Hoofin’ it to school on Monday I totally tripped on the sidewalk. I went DOWN. It was almost exactly like how I’d bit it a couple of months ago, but that time was on ice. I had no excuse this time.
Curiously, I scraped my knee but my jeans remained intact.
The thing is that normally I freak about wiping out and potentially ruining my clothes. However, I actually wouldn’t have minded roughing up my jeans a little. You see, that’s the style nowadays. For some reason, people think ripped jeans are cool. They BUY them already ripped. So not only would I look cooler, but I’d have this kickass story to go with it.
Ok, so tripping on the sidewalk isn’t very kickass. It’s actually really embarrassing! Oh well, it was just a thought.
Way back when ripped jeans were in style before, it looked better. It appeared that you actually wore out your jeans. Nowadays it’s just random and looks like you dropped way too much cash on tacky-looking damaged goods. It’s like trying to “buy your cool.” Back in ‘94 I had an old pair of baggy men’s Levi’s that were ripped from true wear and tear. At the time I thought they were pretty rad, but there were a lot of styles in the early ‘90s that I thought looked great at the time. Haha, NOT.
I guess the latest cool thing is jeans that someone has used as target practice with a shotgun. They’re full of holes and the pattern of each is unique. Interesting…
Now, if you could make jeans look like you actually ruined them doing something cool then you’d have something worth wearing with pride. So I got a brainwave, wait for it… What about jeans that someone has worn taking a tumble and totally roughed up? Like, maybe if they did a few somersaults down a hill and into some rocks. Of course, I’d have to get the gravel and bloodstains out. Or maybe that would be cool too… Hmm, the ideas are just flowin’ here!!!
One problem, I’d be in a wheelchair before I made my first mill.
Wait, what about jeans that real stunt girls have worn? Forget dorky Mich and her clutzomania… These would be denim roughed up by chicks who kick serious ass on screen. Each fall would have it’s own unique tear pattern, plus the jeans would have a genuine history, all caught on film! You could brag, “Yeah these are the jeans that so and so wore when she fell out of that plane, landed on the train, got into a tussle with so and so for a bit, was drop-kicked between train cars, fell underneath and got run over several times before she dusted herself off and lived happily ever after.”
I’d call them Stunt Girl Jeans. It’s catchy. And cool.
Wait a second… In Stunt Girl Jeans you’d still be buying your cool. Hmm, maybe some people just have to buy it? As for me, I’m going to make some genuine cool in my jeans and try not to kill myself in the meantime. Hopefully there won’t be too many people laughing on the sidelines…
2 comments:
Sorry Mich;
The idea of selling or buying clothes that someone has done something noyeworthy in is not a new concept. Much of the wearing apparel of famous people in movies sells for big bucks. I wonder how much President Clinton would have paid for a certain dress prior to his famous "I did not have sexual relations with that woman" statement. Probably Biiiiiigggg bucks!
Your right :|
I'm such an I D I O T !!!!!
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