Ripped jeans have repeatedly entered the fashion since the 1980s and recently became even more popular.
However, sometimes such jeans can be quite expensive. In addition, not everyone can immediately find a suitable pair of jeans with holes and losses in the right places and the desired size.
Good news: you can make ripped jeans themselves at home So that they correspond to your personal preferences.
You can make torn jeans from any couple: either from old jeans that you no longer wear, or buy an inexpensive pair of jeans in the store.
Slightly done jeans look a little advantageous and more realist than absolutely new or dark jeans.
If you want to give jeans Slightly done , Put them several times in hot water with a bleach before you start work.
You'll need:
· Jeans
· Scissors
· Emery paper (pumice or grater for cheese)
· Pinzet
· A piece of chalk
· A piece of cardboard or wooden bar (optional)
one. Near jeans To determine in which places you would like to create rubbing or holes. With the help of chalk or pencil, mark these places.
Tip: If you want to make slots in the area of the knee, try to make them slightly above the knee, since during walking the slot can get more.
2. Put jeans On a flat surface And to put the wooden bar (cardboard, old book or magazine), so as not to spoil and do not cut the back of the pant.
3. Using sandpaper (pumice or grates for cheese) Start wearing places where you want to create a ribbon effect.
4. With scissors, crush along the edge of the slot to create a corrugated edge.
Tip: If you want to limit ourselves to the rubbing, you can not use scissors, but wipe the place using sandpaper until you see white horizontal threads under the surface.
five. If you want to make holes, then make straight horizontal slots with scissors or stationery knife In the area where you make holes. The slits are better to do at a distance of 1.2-2 cm from each other, which will facilitate the next step.
6. No need to make big cuts. You can always make them more, but risk spoiling them.
7. Start with tweezers pull up vertical threads Where you made cuts. Nothing terrible if you pull out not all the threads - the effect will be more natural.
Advice:
· Washing jeans After you "broke" them, helps create a more worn look.
· Avoid making cuts near the seams Since they can start to disperse.
· In order to further generate jeans, you can add splashes bleach.
· For accurate cuts Use a sewing needle To pulse individual tissue threads.
· To make small scissors, the end of the scissors blade, do jeans.
· Do not make slots too big Immediately. Washing and sock will increase their size and worn.
· For small losses you can use engraver, moving up and down from side aside until the fabric is erased to white threads.
This is how scuffing and holes on jeans look like when using different methods.
Cheese grater tweezers
Scissors sandpaper
1. Cheese grater
Make a few parallel cuts and with a grater for cheese and pull the surface of the cuts, giving them the texture.
2. Pinzet
Make parallel cuts on jeans and start removing vertical (blue) threads, leaving white threads.
3. Scissors
Cut pieces of jeans desired size or cut the bending.
4. Emery paper
This method is best suited if you want to create an easy and natural scoring effect.
What to wear with ripped jeans (photo)?
By themselves, torn jeans and a simple sweater are a good combination.
Severate a shirt or blouse to give a more elegant look.
You can always look every day if you wear torn jeans with a top or tile, cardigan and sneakers. Add some cute accessories to this.
Try bohemian style, dressing ribbon jeans with a surrender in combination with a long tunic and a hat.
Striped Tennis is perfectly combined with tight jeans.
Heels and Blazer will give you a more professional look.
In cold days, combine torn jeans with a large scarf, shoes and a warm sweater.
If you are ready for a more bold image, then such a combination for you.
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