SLASH & SPREAD shorts - WATER JEANS edition 8

Hand-painted pants with early Official Rebrand design (water jeans motif circa 2017) over a faded floral design on upcycled jeans. This one-of-a-kind piece was been rebranded for a second life and feature cut out front pockets. Then, we unearthed them from our archive for a third spin around the block. Originally shaped as long skinny jeans, these bottoms were cut and restructured into shorts with a winder leg. The method echoes an early upcycling/tailoring technique called "slash and spread".

Dimensions in inches:

waist 28 x hip 30 x inseam 12 x length 20 

Original garment cut and sewn by workers in Mexico. Rebranded originally in Bushwick, Brooklyn in 2018 and redesigned in Ridgewood, Queens in 2024 by MI Leggett.

Images include current design as shorts and previous life as skinny jeans.

To best conserve your clothes and other resources, only wash when you need to. When you do, turn the garment inside-out and use cold water on the gentle cycle or by hand with standard or mild detergent. Safe to tumble dry, but for most sustainable dry, lay flat or hang. No bleach, Oxiclean, Dreft, extra-strength, or "stainfighting" soap.