Serious question: Ripped jeans fashionable

Platapus · 05-13-18, 06:37 PM

I am not trying to be snarky or anything, but can anyone explain to me the fashion sense behind women wearing ripped jeans?

I would have thought that a woman would not want to walk around in ripped clothing, and certainly not walk around in jeans where the knees have been worn out!

I grew up poor and wearing torn clothing was something to be ashamed about. Are well to do people deliberately wearing torn clothing the fashion version of slumming?

I am usually pretty clueless about most fashion trends, but this one really has me scratching my head.

Just tonight, we were at a nice restaurant in a pretty nice area of town and there were multiple women, all wearing otherwise nice and expensive clothing, but with their knees ripped out of their pants.

These are women who obviously were "dressed up" for an evening, wearing torn clothing.

I just don't get it, but am honestly curious about this.

Reece · 05-13-18, 06:56 PM

It's been the fashion over here for years, like you I think it's stupid!!

u crank · 05-13-18, 07:05 PM

Well you can by jeans that look like they are worn out and you can buy jeans that look like they've been washed in bleach. Seems like a natural progression.

Yea I don't understand it. Another one I don't get is the really skinny jeans. How do you get your foot through that opening at the ankle?

August · 05-13-18, 10:00 PM

Some of those torn up jean designs are quite intricate but I think mostly it's done to project an air of toughness and experience. It says they have worn the shine off their shoes so to speak. Plus it probably pisses off mom and dad. That alone would make it popular among the rebellious youth.

BarracudaUAK · 05-13-18, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by August

Some of those torn up jean designs are quite intricate but I think mostly it's done to project an air of toughness and experience. It says they have worn the shine off their shoes so to speak.
...

I'm about to sound old....

"When I was younger..." wearing jeans until they were faded and worn out was a bit of an achievement.
Normally I'd out-grown them long before that.
As I got older I would keep jeans until they were faded, and when they got the first hole, they became "work on the car/yard/house jeans".

My newer jeans either last (almost) forever and shrink, or they rip before they've even started to fade.
Sometimes I grab a pair of jeans just to notice at the store, 2 hours later, there is a hole.
In my NEW(-ish) jeans!

Maybe that's what it is, "mom and dad" had old, faded, holey jeans.
They want some but jeans don't last long enough to get that way.

So a designer somewhere decided to make a buck, or 200.
Maybe that is what it is.

OR...
Who knows, I'm sure each one has their own reasons for wearing them.

Personally I treat jeans like armor. It's only good if it is between me and the "dangerous stuff".

Barracuda

P.S. Before anyone says anything! When the 3 year old pair, and the new pair are the SAME size, and the old pair is tight, and the new pair is not...
Then yes, they are shrinking!

Eichhörnchen · 05-14-18, 12:05 AM

What with that and the tattoos, I'm sure glad I don't have to search for a decent-looking woman any more... she would be very hard to find these days. Except for the Eastern European women who proliferate here at the moment... they put our locals to absolute shame. Young or old, most of them look like they stepped out of a 'Bond' movie.

Aktungbby · 05-14-18, 05:52 AM

ON THE TRUE NATURE OF 'DISTRESSED DENIM'

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Manufacturers use various tools, from heavy-duty sandpaper to pumice stones, and until recently a process known as ‘sandblasting’, which involves fine sand being channelled into an air gun and then sprayed at high pressure on to the denim.
It’s effective but highly dangerous, causing a condition known as silicosis, when small particles of dust from the sand embed themselves in workers’ lungs.
Factory employees found themselves short of breath, suffering painful coughs and feeling dizzy and weak. Silicosis is incurable and, in its acute form, fatal.
Levi’s and H&M announced a ban on sandblasting their denim in 2010, and, following lobbying from campaign groups, other companies followed suit.
But investigations subsequently found that demand for ripped denim was fuelling a black market. In Turkey, one of the world’s biggest jeans exporters, 1,200 people have silicosis and 46 have died as a result.( AS A RESULT LASERS R INCREASINGLY THE WAY TO GO ) They may look random, but those rips in your jeans are anything but.
Firstly, there are different types of rip: a hole (which cuts right through the fabric), a shred (where threads remain, covering up the hole), and a scrape (a small abrasion on the surface). While the latter two tend to be small, holes can be much larger.
But fashion experts say that holes should always be horizontal (vertical ones go against the grain of the denim and can mean the jeans fall apart), never wider than the leg of the jeans (for the same reason) and never more than an inch high when you’re standing up (as they’ll expose even more flesh when you sit).
Mithun Ramanandi, formerly a denim buyer at Selfridges, says rips should be ‘on the thigh, the knee and the back pocket’ and not ‘too sporadic’.
‘Rips on the calf don’t look natural,’ he adds.
According to fashion bible GQ, there’s even an optimum number of rips: two and a half.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-4726702/Why-wearing-ripped-jeans.htmlBOTTOM LINE: LOOKING DISTRESSED IN YOUR DENIMS IS FASHIONABLE...LADIES' SENSE OF FASHION IS UNFATHOMABLE AS ALWAYS. AS FOR ME: NOT ONE HOLE IN MY BAGGY

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Another one I don't get is the really skinny jeans.

FIVE-YEAR-OLD+ SAILING JEANS....AS YET; BUT THAT'S BECAUSE I'M A PIRATE AT HEART AND 'JEAN LAFITTE' IS MY IDOL!

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Originally Posted by barracudaUAK

Personally I treat jeans like armor. It's only good if it is between me and the "dangerous stuff".

Commander Wallace · 05-14-18, 07:02 AM

I think we have all seen the " distressed " denims with holes in them. I think they look terrible. I did however like when my jeans had been washed so many times that they had a soft feel to them and were blue / white. I did find out not to put my levi's in the dryer though as they seemed to deteriorate. I contacted the Levi Strauss Co. to find out why my gently used jeans are coming apart when the Levi's I had as a kid were able to withstand playing sandlot Baseball, Football, frozen pond Hockey and motorcycle riding just to name a few activities.

Worn out and distressed appearances are not limited to clothes though. The famous guitar manufacturer, Fender instruments, specifically the custom shop division of Fender creates their " relic " line of guitars. The guitars look beat up and road weary however, play-ability is not an issue. The prices are astronomical as well. How much you ask ? try anywhere from $ 3760.00 to $ 4400.00 and more. You can purchase a decent Fender electric guitar for $ 800.00 that you could have the fun of " distressing " yourself.

https://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/fender-custom-shop-1959-heavy-relic-stratocaster--custom-built--namm-limited-edition/j56180000001000?cntry=us&source=3WWRWXGP&gclid=EAI aIQobChMIje-TkJKF2wIVHEsNCh0B_w9xEAQYAyABEgKnG_D_BwE&kwid=prod uctads-adid^221957295818-device^c-plaid^335491597433-sku^J56180000001000@ADL4MF-adType^PLA

Go figure.

Reece · 05-14-18, 07:49 AM

Love your boat Aktungbby, your jeans aren't bad either!!

Bilge_Rat · 05-14-18, 08:23 AM

I feel the same way, my wife, my son and his GF all own jeans with holes in them. What is worse, they cost more than regular jeans!

I constantly kid them about it, but I am just an old man crying in the wilderness...

Jimbuna · 05-14-18, 11:16 AM

I recall as a kid wearing my new jeans whilst in the bath or showere to rid them of their 'new look' and once torn or holed they were immediately resigned to being 'workwear'.

I've never owned a pair of 'ripped' or 'holed' new jeans and doubt I ever will at my age.

So much for my memory but right now I couldn't honestly say if my son or daughter own a pair

Aktungbby · 05-14-18, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by JIMBUNA

and once torn or holed they were immediately resigned to being 'workwear'.

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Skybird · 05-14-18, 03:15 PM

Showing skin to male observers is a sexual attractor. I am surprised that I must hint at the obvious. For the same reason a woman may leave her blouses' buttons open much deeper than recommendable, or wears a skirt or dress much shorter than advisable.

The tricky thing is that many woman seem to have no clue who can afford what by her physical appearance.

Or that they complain about the effect that they have asked for and triggered themselves.

Well. Women. What else to say. Next.

Aktungbby · 05-14-18, 03:36 PM

PS: WE NEED TO GET TO GET ONKEL NEAL A PAIR OF THESE IN CASE HIS 'WINDSUCKER' MISSPEAKS

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Originally Posted by ONKEL NEAL

trying to decide whether to charge or run.....Then the Windsucker spoke.

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WOULD BE 'BOARING' WITHOUT ITS FEARLESS LEADER

Highbury · 05-14-18, 04:12 PM

I was a teenager in the 80's and the kind that listened to heavy metal and wore lots of denim. The odd rip was no reason to throw something away but they were all natural ones. Going out and buying ripped jeans on purpose confuses me.

This thread also reminded me of a cartoon I recently saw online.

05-13-18, 06:37 PM	#1
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,972 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Serious question: Ripped jeans fashionable I am not trying to be snarky or anything, but can anyone explain to me the fashion sense behind women wearing ripped jeans? I would have thought that a woman would not want to walk around in ripped clothing, and certainly not walk around in jeans where the knees have been worn out! I grew up poor and wearing torn clothing was something to be ashamed about. Are well to do people deliberately wearing torn clothing the fashion version of slumming? I am usually pretty clueless about most fashion trends, but this one really has me scratching my head. Just tonight, we were at a nice restaurant in a pretty nice area of town and there were multiple women, all wearing otherwise nice and expensive clothing, but with their knees ripped out of their pants. These are women who obviously were "dressed up" for an evening, wearing torn clothing. I just don't get it, but am honestly curious about this. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

05-13-18, 06:56 PM	#2
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 32,790 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	It's been the fashion over here for years, like you I think it's stupid!! __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

05-13-18, 07:05 PM	#3
u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,561 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	Well you can by jeans that look like they are worn out and you can buy jeans that look like they've been washed in bleach. Seems like a natural progression. Yea I don't understand it. Another one I don't get is the really skinny jeans. How do you get your foot through that opening at the ankle? __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

05-13-18, 10:00 PM	#4
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 22,682 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Some of those torn up jean designs are quite intricate but I think mostly it's done to project an air of toughness and experience. It says they have worn the shine off their shoes so to speak. Plus it probably pisses off mom and dad. That alone would make it popular among the rebellious youth. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

05-14-18, 12:05 AM	#6
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,760 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	What with that *and* the tattoos, I'm sure glad I don't have to search for a decent-looking woman any more... she would be very hard to find these days. Except for the Eastern European women who proliferate here at the moment... they put our locals to absolute shame. Young or old, most of them look like they stepped out of a 'Bond' movie. __________________

05-14-18, 07:02 AM	#8
Commander Wallace Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Under the sea in an Octupus garden in the shade Posts: 5,017 Downloads: 360 Uploads: 0	I think we have all seen the " distressed " denims with holes in them. I think they look terrible. I did however like when my jeans had been washed so many times that they had a soft feel to them and were blue / white. I did find out not to put my levi's in the dryer though as they seemed to deteriorate. I contacted the Levi Strauss Co. to find out why my gently used jeans are coming apart when the Levi's I had as a kid were able to withstand playing sandlot Baseball, Football, frozen pond Hockey and motorcycle riding just to name a few activities. Worn out and distressed appearances are not limited to clothes though. The famous guitar manufacturer, Fender instruments, specifically the custom shop division of Fender creates their " relic " line of guitars. The guitars look beat up and road weary however, play-ability is not an issue. The prices are astronomical as well. How much you ask ? try anywhere from $ 3760.00 to $ 4400.00 and more. You can purchase a decent Fender electric guitar for $ 800.00 that you could have the fun of " distressing " yourself. https://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/fender-custom-shop-1959-heavy-relic-stratocaster--custom-built--namm-limited-edition/j56180000001000?cntry=us&source=3WWRWXGP&gclid=EAI aIQobChMIje-TkJKF2wIVHEsNCh0B_w9xEAQYAyABEgKnG_D_BwE&kwid=prod uctads-adid^221957295818-device^c-plaid^335491597433-sku^J56180000001000@ADL4MF-adType^PLA Go figure.

05-14-18, 07:49 AM	#9
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 32,790 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	Love your boat Aktungbby, your jeans aren't bad either!! __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

05-14-18, 08:23 AM	#10
Bilge_Rat Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: standing watch... Posts: 3,793 Downloads: 344 Uploads: 0	I feel the same way, my wife, my son and his GF all own jeans with holes in them. What is worse, they cost more than regular jeans! I constantly kid them about it, but I am just an old man crying in the wilderness... __________________

05-14-18, 11:16 AM	#11
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I recall as a kid wearing my new jeans whilst in the bath or showere to rid them of their 'new look' and once torn or holed they were immediately resigned to being 'workwear'. I've never owned a pair of 'ripped' or 'holed' new jeans and doubt I ever will at my age. So much for my memory but right now I couldn't honestly say if my son or daughter own a pair __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

05-14-18, 03:15 PM	#13
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 40,547 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Showing skin to male observers is a sexual attractor. I am surprised that I must hint at the obvious. For the same reason a woman may leave her blouses' buttons open much deeper than recommendable, or wears a skirt or dress much shorter than advisable. The tricky thing is that many woman seem to have no clue who can afford what by her physical appearance. Or that they complain about the effect that they have asked for and triggered themselves. Well. Women. What else to say. Next. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

05-14-18, 04:12 PM	#15
Highbury The Old Man Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: 51.557, -0.102 Posts: 1,311 Downloads: 174 Uploads: 0	I was a teenager in the 80's and the kind that listened to heavy metal and wore lots of denim. The odd rip was no reason to throw something away but they were all natural ones. Going out and buying ripped jeans on purpose confuses me. This thread also reminded me of a cartoon I recently saw online.