Everyone in the blogosphere seems to have buzzed about Martin Margiela’s unbelievably bad ass fucked-up denim except for me. Am I the ugly duckling? Hopefully not for long, then, because I too have decided to persue this dirt-cheap, high-fashion look. But, shockingly enough, I cannot afford these splendid jeans. Here’s how I feel about them:
So I have economically decided to customize my own out of a pair of worn down Guess jeans, already fraying at the seams and pockets. I’ve decided that since they’re on their way out anyway, I might as well use that look to my advantage and do something useful with them. Even i it doesn’t work out, it’s no great loss, right?
Their Way
(The originals, ripping it up on the runway)
My Way
I became so enamoured by the last picture that I am perusing dying my own slasher jeans black to better suit them for more formal occasions. I never knew completely destroyed clothing could be so classy.
EDIT: See the update on how the jeans have weathered over time here.
Jury is still out for me. I tried this look a while back and it didn’t suit me very well.
Hmmm…
niice job, love what you did to those jeans
thanks babe.
instantvintage – i sort of know what you mean, but this is a look i think I can grow to love and cherish, i still have some adjustments to make though.
i think these jeans are a good look, and when you dye them they’re going to look alot better.
I just don’t like slightly shredded jeans or a few holes, it’s either right out shredded or not at all.
they look really cool! Well done.
Well done on the shredding, however, I am really not buying into the slashed jeans thing. I am actually a bit disappointed in Margiela for doing this!
that was a brave thing to do and you totally rock it.
i want jeans like that as well,a nd im ready for bleaching but am i ready for drastic cuts. show us more.
madamoiselle robot – yeah, I can sympathize with your point of view on the slashed jeans, but i think its about time to make high fashion a little scruffier, so I fully support this fashion phenomenon.
ryder – thanks for your words, but the first thing i tried with these jeans before shredding them was bleaching, and that failed pretty badly because they were already a little pre-bleached.
The jeans look great. I am pretty much convinced at this point to destroy a pair of my jeans. I’m just worried about messing it up and then being out a perfectly good pair of jeans — is it possible to screw this up?? What is the secret? Scissors?
I don’t think you can really ‘screw up’ since your goal is to screw up your jeans in the first place. I used an exacto knife and tried to slash in straight lines. I tried them on periodically and slashed wherever seemed appropriate. I think you should go for it, good luck!
Great DIY work! I don’t think I’m going to go there, personally. I’m probably a little too old for this look.
What did you use to shred them?
I used an exacto knife and shredded each side at a time, letting smaller slashes from the other sides “leak” over for a more rough, distressed look.
Could you explain it to me, step by step, how you did it ?
1. Get a pair of old jeans.
2. Plave them on top of a hard surface.
3. Slash the legs deeply from side to side with an exacto knife.
4. Repeat on the backs of the legs.
love your heels with that jeans, very sexy