How can you cut jeans beautifully?

When a trend forgotten by everyone for a while returns, its new success always overshadows the previous one. The excitement around ripped jeans last flashed in the late nineties - early zero. He slept quickly, and some did not have the time to venture to purchase a strange novelty. A couple of years ago, designers remembered this stylish move, and since then, almost every new collection has a place for artificially aged and rugged jeans.

The stores have a large selection of trend pants. But turning ordinary denim pants into trendy ones is much more interesting on your own. Moreover, it is very simple! We will tell you how to cut jeans beautifully.

Two factors are important in this matter - style and material of jeans. The first is determined quite easily.

Choose a model that will ideally sit on you and emphasize all the advantages of the figure. In this case, the pants should not be too loose.

It is also not permissible that they be cramped and literally burst at the seams.

The choice of fabric is more serious. Not every cut jeans look and wear equally well. There are fabrics that categorically cannot be “shredded”. For example, those made on the basis of fleece.

This option will not look aesthetically pleasing, besides, during the first wash, the fabric in the area of ​​cuts will spread in all directions.

If your task is to give a second life to old shabby jeans, here, of course, you will not have to choose. Experiment with what is.

Try making small cuts and see how they look when worn, how they change after washing. And if everything goes well, then you are lucky: instead of a discarded pair of old trousers, you will get an updated and trendy thing.

The most popular place for cuts and holes on jeans is the knee area. Abrasions from the knee to the middle of the thigh also look good. There are also interesting options for the entire length of the leg.

But the most advantageous in this case are neat cuts. As a rule, the front part of the trouser leg is "perforated".

Fans of extreme style will like the option with a cut out fragment. It can be done on one of the legs.

The location is chosen individually, depending on your desire. Like the shape, which can be standard (rectangular, square), or maybe unusual (heart, flower, asterisk).

To mark future holes and cuts on jeans, they must be placed on a hanger. When the pants are in limbo, they should be marked with chalk or remnant (you can use soft pencil on white jeans). Draw lines of future cuts carefully, with thin strokes.

If you plan to make several cuts, calculate the distance between them so that they are 2-3 centimeters apart. When marks are made, appreciate the picture from the side.

To finally make sure that the intended fashion touches will be in place, jeans with these sketches need to be tried on. You can try to outline different options and compare them. After several fittings, you can confidently choose the optimal number and location of holes on jeans.

There are some simple, but very important nuances that will help you make the right cuts on jeans:

1. To make perfect cuts, arm yourself with a clerical knife. He, unlike scissors or a kitchen knife, guarantees the accuracy and ease of the process.
2. Before proceeding with making cuts and holes, place a metal or wooden lath (for example, a wide ruler) under the “operated” side of the leg. This will protect the back of the leg from unwanted damage.
3. Cut exclusively horizontally. This is important because any denim is loose in its weaving structure. If cut at an angle, you risk losing control of the manufactured decor element. It may not be exactly what you need.

To create stylish holes in the knee area, you will also need the following tools:

• a brush for clothes with a hard pile;
• nail file (metal), a small file is possible;
• a thin sheet of sandpaper;
• pumice or fine grater.

All this inventory will help you easily achieve the effect of antiquity. Holes made with it will look stylish and original. When all the tools are ready, you can get down to business!

1. Place the rail under the place on the jeans where you decided to make a cut.
2. Smoothly, but at the same time pushing hard, incise the intended place.
3. Pull several threads of the longitudinal direction from the resulting notch, cut from both sides.
4. The following is the design of the resulting sections. Flatten your jeans. Carefully brush the fabric around the edges of the sections to tear up their vertical threads.
5. The next manipulation is the processing of the edges with a nail file. In this case, you need to straighten all the ends of the threads to the outside. After this stage, the cuts, as a rule, still have a very neat appearance. This is normal.
6. Final touches - make a few decisive strokes with a pumice, emery or fine grater along the edges of the cuts. The resulting fringe will become more subtle and delicate.
7. Try on jeans and evaluate the result of the work done from the outside. If you want to add more cuts - do it.If everything suits you, then it is time to throw jeans in the mirror to completely satisfy you, send the jeans to the washing machine. There the slots will get their finished look.

Another hit of the season is jeans with cut out fragments on the lap.

This can be a slot in the form of a narrow rectangle or a square that exposes the knee. Such a hole in jeans looks equally stylish, whether it is neatly cut or disheveled until a fringe appears.

Another stylish option is to sew lace fabric from the inside of such a slot.

1. Please note: while wearing, the holes made in jeans will gradually increase. Make them initially smaller than you would like.
2. If you are looking for practicality from such a thing, make cuts either above the knee or below. So the thing will keep its neat appearance longer.
3. Have you decided to make several “scars” on one leg at once? Try alternating short and long slots - it looks very original.
4. Want to visually lengthen your legs? Make a few miniature slits, just above and just below the knee.
5. Avoid large cuts in the hips - they will fill you up.