Plus, it’ll save you some money.

And the transformation from tired has-been to trendy staple is easier than you might think!

These already-worn spots are the ideal starting places for your project!

ripped jeans

“Wearing ripped jeans is a completely personal style preference.

“But not all rips have to be original to be cool.

Rips and shreds add attitude and tell a story, no matter how they were created.”

A woman leaning against a wall, wearing ripped jeans

You’ll want to keep a couple things in mind before you get started.

Then, take scissors and scrape horizontally across the places you want to tear.

you’re free to also use a razor blade for this (viaStyle Craze).

Ripped jeans

Keep scraping until you see white thread, at which point, switch to tweezers.

Use your tweezers to fray threads here and there across the scraped area.

Before doing any more, try the jeans on to confirm you like how the process is going.