On the other hand, the denim dungarees ARE flame-retardant. One of the guys in my unit was sitting on the front of my desk talking with some of the other guys and I put a lighter up to the butt of his blues and it took forever for it to do anything! It turned a greenish color then started to flicker a bit and just as it started to finally catch, he made an amazing sudden leap across the room! No idea why!