Tangent 21 - "Worn look" Jeans

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Avenger

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14:26
Mar 29 2002

"Worn look" Jeans

This is probably one of those things where you realise that you're getting old and just don't understand kids these days.

I went shopping this morning because I decided I needed some new jeans, only to discover that most of the ones on sale look like my ones do. Which was why I decided I needed some new ones in the first place! Can anyone explain the point of worn-look jeans to me, also if you own them, how do you know when you need new one?!

*Avenger goes to look for his slippers and pipe*

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Sange It's only kinky the first time!!! after that it's just the Norm ;o)

LOL Actualy I'd be quite interested to find out about this because it's something I've thought about

although I think you would know they were worn out when the holes that appeared were just Too big to be trendy

/me joins Avenger but no pipe gets her knitting out

Posted: 14:36 Mar 29 2002

BettyBoop Today, I will gladly share my experience and advice, for there are no sweeter words than "I told you so"

Tut-tut Sange, you only have holes in them if they a) have safety pins in them, b) chains in them or c) leather thongs holding the holes together.
I have to say all my jeans (about 12 pairs!) are the worn look, or green tint, or pink tint, its just the fashion-all the jeans that we sell in our shop are worn look now. And you know when you need new ones, because a new tint comes out, or a new process to make them look old so your ones don't look old any more-make sense?

Posted: 15:15 Mar 29 2002

Yally Don't kill anyone until we get back to you!

Since when has this been a new thing?

Posted: 15:23 Mar 29 2002

Sange It's only kinky the first time!!! after that it's just the Norm ;o)

by BettyBoop
Tut-tut Sange, you only have holes in them if they a) have safety pins in them, b) chains in them or c) leather thongs holding the holes together.
I have to say all my jeans (about 12 pairs!) are the worn look, or green tint, or pink tint, its just the fashion-all the jeans that we sell in our shop are worn look now. And you know when you need new ones, because a new tint comes out, or a new process to make them look old so your ones don't look old any more-make sense?

Does that work with school trousers?
Would save me rushing out to buy my sons new ones every month where they make great big holes in the knees

Posted: 15:38 Mar 29 2002

head2head 'Rene Descartes was a drunken fart, I drink, therefore I am. '

Don't like the worn look either! I know that they are the style at the mo, but I still don't see the point !

Posted: 15:56 Mar 29 2002

Ethan You Rasclart!

I dont usually like 'Worn Look' jeans. It kinda defeats the purpose of buying a new pair.

Posted: 16:03 Mar 29 2002

Julz "As God once said, and I think Rightly.." (Margaret Thatcher)

This is the great part about worn look jeans; you can recycle your old new look jeans

See, to me the fact that I dont have to buy new jeans when they get "worn" is a bonus not a problem

Have to admit, if they get holes in, that's it for me.. I like them faded here and there and "lived in", but not raggedy..

Posted: 16:28 Mar 29 2002

Spikeo I am Jack's quote

Worn look I can just about deal with. More or less.

What I can't see the point of is the ones that look like they've just come from a building site covered in dust. The heck??

Posted: 16:48 Mar 29 2002

Avenger "Watching stuff is better than doing stuff" - Homer Simpson

by Julz
This is the great part about worn look jeans; you can recycle your old new look jeans See, to me the fact that I dont have to buy new jeans when they get "worn" is a bonus not a problem

Have to admit, if they get holes in, that's it for me.. I like them faded here and there and "lived in", but not raggedy..

Yeah, this I get. I just don't understand why someone would buy jeans that look like the ones I've been wearing for 2 years. And pay more for them than I did then!

Posted: 17:19 Mar 29 2002

Jayjay "I may be scattered / A little shattered / What does it matter / No one has a fit like I do / I'm the only one that fits you"

by Yally
Since when has this been a new thing?

Wot he said.

Eighties - George Michael - taking carving knives to perfectly good jeans.
Nineties - Nirvana - Grunge on the cat walk.

I also remember my uncle in the seventies deliberately pouring cold coffee on new jeans, and using it as a mop/cleaning cloth, before he would wear them in public...

Clearly the aim is to give a casual appearance and to set a fashion statement that seems at odds with the preceding youth group from two years ago.

Posted: 17:42 Mar 29 2002

Ed__ "I know I beleive in nothing but it is my nothing"

Worn look jeans I can deal with though I dont "do" the worn look...

Well except for the "worn" jeans that consist of a stripe of what looks like brown paint down the leg... now they are really just stupid.

Posted: 18:03 Mar 29 2002

Keenangel *Fourteen phonecalls a night??!!*

I agree, those types of jeans are a little silly... and i just hate the "worn" look that consists of a denim skirt or jeans looking like they've been kicked around in the mud for a few hours.. they just look disgusting... i like faded jeans.. i had a pair almost faded white and i loved them until the knees wore out...

Posted: 18:32 Mar 29 2002

Miss Corrupt That deaf, dumb and blind kid sure plays a mean pinball!

LOL, i'm a jeans fan. period.

Faded jeans are okay if they look like they are purposely faded. I really like denim skirts though

Posted: 19:48 Mar 29 2002

Linz Â‘this is a song about somebody that i really used to like a whole lot, and i donÂ’t know if i like anymore. itÂ’s not about me.Â’ -ryan adams

I can see no point in buying them worn. I mean, If you want worn jeans, just wear them out!!

Mine are a bit ripped along the bottoms from skateboard grip tape, and a bit worn at the knees from falling off my skateboard.

What about the ones that look like they've had bleach splashed on them? I mean, people pay more for them than for normal jeans! Why not just take some cheap jeans and bleach them yourself??

Posted: 20:03 Mar 29 2002

Red "A world of No!"

Jeans - black, worn, faded. Love them all, especially with little t-shirts like the ones I found yesterday

Posted: 00:39 Mar 30 2002

Rae Your imitation of my walk, and the perfect way you talk. It's just a couple of the million things, that i love about you.

i like jeams that aren't faded but long denim skirts that are..but not those tinted ones, or dust.glitter/spanlge covered ones. oh and they have to be flared/baggy.

Posted: 15:49 Mar 30 2002

Samphirette To you I guess I'm just a clown who picks you up each time you're down

by Avenger
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I just don't understand why someone would buy jeans that look like the ones I've been wearing for 2 years. And pay more for them than I did then!

I understand what you are trying to say and the only conclusion I can reach is that some people obviously have more money than sense (I would guess the same principle could be applied to stars who buy designer labels when you could get a similar look for hundreds of pounds less) as surely you could get worn out jeans at a charity shop for far less and a similar look as buying them *new*

Posted: 13:48 Apr 01 2002

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