Cutting Denim

Cutting Denim

Right Ive hacked into one of my denim skirts so its shorts but I want it to look frayed at the bottom does any1 know how to get desired effect?

Re: Cutting Denim

snip a tiny bit off the bottom, all the way around then stick them in the washer a few times

rub it on a cheese grater?

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ive hacked some off the bottom but im worried its gona be too short now its a good one aswell

Not the side you grate cheese with, but the other side with loads of sharp tiny holes.

sandpaper is supposed to work but i have always used my method, to be perfectly honest im too scared to try sandpaper/ cheese grater on my clothes incase it goes wrong but i have always used the washing machine. dont worry if it looks shit when you first cut them! the washing machine sorts i out, i advise you to stick them in 3 times (or untill they look the way you want them too)

Pluck them with a needle i used ta do it to my jeans back in the day

i use scissors with teeth on, they work good if you use the "hacking" technique

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they can never be too short

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sing it brother

kinky.

use a steak knife to cut it or rip it with your bare hands, so its not a perfect cut. once theyv been in the washer a few times it'll fray itself. that what i do

ha ha, i told you to stop looking through my curtains

a hack saw is the best way. just use it to fray the edges and it works mint.

well I already hacked it with scissors but its quite frayed and doesn't look too bad might hacksaw it too though for added effect and wash it a couple of times

it sounds sexy like jess can't wait to see it.

Run the sharpest side of a cheese grater over it a bit, then pick at the edges a bit if you have fingernails, to give an inconsistent/uneven fray.

DO NOT wash denim, at least not unnecessarily. Six months should be an absolute minimum time period between washes.

any science to back this up please doc????

i wash me jeans much more then every 6 month

Denim is a durable material and is not designed to be washed once a week. It obviously depends on the denim, it doesn't matter how much you wash cheap denim, but assuming that most of you are into 'proper' denim, washing it too much will completely shag the denim.

If you have dry/selvage denim, washing it too early will lock in the dye and it will go a horrible colour, look shit, and waste about £100 of your hard-earned. Wearing dry denim for a while before washing it means it'll crack and the dye will bleed in all the right places, so when you eventually have to wash your jeans, you'll have a nice pair of jeans which are washed/faded/distressed in all of the right places.

Washing pre-treated denim too much won't really affect the colours, but it'll make the denim turn fucking horrible and unbearably uncomfortable within a few months. Jeans are supposed to be personal and comfortable, not skin-tight and akin to wearing cardboard.

so long as every1 is looking do u care?