Serious question: Ripped jeans fashionable

[BarracudaUAK]

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.
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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!