Posted on 04/25/2017 4:39:50 PM PDT by dynachrome
This morning, for your consideration, I offer further proof that our country’s war on work continues to rage in all corners of polite society. Behold the latest assault from Nordstrom’s. The “Barracuda Straight Leg Jeans.” Finally - a pair of jeans that look like they have been worn by someone with a dirty job…made for people who don't. And you can have your very own pair for just $425.00. Here’s the official description, from their website. “These heavily distressed medium-blue denim jeans embody rugged, Americana workwear that's seen some hard-working action with a crackled, caked-on muddy coating that shows you're not afraid to get down and dirty.”
Not real mud. Fake mud. Something to foster the illusion of work. The illusion of effort. Or perhaps, for those who actually buy them, the illusion of sanity. The Barracuda Straight Leg Jeans aren’t pants. They’re not even fashion. They’re a costume for wealthy people who see work as ironic – not iconic.
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Dayum! This reminds me of when I was at a secondhand store in Florida with my mother. While we were looking at clothes, an employee took a phone call. She said to the owner, “This caller wants to know if we take jeans on consignment.” “Only if they retailed for over $100,” said the owner.
I’ll trash an old pair of jeans with real work dirt and sell them to you for a hundred.
I have a few pairs that I’d let go for half that.
Geez, imagine what the price would be if the hems were frayed, there were rips in the knees and a couple of broken belt loops.
Even the emulators and imitators know where things are going now.
REDNECK!
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I’d like to get a pair then send them to a hotel laundry as a joke.
But certainly not the illusion of proper hygiene.
What next? Oil and grass stains? Maybe I missed that trend already.
Mexican landscapers are going to get rich. Buy used clothes at Goodwill, work in them for a few days then wholesale them to Nordstrom. They have to get them somewhere.
“””Heavily distressed medium-blue denim jeans in a comfortable straight-leg fit embody rugged, Americana workwear that’s seen some hard-working action with a crackled, caked-on muddy coating that shows you’re not afraid to get down and dirty.”””
Actually it says....If you are a mezza fanook who is afraid to get dirty, spend a ton of money so you can pretend you are a man.
I’ve thought about it. I have been selling old grimy work clothes for a couple of years in my online store. I’ve had old oily Carhartt jackets go for well over $100. We don’t find that stuff often, but it’s money when we do. Several times we shipped them to Japan. The Japanese seem to like old dirty hunting clothes and fishing vests, too. I don’t get it, but I’ll gladly sell it.
It’s Zoolander come true: “I call it derelict”
Looks to me like the plumber was too close to the waste line while running the rooter. Mud?, looks more like dooda!
It’s the same mentality as the “industrial look” for their little apartments and lofts.
My brother worked for 40 years in a factory. He thinks those people are NUTS!
If they actually had to WORK in a factory they’d run screaming.
Mike Rowe spoke about these? Good laugh.
Louis XIV's wife, the Queen of France, was a huge fan of Rousseau, who wrote of The Jungle and The Noble Savage.
But here she was, in this HUUUUUGE castle, right? Freaking VERSAILLES..!! All kinds of opulent stuff. She, too, wanted to feel the AUTHENTIC grit of the Jungle and Being Poor, right..?
I know it's ridiculous, but work with me, kay..?
She got out her 10 pots of gold and sent her architecht and workmen out to MAKE HER A HAMLET..!
And so THERE IT IS, her own little Safe Space where the Queen could go and PLAY POOR --she'd milk cows, even.
All to PRETEND like she was in some Rousseau book.
Right up until she got her head chopped off, yup.
Everyone I know who does work that gets you dirty goes home after work and cleans up before going out. I guess metrosexuals can’t think of things like this. I mean seriously. WTF?
You can tell the level of a culture by the way it’s people look. My parents used to dress up just to go to the market. Since the 60s and the rise of hippie culture the level of dress has plummeted. Now people look like crap and act like it too.
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