David Spaghettini
EAP040
3/3/10
How Can You Make Your Own Designer Jeans
Would you like to own a pair of designer jeans but can’t afford to pay designer prices? Follow
these instructions to make your own pair of stylishly ripped and faded jeans. First, buy a pair of
inexpensive new jeans or use a pair that you already own. Second, find the direction of the lines in the
denim fabric and then rub a knife back and forth in the opposite direction. You can also use a cheese
grater or a nail file. Third, keep rubbing until white threads appear. You want the white threads to stay
there. Don’t cut them. Next, dip an old toothbrush into bleach and rub it around the edges of the back
pockets and over the belt loops. In addition, mix a little bleach with water in a spray bottle. Spray the
thighs and seats of the jeans. Then rub sandpaper on the hems of the legs to fray them and rip one
corner of a back pocket. Finally, wash and dry the jeans several times. After all of these steps, the new
jeans will look stylishly old.