Washed & Distressed Jeans

Washed & Distressed Jeans is the denim shelf at Marcy Clothing where the finish is the reason to buy — jeans whose surface has been washed, tinted, faded or worn before it ever reached our store on 13th Avenue in Borough Park. Every pair here earns its character from treatment rather than from cut alone.

The collection runs to bootcut jeans in tinted dark blue, barrel jeans in brown with pleated detailing, cargo and patch pocket styles in beige and off white, and washed pairs in light brown. Constructions stay honest underneath the finish: button waistbands, belt loops, cargo or patch pockets where the style calls for them, and reinforced stitching through the areas a pair of jeans gives out first. Denim carries most of the range, with cotton behind the softer washes.

A washed pair is the easiest denim to place, because the finish has already taken the newness off and nothing has to be broken in. Keep the top half plain and let the surface be the interesting part. Waist sizes run twenty-eight to forty-two. Browse this collection when the denim rotation has gone flat and needs one pair with some history to it.