On the back cover of the January J. Crew catalog is a cute outfit featuring a hip length white cotton shirt with a cascade of ruffles down the front and a pair of cutoff shorts. Here’s where it gets stupid - the shorts are $79.50. For a pair of cut offs?? The shorts are made of cotton denim, not woven titanium. I checked the description; there are no gems in the pockets. Nothing that you could pawn was sown into the inside seams. Michael Jackson did not sign these shorts. They are not Lady Gaga’s castoffs. However, they are the new “jaded” wash - the “faded” wash wasn’t worn out enough.
Here is a look that you can create for practically nothing. If you can’t bear to lop off the legs of your Sevens, Levi’s or Old Navys, take a trip to the nearest Salvation Army or Goodwill, grab a pair of worn out jeans for $7, take them home and get to snippin’. With such a tiny investment you can customize them. Make one leg shorter than the other. Add buttons and rhinestones. Embroider your name in fuchsia across the left back pocket. Bleach them, paint the Mona Lisa on them, dip Fido’s paws in gold paint and let him walk all over them. Do anything you want - or leave ‘em plain - just don’t pay $79.50 for a pair of cut offs! Step away from the insanity and slip that credit card back in your wallet. That money can buy you and your sweetie a decent meal at a number of good restaurants in the city. Or, use it for a pair of full length jeans!
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