Community Chat

[on the bay]

I just looked at the picture because I really don't know what "boyfriend jeans" are!

I was so surprised to see the Hot in Hollywood lady on QVC!

She was with HSN for years.

[Vickiv]

Years ago anyone dressing like that was  either very poor or a bag lady. No elegance in that time. Designers and hosts will say anything to sell sell and people love it. 

[Plaid Pants2]

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@Vickiv wrote:

Years ago anyone dressing like that was  either very poor or a bag lady. No elegance in that time. Designers and hosts will say anything to sell sell and people love it. 

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Ah, yes, the grunge look.

It was very popular in the '90's.

You saw it everywhere.

Almost everyone was wearing grunge, and not just "bag ladies" and the "homeless".

[Trinity11]

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@Iwantcoffee wrote:

No.

This is my idea of sophisticated and elegant

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Here she is in distressed jeans.....

[SANNA]

It is terrible, but that's today's fashion. You have to look like a bum, it is cool to look unkept. Awful

[Jasmine19]

I own this pair of Chico's boyfriend jeans. I don't know that I would call them elegant or sophisticated but I love them. The material is soft and comfy with just the right amount of stretch. The distressing is minimal...no holes! Just some well placed fraying. To each their own, eh?

[stevieb]

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@millieshops wrote:

Some bodies can make almost anything look elegant.  The rest of us not so much.  The secret is to know which category fits you.

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There are some things that are not relative. Ripped jeans might or might not be lots of things but they are not elegant...

[september]

I think my daughter looks cute in her distressed jeans. Of course, she didn't wear this style back in the days when I did

Ill leave this one to her and her age group. 

[Kachina624]

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@chrystaltree wrote:

Well, you define sophisticated and elegant your way and other's describe it their way.  Elegant, I would not have used but sophisticated.  Yes.  Have you been to some of the triendier bars, restaurants and events lately?  The world has changed (to borrow a phrase from that commercial) and people dress much more casually today.  They take a casual piece like those jeans.  Which are just barely distressed.  They build a dressier outfit around the casual piece.   You add a lacy top or chiffon top and a strappy metallic sandal and some nice jewelry and there are indeed many really nice places you can wear it to and look appropriate.  Being overdressed is as much a faux pas these days as being underdressed.  $59 is not a lot for a pair of jeans, especially such a veratile pair as those jeans.  I own a 2 pairs of similar jeans that I bought from Old Navy about 3 years ago.  Great investment!  Real denim with just a touch of stretch, not overly distressed.  I bought a dark wash and medium wash.  I don't recall what I paid but probably $50 a pair.  I wondered when QVC was going to sell a nice pair of jeans like that.

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You can add your lacy top and metallic sandals all you want but you still can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

[Desertdi]

Think of Howard Hughes !!!!!