I'd like to think that was a parody...frightening.
"severely distressed" jeans?
what's next?
"starting to painc" jeans?
"suicidally depressed" jeans?
This trend of anthropomorphising our clothing in such a negative way (perhaps, a negative fashion?) can only result in disaster, our shirts and pants losing the will to live and departing us for good.
To hell with jeans that fit your personality. How about jeans that at least fit your ass??? What the hell is wrong with these people?
Just what we need, more pseudo-depression marketing to make the youth of today feel more depressed and opressed than they already think they are. Why don't jeans have styles like "super cool," "awesome wear," "happy day," or "la vida loca?" Something to snap these damn impressionable, common-sense lacking kids out of their dream lands of depression and over-emotion. In my day, a good pair of jeans was one you could run in, rough up, wear out, and would keep coming back for more. They got the "worn" look by actually wearing them. Imagine that, no instant gratification for your jean-style desires.
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2004-02-15 06:37:25 PM |
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If Levi wants to take advantage of dumb kids paying way too much money for jeans that look like they came out of a landfill, I say more power to 'em.
Hey, for $100, I'll take your jeans down to the range and fill them with shotgun holes.
no surprise, this crap went on in the early 90s too with tie-dyed shirts and jeans with holes already in them.
i was only 9 and i remember thinking 'what a stupid idea'
Is this a joke? It doesn't sound like a joke. It sounds real, and I swear I've seen these already. The only thing that says "Satire" to me is the turns of phrase in some spots - "emotionally complex apparel" and whatnot.
To humanity’s credit, however, a few people set the deluded straight:
guys.. its a satire. get over it.
It's a parody, you people. Sheesh.
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2004-02-17 03:35:04 AM |
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The guy who wrote that story is in my writing class--he's been bugging us to submit stuff to his website. I didn't know he'd get 20,000 hits.
Not only did the article receive notice at fark.com, but also across the world. The article was linked by a weblog www.tkblog.com, reading:
Levi's is keeping up with fashion by releasing a new line of presoiled jeans.
"In 2003, the bohemian look became all the rage with teenagers eager to wear jeans featuring spray-painted stains of grass, dirt, and feces."
FECES? WTF?
POSER!!
/COUGH
And somehow it was linked at a hebrew messageboard. Translators would be appreciated (email happy@happyembryo.com).
תגובה עבור הודעה #0
Jack’s sadness increased to weeping levels when he discovered the following link at Yahoo! Finances for Abercrombie & Fitch, warning the company of impending competition: http://finance.messages.yahoo.com/bbs?action=m&board=7080487&tid=anf&sid=7080487&mid=68466.
So what will our beloved websmaster do now? Since his initial 20,000 hits in two days, he has received a little less than 500. “I think I’ll write about the story of my life” Jack told reporters. On our behalf, we hope he doesn’t.
