The High Price Of Fake Authenticity: $425 'Muddy' Jeans Inspire Mockery
This week, the Internet discovered that Nordstrom sells premium denim with a "crackled, caked-on muddy coating" — that is, fake dirt. Former Dirty Jobs host Mike Rowe had some thoughts about that.
by Camila Domonoske
Apr 26, 2017
3 minutes
Straight-leg. Five-pocket. Medium-blue. And for the finishing touch, a "caked-on muddy coating."
For just $425, these PRPS jeans can be yours.
But you can make fun of them for free. And that's a bargain the Internet couldn't pass up.
Now-deleted reviews on Nordstrom's site celebrated the way the jeans mimicked the fruits of hard labor, "without ever having to leave my BMW." "Perfectly match my stick on calluses," one user wrote.
On social media, sell you pants like that ...
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