Dominant Jean...
I've been known to wear clothes until they are rags. Polo shirts for work date back to companies I was with 20 years ago and they don't go to waste as they become cleaning rags for car polishing (note to self, polish car this weekend) but my Jeans are a different story as they have zippers and snap-buttons. It's rare, but when a zipper breaks and I'm not able to repair it, the cost of having a seamstress replace the zipper is usually more than buying a new pair of jeans.Those Jeans with broken zippers have been placed in clothing donation bins for recycle so someone can decide what to do with them.
When the snap breaks, I've been known to sew on a button, but the stress it too great and the button often comes loose. So, there have been several favorite Jeans of mine, stacked on a chair in the closet that are missing snaps.
Amazon sells replacement snap button kits in 2 different styles.
The first having to punch a hole where the back part gets hammered into the front. The other style uses a small flat screw to attach the button. I chose the one with the screw and it works perfectly!
Now, one of my favorite Jeans is wearable again and it's correct to refer to it as the Dominant Jean.
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Comments (13)
You're lucky if the area hasn't frayed and you can simply replace with no repair. Maybe save an unworn sections of a dead pair (the lower leg area is often good) for the purposes of patching.
Replacing jean zips can be hard work. When jeans are made, the zip goes in before the jeans are constructed. When you replace a zip, you're putting it in after the jeans are constructed. It involves stitching through more layers of fabric in places, propelling the machine needle slowly by hand rotation and many bent, burred and snapped expensive needles.
It's also a measure of how little factory, or home tailors are paid across the world that it's cheaper to buy a new pair than it is to mend. Such is our throw away attitude to human and other Earth resources.
And one day we will die and all those new clothes we didn't wear will end up in resale donation boxes.
I ordered a pack of new zipper heads for a pair.
I actually considered a career in the clothing and design business, but rock & roll was path I took instead.
Walmart had one on the shelf, but it was all plastic and I wanted something substantial.
They're available now!!
Walmart had one on the shelf, but it was all plastic and I wanted something substantial.
They're available now!!
And one day we will die and all those new clothes we didn't wear will end up in resale donation boxes.
I ordered a pack of new zipper heads for a pair.
I rotate my regular clothes.