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- DrPh0bius, on 07/02/2008, -34/+909Who cares?
The J Crew crowd pay $150 for jeans and some will say they could have bought a pair of jeans for $20.
The urban crowd pay $150 for Nike shoes and some will say they could have bought a pair of shoes for $25.
The gadget crowd pay $399 for a cell phone and some will say they could have got a free one with a contract.
In the end, we all have priorities and things we think are worth our money that someone else will disagree with us about... - Jpardue, on 07/02/2008, -21/+591J. Crew jeans = $150.00
Small can of paint = $3.95
Cost of Chinese labor =$ .09
J. Crew Profit = $ 130.96
Some things can be done on your own.... For everything else there's cheap foreign labor! - wonderbriefs, on 07/02/2008, -7/+480Personally, I love that damaged jeans are popular. I just did 4 years working in a print shop where my jeans got ink-spilled, grease-stained, and torn. Without having any skill with a sewing machine I cut up a bandanna and patched the jeans a little here and there. Before long people were asking where they I bought them. I'm like, "JC Penny, five years ago, and they were new looking at the time."
- DietMountainDew, on 07/02/2008, -20/+404Am I going to be the only one who says this?
Looked like it was a fun night. - WileyII, on 07/02/2008, -11/+336Orange people. That's who pays for them.
I'm sure they come in a set with multiple vibrantly-colored collared shirts. Starch added to keep the collars up of course. - orangekid13, on 07/02/2008, -10/+303If I ever spent two hundred eighty five ***** dollars on a pair of pants they'd better give me a damn good handjob while I walk...
- kahakauai, on 07/02/2008, -1/+239I have 2 of them. Just in case 1 gets dirty.....
- pdavda, on 07/02/2008, -4/+216What's next? bottled water for sale?
- TribalCouncil, on 07/02/2008, -9/+205Dugg for best douchebag jeans ever!
- craprock, on 07/02/2008, -8/+196What the ***** is a "denim connoisseur?" Do they know about denim from different years like a wine connoisseur does?
- inactive, on 07/02/2008, -9/+179Okay prepare to digg me down, but I'm just stating a fact.
Most "hand crafted designer" clothes aren't made in China. They're made by the designer in his or her own workshop. I'm not saying this is the case with these particular jeans, but I personally know a handful of designers. When one of them told me his jeans are going for $250, I had the same reaction.
However, he went on to explain that the military grade denim material he uses is $50 a square yard. He then takes an industrial grinder and "damages" them by hand. All staining is done by hand just as an artist would paint a canvas.
I'm not saying I'd buy pants this expensive, however, I'm pointing out that it's an art style. Wearable.
@ everyone who thinks this is "CRAP"> This is the style right now. How old are you? Well think back to when you were a kid wearing bell bottoms and long hair. Remember how short shorts used to be back in the 70's? Well that was the style then. Just relax and accept that there's a new generation who has a new style. No need to repeat the same reaction your parents had when you came home with a man-perm. - BOFH2, on 07/02/2008, -4/+135like the shotgun jeans from the 80s. Which apparently are also making a comeback...
What the hell is wrong with people.
Found this - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ezabj0IGkQ - dchaosdx, on 07/02/2008, -3/+109costs a lot to look like a bum
- belebih, on 07/02/2008, -0/+106No, no! It was a ghost... a spooky ghost! He slimed me! Did you see it?
- libertao, on 07/02/2008, -20/+118The point isn't just that they are expensive, the point is that they are expensive due to having ***** paint spilled on them.
- slapded, on 07/02/2008, -3/+94why pay that when you can get this really gay looking hoodie for $900!
http://www.ifashionmall.com/bydesigner.asp?DID=599 ... - enderklein, on 07/02/2008, -3/+81Now that's 3-popped collar cool!
- xenuxenuts, on 07/02/2008, -7/+85So the style is to spend a fortune to make it look like you have a manual labor job? I guess the next generation will pay $200 for vintage McDonalds uniforms.
- Schrodinger2, on 07/02/2008, -0/+77I know some mexican drywallers that have jeans that look like that. If you didn't know it was coming from them, I'm sure they could get 250 bucks for them too.
- k3vin187, on 07/02/2008, -1/+73I used to work at JCrew and this past year they had a jacket that was basically leftover squares of fabric from other items that they stitched together and sold for $500
- HonestAbe, on 07/02/2008, -0/+64Ummmm. I didn't read that in his comment at all. What have YOU been thinking about all day?
- akira117, on 07/02/2008, -1/+60lol they should sell one with ***** stains :D
- qpingu, on 07/02/2008, -0/+57I'm sure the jeans cost much less than that. I don't see how anybody can justify spending triple digits on strips of denim put together by, *gasp*, cheap foreign labor!
- pintomp3, on 07/02/2008, -1/+57i think they also make shirts and hats styled that way. i even saw some mexicans with their arms and hair in similar styling. they said they were coming home from work. must have been casual friday.
- yohnstoppable, on 07/02/2008, -2/+57Screw handjobs. I can give myself a stranger for free. For $285 I'd better be able to point at a woman, and have the jeans replicate her mouth for oral pleasure while I walk. They also need to do my taxes, clean the litterbox, punch that truth commercial douchebag in the face, and cure aids in africa.
- databyss, on 07/02/2008, -1/+55I see your 4 collars and raise you 23!
http://www.poppedcollarsarelame.com/article-009-ep ... - Dubbsacc, on 07/02/2008, -0/+54This is a rare 1947 Levi Strauss, feels old doesn't it?
- Rocketbird, on 07/02/2008, -0/+53Yes, that's his point.
- Rotzooi, on 07/02/2008, -3/+54Why? Those few drops aren't going to make much of a difference in J. Crew's lovingly crafted stain pattern.
- Otto, on 07/02/2008, -2/+50You know, I thought this might be fake.
http://www.jcrew.com/AST/Browse/MensBrowse/Men_Fea ...
*****. - DjArcadian, on 07/02/2008, -4/+52Yes, I want to show up at a party covered in paint.
- MeatyMcBeef, on 07/02/2008, -0/+45Do they swirl it around and sniff it? Because that's not a connoisseur that's a sexual fetish.
- JT114881, on 07/02/2008, -0/+43Heh Heh Heh... Im going to be rich, I have a bunch of jeans that look just like that in the laundry.
- inactive, on 07/02/2008, -2/+38If I have 200 bucks to spare, and this pare of jeans will make any cute girl in a bar think "Wow I like this guy's vintage and rugged style, I would like to have sex with him tonight with no commitments". I will buy this jeans, otherwise, no.
- portnoy, on 07/02/2008, -5/+41WOW! How much would these kids pay for jeans that have URINE stains?????
- urothane, on 07/02/2008, -0/+33Back in the early '90s I bought as many 7-11, Circle K, McDonalds, Burger King and Taco Bell shirts as I could find and wore them all the time skating. That lasted a year.
- mrshickadance9, on 07/02/2008, -4/+35I always said you could just do that yourself and save $$$. But NOOOOO. It's not fashion if you do it your self.
lame. - EnigmaStrain, on 07/02/2008, -7/+37this is SAD
why pay 285-500 bucks for a pair of jeans that looked like you were painting, drywalling or working on a house in general.
if you really want that look just roll up your sleeves and do some hard work at a housing or a building construction site.
You get the look you want for Free and you get paid for your hard work. - thedogfatherx, on 07/02/2008, -14/+44I think everything you just mentioned is all a waste of money. I'm in the "some say" everyone.
- AnarkeIncarnate, on 07/02/2008, -1/+31http://buydehydratedwater.com/shop/index.php?main_ ...
- briankoenig03, on 07/02/2008, -5/+35Great comment. People forget that this is why we have a currency system. We may both be programmers, produce similar code, and deserve similar compensation. But thankfully, we don't get a ticket to a communist Russian bread line, we get good ol' greenbacks that we can spend as we please. One guy can buy selvedge hand-distressed denim, and the other can buy one of those silk shirts with a huge comic book guy on it.
Let me add that DrPh0bius' comment should run through your head every time your girlfriend spends $200 on shoes, $300 on a bag, $75 on a pedicure that lasts one week, etc. - vinceislegend, on 07/02/2008, -4/+34Ridiculous. Not rediculous.
- Sirlolalot, on 07/02/2008, -2/+32Oh ya, this denim is fruity yet moreish on the palette and has after tones of elderberry & juniper.
- pradaaddict, on 07/02/2008, -5/+34No but they understand things like Dry Denim, Selvedge, Sanforized, different cuts, different washes, distressing techniques and even where the denim comes from.
- ShiftyBizniss, on 07/02/2008, -0/+28hoodies usually have hoods.. just throwin that out there...
- Le3f, on 07/02/2008, -3/+31Shh, you're ruining it for the the 200 self-righteous comments that are about to follow ;p
- youareretarded, on 07/02/2008, -1/+28Seriously!
Could you imagine if apple came out with a designer iphone that had a custom cracked screen and hand crafted scratches on the case? Who would pay extra for that? Now if it came with the white stereo headset that was tinted brown to simulate years of use, then I could justify it! - coyote1284, on 07/02/2008, -0/+26Someone's projecting!
- tapeworm77, on 07/02/2008, -0/+26Bit of an oaky afterbirth.
- plundstedt, on 07/02/2008, -0/+26woody finish!
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