US, Third World jeans cultural exchange needed

 US, Third World jeans cultural exchange needed

Some years ago I noticed a teen girl with holes in the knees of her jeans. That’s odd I thought, she doesn’t look like she’s too out of pocket to get them fixed or replaced.

But those holy jeans began parading everywhere, some slit well above and below the knee.

Good grief, I realized, this is the new style to be coooool for teens and young women. Never spotted one dude with air conditioned jeans.

As a staunch libertarian, I’m OK with anything that floats your boat, or in this case, cools off your legs, as long as it doesn’t hurt others or damages society.

But a light bulb popped on in my aging brain. What would really be cool would be if these affluent young ladies would send their pristine hundred dollar jeans to some destitute girl in the Third World whose jeans are holy not from mom’s scissors, but from life crushing poverty. That desperate girl in the Third World would, in turn, send her worn out but desired pair to her US benefactor.

The poor girl in Palestine or Haiti would be thrilled beyond belief to have jeans that would actually last intact for years. The affluent girl in the world’s richest country would be thrilled beyond belief to have an authentic pair of raggedy jeans life tested where they would never dream of living.

That would surely be a cool win for the US girl....a warm win for her poor jean pal.