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.

 

[Imogene]

Yes. Once upon a time.

 

[C50]

I still do that when I can. My jeans go thru a cycle, they start as casual wear, as they wear out I turn them into chore clothes, and if the knees get torn out I'll cut off the legs and use them as summer time chore shorts.

 

[Repondering]

Yes, I did it too, making cutoffs out of older jeans. It was a common practice with my peer group.
But by around the time that I turned 30 years old or so, wearing cutoffs with those fraying threads hanging down
seemed to be a bit too casual or untidy or something.
Eventually I realized that was no longer choosing to wear them anymore. There might be a few pairs stored away in a closet or cupboard somewhere.
I still wear shorts in the summer months but they're properly hemmed and look more presentable than the cutoffs of my youth.

 

[Jules]

Definitely.

 

[Babs2u]

I remember a light blue pair.