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Follow these steps.
Styling Tips:
1. If slashes have created too much ease, the dryer cycle should help shrink the fit back into place.
2. For less precise slashes, start the cut and tear by hand.
3. These slashed skinnies look great with ANYTHING!

Posted by Jenna C. from New York, New York, United States • Published See Jenna C.'s 118 projects »
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  • How to rip a pair of ripped jeans. All American Slashed Skinny Jeans - Step 1
    Step 1

    Lay Jeans flat on a table.

  • How to rip a pair of ripped jeans. All American Slashed Skinny Jeans - Step 2
    Step 2

    Note where you want the first slash to begin (try them on prior to beginning). Mark slash points at side seam with non- wax chalk or a marker if desired. Looks best when slashes on right/left legs are not symmetrical but haphazard or arbitrary.

  • How to rip a pair of ripped jeans. All American Slashed Skinny Jeans - Step 3
    Step 3

    Insert scissor tip in front of side seam and cut or slash (carefully) from one end to the other. Note that every slash adds ease and slashing the side seam will dramatically alter the fit.

  • How to rip a pair of ripped jeans. All American Slashed Skinny Jeans - Step 4
    Step 4

    Once slashes have been made, you can distress the edge of the denim, or throw them in the washer/dryer for a worn-in look.

  • How to rip a pair of ripped jeans. All American Slashed Skinny Jeans - Step 5
    Step 5

    Keep distressing... this doubles as a therapy session! Let out all of your stress on that denim.

  • How to rip a pair of ripped jeans. All American Slashed Skinny Jeans - Step 6
    Step 6

    Voila! Now, try them on.

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DarkAshHurts
DarkAshHurts · 119 projects
HAHAHA. I bought skinny jeans like this & Looked Stupid Too! Apparently it only looks good on skinny anorexic people. :/ ...that was a lot of money i wasted too.
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Squidman Potter
Squidman Potter
You see, I tried to do this to an old pair of skinny jeans I had and it looked so stupid! nothing like what it was supposed to at all.
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blurrymind
blurrymind · Alameda, California, US · 32 projects
LOOOOVVVEEE!!! now i have to find some jeans i dont mind cutting! super cute!!
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noura m.
noura m.
smashing. c:
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Eiram_chaos M.
Eiram_chaos M. · 1 project
this is sooo awsome!! i love it! i have some skinnies that i distresified ( haha) and i wanna do this too ! yesh i love it! <3
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Eiram_chaos M.
Eiram_chaos M. · 1 project
this is sooo awsome!! i love it! i have some skinnies that i distresified ( haha) and i wanna do this too ! yesh i love it! <3
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Sylvie P.
Sylvie P. · 1 project
I have a pair of too-small jeans, might try this on them. I'm never going to wear them again otherwise, so doesn't matter if I screw up xx
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Prinz3ssDoku
Prinz3ssDoku · Lake Wales, Florida, US · 16 projects
im debating if i want to do this to my only pair of good skinny jeans...it looks cute though ^-^
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Czeux Von Czeckeslovenisk
Czeux Von Czeckeslovenisk · Huddersfield, England, GB
Did something similar to this to y black skinnys - look awesome with colourful fishnets underneath xD
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HIimDEBBZ m.
HIimDEBBZ m. · New York, New York, US · 5 projects
these are awesome !!!!!!
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