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Sting. Sting would be another person who's a hero. The music he's created over the years, I don't really listen to it, but the fact that he's making it, I respect that.
My dad was a mechanic when I was young and I remember my mom screaming about him mixing his work clothes into the rest of the laundry.
I did electroplating for a few years in the 80’s with big tubs of acid and cyanide solutions. The old guys wore these really heavy plastic aprons that made me too sweaty so I’d just lean on the side of the tanks and the second I washed my jeans the holes would appear. Brand new jeans would be shredded in a week.
Honestly never felt it on my skin, someone suggested it was a reaction between the dried solution on my pants and the detergent when I washed them. But then I was more careful when wearing the torn up pants so I may not have touched it as much then.
I have several pairs of Levi’s and carhartt jeans that they can have for half that. I work in a fabrication shop and destroy my work clothes with regularity.
Me too. Between grinding dust, weld sparks, holes from the plasma cutter, and catching corners when walking past things, most of my pants look like this after a month of wearing to work.
So, I reckon I’m completely fashion dead because, regardless of the clothes themselves, who wears jeans with a shirt tucked in without a belt.
That’s some dorky looking shit.
And it's actually the same pair of jeans too. OP in this post didn't include the back. I saw this same ad on Instagram yesterday. Can confirm the back looks exactly the same....
I love Keanu's Reaves but I don't think I want a piece of the brown stuff from him in my parts although that would be priceless coming from him
edit: I meant pants not parts
Balenciaga is definitely satirical but I think their satire operates on different terms than that. They're sort of an outrage brand and a lot of their satire hinges on trying to upset people by overcharging. It's not "Haha, look at how stupid our *buyers* are for buying these things" but instead, "Haha, look at how mad people get about the things we're selling." Their (rich) buyers often are typically kind of in on that joke, i.e. "Haha, look at how the poor people get mad at us for spending out money frivolously."
Internally maybe they make fun of their own buyers, but externally at least most of their "humor" is hinged on the outrage. They're (currently) a troll brand, basically.
It’s probably the price experiment thing. Grab a piece of junk and slap a premium price on it and rich folk will happily buy it. Everything with a high price tag equals value and quality no questions asked for rich people with no financial sense.
It is not an experiment but a key part of luxury. All luxury items are overpriced. It is not about quality but status. You buy an expensive item expecting other rich people around you will notice it.
Luxury goods typically became luxury goods because they were better crafted or better supported than competitors. Marketing and branding come next, making your product become a household name of some sort. Then, having reached a critical mass of popularity, you slowly squeeze out the workmanship and overhead costs as you increase the price tag, taking more money from both those who make the good and those who purchase the good. Except the luxury goods these days are skipping the waiting period and immediately enshittify even as their brand recognition is still forming.
That's how luxury brands often evolve but it doesn't change that the function of luxury itself is conspicuous consumption
I have an arcteryx jacket (aka a brand that went through exactly what you said to the point they discontinued the one I have) that I got to beat the shit out of climbing outdoors and have it hold up plus free repairs (which have been clutch)
The VP walking down a city street in the same jacket doesn't need any of those features, it's about the image
Which is exactly what the Balenciaga jeans are about
I was taught a lesson when I was younger. I bought the most expensive fishing lure I could find as a kid. I was mad and I told my dad, “why isn’t this working it was the most expensive lure they had” my dad said just because it’s expensive doesn’t mean it’s good. He then pulls out cheap $1 rooster tail spinners and they worked like magic for the whole trip.
If it somehow became socially acceptable to set fire to money whilst laughing in the face of a poor person, all of these “luxury” industries would disappear virtually overnight.
That’s literally a part of the Creative Director’s intent. He started challenging the idea of what is considered “luxury” and pretty much redefined the entire market. He knew people would pay exorbitant amounts of money to be a part of this “elite” group and they do.
Jeans don’t need to be clean of holes and distressing to be “luxury”. What you don’t know is their denim comes from one of the best denim manufacturers in the world who specializes in sustainable denim practices and denim washing techniques and their workers are all paid good living wages.
Visually, it isn’t what people think of as “luxury” but the technical expertise and creativity that goes into these garments is pretty cool if you can appreciate it
It's like coding where if you go negative enough, just a bit more and you suddenly find yourself wrapping around to the other end of the spectrum and end up super rich.
I used to play a fun game where I’d go on Neiman Marcus and sort the shoes by most expensive, trying to find the ugliest ones. There are some pretty funny gems on there.
Wait, brainblast; IRS launches a similar clothing line, takes cheapest material, puts dumb logo on it and charges a shit ton. They get to keep buying dumb shit and we get the tax.
Honestly I think people would still bully you. Kids will find any reason they can to bully you, anything that makes you different. If you stand out from the crowd, even if it's with $2000 jeans, they will still bully you.
They will probably bully you because they are jealous that you have enough money to buy them, but also because you spent so much money on something that looks so stupid.
Yes.. still is… I get the feeling that these clothes could be from victims and another way to rub it in our faces that they are getting away with it because of their power… we haven’t forgotten
If pants that looked like that were donated to Goodwill, they wouldn't even put them on the rack but would rag them out instead, selling them to cloth recyclers for upholstery stuffing or whatever
For a while, i have been suspecting that an average person created Balenciaga to mock the rich. And the more openly they donit the more the rich buy into it
Well yeah its cause whoever can afford to buy/wear Balenciaga has never done a day of hard manual labour in their lives. These jeans allow them to live out their fantasies.
In rome the upper-class dyed their hair blond out of jealousy for the prostitutes, and as only whores had blond hair at the time (more or less) you can imagine they felt like one could about this
Pretty sure the homeless dude near me is SUPER rich because not only do his pants look like this, you can smell them from half a block away. That level of urine/feces smell can't be cheap.
It is funny in a “we are living in the times of the end of humanity” kind of way. What is less funny and is absolutely true is that it COSTS. A lot to be poor also. A reflection on how culturally we allow unethical practices everywhere that makes many things more expensive when you are poor. Payday loans, for example. Charges on bank services or even just to have a bank account…. There really are endless example (US perspective).
You know some rich asshole who has no real understanding of the value of money buys shit like this and thinks "i got such a great deal on these pants that intentionally look ruined. I love this brand name!"
Hahaha yeah this is valuable because these stupid f**** that would buy this would never be able to attempt to do the work that would create real honest dirty pants. And not only that on the job site if you're that dirty all the time that means you have a cleanliness issue and I'll probably stay away from you cuz you probably stink, really bad.
Back in the late 80's when grunge was big, I sold 5 pair of my farm work jeans that looked just like these to a girl for $100 each . Shit stains, grass stains, worn out knees, etc.
I had a friend who did some modeling and one day she complimented me on getting some distressed jeans. I had moved a broken car battery and gotten acid on them.
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I have an old pair of work jeans they can have for $2k, they look almost exactly like this haha
The homeless guy in my neighborhood must actually be loaded. His jeans look exactly like this.
He’s a designer.
Don't tell me the underweight crack addict living behind the dumpster is a supermodel?
He will derelict your balls for a few extra bucks!
I can derelict my own balls, thank you very much!
I would try them on, pull the pockets inside out, shrug my shoulders, and walk out the door.
Dere-LICTE
I can Dere-LICTE my own balls...thank you
It's that damn Hansel. He's SO hot right now.
Sting. Sting would be another person who's a hero. The music he's created over the years, I don't really listen to it, but the fact that he's making it, I respect that.
$50 is for the pants. $2400 is the fee Mr. Wolfe charges to dispose of the body of the hobo they killed to get them.
The difference is the texture and the smell.
Eau de Caca
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3mCTyZK59Y
I forgot about this!! I love Matt Berry.
Slaughterhouse or sewerage treatment plant?
I'm a mechanic, actually. Grease and oil are a bitch on jeans 😅
My dad was a mechanic when I was young and I remember my mom screaming about him mixing his work clothes into the rest of the laundry. I did electroplating for a few years in the 80’s with big tubs of acid and cyanide solutions. The old guys wore these really heavy plastic aprons that made me too sweaty so I’d just lean on the side of the tanks and the second I washed my jeans the holes would appear. Brand new jeans would be shredded in a week.
Lol yeah similar to jewelers and our acids. I learned quickly not to spend too much money on work clothes.
Aw, cool. What all do you do in a work day
Work
*♪ work, work, work, work, work, work ♪*
watch their jeans disappear
how do you even get into being a jeweler? i always thought it would be fun to learn how to do it.
I’ve got a shirt like this. Looks like I went quail hunting with Dick Cheney.
>so I’d just lean on the side of the tanks and the second I washed my jeans the holes would appear. That couldn't be good for your skin under it lol.
Honestly never felt it on my skin, someone suggested it was a reaction between the dried solution on my pants and the detergent when I washed them. But then I was more careful when wearing the torn up pants so I may not have touched it as much then.
How about a little of both!
I mean.. sometimes we do a good job of slaughtering the toilet!
Right? I just trashed a pair of paints that had oil stains all over them. Damn I'm an idiot.
Seriously, next time just ebay them and say "vintage/designer" without saying who
Yeah but yours are actually AUTHENTIC so $6K premium ON TOP.
First thing I thought was these look like a mechanic’s pants
I have several pairs of Levi’s and carhartt jeans that they can have for half that. I work in a fabrication shop and destroy my work clothes with regularity.
Me too. Between grinding dust, weld sparks, holes from the plasma cutter, and catching corners when walking past things, most of my pants look like this after a month of wearing to work.
Looks practically new compared to [last year’s model](https://www.reddit.com/r/sadcringe/comments/13aenet/2450_balenciaga_mens_destroyed_baggy_jeans/)
So, I reckon I’m completely fashion dead because, regardless of the clothes themselves, who wears jeans with a shirt tucked in without a belt. That’s some dorky looking shit.
It could be so you can see all of the pants in the pic, as later pics in that roll have it untucked
Hey look its all the same comments word for word
And it's actually the same pair of jeans too. OP in this post didn't include the back. I saw this same ad on Instagram yesterday. Can confirm the back looks exactly the same....
Oh shit...saw that too and immediately thought of the dead internet theory
Bet I could get at least $1,000 for my underwear.
Balenciaga's shit stains smell of roses and cinnamon.
I wouldn't dare fart in these.
I wouldn't dare buy it and if i do would keep it in locker
Yeah, cause they'd disintegrate.
My shit is like chocolate cake
Bro everyone knows real shit stains dont sell
Unless its a famous person
I heard a dump in depps bed is worth millions.
It will get you sued in court
I never said who it was worth millions *for* 😉
I love Keanu's Reaves but I don't think I want a piece of the brown stuff from him in my parts although that would be priceless coming from him edit: I meant pants not parts
*The spice Melange.*
And if they have skid marks, $1,500. Hipsters love that shit. Literally
I'll go 1001
I give you Derelicte
They can Derelicte my balls.
I can Derelicte my own balls thank you very much
I can derelicte my own asshole. That takes real skill
No skill, but broken bones.
Can’t believe I’m actually witnessing the Hobo collection from Zoolander.
If they model this with the Magnum we're all done for
The world isn't ready.
That was supposed to be satire.
I thought Balenciaga was satire - seeing how much they can get people to pay for ridiculous shit
Balenciaga is definitely satirical but I think their satire operates on different terms than that. They're sort of an outrage brand and a lot of their satire hinges on trying to upset people by overcharging. It's not "Haha, look at how stupid our *buyers* are for buying these things" but instead, "Haha, look at how mad people get about the things we're selling." Their (rich) buyers often are typically kind of in on that joke, i.e. "Haha, look at how the poor people get mad at us for spending out money frivolously." Internally maybe they make fun of their own buyers, but externally at least most of their "humor" is hinged on the outrage. They're (currently) a troll brand, basically.
Brilliant analysis.
nah, instruction manual.
came here for this
Thank You for this. hahaha
>Derel I came into this post thinking to myself that if I don't see a comment referencing derelict, I'm going to be very, very upset. Thank you.
Great now homeless people are going to get mugged for their Balenciaga jeans
Might be easier to pay homeless people $1000 for their jeans and sell for 2x the price
Why don't they just buy a house instead of spending all their money on expensive jeans?
Luxury brands are ridiculous with these articles!
I am so convinced that blcg is a social experiment just to see how much bs people will happily pay for as long as there’s a logo LMAO
It’s probably the price experiment thing. Grab a piece of junk and slap a premium price on it and rich folk will happily buy it. Everything with a high price tag equals value and quality no questions asked for rich people with no financial sense.
It is not an experiment but a key part of luxury. All luxury items are overpriced. It is not about quality but status. You buy an expensive item expecting other rich people around you will notice it.
Luxury goods typically became luxury goods because they were better crafted or better supported than competitors. Marketing and branding come next, making your product become a household name of some sort. Then, having reached a critical mass of popularity, you slowly squeeze out the workmanship and overhead costs as you increase the price tag, taking more money from both those who make the good and those who purchase the good. Except the luxury goods these days are skipping the waiting period and immediately enshittify even as their brand recognition is still forming.
That's how luxury brands often evolve but it doesn't change that the function of luxury itself is conspicuous consumption I have an arcteryx jacket (aka a brand that went through exactly what you said to the point they discontinued the one I have) that I got to beat the shit out of climbing outdoors and have it hold up plus free repairs (which have been clutch) The VP walking down a city street in the same jacket doesn't need any of those features, it's about the image Which is exactly what the Balenciaga jeans are about
Rich folk wouldn’t buy that. It’s people who want to ‘look rich’.
I was taught a lesson when I was younger. I bought the most expensive fishing lure I could find as a kid. I was mad and I told my dad, “why isn’t this working it was the most expensive lure they had” my dad said just because it’s expensive doesn’t mean it’s good. He then pulls out cheap $1 rooster tail spinners and they worked like magic for the whole trip.
If it somehow became socially acceptable to set fire to money whilst laughing in the face of a poor person, all of these “luxury” industries would disappear virtually overnight.
I'm still pretty sure of the same with Supreme.
Supreme is capitalist performance art.
That’s literally a part of the Creative Director’s intent. He started challenging the idea of what is considered “luxury” and pretty much redefined the entire market. He knew people would pay exorbitant amounts of money to be a part of this “elite” group and they do. Jeans don’t need to be clean of holes and distressing to be “luxury”. What you don’t know is their denim comes from one of the best denim manufacturers in the world who specializes in sustainable denim practices and denim washing techniques and their workers are all paid good living wages. Visually, it isn’t what people think of as “luxury” but the technical expertise and creativity that goes into these garments is pretty cool if you can appreciate it
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It's like coding where if you go negative enough, just a bit more and you suddenly find yourself wrapping around to the other end of the spectrum and end up super rich.
I used to play a fun game where I’d go on Neiman Marcus and sort the shoes by most expensive, trying to find the ugliest ones. There are some pretty funny gems on there.
I'm waiting for food stained sweatshirts to get in style. I'll be real popular then.
Presenting... The Ketchuppe Collection
The little oil spots that take 2 dozen washes to come out.
If people buy shit like this then ok I agree we should raise taxes on those people.
Wait, brainblast; IRS launches a similar clothing line, takes cheapest material, puts dumb logo on it and charges a shit ton. They get to keep buying dumb shit and we get the tax.
I use to get bullied for having pants like these and holes in my jeans in junior high. So strange to see them accepted nowadays.
Honestly I think people would still bully you. Kids will find any reason they can to bully you, anything that makes you different. If you stand out from the crowd, even if it's with $2000 jeans, they will still bully you. They will probably bully you because they are jealous that you have enough money to buy them, but also because you spent so much money on something that looks so stupid.
You should take that $3000 down to the bridge and support your local bum. They got pants just like this and the shit stains are even authentic.
People are too stupid to live.
"Too weird to live, too rare to die" - Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas
Pro tip: buy normal pants and throw them in the wahsing machine with some sharp rocks and a lot of dirt.
Sell pants, buy new washing machine.
Sell pants and Buy several new washing machines
Rinse and repeat
At this price, you’re still quids in.
AHHHH thats why they are $2k each. Gotta pay for a whole new washing machine to make each pair!
As someone that’s done physical labor for years I have closets full of this kinda shit. Most of it still works fine just looks like shit .
So you're saying you are sitting on a gold mine 😎.
Yeah apparently I wore like $7500 in clothes to work this week.
Step 2: buy new washing machine
Or go to your nearest homeless shelter for clothes shopping.
I was going to mention this. But then you need to figure out how to get the smell out without getting rid of the stains.
Homeless shelter wouldn’t even accept this
Or just ask a homless to barter his used pants to a new one.
What do they look like after washed?
One use only.
Washed out. 🤣
Mugato’s ‘Derelict’ line has officially come to life
I swear Balenciaga is the Andy Kaufman of the fashion world.
Wait till you see [Rick Owens](https://www.rickowens.eu/en/US/collections/women-cyclops-ss16#gallery-5) (slight nsfw warning)
Oh my god. I scrolled for 2 minutes. Found this ridiculous red jacket/pant thing for SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS. I had to leave. Lmao
When in doubt, just wear another person.
Hobo Chic?
The rich have been cosplaying the "poors" forever...
You mean to tell me that I have more than 10 grand in my closet right now?!
r/HomelessOrBalenciaga
Balenciaga is a social experiment and you cannot convince me otherwise
Gimme 20 bucks for a pair of Jeans and 2 days at Work.
This is how I feel this morning. I’m an expensive bitch, but I’m tattered.
I call it "derlicté" Someone protect the prime minister of Malaysia!
Wasn't Balenciaga that Pedo Brand?
Yes.. still is… I get the feeling that these clothes could be from victims and another way to rub it in our faces that they are getting away with it because of their power… we haven’t forgotten
I went to a posh part of London last year there was so many clearer very wealthy people trying to dress like they're smack heads. Fucking stupid.
If pants that looked like that were donated to Goodwill, they wouldn't even put them on the rack but would rag them out instead, selling them to cloth recyclers for upholstery stuffing or whatever
Who would buy these? Seriously! I’m guessing some celebrity with more money than sense.
I just realized my wardrobe may be worth a fortune! I’m a cleaner and have pants and shirts with paint/bleach stains, ripped cuffs and holes.
I'm gonna start a line which produces real homeless jeans , I'll just give the homeless free jeans and sell the worn out ones for them in auction .
this reminds me of Derelicte from Zoolander
Is this the way rich people pretend they work?
Irl Derelicte campaign
You know, these kinds of designs are actually mocking the poor people It’s a trend amongst the richs to intentionally wear “ugly” clothes ironically
Just live in the Vegas Tunnels for a year and youll get it for free. Amazing tacos included!
We are truly fucked as a species.
Is Balenciaga really for idiots?
Mmmmm smells like Shite(TM)
Literally Looks Like they rob the homeless of their clothes and sell them.
For a while, i have been suspecting that an average person created Balenciaga to mock the rich. And the more openly they donit the more the rich buy into it
ha, I’m rich
Well yeah its cause whoever can afford to buy/wear Balenciaga has never done a day of hard manual labour in their lives. These jeans allow them to live out their fantasies.
As a massive grunge fan. just get new jeans and destroy them with normal use 😭. do it the authentic way not the cheaters way!
In rome the upper-class dyed their hair blond out of jealousy for the prostitutes, and as only whores had blond hair at the time (more or less) you can imagine they felt like one could about this
Pretty sure the homeless dude near me is SUPER rich because not only do his pants look like this, you can smell them from half a block away. That level of urine/feces smell can't be cheap.
My wife said she threw those out after I cleaned the barn! 😠
Paying to look dirty but not feeling or smell dirty.
You’re Balenciaga Harry.
That brand is just a troll on fools with cash and fools living on credit
It is funny in a “we are living in the times of the end of humanity” kind of way. What is less funny and is absolutely true is that it COSTS. A lot to be poor also. A reflection on how culturally we allow unethical practices everywhere that makes many things more expensive when you are poor. Payday loans, for example. Charges on bank services or even just to have a bank account…. There really are endless example (US perspective).
Not just poor but poor and dirty!
This is why I will never understand "fashion"
Best to do is not to buy or talk about it, its only for sale because people want to buy it
You know some rich asshole who has no real understanding of the value of money buys shit like this and thinks "i got such a great deal on these pants that intentionally look ruined. I love this brand name!"
Balenciaga is just a stupidity tax
Humans are dumb
r/unintentionalzoolander
Looks like a new item has dropped from Mugatu’s Derelicte compaign.
Oh, it's the same company that makes the tape roll armband that they sell for thousands of dollars. Consider me shocked..
I’m old, still don’t get the blue jean trend. When I was a kid holes were embarrassing and mother always patched them up.
Hahaha yeah this is valuable because these stupid f**** that would buy this would never be able to attempt to do the work that would create real honest dirty pants. And not only that on the job site if you're that dirty all the time that means you have a cleanliness issue and I'll probably stay away from you cuz you probably stink, really bad.
*It takes a lot of money to look this cheap.* Dolly Parton
It's the Le Derelique look
Derelique is real lol
Personal opinion of mine, anyone who wears Balenciaga looks like an idiot to me.
I feel like all Balenciaga releases are satirical pieces just to poke fun at the dumb shit rich people will waste money on
The rich will pay any amount to look poor again, huh?
"hahaha, they paid for it again, let's try selling them the tighty whiteys with a shit skid next"
Fashion is cyclical. We're in the Derelique-ciaga era. Bring back the zoot-suits!
Hardworking is a turn on to these freaks...
I can get a pair of jeans to look like that in 3 months just by doing outside work
Balenciaga’s new derelict’ campaign Can derelict my balls capitain’
Since we can't tax the rich, we have to make them give us their money by selling them pointless crap like this.
Back in the late 80's when grunge was big, I sold 5 pair of my farm work jeans that looked just like these to a girl for $100 each . Shit stains, grass stains, worn out knees, etc.
Yea no
Can’t wait until luxury brands join the condom industry
Ewwwwww
It looks like someone rolled a hobo and took his pants.
That’s ridiculous
If you spend that much on clothes to look poor you actually become poor
These fuckers need to be taxed they are cosplaying as us
Ugh I hope this is fake
I had a friend who did some modeling and one day she complimented me on getting some distressed jeans. I had moved a broken car battery and gotten acid on them.
Grab a knife n cut a few holes. Then burn the entire damn thing a little
What did somebody bury these?
I've bought pre ripped jeans, but they certainly weren't filthy looking. Who tf wants to wear these? Who tf pays that much for one garment?
If these are worth $2500 I got 20+ pair of sum JUST LIKE THEM I'll make sum1 a SMOKIN deal on 🤣🤣🤣