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over the past 2 years or so, my brother has been infected by the raw denim craze. he started off with 2 pairs of ~$100 jeans and wore those for about a year before leveling-up to something that was ~$200.
at that point he was also buying quite a lot of expensive clothes and shoes but i figured he could do whatever he wanted with his money. you know, kids these days...
around a month ago, there was a parcel delivery and my maid opened the door. i thought i heard her call me so i went to take it from her. initially i thought it was some study materials from my university because it felt stiff and heavy inside the plastic envelope, like a stack of paper.
i looked at it and realised it was for my brother, listed as cotton trousers, £30. hmmm, that seemed like quite a good price, so i searched for it online, thinking that maybe i could pick up something from the shop too.
there wasn't a shop listed on the envelope so i searched for the sender's name and it led me to iron heart. when i saw that i knew it was bad news. i've heard of the shop before and it sells some expensive 'high-end' denim.
i went in and looked around a little. the pair my brother bought is listed as £256! that's over $500 for a pair of jeans that in all honesty, looks like fuck after i've seen him in them. it's heavy and stiff as shit as well. i really don't see the point in it at all.
the reason people (kids) buy raw denim is so that they can wear them in and create their own fades and shit. they usually wear them for 6 months or more in between each wash. it starts off stiff as shit and softens over time, and it takes more than a year to get their much sought-after fades.
today i tried on his $200 jeans that he wore for probably around 10 months, so it ought to be quite soft and wearable by now. but damn, it was still stiff and uncomfortable as shit. i struggled to put it on, then looked in the mirror and decided that yes, it looks terrible, and then struggled to get it off.
i really wonder how he managed to live with those for such a long time, and his new pair is even worse. suffering in the name of fashion.
at that point he was also buying quite a lot of expensive clothes and shoes but i figured he could do whatever he wanted with his money. you know, kids these days...
around a month ago, there was a parcel delivery and my maid opened the door. i thought i heard her call me so i went to take it from her. initially i thought it was some study materials from my university because it felt stiff and heavy inside the plastic envelope, like a stack of paper.
i looked at it and realised it was for my brother, listed as cotton trousers, £30. hmmm, that seemed like quite a good price, so i searched for it online, thinking that maybe i could pick up something from the shop too.
there wasn't a shop listed on the envelope so i searched for the sender's name and it led me to iron heart. when i saw that i knew it was bad news. i've heard of the shop before and it sells some expensive 'high-end' denim.
i went in and looked around a little. the pair my brother bought is listed as £256! that's over $500 for a pair of jeans that in all honesty, looks like fuck after i've seen him in them. it's heavy and stiff as shit as well. i really don't see the point in it at all.
the reason people (kids) buy raw denim is so that they can wear them in and create their own fades and shit. they usually wear them for 6 months or more in between each wash. it starts off stiff as shit and softens over time, and it takes more than a year to get their much sought-after fades.
today i tried on his $200 jeans that he wore for probably around 10 months, so it ought to be quite soft and wearable by now. but damn, it was still stiff and uncomfortable as shit. i struggled to put it on, then looked in the mirror and decided that yes, it looks terrible, and then struggled to get it off.
i really wonder how he managed to live with those for such a long time, and his new pair is even worse. suffering in the name of fashion.
2 Comments:
Yeah... never understood such stuff. My brother has high-end fashion taste too. To me all the jeans look about the same... don't even know if I should be embarrassed about this. lol
By
dqb, at April 14, 2012 11:15 pm
$500 is really reaching retard-level though...
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cromber, at April 15, 2012 12:25 am
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