my younger years…still living under my parent’s roof…i was pretty much a tomboy…i lived in jeans & t-shirts…that is all i wore…everyday…and one of the things that i wanted in my jeans…more then anything…was that ripped at the knees look…but i wanted it to happen naturally (don’t ask why…i was young)
so…faithfully i wore my favorite jeans…and as i wore them…i noticed…the threading starting to fray…the material getting thinner and thinner…and i knew…that it was just a matter of time…before my jeans would be exactly the way i wanted them…
then the rip started…in my left knee first…and then…well…i must have helped it along…because one day…while i was sitting in my room (actually kneeling) while picking up something or other…the teeny tiny frailed hole…ripped! just how i wanted them to look…needless to say…i was pretty happy about my favorite pair of jeans…now…even better…
so imagine my horror…a few days later…when i got home from school…and my lovely mamacita…had washed my jeans…and yes…patched up the holes on the knees of my jeans…
you see…my mom is a seamstress…alterations is her life…(slight exaggeration inserted here)…so what she thought she was lovingly fixing for me…my favorite pair of jeans…were now…in my eyes…ruined…
i have since gotten over that traumatic experience…and no longer have the desire to wear torn up jeans…although now…you see them everywhere…you can actually buy jeans…all ripped up and distressed…and yes…may i say…my mamacita still does not understand this…buying brand new jeans for $200 on up that are all ripped up…
although i don’t personally have ripped up jeans now…i do know the feeling of having a favorite pair of jeans…that fits perfectly…and they are looking like they are on their last leg…for most people…jeans are a hard buy…you’ve got to try on a lot of pairs to find something “just right”…
well never fear…”denim therapy” is here…is there a poet in the making? =)
if anything…you’ve got to at least check out the before and after shots of the jeans…it is pretty remarkable…at $7/per inch…your jeans can look like new…they can even turn your favorite jeans into temporary maternity jeans…pretty fabulous…i’d say…
