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[becomingun]

Mocking my good friend Robyn

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[doublefelix]

Ow, my threads!

[hidden_kitten]

I was alarmed until I realized I haven't had a conversation about making distressed jeans lately.
Whew, that was close.

[pne]

I thought of you too when I read the first sentence :)

[antikythera]

Maybe she was thinking of wearing the jeans while you use a cheese grater on them. Admittedly that was the mental image I got, although not seriously. ^^

[thekumquat]

And this is why trousers have care labels saying "Do not iron item while wearing"...
And yes, I do know a guy who's tried.

[dawnsdream]

One of my high school Spanish teachers did as well. She came in one day with a burn on her forearm, and we all asked what happened. She started off, "Well, you see, I was running late for this thing, and I noticed the sleeve of my blouse was wrinkled, so I grabbed the iron..."

[crimmson]

been there, in my defense I had already ironed the pants and the iron was off and cooling, and the wrinkle was on the cuff, Did you know that if you touch the metal that is right up against the bottom of the iron to your foot while it's still hot it hurts, a lot....

And slightly in her defense, you can use sandpaper while you are wearing them, and thats what most people did 100 years ago (or 30-40) when my mom was younger and wanted her jeans to look worn.

[katimus]

I don't think people who lived 100 years ago were very eager on having used-looking jeans to follow some kind of weird trend. *lol*

:)

[raze__the_rose]

I agree! "The faded look" is the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen, next to the "designer holes" I've seen cut into new jeans... I grew up on a farm and I could have probably sold my worn out jeans for a fortune!

[str8_edge_4ever]

one of my favorite thrift-store purchases was the cute Calvin Klein t-shirt (not the widely overused/overimitated big cK in the middle) and jeans that, together, cost me less than ten dollars.

and there was also shopping for my junior prom: the dark green ball gown & black velvet boots (which matched the black velvet design on the ball gown's torso) totaling $15, which ironically was the cost of the black feather boa i wore with them.

[amberite]

Once I was working for a company selling fashion clothing on Ebay.

During my time there I saw the gawdamn stupidest thing EVER.

Cavalli jeans.

Price tag of two hundred plus.

As their tags stated: they were treated with a chemical that would make random parts disintegrate faster when washed.

For the 'distressed look.'

Two hundred-plus-dollar jeans that wear out faster than the ones I can buy at Target for twenty.

Ain't life grand?