The question d'jour is: can you pull off ripped jeans outside of a Nirvana concert circa 1993?
My favorite jeans were already worn out when I bought them at a consignment shop in the suburbs of Boston 4 years ago. They were hanging on a $10 rack and I tried them on a whim. They fit like butter, were more comfortable than pajama pants, and (perhaps most importantly) gave me a cute butt. I wore them everywhere and with everything- with heels Friday night and with plain cotton tee shirts at Sunday brunch.
When my jeans started to rip at the knees, I called Bebe's customer service and read them the style number. Of course, they had been discontinued since their original release date (they dated them way older than I would have guessed: December 2004*).
I still wear them because they're so incredibly perfect, but I scoure eBay desperately searching for a duplicate pristine pair. They've become my Holy Grail. In the meantime, I suppose that I should just hope that torn up jeans swing back into style with the upcoming '90s grunge revival. Hey, it happened with Buffalo plaid. . .
*I should have known that they were that old- I can't remember seeing a pair of jeans from Bebe without rhinestones, glitter, and/or that awful gold thread that even Liberace would think were tacky.
6 comments:
Oh I hate when this happened. I had an ancient pair of american eagle jeans with perfect pockets, they were great with converse, flip flops, wedges, pretty much everything. They were my ultimate summer jeans, then they started to rip. My boyfriend had to litterally pry their torn up carcass from my hands. I still troll ebay for their twin, so far no luck. Good luck with yours, perfect jeans are hard to come by.
i have a pair of lucky jeans which i am still desperately hanging onto b/c i can't let it go yet.
thanks for the sympathy, dolls. we should start a support group!
Ooooh which consignment shop was it? Also, I'll bet you liked Garment District when you lived here, right? It's the best :o)
veronica- of course! how can you not love clothing priced by the pound?!
the store was the finer consigner (off the newton centre stop on the D-line) and PLEASE go to it! its amazing! they have this $10 rack that is insane- i've gotten ella moss, blue cult jeans, and twinkle by weylan stuff off it. i've also bought my first DVF wrap dress there ($40), dolce & gabbana sweater ($30), and this amazing philippe dubuc jacket ($28 with the $420 price tag still on!!). the ladies there are nice and, as long as it isn't insane, open to negotiations. the store is automatic mark down style (a la old school filene's basement- r.i.p.) so if something is out of your range, you can come back the next week and it'll probably be marked down. i used to go (literally) once a week!
I'll check it out this week or next & post about it :o) Thanks for the tip!!
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