Making your own cutoff shorts

[Jazzy1]

Did you made your own cut-off shorts from a pair of old jeans?

 

[Aunt Bea]

Yes!


Shorts and improvised swimsuits for boys and girls!

I remember using a needle or safety pin to pick out threads and fray/fringe the leg openings.

 

[GoodEnuff]

I was not allowed to wear shorts in public. To this day, I do not own any. Funny how those things stick with you.

 

[JustDave]

I did that with old jeans. I don't think it was unusual. No one ever commented on it.

 

[KSav]

I don't think I ever did cutoffs, but I do remember deliberately bleaching and ripping holes in my jeans back in the 80s. I guess I shouldn't have been surprised when the trend started again when my daughters were in high school.

 

[Sunkist]

I did that.