Fashion

[Desert Lily]

Back in the day, did you take a scissors to your blue jeans and make "cutoffs" out of them for summer?

I remember taking the most worn pairs of jeans each summer during high school and cutting them off somewhere above the knee. (My older brother cut his too.) Usually the bottom hem was worn from hitting the ground when I walked, & occasionally the knees got faded.

I didn't need lots of shorts for summer back then; I mostly wore a couple pairs of cutoffs. A few t-shirts, a couple halter tops, & few tops from Pier 1, along with thong sandals (now called flip-flops) and a pair of huarache sandals were my summer necessities then.

A simpler time.

Edited to add: and a bikini swimsuit!

[Queen of shop]

@Desert Lily  Absolutely. My bestie and I would put our jeans on and cut them off while wearing them. Talk about living dangerously. LOL One of us always got a nick from the scissors. It made sense to us at the time to do it that way.

You're right. It was simpler times. Some tanks, t-shirts, cut offs and water buffalo sandals and not a care in the world.

[Desertdi]

No.   Shorts and long pants are not constructed with the same leg shape.

[CamilleP]

I only ever cut off one pair of jeans, as I was an equestrian, and believe me, you do NOT want to ride a horse in shorts, bareback or on a saddle!  Mostly I wore those cut-offs under mini-dresses, since there was no such thing as a slip or half-slip short enough for those minis, and they wouldn't have hidden my undies anyway. 

[chrystaltree]

I did indeed!  I can't remember ever buying denim cut offs.  We just cut off our worn jeans.  Summers were very casual and summers here are short.  So no one spent a lot of money on summer clothing.  I remember wearing those rubber thong sandals that cost $3.  I didn't love my body when I was a teen,  I wore my dad's old shirts or tees over my shorts.  Makes me sad now.  I was a size 10 or 12 then and I already thought I was fat.  By the time I was in my early 20s, I'd given up wearing shorts.

[mspatmac]

Yup and loved them!!!!!!

[Patriot3]

I still do!

[We rescue cats]

Of Course!!! And I remember cutting off the left leg then the right....then adjusting the left....and then the right.... LOL!!!!

Actually I have a couple pairs of jeans that are too long now, I think I will take an inch or two off the bottom. I'll let you know if they end up as ankle pants or shorts!

[DrakesMomma]

No, my mom did the day after school was out.  She also cut my hair off the same day.  

[Snicks1]

Absolutely I did. I think just a year or two ago is when I finally got rid of the last few remaining pairs. They were my yard shorts during summer up until then. It's recycling old worn-out jeans, into shorts. I haven't worn them out in public for many years, but in my yard, you bet.