Can a leopard change her stripes? Can a tiger change his spots?
I know, I know....
I got my cats and their coats all mixed up and confused... Tigers are the ones that look like jailbirds. Leopards prefer irregular polka dots. Pumas figured it all out a long time ago. BASIC BLACK is ultimately the only way to go -- and it also tends to be somewhat forgiving in the slimming department, not that those huge cats have a lot to worry about when it's time for a weigh-in.
I'm totally confused and discombobulated. To be absolutely candid, I'm not acting anything like my normal self. I'm doing things I never would have dreamed about doing -- WAY outside my comfort zone! And I actually fee GOOD about it!
It was maybe two or three years ago that I desperately marched into a Jean store in Nanaimo, BC (which is at least 3000 miles from my home town) because I had just ripped the main seam of the only pair of pants I'd packed. I was due to make an embarrassing public appearance within the hour.
I can't remember ever spending more than $100 for a pair of faded Levis, but that pair of green DU-ERs were covering my ass when I left the store less than five minutes later....
Was I insane? Had I lost my marbles?Bankruptcy seemed inevitable, and was likely only just around the corner, but I told myself that desperate situations require truly DESPERATE measures. And I fell haed over heels in love with those DU-ERs!
Less than six months later, I shocked myself by seeking out the flagship shop in Vancouver's downtown East Side, and plonking down more than a hundred and a half bucks for a pair of black ones!
I actually HATE buying clothes. I feel clumsy and uncomfortable in the change rooms, and I'm often sweating like a proverbial pig by the time I flee the store, sometimes without purchasing anything -- ashamed, embarrassed and totally defeated.
But I love my DU-ERs!!!!!
Recently, I bought some faded blues by mail order!
They are AWESOME! And I feel confident and comfortable with the sizing -- without even trying them on!
This is more than shocking. It's beyond belief!
Your jeans have changed my life. It would be a lie for me to pretend anything less. They look good. They feel great. And I can't get over the obvious superiority of the materials, and the undeniable quality of the craftspersonship.
I've told all of my denim friends about DU-ERs. From time to time, I've even invited perfect strangers to feel the fabric and let their fingers touch my knees!
THANKS for coming into my life! Thanks for making it manifestly better!! Maybe now we should conspire to solve the climate crisis. After the revolutionary improvements you've inspired in an impossible old curmudgeon like me, global warming should be a piece of cake!