100 Cheeks Kava Gorna

Daisy Dukes (n. pl.): Brief, tight-fitting denim shorts for women, typically made from a pair of cutoff jeans.

So named for Daisy Duke, singular, one of the titular characters from 1980s television program The Dukes of Hazzard. The garment has been a fixture in women’s fashion since — and before, as well; their provenance actually dates back to the 1950s.

Now, a photographer named Kava Gorna has taken it upon herself to document no fewer than 100 pairs of Daisy Dukes (technically, Daisy Dukes and vintage jeans, their natural forebear) in a new book called 100 Cheeks, which we think would make a fine addition to a coffee table near you.

The tome takes readers on a sociohistorical journey from the Daisy Dukes’ humble beginnings as pairs of full-length denim pants …

… to their truncated hey day.

I mean, honestly, guys, look at this artful distressing:

Says Thessaly La Force, who contributed to the book:

“This is a book about [Daisy Dukes]. Beautiful [Daisy Dukes]. [Daisy Dukes] large and small, but all of them are, as Kava and I took to saying with a little giggle as we looked through the proofs, epic [Daisy Dukes].”*

Buy it here.

*Parentheticals our own and potentially a product of creative license

All images courtesy Kava Gorna

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Walker Loetscher

Walker is the former Editor in Chief of InsideHook. Before that, he was the Managing Editor of Howler Magazine. He attended Georgetown University, and lives in the woods with a nice lady and some dogs.