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Post by gmcwife1 on Jul 5, 2016 18:53:43 GMT
I have one or two of what would qualify as "slightly frayed." They are comfortable. But I guess I'm just trashy that way. Up to this point on page 2 only 3 people said the look shown or with big gaping holes was trashy. From here on it looks like a few people that wear anything remotely like the pictures, anything from slightly frayed to small holes feels they are being called trashy. I wonder if we read much more into what is really written.
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Post by mallie on Jul 5, 2016 19:25:32 GMT
No. I grew up poor/working class. Torn jeans were a sign of our poverty because it meant you were too poor to be able to patch them up.
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Post by linda~lou on Jul 5, 2016 20:00:20 GMT
I have a pair similar to what gar posted a pic of. They're by Cookie Johnson who makes jeans for women. Oprah had her on her show years ago and raved about them fitting curvy body types. Got a couple of pair, love them and one pair was very slightly distressed. The kind with your knee blown out, not so much. I want to hide my chubby knees, not showcase them poking through a silly ripped hole. I can remember back in the day, when you could only get Lee or Wrangler that were so blue and stiff, it took hundreds of washings just to get them wearable. I used to throw bleach in the wash, knot them up, stomp on them, rub them in dirt, anything I could to soften them up. When the distressed jeans first came out, I laughed thinking what fun is that? It was a challenge when I was a teen to see who could get the rattiest (is that a word?) pair of jeans the quickest. When there was a hole in my jeans, it was MY hole, made by me! No assembly line ripped up jeans for me, man. Those were my holes!
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Post by papersilly on Jul 5, 2016 21:55:43 GMT
No. I grew up poor/working class. Torn jeans were a sign of our poverty because it meant you were too poor to be able to patch them up. this could be said about flip flops. in most poor countries, they are a sign that you are too poor to afford proper shoes and this is all you have to wear on your feet. you had wealth if you had proper, covered footwear. yet, in the US, they are fun and trendy. they are associated with beach living and leisure. people here aspire to have enough down time that flip flops are just important as shoes.
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Post by gmcwife1 on Jul 5, 2016 22:43:51 GMT
No. I grew up poor/working class. Torn jeans were a sign of our poverty because it meant you were too poor to be able to patch them up. this could be said about flip flops. in most poor countries, they are a sign that you are too poor to afford proper shoes and this is all you have to wear on your feet. you had wealth if you had proper, covered footwear. yet, in the US, they are fun and trendy. they are associated with beach living and leisure. people here aspire to have enough down time that flip flops are just important as shoes. Interesting comparison of flip flops. I grew up poor and don't care for ripped jeans for myself or my family. I also only wear flip flops as shower shoes or to a pool.
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Post by birukitty on Jul 5, 2016 22:52:44 GMT
I remember when I first saw these jeans hanging in the stores in the mall. I just stopped for a minute and stared at them. I thought to myself, "Who on earth would pay good money for jeans that are ripped with holes in them?" I don't remember this being a style way back when. I was a teen of 15 in 1975. Back then it was bell bottoms for us. No ripped jeans that I remember.
I don't like this style for myself. I would feel like a bum walking around in jeans with rips, tears and holes in them. I don't even wear clothing like that around the house.
If others like them, more power to you.
Debbie in MD.
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