Friday, August 5, 2016

Distressed , faded and worn out with holes !


      Why is it when shopping for jeans we choose to buy the distressed faded jeans with holes ? As a teenager we would wear out our Levi's until the knee's started to show signs of wear and suddenly the hole was created . They became soft and fit the body like a glove . I remember my first pair of  fresh jeans from the store a little stiff and a bit dark . That awkard moment on the first day of school with these dark stiff jeans . Everyone knew they were new because they to went through the pain of wearing stiff jeans and couldn't wait to get home to take them off . And off they went into a bucket of bleach and in the drier . I would wash them in hot water then into the drier they went I couldn't  wait to get them out of the drier while they were still hot to put them on and start walking on my knees to soften them up  . My mother thought this trouble was a waist of time and silly why do you want your jeans to look old ? She did not find this style of jean so appealing infact she thought the methods used were bit silly but went along any way  . In fact if we wore holes in our jeans she would rip the hole right off our tushies or if she found a pair in  the laundry you can be sure they were donated to the local Thrift Store . And we would start all over again with a fresh pair of Levi's 501's at the then famous Miller's Out Post . It took year's to get my mom to understand fashion of the 80's . My mother's  generation holes and distressed jeans were a sign of being poor . Sign's of the times change and boy have they changed .

    Teen's today don't go through the same trouble of fading out their jeans by leaving them in a pool over night , or soaking them in bleach which makes the holes come in softer an nicer . You can find the already made holes in your favorite designer jean .

      Today our mother's no longer judge our  distressed jeans as a sign of being poor . We join our teen's in wearing designer made holes and today we spend $ for our distressed jeans .  It's a part of fashion that will always be around with holes , distressed , cut off with fringe . Jeans are forever .

      Love my jean's dirty and on the rock's oop's that's a martini ...

                          Love Tilly


               


6 comments:

  1. You can find these jeans and more in my shop @tradesy .

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  2. You can find these jeans and more in my shop @tradesy .

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  3. I remember those days. This blog bringsite back so many memories. One of the best is went (I think mid 80s) I 'needed' those ever so popular Guess overalls. My mom said they looked like the belonged in the trash...all faded with holes, but she bought them for me anyway.
    Hail to the distressed,worn out, holey, comfortable jeans.

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