Back in high school, one of my biggest pet peeves was distressed denim. More specifically Abercrombie & Fitch distressed denim. I couldn’t understand why anyone would pay $70 for a pair of jeans with tears and holes in them. I had plenty of those that I was trying to get rid of. Were those worth $70 also? To this day, I’m still a little on the fence of the whole obsession, but it’s starting to make sense.
David Friedman Photography recently went to denim factory in Kentucky that specializes in distressing high-end jeans for a few top designers. He too started off with thinking similar to mine, but soon realized the amount of work and care that goes into distressing a pair of jeans.
“I realized that these people are artists. You can’t just have any loose threads, you have to have the right loose threads. They can’t just be faded. They have to be the right color. A lot of work goes into making these jeans look just right.”
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Tags: David Friedman, DFP, Distressed Denim, Factory, Photo Essay
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October 6, 2008 at 10:32 pm |
Completely surreal. Love the shot of the guys fondling the blow-up jeans dolls…and wearing their own holey jeans which, methinks, were distressed by natural forces, i.e., actual work.