No way

Last night while in the mall I dropped by the clothier/pornographer Abercrombie & Fitch. Are they even serious anymore? Are they now just trying to see how far they can go selling tattered crap before the sheep-like masses notice? Their entire selection of pants were “distressed”, which is to say, “ruined”. Apparently this whole tradition of using “sewing” and “seems” to keep clothing from disintegrating is very “last-week”. Now, if your $60 pants haven’t left you as the proud, naked owner of a pile of khaki colored threads within 15 minutes of putting them on, you must not be cool.

And the shirts? My mom used to dress me up in these same ugly striped knit polos back in the early 80’s, but she had the decency to wash and dry them so they weren’t all wrinkled. In those same fashions, I was a terribly unpopular child. Pardon me if I don’t rush to buy them as an adult.