Destroyed jeans

[Shimmer]

yes no maybe?

I'm not paying 80 bucks for a pair someone else already shredded.

I do have a pair that I got off ebay for like fifteen bucks and yep. I love 'em.

I'm still not paying 80 bucks for anew pair though.

 

[Chic 2k6]

U should get a normal pair of jeans and use scissors and cheese graters to create the torn up look, its so much cheaper

 

[Jennifer Mcfly]

I'm glad you brought this up. My friend and I were in a store here in Tampa called Reuhl (don't know if they have them anywhere else) but they had a whole wall of ripped up paint splattered jeans for $180 and up. My boyfriend owns a paint store and his work jeans are all holey and paint splattered. My best friend was over one day when he came home and she was like holy crap, I'm giving you a pair of my jeans to take to the shop and get a distressed and paint splattered.
So we joked about buying crappy ass wranglers or some cheap pair of jeans and ripping them and throwing paint on them and selling them on ebay for mucho bucks! you know some jerkass would take the bait! hahaha!!!

 

[Shimmer]

I have shredded a pair of my old jeans with a cheese grater etc.
I love the look but find it amazing people actually....pay....for..it. o.0

Yep, someone WOULD take the bait.

 

[inlucesco]

I like my clothes to look new. I guess I must be weird.

 

[calliestar]

I think it's kind of ridiculous to pay mroe for a pair of jeans that look like they've been lived in than a nice, new pair of clean jeans. I hate seeing groups of teenage girls wearing ratty, torn jeans that all happen to have been torn -exactly- the same because they bought them at the same place. It's just so unnatural. Worn out jeans are great for the beach, spending time outside, or wearing around the house, but other than that, I don't think it looks very classy.

 

[monirock]

i thought my friends & i were the only ones, it kinda looks really sloppy to me. i lovee the way new, intact jeans look & feel.

 

[Shimmer]

the whole torn the exact same way kills me.
I like destroyed jeans, so I destroy my own, an OLD pair, that's already ripping.
But for general wear I prefer a nice whole pair.

 

[ms.marymac]

I am dating myself, but I remember doing this in the 80's. We would rub the knees with sandpaper, pull at the strings a bit and wash and dry them several times to get an "authentic" look. I won't go into the whole tie dye with bleach method, it was so foul...at least I can look back and laugh!

Edited to add this:
I just looked at the jeans on their website, and it doesn't look hard to do. I would either lay the jeans down in the tub and splatter bleach water on them (let them sit until the spots are white)or sponge bleach water on different spots, then sandpaper them. You can prolly find numerous DYI techniques online.

 

[Shimmer]

the bleach is too far away for me, but a wire brush and a cheese grater and some scissors do wonders.

 

[ToxicAllure]

I have one pair that I bought...I know...cheesy.

All my other pairs I have trashed on my own, willingly and unwillingly.

Wire brushes and sandpaper are my best friends, so are wire coat hangers and lighters and a little black tar grease.

 

[hyperRealGurl]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chic 2k6 U should get a normal pair of jeans and use scissors and cheese graters to create the torn up look, its so much cheaper

totally agree!!!! hey i went to Rave at the local mall we have and bout a pair for 30$ yep im cheap lol

 

[Shimmer]

Go to Ross and get a pair of levis for 9.99...then have a blast with it.

 

[hyperRealGurl]

Quote:

Originally Posted by shimmer Go to Ross and get a pair of levis for 9.99...then have a blast with it.

Wooooh need to go to ROss 4sure, i luv ross u get great deals

 

[Shimmer]

I got a pair of Sevens for 20bucks.

 

[hyperRealGurl]

Gheeez now thats a bargin

 

[Shimmer]

Indeed it is.

I love them to pieces.

 

[kimmy]

my favourite pair of jeans got a hole in them. so i bleach stained them and ripped some more holes in them and they look store bought...and the original pair of jeans was only like 10$ hahaha. fuck those 80$ torn up jeans...or sending your jeans to someone online to have THEM tear them up for 80$.

 

[litlaur]

Quote:

Originally Posted by THE ANTHEM my favourite pair of jeans got a hole in them. so i bleach stained them and ripped some more holes in them and they look store bought...and the original pair of jeans was only like 10$ hahaha. fuck those 80$ torn up jeans...or sending your jeans to someone online to have THEM tear them up for 80$.

I do the same thing when my jeans start to wear...just tear em up even more

 

[Chelly]

such an abercrombie look - i bought one pair which i think was 80$ but i got it from a friend who worked there - so i paid a lot less lol. they're my fave so im glad i bought em