This morning I put on my favourite pair of Gap Long and Lean jeans. I bent over to put on my socks and the jeans ripped, right across the back of the leg. Not 30 seconds beforehand I’d been marvelling at how they had fastened up easier than the last time I wore them so I’m putting the tear down to age and wear. Reassuringly, the other leg also got a hole in it with minimal poking from me once I’d taken them off. So the problem was definitely age and wear thinning the fabric, along with the blasting that was part of the manufacturing process to get the faded look on the legs. Annoyingly, Gap no longer stock their long and lean jeans in a 36” leg in this country, so I am unable to replace them. I do however need a pair of everyday dark denim jeans – the other dark pair I have are super dark and I want to keep them that way through minimal wearing and washing. That means it’s off to Dorothy Perkins tomorrow to see whether they have anything suitable in their Tall section.
So what can we learn from this? Blasting on denim weakens the fabric, and always put your socks on before your jeans.
Ahhh, I see you agree with my school of thought - Dotty P's do the best jeans around!
ReplyDeleteOoooooooooooh! At least it happened before you left the house.
ReplyDeleteJust imagine!
Caroline: My thoughts went more: there's a DP on the way home from work. They have tall things. There's a pair of jeans on their website for £15, I'll go see if they have them in store. But I may end up loving them if I can find some to fit.
ReplyDeleteWTW: LOL! Yes that really would have been a disaster as my office is full of men... how embarassing!
Oh no! Why do these things always happen when you are on your way to work??
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