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'Dirty Jobs' host Mike Rowe takes issue with Nordstrom's $425 'muddy' jeans
ABC News ^ | 26 Apr 2017 | DAVID CAPLAN

Posted on 04/26/2017 7:35:05 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

A $425 pair of men's heavily-distressed, straight-leg blue denim jeans sold at Nordstrom, which according to the retailer's website, has "seen some hard-working action with a crackled, caked-on muddy coating that shows you're not afraid to get down and dirty."

... Finally - a pair of jeans that look like they have been worn by someone with a dirty job…made for people who don't.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


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KEYWORDS: mikerowe; nordstrom; retail
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the jeans are "a costume for wealthy people who see work as ironic –- not iconic."

'More money than brains'.

1 posted on 04/26/2017 7:35:05 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT

This should be filed under “a fool and his money”. I don’t know why he’s going on about this.


2 posted on 04/26/2017 7:36:47 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Me, people worry about dumb things. Expensive ugly jeans you’ll never actually see anybody wearing just don’t matter.


3 posted on 04/26/2017 7:43:32 AM PDT by discostu (Stand up and be counted, for what you are about to receive.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

How about marketing a pair of jeans that a Sanitation worker could have worn?


4 posted on 04/26/2017 7:44:26 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob (Brought to you from Turtle Island, otherwise known as 'So-Called North America')
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Just like the idiots who buy jeans with holes all over them


5 posted on 04/26/2017 7:46:18 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: miss marmelstein

I suspect the real question is; was “Nordstrom”, correctly spelled.


6 posted on 04/26/2017 7:47:49 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (Go Trump!)
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Just like the idiots who buy jeans with holes all over themJust like the idiots in the tanning booth ... or worse, the spray-on tan. Just like all the urban mountain-climbers in their North Face jackets. Just like ...

It's the triumph of (very bizarre) style over substance, of fakery over authenticity.

7 posted on 04/26/2017 7:49:19 AM PDT by NorthMountain (The Democrats ... have lost their grip on reality -DJT)
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"Just like all the urban mountain-climbers in their North Face jackets. Just like ...Urban Lumber Jacks!
8 posted on 04/26/2017 7:54:07 AM PDT by Grampa Dave ("Fake news is just another name for slander or libel, and should be prosecuted."!!!)
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I've got a great marketing scheme for jeans.

I remember working at a sewage treatment plant for a few months.
After I left, I threw my work clothes out, because no matter how many times, or how I washed them, I just couldn't get the smell out.

How about dirty jeans that smell like a sewage plant?

Nothing says hard work, like a dirty, SMELLY pair of jeans.

I bet I could sell them for $750 a pair.

Display them near the front door of Nordstroms at Woodfield, so that the scent can waft through the mall. Guaranteed to draw more people to Nordstroms.

9 posted on 04/26/2017 7:56:05 AM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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Urban Lumber Jacks

Are they "OK"? Do they sleep all night and work all day?

10 posted on 04/26/2017 7:58:14 AM PDT by NorthMountain (The Democrats ... have lost their grip on reality -DJT)
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...Urban Lumber Jacks!


11 posted on 04/26/2017 7:59:18 AM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: Grampa Dave
Yeah, the preppies or yuppies, walking around in their Timberlands...with nary a scratch on them.

I have no idea if the guys wear them or not.


12 posted on 04/26/2017 7:59:25 AM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: mountn man

I like the way you think ...


13 posted on 04/26/2017 7:59:27 AM PDT by NorthMountain (The Democrats ... have lost their grip on reality -DJT)
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To: Grampa Dave

Yep, and all those ghetto construction workers in their Timberland boots.


14 posted on 04/26/2017 7:59:41 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: mountn man

Tie yer shoes, dummy!


15 posted on 04/26/2017 8:00:08 AM PDT by NorthMountain (The Democrats ... have lost their grip on reality -DJT)
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To: NorthMountain

“Are they “OK”? Do they sleep all night and work all day?”

They put on women’s clothing and hang around in bars.


16 posted on 04/26/2017 8:05:02 AM PDT by Stormdog (A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
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To: mountn man

I will sell you some for half that!
Such a deal!!
We buy, we sell, we trade!!!
New! Used! Wholesale and retail!

90 days same as cash.

But wait, there’s more...
Let’s make a deal.


17 posted on 04/26/2017 8:06:09 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (Go Trump!)
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To: NorthMountain

Add to the list kids who snowboard/race motorcycles/race cars, etc in video games...and think it equates to a real life experience doing these things.


18 posted on 04/26/2017 8:09:34 AM PDT by lacrew
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To: mountn man

She’s very cute, though!


19 posted on 04/26/2017 8:12:00 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: mountn man

Difficult to run if needed?

They appear large?
Typically feet and face are the same length.

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20 posted on 04/26/2017 8:13:20 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (Go Trump!)
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