Has the American consumer lost its collective mind?
04-06-2011, 08:43 AM
#53
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You have to understand, them aren't just any ol' holes, them 're artfully ripped holes!
Seriously, we know kids (and some adults) love those holes, and we know most people can't afford/won't pay $179 for jeans, so maybe this could be a sideline for some of us? Buy jeans in otherwise good condition at the Goodwill, get them out of your closet or attic, rip them - artfully now! - and sell 'em on eBAY and in stores. They will already have brand names on them, so you design and embroider your own little logo onto the back pockets, something like "Ripped by <your name here>."
I'm thinking we can take this to another level. Instead of just holes, they could be cut-out shapes, such as flowers or thunderbolts, and the ragged edges could be sewn (hemmed?) in a contrasting color with maybe some additional embroidery fanning out from the hole.
Seriously, we know kids (and some adults) love those holes, and we know most people can't afford/won't pay $179 for jeans, so maybe this could be a sideline for some of us? Buy jeans in otherwise good condition at the Goodwill, get them out of your closet or attic, rip them - artfully now! - and sell 'em on eBAY and in stores. They will already have brand names on them, so you design and embroider your own little logo onto the back pockets, something like "Ripped by <your name here>."
I'm thinking we can take this to another level. Instead of just holes, they could be cut-out shapes, such as flowers or thunderbolts, and the ragged edges could be sewn (hemmed?) in a contrasting color with maybe some additional embroidery fanning out from the hole.
04-06-2011, 08:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Lisanne
You have to understand, them aren't just any ol' holes, them 're artfully ripped holes!
Seriously, we know kids (and some adults) love those holes, and we know most people can't afford/won't pay $179 for jeans, so maybe this could be a sideline for some of us? Buy jeans in otherwise good condition at the Goodwill, get them out of your closet or attic, rip them - artfully now! - and sell 'em on eBAY and in stores. They will already have brand names on them, so you design and embroider your own little logo onto the back pockets, something like "Ripped by <your name here>."
I'm thinking we can take this to another level. Instead of just holes, they could be cut-out shapes, such as flowers or thunderbolts, and the ragged edges could be sewn (hemmed?) in a contrasting color with maybe some additional embroidery fanning out from the hole.
Seriously, we know kids (and some adults) love those holes, and we know most people can't afford/won't pay $179 for jeans, so maybe this could be a sideline for some of us? Buy jeans in otherwise good condition at the Goodwill, get them out of your closet or attic, rip them - artfully now! - and sell 'em on eBAY and in stores. They will already have brand names on them, so you design and embroider your own little logo onto the back pockets, something like "Ripped by <your name here>."
I'm thinking we can take this to another level. Instead of just holes, they could be cut-out shapes, such as flowers or thunderbolts, and the ragged edges could be sewn (hemmed?) in a contrasting color with maybe some additional embroidery fanning out from the hole.
Seriously, I think the idea is that if you have time to wear your jeans out, then you must live a life of leisure. It's kind of like in the old south, the southern belles didn't want their skin to tan or freckle because it indicated they were pampered and didn't have to work in the fields. Now it's the opposite (at least pre-skin cancer it was). If you have the time to lie in the sun and get a tan, then you must live a good life and not have to work indoors for a living. The times they are a' changin'.
04-06-2011, 09:36 AM
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Originally Posted by CloverPatch
To explain the fad I listen to a desinger give an interview. Americans like the worn out look, but do not have the time to distress their own jeans, or make the best jeans look right. So they (the desingers) are doing it for us. That way we can have our favorite "worn" jeans without haveing to go through the time it would take to Wear them out.
Since distressing them takes time, they cost more.
To listen to this guy talk was so interesting, You want me to willing pay more to have you ruin a pair of jeans, and I will agree to this because I don't have the "time" to do it myself. Uh huh, right, I don't think so.
Since distressing them takes time, they cost more.
To listen to this guy talk was so interesting, You want me to willing pay more to have you ruin a pair of jeans, and I will agree to this because I don't have the "time" to do it myself. Uh huh, right, I don't think so.
04-06-2011, 09:47 AM
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Originally Posted by CloverPatch
To explain the fad I listen to a desinger give an interview. Americans like the worn out look, but do not have the time to distress their own jeans, or make the best jeans look right. So they (the desingers) are doing it for us. That way we can have our favorite "worn" jeans without haveing to go through the time it would take to Wear them out.
Since distressing them takes time, they cost more.
To listen to this guy talk was so interesting, You want me to willing pay more to have you ruin a pair of jeans, and I will agree to this because I don't have the "time" to do it myself. Uh huh, right, I don't think so.
Since distressing them takes time, they cost more.
To listen to this guy talk was so interesting, You want me to willing pay more to have you ruin a pair of jeans, and I will agree to this because I don't have the "time" to do it myself. Uh huh, right, I don't think so.
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