Who likes/wears ripped jeans?

[China Expat]

Never..no way

 

[amcnj]

I have never bought a pair of jeans that were ripped. But have had some that ripped with use. Some got patched, some with a minor tear I still wore some places. Eventually if they got bad enough, I wore them mainly for things like yard work and painting.

 

[jdb in AZ]

I'll be glad when the fad is over.

 

[JenBush]

Slightly distressed, sure. Ripped to shreds, no.

 

[Meriweather]

I don't like them, I don't wear them.
when my jeans (or any clothes) get ripped I throw them away.

 

[White Cat]

I don't like them, I don't wear them.
when my jeans (or any clothes) get ripped I throw them away.

Funny how that works. Jeans tear and get thrown out. Now people will pay $300 and buy a pair that most people would throw out. And then look ridiculous wearing them.

 

[mjkacmom]

Tweens/teens/young adults, absolutely. Anyone over the age of 30? Hell no. Here’s where we are now - ripped mom jeans, high waist, wide legs. Two on my daughters are very trendy and some of the clothing I bought them for Christmas (off of the list) was “interesting.” Ironically it mimics a lot of trends from the 80’s/90’s, arguably two decades with the most hideous fashion.

 

[design_mom]

Teen girls. My 16-year old daughter and her similarly-aged cousins all love them (and look pretty cute in them).

My 45 year old sister bought a pair for herself and she likes them (she likes to be stylish). I think they look like she's trying too hard, but I guess if she feels good in them, that's all that matters.

 

[tazdev3225]

When I was a teen the fashion was to wear the jeans out and put patches on them. I was so happy when I got my ONE pair of jeans like that and proudly wore them. They never came back with my laundry. My mom threw them out. She did let me get TWO pairs of jeans to replace them. She was mortified I even left the house in the patched jeans.

Christmas shopping this year my one granddaughter wanted torn jeans. I refused to get them. I heard my mom's voice coming out of my mouth when I told her why but I understood why my mom acted like she did a little better. To be fair my granddaughter is and it is a fad but her mother can pay that kind of money for what looks like rags.

 

[Kitty 34]

I remember patching our jeans.

Speaking of jeans, tho, I have lost some weight this year so have been in the market of buying a size smaller. I used to get St John's Bay tall jeans from JCP. They've been out of stock for a long while. So I went to Walmart and bought a pair of Levi's. When I got home I noticed they said "boyfriend" on the tag?? What the heck. They fit waist wise very nice but the length is rather strange. My DIL said Mama you bought some cool jeans. Yeah.....right. At 67 I just want a normal pair of jeans that just go all the way down to my shoes and have no holes or crazy cuffs. I need Baby Boomer jeans!

 

[_19disnA]

I never get some fashion trends. Buying them ripped has never made any sense to me. Apparently some think it makes the jeans look better, but I just don't get it.

 

[Alicefan]

I'll be glad when the fad is over.

It probably won't ever go away. It's been going on since the 80's lol. Your post just reminded me of the time when I was 13 and I said, "God I can't wait until this Michael Jackson phase is over with!"

 

[Meglen]

Does wearing jeans that gave up in the inner thigh and I didn't notice count?

 

[kanerf]

Can you imagine the resume entry: worked as jeans ripper?

 

[ronandannette]

I remember patching our jeans.

Speaking of jeans, tho, I have lost some weight this year so have been in the market of buying a size smaller. I used to get St John's Bay tall jeans from JCP. They've been out of stock for a long while. So I went to Walmart and bough a pair of Levi's. When I got home I noticed they said "boyfriend" on the tag?? What the heck. They fit waist wise very nice but the length is rather strange. My DIL said Mama you bought some cool jeans. Yeah.....right. At 67 I just want a normal pair of jeans that just go all the way down to my shoes and have no holes or crazy cuffs. I need Baby Boomer jeans!

OK Boomer...if I survived 10 years of muffin-top during the low-rise fad you can live with rolling up your cuffs.

 

[TippyThomas]

Funny how that works. Jeans tear and get thrown out. Now people will pay $300 and buy a pair that most people would throw out. And then look ridiculous wearing them.

I think some of the tears look like art. Art can be special.

 

[mjkacmom]

I’ll know I’m an old curmudgeon when I get offended by the fashion trends of today‘s youth. I will remind myself that I wore stirrup pants that I tucked onto my socks, put on my high heeled scrunchy boots, cut the collar out of my sweatshirts, and wore purple glitter eyeshadow that matched my lipgloss and nail polish. I was an 80’s jersey girl, with a hair halo a foot thick. God bless my preppy mom for not standing in my way, she was the best.

 

[tinkerdorabelle]

When I was a teen we would wear roughed up and patched jeans and patch them ourselves. Yes this was still going on in the 70s and 80s. Also make long skirts out of them. I have a friend who still wears and she embroiders herself designs on them and they are absolutely gorgeous work of art. I would love if embroidered or even some patched jeans would come back and have considered doing that myself and wearing lol but haven't been brave enough. I have seen this trend coming back a little and love it. I do have slightly distressed jeans I wear out and have a very light weight very comfortable ripped up pair but I wear only around the house.

 

[NotUrsula]

I remember patching our jeans.

Speaking of jeans, tho, I have lost some weight this year so have been in the market of buying a size smaller. I used to get St John's Bay tall jeans from JCP. They've been out of stock for a long while. So I went to Walmart and bough a pair of Levi's. When I got home I noticed they said "boyfriend" on the tag?? What the heck. They fit waist wise very nice but the length is rather strange. My DIL said Mama you bought some cool jeans. Yeah.....right. At 67 I just want a normal pair of jeans that just go all the way down to my shoes and have no holes or crazy cuffs. I need Baby Boomer jeans!

Just FYI, the "boyfriend" cut has nothing to do with the length. It means they are cut straight through the hips.

If you are tall and want full-length pants, stay away from anything marked "ankle". That means it is designed to hit your leg just above the ankle bone. (Actually this style development is great for short-legged almost-petite people like me, because on me the so-called ankle-length just touches the ground when I'm barefoot: I can finally buy jeans without having to hem them, LOL. My condolences to the tall ladies, though.)

 

[Forevermarypoppins]

I'm almost 60.
I have a pair of jeans that have the ripped look but have the patched jean sewed in so no "hole". There's some bling there too. I would normally not seek out such a style for myself but that day I took them in the dressing room and they fit so well and were so comfortable that I bought them. My too cool older neighbor ( she's in her 70's) gave me a compliment on them. She wears bling and pulls it off nicely.