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The Unlikely Tools Used to Manufacture Jeans: A Dremel, Sandpaper, Rocks, Shotgun Pellets

Increasing labor costs to help destroy the product seems ridiculous

By Rain Noe - July 24, 2017

in Fashion Design | Hand Tools

We modern-day consumers have inconsistent aesthetic choices that affect certain factory lines in odd ways. For instance, we want our cars, smartphones and appliances to look brand new, but a subset of us want our jeans and furniture to look old and beat-up. This latter preference has resulted in some bizarre additions to the end of the production line for jeans. Take a look:

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Adding these functionally-unnecessary extra steps to the production process of course help drive up the price. It seems absurd. Would you pay extra for a car or bicycle to help cover the wages of a guy being paid to whip them with a chain as they come off of the assembly line?

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Patrick Andrews

7 years ago

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Simulated wabi-sabi? I wonder if this may ever be extended to items such as phones and cars? If not, what does that mean?

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Jay Davis

7 years ago

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Well on their end it takes more time and resources to have a system for damage manufacturing so costs get passed on there. Of course i'd like to know if the people who buy these kinds of clothing are the people who want brand new never before used looking devices. Or are the the people who put on a case with damage design and older looking cars?

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