I believe that there comes a point in every young man's life, where he realizes that he's turning into his dad (and since my dad reads my blog, I hope he understands that I mean no offence!). You know what I mean: That point in your life where you look at some trend or aspect of the world, scratch your head, and admit that you just don't 'get it'. Consider the following: I found myself in need of some new pants, so I went to the store and tried on some jeans. I found a pair whose fit I liked and bought them... despite their being covered in holes:
This brand new pair of pants has been pre-torn, I can only guess to simulate that 'lived-in' feel?
Is this is what we've come to as a society? A people so lazy that we can't even be bothered to wear out our clothing through regular use? Where we fool each other into thinking that we actually bother to get dressed in the morning by buying pre-worn clothing? Or perhaps the clothing manufacturers have simply figured out a way to remove the middle man in the whole 'planned obsolescence' thing. There's nothing 'planned' about this: My new pants are already obsolete given that you typically buy new clothes once you get holes in the old ones.
I suppose that I am curious about one aspect of the whole pre-worn clothing phenomenon. Do clothes that are pre-worn dergrade more rapidly than those that are not? Or perhaps having already been imbued with holes, it makes it less likely that you'll notice new ones? Methinks there's the makings of an experiment here - something to give to an undergrad or something. I'd better write this down.