These jeans are everywhere this days.. Me as a person I loooove ripped jeans, momma complains about it all the time.. (laughs) You either buy it ripped or you rip it yourself. Let's see how it all started.
Ripped jeans are denim jeans with tear or rips, often on the knees but possibly in other locations on the pant. They were popular in the late1980s.
Pants that are showing natural or manipulated wear & tear are often referenced as distressed/ ripped jeans. Worn and ripped jeans remain popular as they are still sold in stores. In the early 2010s, ripped jeans was back in vogue, as 90s revival, but were sometimes introduced as Distressed similar to ripped jeans, but the horizontal sewing point was occasionally removed to look like it was distressed.Not all distressed jeans are worn as a fashion statement.
Ripped jeans were simply a result of over-wearing. Prior to the1970's, ripped jeans were mainly associated with the less fortunate. The lower end of the working class could not afford to part with their denim. Obviously, if a family cannot afford to purchase new pants,they may continue wearing them past the point of their own personal preference. The reality is that long before people were wearing torn jeans to express personal style, people were wearing torn clothing out of necessity.Those who intentionally display ripped jeans, are typically not poor but do this as a conscious choice.Which denim manufacturer was the first to decide that it was OK to produce ripped jeans on purpose..
There are primarily three types of ripped jeans.
1.Jeans ripped naturally by frequent use or age of the denim.
2.Jeans ripped on purpose by the owner of the garment.
3.Jeans ripped during the manufacturing process on purpose.
Madonna, Jon Bon Jovi and Michael Jackson to name but a few, were seen wearing ripped jeans, which helped them to become popular . Kids and young adults of all ages were more than happy to wear a pair of jeans that looked like they had seen better days, but it was ok, because it was the cool thing to do. Ripped jeans were so fashionable during the 1980’s that people were more than happy to get a pair of scissors and cut holes in them. The more holes the better, but you definitely had to make sure you had holes at the knees. The frayed look was also pretty popular at the time, and as well as seeing people with deliberately damaged edges of clothes, it was also important to make sure the holes in your jeans were frayed too.
To keep the holes in their jeans frayed, people would frequently pull the loose threads as it would ensure there was a lot of fraying going on.But the jeans didn’t just come with holes, they also came with a few slits too, and it wasn’t uncommon for people to deliberately take a sharp knife to their pants so they got the look they wanted.
I am surprised at what length people could go to achieve the look they wanted.
This is the history behind the very high rated crazy jeans... I hope you enjoyed reading this.. Up until next week when we'll come your way again with something more intriguing keep smiling.
I remain your humble host Ige Olamide.
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