To give your pair of jeans a cozy, distressed look, fraying them can be a fun at-home, DIY fashion project. Learn how to fray jeans to create frayed edges along the hemline.
Currently, everyone is wearing frayed jeans. Designers charge a lot for this look, but if you know how to create it yourself, you won’t pay a cent!
Keep reading, you will find fraying jeans is not difficult!
How to Fray Jeans?
Step 1: Try on your jeans and choose the length you want them to be while gazing into a mirror.
Step 2: After marking the location where your jean hem should be with a safety pin or fabric marker, take off your jeans. Put a mark in the middle of the front of your jeans leg. In this instance, I marked the area I wanted to cut with a safety pin.
Step 3: Lay your jeans flat and check that the hems on the front and back are parallel.
Step 4: Using a measuring tape, determine the distance between the bottom hem of the jeans and the mark you made, which will serve as the new bottom hem once the jeans have been cut. I wished to subtract 2.5 in. (6.35 cm) for myself.
Step 5: Make a cut on each side of the leg with the measuring tape while keeping this distance in mind. For the purposes of this illustration, I cut each side 2.5 inches below the original hem.
Step 6: Cut from one side to the other using the cut lines as guides and the measuring tape (move it along the leg as you go to ensure an even cut).
Step 7: Grab a pair of scissors and hold the raw denim hem between the blade and your thumb. Slowly pull the hem through while going the opposite direction of the grain (the direction that the white threads face). It will cause the threads to loosen. Once a few threads have come loose, pull them from the source to the side of the hem.
Step 8: Once you are happy with the amount of fraying, move on to the other side and repeat the process.
Step 9: When both legs are frayed, throw them in the washer for a quick cycle, then hang them to dry.
Wear and enjoy your perfectly ripped jeans after step 10!
How to Wear Frayed Jeans?
Frayed denim shorts or pants go great with t-shirts for a more casual look. You can also pair your jeans with a frayed denim jacket for an all-denim ensemble.
Wear a tee with a pair of straight-leg or slim jeans, tuck a shirt in with a belt to draw attention to the waistline of your frayed hem jeans, or both.
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Final Words: How to Fray Jeans
Ever wonder how the frayed material on designer jeans looks so light and fluffy? You can achieve the same look just by popping your distressed denim in the wash.
Now that you know how to fray bottom of jeans, you may want to read these:
FAQs
Can You Fray the Bottom of Stretchy Jeans?
Although they won’t fray as much as regular denim jeans that have a higher percentage of cotton, your soft, stretchy jeggings will fray if you distress the bottom hem.
Can You Cut the Bottom of Jeans to Shorten Them?
Yes! Thankfully the look of a “raw hem” is popular again, which means you can simply cut off the jeans at the length you want and let the edge be a bit fringed as your finished look.
How Do You Make Jeans Look Distressed?
One of the quickest ways to fray denim is with a regular disposable shaving razor or sandpaper.
