denim up
i’m pretty certain my love affair with denim began in high school. with a pair of button fly levi’s. this was back in the day when there was only one wash available – dark rinse. if you wanted that lived in, faded, oh so casually chic rinse you had two options. the first was to wear your levi’s non-stop. month in and month out with only an occasional pit stop in the laundry basket. these were the years i remember my mother regularly claim it was five o’clock somewhere in the world and pour a generous glass of wine…because the second option was a bit risky and involved chlorine. if your bleaching technique were down pat, you’d wind up with the perfect pair of light wash jeans. accompanied by many an admiring stare from friends and foe alike down the hallowed high school hallway. but one false move with a jug of chlorine bleach and your brand spanking new levi’s would come out of the rinse cycle looking like a leopard who lost his spots. on those days my father joined my mother for cocktail hour with a stiff scotch in hand as he knew very well that money did not, in fact, grow on trees. a concept his only daughter had yet to comprehend. my oh my but the times have changed. take a look at my denim shirtdress in today’s ootd. doesn’t it have that perfectly faded look down to a t? it even has a hint of stretch to it, making it a dream to wear. since i’m traveling down memory lane today what could be better than a pair of clogs? back in high school, i owned several pairs (brown and blue suede were my fav’s) that i loved to pair with dresses and jeans alike. today i feel as if i’ve hit the bingo jackpot since i’m not only wearing clogs paired with denim, but a shirtdress to boot! oh, the simple pleasures of life. if you’re looking for comfortable footwear (as many of us are) these dansko clogs can’t be beaten. form and function working in tandem – gotta love it.
labels: dress INC (similar here and here); belt Ralph Lauren (old, similar here and here); clogs c/o Online Shoes; sunglasses Target
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Those were the days…dark rinse or nothing. The variety of denim today is amazing…there is surely one out that is perfect just for you. When I was in school in the dark ages, girls wore skirts or dresses only. I had a red pair of clogs that I wore when I was pregnant with my oldest daughter in 1972. Times flies… xoxo
it’s absolutely crazy how far we’ve come with denim. not only do we have different rinses, but a variety of fits to please just about anyone out there.
xoxo beth
Button fly levi’s — still the best pair of jeans ever created. I worm mine until they literally fell apart. Thanks for the memories.
loved my button fly’s!
xoxo beth
Shakes fist at Beth! Cutest dress ever, used your link and went and bought it immediately. Sighhh…at least you HAD the link. lol
you’ll have to send over a pic. i think you will love it – super comfy to wear.
xoxo beth
I definitely remember bleaching jeans to get them lighter. I was good at it. I’m about 5 years older than you and I also remember making cutoff jean shorts to let the hem get frayed–now I have a pair of jeans that were sold that way, and I love ’em.
This is very cute on you–I have a denim dress, (I think it’s actually a Talbots) but it’s definitely a darker wash–I may have to keep laundering it or maybe I’ll try getting out the bleach to get it faded. It’s a great look! The shirt-tail hem is fun!
i loved how we used to repurpose our jeans into cutoffs for summer. love how your son urged you to just write a check! mine used to tell me to charge it! gotta love ’em.
xoxo beth
Oh, thanks for that trip down memory lane. I always tell my kids that we wore out own jeans out–they didn’t come that way! Haha. I never tried the bleach trick! Take care!
and we did wear our jeans out! thanks for stopping by.
xoxo beth