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lynnie · Chanel

When you find amazing jeans...

jacks435 · Kenneth Cole

Not crazy! I kind of wish I'd done the same thing for some of my favorites.

ViViDogWear · Kate Spade

not crazy! for some reason though - my jeans always shrink to "flats" length when they were hemmed with heels. Thus I just always hem my new jeans to "heels" length and I have a growing collection of "flats" jeans.

lynnie · Chanel

ViViDogWear wrote:

not crazy! for some reason though - my jeans always shrink to "flats" length when they were hemmed with heels. Thus I just always hem my new jeans to "heels" length and I have a growing collection of "flats" jeans.

do you wash them before you get them hemmed?

AllieGurl · Marc Jacobs

lynnie wrote:

ViViDogWear wrote:

not crazy! for some reason though - my jeans always shrink to "flats" length when they were hemmed with heels. Thus I just always hem my new jeans to "heels" length and I have a growing collection of "flats" jeans.

do you wash them before you get them hemmed?

Denim lenght always shrinks over time. I do the same thing, one for flats, the other for heels. The ones I hem for heels I usually leave REALLY long so that even after a few months I can still wear them with my heels...

No your not crazy BTW. I do this with jeans, and also when I find a great basic white or ivory Tshirt (regardless of price ) I will buy multiples.

Kelly · Hermes

I don't, but I've thought about it a lot. I'm totally in love with my jeans I got from express a few months ago, but becase I wasn't familiar with Express jeans I didn't want to buy two at once if they turned out to be crappy or easily misshapen. Now that I know I like them and they still fit great after many washes and wears, I'll probably buy two at a time from now on.

kittenheels · Coach

I think that's a great idea. I generally buy jeans that work with flats or a low heel, and I have one pair for regular heels - but I think my next great pair - I'll buy two!

dangergirl · Kate Spade

i've never done that, but its a great idea - definitely not crazy!

pollyjean23 · Marc Jacobs

I have been wanting to do that lately; I think it is a great idea. Great jeans are hard to find!

squishy · Coach

i don't even wear heels, and i definitely have duplicate pairs of the same jeans. i wore them so much i bore a hole in the bum area.

Lilykind · Hermes

I wore my AG Angels so much I tore a gash through the bum area but I still can't bear to get rid of them. I really wish I'd had a heels and flats pair of those.

I guess the only reason I don't do it now is because my flats/sneaker jeans are Joe's Provocateurs, which have a 30"-31" inseam off the rack. If I was taller, I'd probably buy duplicate pairs though.

ViViDogWear · Kate Spade

lynnie wrote:

ViViDogWear wrote:

not crazy! for some reason though - my jeans always shrink to "flats" length when they were hemmed with heels. Thus I just always hem my new jeans to "heels" length and I have a growing collection of "flats" jeans.

do you wash them before you get them hemmed?

Lynnie - yeah I do wash them before hemming. And I only wash jeans on cold water & delicate cycle dry. I think it's cuz I (used to) wear jeans every day so they would just get washed A LOT.

2 pairs of your faves is definitely a good idea!

subwolley · Kate Spade

I hem mine to heel length. Sometimes I wish I had hemmed them to flat length, but considering I only wear my favorite jeans when I go out, I buy regular jeans like from the Gap, for everyday flat where.

-- Edited by subwolley at 12:40, 2007-06-10

MissMee · Kate Spade

sounds like a good idea if they are perfect fitting jeans. And if you wear a lot of both flats and heels.