Rob, you just don't don't know what is considered cool. That jacket IS clean, it's just been made to look dirty. Remember the stone-washed denim fad? This the 21st century equivalent.
But let's face it: I always did (still do) wear denim (so French!) but never the stone-washed or pre-faded rubbish; that was just fake and
never cool. Of course, there is the school of thought that dictates that only fake is cool - the 3000 peseta market Rolex is better than the real deal... The only last century thing that was de rigueur regarding jeans was that they be Levi - anything else was not cool - at least in Britain. Perhaps the worst abuse is those jeans some women buy that have the bleached buttocks and totally unnatural bleach marks on the front and rear of the thighs. Does nothing for the figure at all. In fact, not a lot of women look good in jeans outwith the entertainment industry; it's all those lousy fast foods. The ones in the entertainment industry generally look okay because they can't afford fast foods - any food, so they starve and look wonderful.
The current desire for exposed strips across the middle of the body is both unnerving and cold-making; I shiver when I see that effect during the winter; much like seeing those early tourists swimming in the Med during April. Nutters to a man - or woman or child, as the case may be.
Chuck, the world just ain't what it used to be.
;-(
Rob C
