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I remember reading several years ago about a woman who would buy cheap new jeans and then take them out into her back yard and shoot them with buckshot. Then she'd sew a custom tag into them sell them in her shop for $500 a pair.
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Originally Posted by JerZ
That's hilarious but it sounds a little urban legend-y.
More than several years ago, and definitely NOT urban legend...
This article does not say the jeans sold for $500. They sold for $70. So, actually, yes. Someone took something he or she had heard and put an urban legend twist on it.
Unless there is more than one designer who did this, and got half a grand per buck-shot jean.
Also, they apparently didn't just shoot a bunch of jeans and sew in a tag. They then proceeded to fade wash/distress them. So at least a bit of work was involved and, whether one approves of the specifics or not, it was a creative venture.
Don't expect fashion to be rational. Back when they were invented, as you point out, they kind of made sense. Over the years, they've become "cool" in their own right. The Grunge look in the 90's gave them a boost, and now they have their own momentum.
Agree w/the "don't expect fashion to be rational".
I've NEVER purchased "pre-torn" jeans (but they are called "denim" now) - nor will I ever. I'm just waiting for the skinny leg to go away.
I think the issue is: "they" (as in designers, etc.) have no clue what to do so come up with "the new/old thing". They just want us to be sheeples and buy the latest just to turn around and buy the next thing.
Give me: dark denim/jeans, regular leg and fit (but that would defeat their purpose of trying to sell new over-priced items every year).
A friend does alterations and clothing repairs such as patches...someone brought in a pair of $100 "distressed" jeans she bought for a young granddaughter ...complaining the the already torn hole RIPPED! I would have been on the floor in a fit of laughter! Sure...I would "fix" thise ridiculous jeans. for $20!
I prefer dark jeans...no holes..i like to "earn" the distressed look! Lol!
Mae
This has been a trend for a while, and I must admit I don't get it. A few years back some cargo shorts were offered that were so crumpled up and wrinkled they looked like they had been taken from the bottom of hamper filled with damp towels. When I saw them in stores, I snickered, thinking no one in their right mind would wear them, never mind pay money for them. Same with jeans with holes in them. Seems I was wrong.
To each their own, but I think the whole distressed/damaged/torn/wrinkled trend is ridiculous (and ugly).
I keep jeans long enough that they distress themselves.
LOL, me too, but in my case it's not coolness or fashion...it is being cheap! LOL!
When I find a pair of jeans that feel like heaven I never want to throw them away. I wear and wash them a million times until they are in the corner begging me to just toss them already.
...and I am old enough to remember them the first time around, 40 years ago. Actually they made more sense then, what with hippie culture and anti-establishment values.
I am not a fashionable person, I require only that my clothes be clean, no holes, fit me, and something I like.
Can anyone explain why you buy & wear jeans with holes in them?
PS - actually I am so old I have to stop myself from calling them dungarees.
I would find it odd to buy jeans with no holes in them. How would I get in?
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