"But love is blind, and lovers cannot see
The pretty follies that themselves commit."
(William Shakespeare, "The Merchant of Venice")
Finally.. my financial independence surpassed all my apprehensions towards expensive price tags. The color was what struck me.. It was amazing, strikingly different from all those I had! I am not sure whether it was an impulse..I had to buy!
My quick fingers already pushed the thing into my 'trial' lot,.. and a warning shot.. from inside. I unsafely ignored. I knew it was going to be my costliest buy.. I give a damn to what 'BRANDNAME' the label contained. But, it was going to empty my wallet. It did!
I looked into the mirror. Sigh! Good things already stopped fitting me :( It was very obvious. I was 'torturing' it beyond its elastic limits. And I was going to do that everyday. It only yielded. You should understand, the pleasure of wearing it was never sadistic.
And then it went, .. into the washing lot. It cried! Only, the tears were blue.
My Jeans cried Blue.
It lay alone for a long while, hanging on a rope outside, under hot scorching summer sun, and it cried until all its tears dried and there were no more tears left to come. I left it there, hoping that someday it would understand.
It looked alien and strangely unfamiliar. It looked pale, weak and detached. I was in love and it was still beautiful to me. And so,.. it had to endure the pain again and yet again. It just yielded and acquiesced to the 'enormous' deformative and distortive forces. It never actually understood, - that the pleasure of wearing it was never sadistic.
It cried out all its beauty. It BLED BLUE ... until... it became devoid of all its beauty! :(
Now what?
“Well, the tragedy is over. The failure is complete. I turn my head and go away. I took my share in this fight for the impossible.”
(Albert Camus)
Found this after googling: (wash after 30 days?!*&%$# Kill me!)
"Levi's recently introduced a line of jeans that promise control over the break-in and fading process over a very short period of time. They're called Imprint jeans and Levi's is offering the fabric as an option on their Slim Straight 514's in the US (additional cuts available overseas). Basically you wear them for as long as possible before the first wash (about 30 days) and during that time, the jeans "imprint" to your body. When you wash them in hot water they fade at an increased pace.
Once you get them looking how you want, you only wash them in cold water to prolong the look. Check out the pic above of the progression over 120 days. Priced at around $75, we think Levi's has a winner on their hands."
IMP NOTE: Read tags
(no matter how independent you are...) Price tags contain other information too. And most important information is often at the back.
