By Leah Fritz
The Snapper
Denim. We all wear it.
It is an easy, yet fashionable way to make any outfit work.
It can be dressed up with a cute pair of heels and a top, or dressed down with a t-shirt and sneakers.
But what is the deal with ripped denim?
Trashy celebrities such as Tara Reid and Britney Spears have created this denim tragedy of wearing ragged jeans as a fashion statement.
What kind of statement are you making?
That you're too poor to buy a complete pair of jeans?
Or that you enjoy spending $60 on the "I now have frost-bite on 30% of my legs because I wear ripped denim in the cold" look?
There is nothing fashionable or cute about ripped denim.
How many high fashion women or even sassy business women do you see walking down the streets of New York City in heels, a sweater or blazer, and jeans that are torn to shreds?
Last time I checked, they do not exist.
However, when one goes out in public, it is best to be presentable to any situation that may arise.
How presentable can a person be with holes from hip to ankle, showing half of your "ass-ets"?
Isn't it sexier to make a guy use his imagination to picture what you look like underneath your clothes?
Use a little class and make them use a little brain.
This goes for you too, guys!
It is not just females that are guilty. You do it, too!
It's not to the extreme that women do it, but it's there.
Is there a reason you need a hole in the knee of your denim?
This is acceptable with boys in elementary school. They play in their forts, tree houses, and play at recess.
Oh wait. We're in college.
Recess is no more.
So what is your excuse? Do you like the way the wind feels against your knee-cap?
We are all adults now, preparing ourselves for the "real world".
Dress like it.
"There is nothing fashionable or cute about ripped denim."
ReplyDeleteHERE HERE!!
As casual of a person and dresser as I am, I cannot stand to see this trend.
I tend to agree with you. It's part of being young I guess, but holes are just not cool.
ReplyDeleteI had this conversation with a frat-boyesque coworker of mine. Jeans worn to the point of suede, preferably worn in the knees to the point where your foot goes into the wrong whole are lovely good fun. (unfortunately, I am one of those who needs to make my levi's into *ahem* a cowgirl skirt or handbag, typically long before I wear out the knees)
ReplyDeleteWorn-knee'd designer jeans are nothing new. They were considered one of many siren songs signalling the end of civilization as one knew it in the late-60's when this look first became fashionable.
What's fascinating is the look of the holes. The greyish-brown surrounding the rips indicates that an acid you couldn't even access, even to strip your furniture, has been used in its execution. Think of uncle Bob in the garage working on the '57 chevy and all the battery acid with all its weird patterns of disintegration manifesting themselves every time his jeans hit the wash. Consider, also, the Levi's commercial, where boyfriend artificially distresses a newer pair of jeans with a grinder, industrial sewing machine,etc. so he doesn't have to give his parting girlfriend his own pair, lovingly demolished over time.
The thing that me and frat boy (and anyone herein, undoubtedly) agreed on was the price: $200 so some sorority sister could sport the latest (partially absent) A&F?
I think that's what's getting me about this style. The jeans honestly look like they've been through a combine accident, complete with machine oil and red clay, and they cost $200 when they should just be thrown away.
ReplyDeleteA lot of kids would be better served to buy their jeans as cheap as possible and mutilate them themselves like the guy in the Levi's commecial.