Posted on 04/25/2017 4:39:50 PM PDT by dynachrome
This morning, for your consideration, I offer further proof that our country’s war on work continues to rage in all corners of polite society. Behold the latest assault from Nordstrom’s. The “Barracuda Straight Leg Jeans.” Finally - a pair of jeans that look like they have been worn by someone with a dirty job…made for people who don't. And you can have your very own pair for just $425.00. Here’s the official description, from their website. “These heavily distressed medium-blue denim jeans embody rugged, Americana workwear that's seen some hard-working action with a crackled, caked-on muddy coating that shows you're not afraid to get down and dirty.”
Not real mud. Fake mud. Something to foster the illusion of work. The illusion of effort. Or perhaps, for those who actually buy them, the illusion of sanity. The Barracuda Straight Leg Jeans aren’t pants. They’re not even fashion. They’re a costume for wealthy people who see work as ironic – not iconic.
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Santa Cruz —surfing and getting high. And UC Santa Cruz, THE SLUGS.
Houses near there are INCREDIBLY expensive, but you know what’s fashion, there..?
BEING HOMELESS.
Oh, sure, there are real homeless —TONS of ‘em. Huge problem.
But yeah, there are TONS of kids who appear homeless and they’re totally NOT.
They have a big, warm, safe house where their stable, two parents both slave away for the mortgage.
And they, the “homeless” kid, also lives there. He (or she) just goes around MASCARADING as a homeless.
CLOSET HOMEFUL...? Yes.
And these pants are like that, too.
How do you tell when these jeans are dirty (like with real dirt)?
I guess I can market my weedeating overalls.
Do you remember the "stone-washed" jeans fad? Lots of washers were destroyed, both by the jeans companies, and the DIYers at home.
He thinks those people are NUTS!”
Have a magnet on my frig which says “Of all the things I’ve lost, I miss my mind the most”. I remember when my now 55 year old son was in high school. The only way he would wear jeans is if they were ironed with a crease in each leg. Took lots of spray starch and a hot iron. If you took denim away from people now most of them would be naked.
The ripped-apart look in jeans-—mostly at the knees-— is also fashionable.
So ugly.
That is pathetic
Ed
Bingo!!!!
Exactly.
Shia LeDouche is a good example. His “homeless” clothes are “designer”.
I remember new ones had ‘peach fuzz’ then.
If you showed up to school without washing them a couple times, the other kids would set fire at ankle level and whooosh! no more peach fuzz.
Good times.
With real cow patty smeared on them they should go for at least $500.
This is great for those male country artists who wake at noon to get their facials, drink Perrier wine spritzers, wear $5k cowboy boots on their pedicured feet, and then have sex with their masseuse before they go on stage to sing about blue collar jobs, back country dirt roads, and ice cold beer. You know who you are.
Label them “organic” and “green” and “locally sourced,” you’ll get $750.
No, the next trend, because everyone LOVES the homeless now, are Homeless Jeans. Permanently scented like old grand dad, pee, and dog feces, zipper doesn’t work, with pockets large enough to hold folded cardboard signs and pint liquor bottles.
I give it another year.
Think I should charge extra for the ones with chicken feathers?
Omg, Gaijin, I swear I did not read your post before writing my previous! Mind meld.
:D
Yes, those who sing about gravel roads without actually ever driving or living on one.
These so called country artists with there faggoty manscaped look are pathetic and rediculous. The “bro- country” fad.......
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