Artificial Distressing - Topic of the day 10/31/24

Because sometimes you want the wear and tear without the "wear". How do you feel about artificial distressing of clothes? How authentic looking should a pre-distressed item be in your opinion? What methods of distressing are worth it, and what methods should be best like to time itself?
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Digs
Digs14h ago
Artificial distressing is poop
artvandelayimporting
Only buy pre distressed clothes if they are older than you
Sam
Sam14h ago
I was at TK Maxx a couple of days ago, and they had ripped Tommy jeans for £50 :linkDead: This was after I found ripped Polo jeans for £40 at a vintage place I want unholed jeans! Not holed jeans.
kyn
kyn14h ago
some of the melty maison mihara yasuhiro and tons of the avant garde/goth/darkwear/designer distressed/raw hem knits from rick, ann, raf etc are all great pre-distressed jeans and t shirts read a little corny to me but whatever if you like it and you have swag who cares
s stands for nothing
I used to be massively against it on philosophical grounds. Like alot of people my age I feel like my first foray into fashion was through raw denim, and my initial interest was spurred by how in-authentic my prefaded jeans felt. Since then I've lightened up alot. Its only bad when it looks bad There seems to be artificial distressing which tries to seem natural, and artificial distressing which leans into the artificial aesthetic, if that makes sense. Personally not wild about it but I'll respect it. Another thing I've realized through denim is that by the time there is a "cool" amount of fading or fraying/holes in the visible places, often times the garment is functionally falling apart because the crotch has blown out or something like that. If you like the look of fading/holes/washing, it honestly makes sense to just get it like that in the first place
kyn
kyn14h ago
at some point i feel like this butts up against washes/whiskering on jeans and i think a lot of that is fine / tons of acne and eckhaus stuff that either could read as or is explicitly meant to look like distressing is also fine
Echo-Ecco.ExE
Echo-Ecco.ExE14h ago
There's a fine line between artistic and intentional or a false imitation of something created from age imo
kyn
kyn14h ago
it only looks bad when it looks bad
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lyon
lyon14h ago
i have a few pre-distressed hats (and another in the mail) but that’s a, hard to distress naturally and b, artistic in implementation anyways
awburkey
awburkey14h ago
sometimes i want something to look old but i want to steal the valor too
lyon
lyon14h ago
otherwise it’s natural distress all the way for me
Echo-Ecco.ExE
Echo-Ecco.ExE14h ago
That should be the motto of mfad
kyn
kyn14h ago
i bought a hat secondhand that was already distressed and some jeans that someone else heel bit am i a bad person :blushiedog:
Echo-Ecco.ExE
Echo-Ecco.ExE14h ago
Hats are an accessory that are difficult to properly age
lyon
lyon14h ago
nah there’s also a difference between thrifting something that someone else wore the hell out of and the cheap looking pre-distressed jeans
Echo-Ecco.ExE
Echo-Ecco.ExE14h ago
Definitely
awburkey
awburkey14h ago
I used to be super opposed to it but now I don't really care. Pre-distressed jeans and stuff are fine but it's hard to spend retail when there are a lot of options for my style 2nd hand. I don't think this is true for everyone tho and being judgey for buying something pre-distressed at a factory is p silly imo
lyon
lyon14h ago
yeah. i don’t judge but i’m particular about it in my own wardrobe
Echo-Ecco.ExE
Echo-Ecco.ExE14h ago
Firstly, you're being less wasteful buying secondhand/vintage
Smiles
Smiles14h ago
Echo-Ecco.ExE
Echo-Ecco.ExE14h ago
Of course if pre-distressed is all the person can get/wear that's a different scenario
kyn
kyn14h ago
anyway all of this is sick and the ann stuff specifically (last 3) is a ton of effort on the makers' behalf iirc
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kyn
kyn14h ago
i know from calla being here that you can distress knitwear at much much lower cost tho which is sick
Sam
Sam14h ago
How much of this is from ssense? :linkSmug:
kyn
kyn14h ago
0
Sam
Sam14h ago
Ah
s stands for nothing
SAM NO
Sam
Sam14h ago
I looked like it could’ve been from there lol
kyn
kyn14h ago
i mean some of it might be on ssense, the first 3 are this season's acne
Echo-Ecco.ExE
Echo-Ecco.ExE14h ago
I'm currently looking at buying corduroy overshirts, but they're tough to find here secondhand, or they're not great quality. Whilst buying new is much easier and possibly cheaper too
Sam
Sam14h ago
Some of them at least
adaptation
adaptation14h ago
Guy that liked my sweater with the huge holes in it says what
Sam
Sam14h ago
:linkThink:
Digs
Digs14h ago
Shut up
kyn
kyn14h ago
absolutely doubt that it is both cheaper and comparable quality but we're getting off track
Echo-Ecco.ExE
Echo-Ecco.ExE14h ago
Yeah, I'll make a thread about it later in #questions-and-advice
kyn
kyn14h ago
i may have misread your initial tone about 'you should buy secondhand it's better' vs 'it's easier to buy new and it's cheaper' tho
artvandelayimporting
I was wrong about this lmfao
kyn
kyn14h ago
nuance in my subjective hobby gamer server
Echo-Ecco.ExE
Echo-Ecco.ExE14h ago
It depends on your situation, location, and other factors too It isn't just a simple thing always
artvandelayimporting
So true
adaptation
adaptation14h ago
Owned
Echo-Ecco.ExE
Echo-Ecco.ExE14h ago
The question of quality can be a tricky subject. Especially with my local area having a boom of secondhand stores of cheap Y2K stuff that wasn't great back then
Holfram
Holfram14h ago
I own a few pre distressed pieces - most of us do probably, or else we’d all be in various states of raw denim or we’d have bought all our washed denim 2nd hand. And going from washed denim to something with a few rips or tears really isn’t that big of a step, and also not something I consider morally wrong. Brands like PRL go crazy on their distressing in a good way - being inspired by specific pieces of vintage with particularly cool wear patterns. And I think it’s nice to be able to also wear stuff that would otherwise be a one of one.
kyn
kyn14h ago
yeah quality is a dogshit metric but like lol buying cheap shit firsthand has a human cost ANYWAY
Echo-Ecco.ExE
Echo-Ecco.ExE14h ago
sorry, off topic
epistrophy
epistrophy14h ago
i bought a secondhand pair of carhartt carpenters (the original sin) that are really wonderfully thrashed and i suspect somebody did it artificially but i love them anyways and am already just playing dress up so
Holfram
Holfram14h ago
Honestly it doesn’t really matter if your blue collar cosplay has been distressed by the manufacturer or someone wearing it - we’re all just posing anyways
Meaty,
Meaty,14h ago
I love Golden Goose sneakers so much this is not a joke i think they look bad ass pre-distressed is cool regllar distressed cool
Echo-Ecco.ExE
Echo-Ecco.ExE14h ago
Unless you're a Rural French farmer or factory worker from the town of Nîmes in France during the 19th century then you're just doing class/historical cosplay (same thing with Chore jackets)
CaffeinatedLuke
CaffeinatedLuke14h ago
I used to have a side gig replicating distressed hollister jeans for people. Way back in, like, 2009/10
Duck
Duck14h ago
Just wanna say I appreciate there's people here making the argument for pre-distressed. Thought maybe this'd turn into a one-note discussion, instead I'm hearing some interesting thoughts.
CaffeinatedLuke
CaffeinatedLuke14h ago
Sandpaper, files. A couple people wanted their jeans shot with birdshot
sharloy
sharloy14h ago
Pre-distressing? In my fashion server??????
kyn
kyn14h ago
ah shit yeah i also bought a really fucked up halo 2 tshirt and i love it lmao
oman121
oman12114h ago
Ill have you know i can beat the shit out of my pants on my own
sharloy
sharloy14h ago
Pre distressing is sick
Smiles
Smiles14h ago
its literally just a swag thing
kyn
kyn14h ago
is this a joke
sharloy
sharloy14h ago
And it’s a narrow minded opinion if you are into fashion and not into pre distressing
Echo-Ecco.ExE
Echo-Ecco.ExE14h ago
yep
kyn
kyn14h ago
:msalute:
Echo-Ecco.ExE
Echo-Ecco.ExE14h ago
an overly researched joke, had to double-check the spelling of the town name
CaffeinatedLuke
CaffeinatedLuke14h ago
Remember when people loved paint drip common projects Or Those Ones.
awburkey
awburkey14h ago
do you mean the paint splatter GATs?
Holfram
Holfram14h ago
My favorite example of Pre-Distressing are the Homer Campbell Jeans by Levi’s. These are a pair of jeans with a cool as shit history that Levi’s decided to replicate (at an insane price point). These would’ve literally been lost in the archives forever if Levi’s didn’t replicate them, so I consider that a net win.
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sharloy
sharloy14h ago
I like distressing that doesn’t try to look authentic
happyboy
happyboy14h ago
Pre distressing is peak fashion consumerism and should be banned
CaffeinatedLuke
CaffeinatedLuke14h ago
Yeah GATs not CP
sharloy
sharloy14h ago
You’re in a fashion server lmao
CaffeinatedLuke
CaffeinatedLuke14h ago
Fashion is a de facto consumerist hobby
sharloy
sharloy14h ago
Fashion is consumerism
Smiles
Smiles14h ago
is this really your first message in the server?
happyboy
happyboy14h ago
You can be fashionable and wear out your clothes
Smiles
Smiles14h ago
Also most real distressing looks like shit cause most people aren't on their knees all day
kyn
kyn14h ago
saw some visible mending at the flea market last wk that im bummed i couldnt justify buying it kicked ass
Smiles
Smiles14h ago
just your mom
CaffeinatedLuke
CaffeinatedLuke14h ago
Telling that the person with the Sam Hyde pfp has bad takes.
Smiles
Smiles14h ago
its mostly shit like crotch blowouts which looks bad
Holfram
Holfram14h ago
The pieces we idolize are the very rare cases of sth surviving and actually looking good, so there’s a bunch of selection bias with authentic distressing
kyn
kyn14h ago
lol
oman121
oman12114h ago
only predisstresed tthats bad is those dirty acne jeans, not for any real reason i just think it looks wack
sharloy
sharloy14h ago
And that shit is expensive The good miner distressing
epistrophy
epistrophy14h ago
historically my experience distressing through actual wear has been crotch blowouts on skinny stretch jean
epistrophy
epistrophy14h ago
from bike seat friction
kyn
kyn14h ago
i kinda agree tho those are maybe my least favorite of the bunch
epistrophy
epistrophy14h ago
not the look
oman121
oman12114h ago
:nooooo: im sorry kyn i dont like it
Holfram
Holfram14h ago
I prefer someone replicating it in earnest to make it available to the general public. Because it’s cool so everyone should get a chance to be cool.
kyn
kyn14h ago
eckhaus has a yucky wash i love
kyn
kyn14h ago
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sharloy
sharloy14h ago
I love it Agree I love disgusting jeans
CaffeinatedLuke
CaffeinatedLuke14h ago
Ripped knees from biffing it
sharloy
sharloy14h ago
Acne makes the best disgusting looking jeans
Echo-Ecco.ExE
Echo-Ecco.ExE14h ago
I'm glad I got older Levi's because they are already a bit worn out and distressed, so if I mark/stain them, it's not a big issue. Also, I can modify them without the same awkward feeling as you would with a new garment. However, sometimes artificial distressing can get it just right
sharloy
sharloy14h ago
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sharloy
sharloy14h ago
Omg I have the jacket in this color Should I buy the matching jeans It’s only $200 on Depop in my size
Holfram
Holfram14h ago
Imo fashion isn’t some fucking trading card game where you’re only cool if you own the black lotus - cool stuff should be available vintage as well as pre distressed and we shouldn’t judge each other about it.
Echo-Ecco.ExE
Echo-Ecco.ExE14h ago
here here It isn't one-size-fits-all, literally
kyn
kyn14h ago
char if u dont cop ill kill u
Smiles
Smiles14h ago
char with the green suit
kyn
kyn14h ago
unless its the balenci greaves
Smiles
Smiles14h ago
this could be sick
kyn
kyn14h ago
a lot of runway/couture stuff is like this but also a lot of it isn't really accessible in terms of swag or everyday wearability so that's moot
sharloy
sharloy14h ago
Ugh
kyn
kyn14h ago
im on a medium cop freeze rn so im pressuring u sorry not sorry a cop.. chill a cop frost if u will
Echo-Ecco.ExE
Echo-Ecco.ExE14h ago
I find runway/couture stuff difficult for me to connect with or potentially adapt into my style, or maybe I'm just a normie
Holfram
Holfram14h ago
Is that the fashion black lotus then lol?
s stands for nothing
artificial poop mud stains :chefskiss:
sharloy
sharloy13h ago
Me too Kinda But I broke it
kyn
kyn13h ago
kind of!
sharloy
sharloy13h ago
I’m trying to slow down
kyn
kyn13h ago
a lot of runway is still useful as inspo and all the wacky shit you can just treat like an art project
Echo-Ecco.ExE
Echo-Ecco.ExE13h ago
That's true
kyn
kyn13h ago
like idt im gonna wear most of the shit i post to #inspiration from runways but i do look at it frequently
Echo-Ecco.ExE
Echo-Ecco.ExE13h ago
I mostly get inspiration from film/tv
njoyer
njoyer13h ago
yeah ur only cool if you own the first edition base set charizard who cares ab a flower bro i got a dragon
kyn
kyn13h ago
lots to draw from in terms of silhouette and color combinations
Echo-Ecco.ExE
Echo-Ecco.ExE13h ago
I can understand those aspects
Holfram
Holfram13h ago
Idk anything about that I only played yu gi oh
njoyer
njoyer13h ago
ok based but im not gonna stray from the conversation topic any further
Holfram
Holfram13h ago
Also if anyone wants to read a rant about how fucking cool the Homer Campbell jeans are lmk
adaptation
adaptation13h ago
Lotus is good in every deck and the greaves are very much not good in every outfit The greaves are more like the Mishras Workshop @Holfram
Holfram
Holfram13h ago
Fuck you mean greaves are not good in every outfit
kyn
kyn13h ago
shut up
Echo-Ecco.ExE
Echo-Ecco.ExE13h ago
Change Charizard to Exodia
carrion
carrion13h ago
the idea that "distressing is peak fashion consumerism" or whatever is so fucking funny because it perfectly illustrates 1. Complete lack of swag 2. Total misunderstanding of what fashion is 3. Dork
adaptation
adaptation13h ago
Totd: magic the gathering when
carrion
carrion13h ago
"Ooooo my chinos are so functional and disconnected from fashion-brained idiots" you're a fool
Holfram
Holfram13h ago
my chinos got a fucking patch on their ass making them objectively cooler than chinos without an ass patch
Echo-Ecco.ExE
Echo-Ecco.ExE13h ago
I think I hear the whispers of Meyrl Streep talking about cerulean blue
carrion
carrion13h ago
Genuinely that shit should be required reading before joining the server like Smdh
Echo-Ecco.ExE
Echo-Ecco.ExE13h ago
Not the movie?
carrion
carrion13h ago
reading/watching whatever lmao
s stands for nothing
fashion consumerism is something everyone should self-evaluate imo, but not like that lol
Echo-Ecco.ExE
Echo-Ecco.ExE13h ago
I'm seeing the musical in January. It's a Breakfast at Tiffany's trifecta situation
adaptation
adaptation13h ago
We should make everyone read The Fashion System and Orientalism and then we can really raise the level of discourse in the server
Echo-Ecco.ExE
Echo-Ecco.ExE13h ago
I'll be wearing corduroy from toe to shoulder
Holfram
Holfram13h ago
You’re weak for not wearing a corduroy hat tbh
carrion
carrion13h ago
barthes & said would be so sick to have in the server
Echo-Ecco.ExE
Echo-Ecco.ExE13h ago
It'll be evening, hence why no hat, also indoors
kyn
kyn13h ago
[user was timed out for this post]
plyisytwy
plyisytwy13h ago
You gotta be releasing moths into your closet to get your callapilled sweaters, that's the price of fashion
Echo-Ecco.ExE
Echo-Ecco.ExE13h ago
If you're not pouring acid onto your jeans every morning, you're a poser
plyisytwy
plyisytwy13h ago
I have a personal hangup with certain examples of artificial distressing, I don't even like to do a patch on a vintage item where it doesn't need it, but that's also because i have my work cut out for me repairing all the real holes there's just no comparison to an old garment that has the burnish and patina of wear with the accumulative layering of mending over time
s stands for nothing
Anyone have experience distressing jeans? I would love to replicate this fade https://discord.com/channels/1116793467654381685/1116800072093532191/1300468711500808243
kyn
kyn13h ago
sandpaper no?
plyisytwy
plyisytwy13h ago
For stuff like that you gotta do sandblasting
Smiles
Smiles13h ago
if you do distressing yourself wear a mask please otherwise ya its pretty much always sanding or using a dremel to rip stuff up
artvandelayimporting
First time smiles has ever encouraged wearing a mask
s stands for nothing
sorry i had to delete that
bishopcorrigan
bishopcorrigan13h ago
There is no logical framework that justifies every other aesthetic design decision made but doesn’t justify distressing Extremely weird take
s stands for nothing
this may be the nicest thing you've ever said to me
bishopcorrigan
bishopcorrigan13h ago
That I assume you have not actually thought through Either you think aesthetics have value or you don’t
adaptation
adaptation13h ago
I’m sorry for not clearly marking my shitposts
bishopcorrigan
bishopcorrigan13h ago
And if you don’t, you’re wrong
kyn
kyn13h ago
i love when bishop comes in to drop the hammer of good informed takes + direct but generally respectful confrontation
adaptation
adaptation13h ago
I considered including 101 Dalmatians or something to make it clear I wasn’t serious but I decided the users of this discord had it in the bag
s stands for nothing
everytime Bishop has a helpful and level headed take I must shitpost harder to balance
adaptation
adaptation13h ago
Dude if bishopcorrigan is this good imagine what rookcorrigan is like
Smiles
Smiles13h ago
Ya you would never recommend people read random philosophy books in this server, its so unlike you
s stands for nothing
Popecorrigan final form
adaptation
adaptation13h ago
I felt that ‘you should read two famously dense books to access a discord server where we talk about Halloween cummies’ was pretty straightforwardly not serious
sharloy
sharloy13h ago
If I were arguing against bishop I’d just stand in the opposite colored square as him. Then he can’t get to me
s stands for nothing
insane sentence tbh
adaptation
adaptation13h ago
This was a big problem for him at alfargos
Spuck
Spuck13h ago
Basically this, for me
Spuck
Spuck13h ago
sharloy
sharloy13h ago
That’s so hot They don’t look cheap And you can’t get the shit stain look with real world wear usually
Spuck
Spuck13h ago
What don't work for some folks, will work for others, but I ain't letting you sit on my couch in those
sharloy
sharloy13h ago
Unless you wanna be basking in shit Irl they look amazing
Spuck
Spuck13h ago
Any photos of them on a person? Because I am genuinely not seeing it
sharloy
sharloy13h ago
And the beauty of artificial distressing is that up close you see they’re a very high quality pair of jeans but you know the previous owner didn’t actually destroy it Idk what to say from this photo they look really nice
kyn
kyn13h ago
theyre just jeans idk man
njoyer
njoyer13h ago
theyre good swag difference i fear
zeometer
zeometer13h ago
they're good
artvandelayimporting
Char gets stunlocked by poopoo jeans case in point my Gap jeans
zeometer
zeometer13h ago
i think regardless of how you choose to distress it the visual effect from a distance is going to read as the same
s stands for nothing
Actual shit stains would look very different and much less cool than these. just for the record
sharloy
sharloy13h ago
You won’t wear good looking jeans bc they aren’t comfy like what you think my wardrobe is all sweats smh
artvandelayimporting
They’re comfy they just feel like elastane lmfao
njoyer
njoyer13h ago
what are u a shit stain expert? got a lot of experience with shit stains poop boy?
s stands for nothing
these are more "wiped dirt off my hands onto my jeans" sort of :ohyes:
zeometer
zeometer13h ago
if you want to get close enough to my pants to judge if the ripped jeans came from me being on my knees or a pair of scissors then that's weird ngl
lyon
lyon13h ago
there’s like this uncanny valley effect to factory distressed jeans + the fact that 2010s mall shops had them everywhere that i think has me turned off so strongly
artvandelayimporting
I need thicker denim to contain my quads
sharloy
sharloy13h ago
There’s bad distressing too and that’s mall brands
lyon
lyon13h ago
yea
sharloy
sharloy13h ago
Also it’s funny that people consider acid washing and sand washing not distressing but it literally is It’s a double standard for the non distressing folks
lyon
lyon13h ago
it is so distressing lmao
njoyer
njoyer13h ago
haha
lyon
lyon13h ago
i guess what i’m most picky about with predistressed discourse is the tears i will acknowledge my hypocrisy
s stands for nothing
douse your pants in acid (lsd)
zeometer
zeometer13h ago
anti-artifical distressors get to lighten their jeans via sunlight, that seems fair 🙂
kyn
kyn13h ago
yeah at what point is it like "buying jeans that aren't dark wash indigo is cheating"
lyon
lyon13h ago
yeah lmao
kyn
kyn13h ago
(other dyes being ignored here for reductionist purposes)
Spuck
Spuck13h ago
Leaving your jeans on the roof in the summer like my grandparents did (probably)
kyn
kyn13h ago
my dad used to put jeans into a bag of rocks and tie them to a pier or drag them behind a car
plyisytwy
plyisytwy13h ago
Under-appreciated damage that I'd like to see become more aestheticized: pilling, bad ironing, loose yarn of a sweater getting snagged as you walk away slowly leaving you in your boxer shorts and sock garters
kyn
kyn13h ago
i really emphatically dislike pilling but an iron mark would go hard
s stands for nothing
gonna throw my jeans on the local train tracks and see what happens
kyn
kyn13h ago
really long loose yarn i think is a rick/ann thing tho
plyisytwy
plyisytwy13h ago
pilling is cool sweater shavers can suck it
sharloy
sharloy13h ago
Camiel fortgens too
plyisytwy
plyisytwy13h ago
dribbled food stains are the one that makes me mad
kyn
kyn13h ago
i forget about them bc the name cant find a fold in my brain to live in
kyn
kyn13h ago
stolen valor my beloved
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plyisytwy
plyisytwy13h ago
and I will disrobe in the restaurant bathroom to pitifully try and remove it before it stains with handsoap and sad paper towels Also i've split the ass seam in so many of my vintage pants so if we could make that cool that'd be convenient
za warudo
za warudo13h ago
As someone who likes the look of unwashed raw denim, I'm not about that distressed look
plyisytwy
plyisytwy13h ago
Has balenciaga put out pre-thrashed hanes looking underwear because that's another one that could be cool to make sexy
artvandelayimporting
Earning valor by painting my apartment in my workwear
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plyisytwy
plyisytwy13h ago
which wall did you paint sulfuric yellow
artvandelayimporting
The wall behind the toilet
plyisytwy
plyisytwy13h ago
fitting
artvandelayimporting
So I never have to clean it
plyisytwy
plyisytwy13h ago
This reminds me of the time I was puzzling over someone's oddly distressed, two-tone wash jeans on the subway before realizing they had pissed themself.
Holfram
Holfram13h ago
This is a banger
Spuck
Spuck13h ago
I can't believe contractors would rip off hard working fashion designers like this smh
kyn
kyn13h ago
first belly laugh of the day
plyisytwy
plyisytwy13h ago
idk they might have been on to something
zeometer
zeometer13h ago
louis gabriel nouchi had a collection of simulated sweat and pit stained clothes and i have to assume that was the inspiration
plyisytwy
plyisytwy13h ago
I think one of mcqueen’s first collections too
damb
damb13h ago
Baseball infield sand is a great substitute
Spuck
Spuck13h ago
stealing bases with the Acne on
damb
damb13h ago
Usually is a mixture of sand and clay
Spuck
Spuck13h ago
shoutouts to the Dodgers
sharloy
sharloy13h ago
Still an artificial distressing tho
damb
damb13h ago
Not if you play ball in your jeans 😌
sharloy
sharloy13h ago
Trueeee
Spuck
Spuck13h ago
Thisis reminding me I need to de-pill my ancient chore coat
damb
damb13h ago
Fabric shaver is a god send for that
Spuck
Spuck13h ago
yeah, we got one someplace
lyon
lyon13h ago
i need to bite the bullet and get one
SteezeTrain
SteezeTrain12h ago
I think hoodies in overwashed/faded black are cool I guess thats distressing
damb
damb12h ago
Enzyme wash is the way to go
bishopcorrigan
bishopcorrigan12h ago
Pretty sure either margiela or moschino did this at some point And di petsa of course did the piss jeans
Yakkeks
Yakkeks12h ago
I think personally I enjoy the fantasy of distressing my own stuff over time through wear and such. I do acknowledge though that its mostly a fantasy. I don't really have an opinion on store bought distressing but I think self made distressing as a form of DIY is super rad.
sharloy
sharloy12h ago
I think you’d look really good in pre distressed things Leo
bishopcorrigan
bishopcorrigan12h ago
I personally prefer naturally distressed things more often than not, but just because I like the elements of randomness and history There are lots of examples of well done distressing with intention, but I appreciate the accidental beauty of a naturally distressed thing
SteezeTrain
SteezeTrain12h ago
I think for me it 100% depends on what the item is. Jeans? Natty all day But a boro jacket? Its cool as hell
kyn
kyn12h ago
boro jacket .........................
Digs
Digs12h ago
I think it kinda has the same effect as artificial fading on jeans. It looks weird when the jean fades dont match up with the natural movement of your legs, artificial distressing is the same thing if its not done well
bishopcorrigan
bishopcorrigan12h ago
Yeah it’s just harder to do well and often done poorly It’s fun to have something unique too which can come from artificial distressing too but often factories are pumping out tons of identically distressed things
artvandelayimporting
I’m going to line a pair of jeans with sandpaper and then put them on over my other jeans to speed up the natural fades
bishopcorrigan
bishopcorrigan12h ago
Artificial distressing
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bishopcorrigan
bishopcorrigan12h ago
My distressing
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Duck
Duck12h ago
looks dope
bishopcorrigan
bishopcorrigan12h ago
Stolen valor distressing
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kyn
kyn12h ago
$26 j crew or $2200 moschino suit u tell me
Spuck
Spuck12h ago
Wabi sabi 🗾
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