsless James Franco.

Strutting into The Grounds as part of Jeans for Genes Day (Friday, August 1), the exhibition will also include the denim favourites of Eric Bana, Gene Simmons, Maroon 5 and the previously paraded pants of those wonderfully abominable Kardashians.

Keeping on the yearly tradition of donating a dollar and donning your denim, the Jeans for Genes Denim Exhibition is raising some sweet moolah for Children’s Medical Research Institute (CMRI) — dedicated to finding out why one in 20 children worldwide is born with a birth defect or genetic disease.

Kiedis' jeans mark the cornerstone of the exhibition, donated by the Red Hot Chilli Pepper himself and glorified by Australian artist Kathrin Longhurst. “What an absolute treat to be given Anthony Kiedis jeans to paint this year. My artwork is really a collaborative effort — part of it is not mine. The man himself creates the portrait on the right leg of the jeans," says Longhurst. "Anthony is a great philanthropist himself, giving charity concerts and donating time and money to many good causes."

Jeans for Genes will auction off celebrity jeans at a big ol' gala event later this year, where the denim delights are expected to fetch up to $25,000. Not bad for a pair of jeans.