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Muytjens-ometer Test: The J. Crew Destroyed Sweatshirt

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J. Crew Destroyed Sweatshirt – $69.99 (reg. $98)

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This is worse than a pre-frayed baseball cap.  And I think we can all agree that pre-frayed baseball caps are pretty bad.  Pretending to have character, when there really is no character there, is called being a poser.  Nobody wants to be a poser.  Here’s the description:
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“A design hero that adds an accidental dose of unkempt cool.  Each one is uniquely distressed, paint-splashed (with at least three different colors) and repaired by hand so you always come off perfectly imperfect.  Intended to look like it has spent years in an artists’ studio.  Cotton.  Crewneck.  Rib trim at neck, cuffs and hem.  Long sleeves. Import.”
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There are four points of absurdity that when originally written should have stopped J. Crew from ever putting this up for sale.  They are, in order of appearance:

  1. “With at least three Different Colors“ – Be still my heart.
  2. “Repaired by hand“ – So the faux-wear has been pre-repaired?
  3. “So you always come off perfectly imperfect“ – Yet you’re completely not.
  4. “Intended to look like it has spent years in an artists’ studio” – The art community is rolling their eyes.

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On the Muytjens-ometer:  Five Heads.  Wearing Pre-Frayed Trucker Hats

Whuttup brah.

J. Crew deserves tons of respect for the way they’ve hurdled themselves to the top of the style heap in the last half decade.  But this one is just laughable.  Original price was $100.  And it’s a sweatshirt that’s supposed to make you look like an artist.  Because those who you would be imitating would ever stoop to something like this?

I’d rather wear one of those sliced up blood spattered shark shirts from the 80s and claim I tangled with a great white.

For past items that faced the Muytjens-ometer, click here.
Holy sh*tballs they’ve made one for kids too.  And it’s $60.

Comments

  1. I absolutely detest clothing sold with the “pre-worn” or “pre-destroyed” look. It’s not “pre-worn” or “pre-destroyed”, it’s unserviceable, so don’t wear it.

    The only thing worse than a faker is someone trying really hard to be a faker and spending $$$ doing it.

  2. The pre-made poser thing has been really overdone. I love guitars, and all the rage is the “reliced” or aged look. I don’t get it. Paying a premium for something that is beat up and worn out = fake poser boy!
    Love the trucker hat on Muytjens! Too funny.

  3. This type of garbage is my biggest problem with J.Crew, sometimes they try way too hard to be cool. I bet you wont see Lands End Canvas selling swill like this.

  5. hehe, I saw this Sunday in store… a bit cheaper, but can you really put a price on posing?

  6. I’ve always been amused by people who spend a lot of money so they can look like they don’t have any.

  10. Do you wear any jeans other than raw denim?

    Seriously, though, it’s not that “pre-wear” is an inherently bad thing. Not every clothing item you buy has to wear like a fresh pair of Carhartts. It’s just that there’s a line somewhere and this sweatshirt is clearly on the wrong side….