How to make ripped jeans with your own hands: instructions for creating spectacular holes and fashionable scuffs

Ripped jeans are not a new trend. This is more evidence that the fashion is cyclical. Pants with holes were the first to wear hippies back in the 60s. Deliberately sloppy clothes “flower children” wanted to emphasize their protest against generally accepted rules. The trend was picked up by rock stars: in the 70s, every self-respecting rocker wore ripped jeans, thereby challenging society. Naturally, ripped jeans were not sold at that time: the rebels simply tucked their pants up to the holes and didn’t sew up - that’s the whole “fashionable” secret.

Everything changed when modern designers began to look for inspiration in the informal styles of past years. So, the catwalks, and then the streets were filled with “holey” jeans.

Choice of model, fabric and color

Want your wardrobe replenished with trendy ripped jeans? Go ... no, no, not to the store, but to do an audit of your closet. Surely there are denim pants that you don’t wear because the model is outdated or seems too boring. Or maybe you have your favorite jeans that have been worn, but was it a pity to throw them away? Finally, the pity for the old things paid off: give your trousers a new life.

You can tear any pants. But your task is to arrange everything so that no one suspects "amateur activity". This is possible only if the “right” basis is chosen. What jeans are better to tear?

• Model. The flight of designer imagination knows no bounds: couturiers "tear" and boyfriend jeans, and mom-jeans, and skinny. For home experiments, it is better to choose not too wide and not too narrow pants: in the first case, the torn sections will simply be lost, in the second - the holes will look unaesthetic.
• The cloth. For the experiment fit pants from classic denim - the measure of tight. If you want to "upgrade" elastic jackins with holes, then you better abandon this idea. The result is unlikely to impress: if the base of the pants is made of elastane, you can make holes, but they will not look beautiful.
• Colour. It is better to tear jeans classic - blue or blue denim. The contrast of the threads provides an amazing effect: even old pants will look stylish.

4 ways to design “hole” pants

Decide on the shape of the holes and their location.Of course, a lot depends on your imagination: do not be afraid to show it. However, it is worth looking for inspiration first, so that in the end you don’t get pants that you can only go to in the country where no one sees. Ideas can be found on the Internet. Having studied stellar bows, you will understand what perfect ripped jeans should be.

You can run into a couple of stores and try on "holey" models that sell there. The boutique raid will also give an idea of ​​how your jeans should end up. Do not forget that beauty lies in simplicity. Ideally - a pair of holes or one large, a couple of frayed zones. Absurdly - jeans “a continuous hole” or pants, revealing the gaze of body parts that are usually taken to hide. In a word, do not overdo it.

Stylish holes with white threads

What is needed:

• a piece of chalk;
• a piece of plywood or thick cardboard;
• clerical knife or sharp blade;
• tweezers.

How to do

1. Mark with chalk future “hole” zones.
2. Lay the jeans on a flat surface, place a cardboard or piece of plywood under the cut. This is protection against through holes.
3. Using a clerical knife in the outlined area, make several horizontal cuts of the same size. They should be parallel to each other. With a knife you need to lead along the threads located across.
4. Use tweezers to pull out the blue threads. White cross should remain: they will beautifully block a hole.
5. Carefully cut the white threads that stick out. You can cut part of the white threads so that the clearance is larger.

Sloppy Grunge Holes

What is needed:

• plank or plywood;
• stationery knife.

How to do

1. Put a piece of plywood inside the leg. Make a clerical knife several parallel cuts. They should be located close to each other.
2. Carefully go through the knife between the cuts, cleaning off the transverse threads and freeing the longitudinal ones.
3. Trim (or just tear) a part of the longitudinal threads from one end to get the most careless effect. Grunge style jeans are ready!

Fragment Holes

What is needed:

• chalk or a simple pencil;
• scissors;
• tweezers;
• scallop;
• bleach.

How to do

1. Lay the jeans on a flat surface. Mark with chalk or pencil the fragment that will be “empty”.
2. Carefully cut the marked fragment.
3. Go over the border of the fragment with tweezers, removing the threads. Fluff the edges with a comb.
4. Dampen a cotton pad in the bleach and blot the edges of the cut fragment. After washing the jeans.

Torn knees

What is needed:

• chalk or pencil;
• stationery knife;
• grater.

How to do

1. Put on jeans. Mark with a chalk or pencil the “knee” line, which will become a cut.
2. Remove jeans and carefully cut along the marked line.
3. Rub the slots. Wash the jeans, after which the cuts will become a bit disheveled, creating the effect of “just torn”.

Create a worn effect

Ripped jeans are an option for bold fashionistas and fashionistas. Even a calm image with holey pants carries a daring message. If you are not ready to “rebel”, but do not want to lag behind fashion, try a less catchy (but no less stylish) version of the “upgrade” - wipe the jeans. Scuffs are not so striking as holes, but this can be done from old or simply boring trousers. All you need is sandpaper or pumice, and a “backing”, so as not to rub your pants through. Proceed in four steps.

1. Wet. It is necessary to moisten with water zones in which scuffs will be located. This will enhance the effect.
2. Set the backing. Place a piece of plywood, a board or thick cardboard between the two parts of the leg.
3. Rub with pumice or sandpaper. Until you get the desired result.
4. Wash your pants. And wear them a couple of days in a row - the effect will increase.

3 more trending ideas

Although ripped and frayed jeans have been at their peak for several seasons, trends are changing. Want to keep up with the fashion world? Complete torn pants with trendy elements.

• Make a fringe. A disheveled bottom in the appendage to the holes on jeans is a new trend that resonated with fashionistas. Copying the trend at home is easy: you need to tear off the trousers with a blade and pull out the transverse threads with a needle. So you can transform old denim shorts: nothing complicated, but it looks fresh.
• Decorate holes with lace. Long dreamed of ripped jeans, but still can not decide to bare your knees? Feel free to tear the old pants! Large holes can be covered with lace - stylish and sexy. You can alternate “bare” holes and “lace”, make scuffs and fringe. The main thing is not to overdo it: everything will immediately look inappropriate.
• Wear mesh tights under torn jeans. This trend clearly shows how everything is changeable in the fashion world. Until recently, the “fishing net” on its feet was considered vulgar and a sign of bad taste, but as soon as the models put on a pantyhose net under ripped jeans, everyone around lost their heads from such a decision. Want to be known as a real fashionista? Make big holes in jeans, put on a net - and voila! The only condition: you do not have to make many holes, otherwise it will be difficult to get rid of the notes of vulgarity in the image. Make one or two big breaks, pull the tights over your belt so that they peek out from under your jeans - the stylish bow is ready!

Transforming pants is really easy. Much more difficult to combine torn pants with clothes and shoes. It is believed that hole models can be worn with anything (with boats and a jacket, with plain t-shirts and loafers, with a vest and white sneakers), but they look stylish on some, ridiculously on others. Show your imagination, be inspired by the bows of stars, pay attention to street fashionistas - and you will be able to harmoniously fit ripped jeans into your wardrobe.