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"If you&amp;#x27;ve ever worn vintage clothes, you know their allure comes not just from how retro-chic they can be, but from wondering about their provenance and what their wearer experienced in them before they landed in your closet. Now one artist is doing his part to satisfy that curiosity with the introduction of Wastelander jeans--a pre-worn pair that comes with a full history of the farming, fighting, and yes, lovemaking done while wearing them... Over at Ecouterre, they&amp;#x27;ve discovered the Wastelander jeans from designer Derek Burgess, who wears them, and records &amp;quot;anything of interest&amp;quot; that happens while wearing them, from &amp;quot;fist fights to sexual encounters,&amp;quot; then sells them for a whopping $1,200. When the jeans wear out, he repairs them using found materials, adding to their authentic patina. He started with a pair of Levi&amp;#x27;s 514s that he wore constantly for two years: &amp;quot;They traveled to NYC, L.A., San Francisco, Boston, Detroit, and Maine,&amp;amp;#8221; he tells Ecouterre. &amp;amp;#8220;As an artist, I wore them during the creation of 20-plus large-scale oil paintings, as well as six months of carving 2,000 pounds of wood into a sculpture. They have been through hundreds of hours of farming, landscaping, &amp;amp;#8216;tree-hugging,&amp;amp;#8217; and hiking. I wore them during the G20 protests. I helped install three custom waste veggie-oil fuel-delivery systems in diesel trucks. Did I mention dancing? Partying? Multiple sexual encounters?&amp;amp;#8221; Sign up for our style newsletter and get the best of our fashion blog, delivered straight to your inbox! While the price tag is positively absurd, I think the idea of knowing where your vintage duds came from is so cool! My relationship to clothes has always been pretty emotional--when I saw &amp;quot;Love, Loss, and What I Wore&amp;quot; I practically jumped out of my seat relating to all of the tender moments the women experienced via their closets--and having a physical reminder of all of those life experiences in denim form is pretty awesome, whether they&amp;#x27;re your jeans or someone else&amp;#x27;s. What do you guys think of Wasteland jeans? Would you want to know what your pre-loved clothes have been through? Or would you prefer to create your own patina? Have you ever researched where your vintage pieces came from? Discuss! PLUS... - Ever wonder the backstory to a vintage piece? We took Coco Chanel&amp;#x27;s cuffs to a psychic! AND! - Daily outfit idea: A cute way to wear your vintage duds What&amp;#x27;s With All the Spam in the Comments Section? Sick of all those annoying ads in the comments section lately? So are we! We police the site regularly and delete spam as soon as we can, but recently, the volume of spam has increased dramatically. We&amp;#x27;re working on a way to block them permanently, so please bear with us, and know that we&amp;#x27;re as eager as you are to get read of these pests. Meanwhile, please continue to use the Report Abuse button to flag spam--it really does help!-- and continue to leave your brilliant feedback below. If you have any urgent questions about the spam, please contact us. More Ways to Get Glamour: Download Glamour onyour iPhone or iPad! Like freebies? Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Sign up for our fashion and beauty newsletters to get easy style tips (it&amp;#x27;ll make your inbox 10x sexier, we promise). One more PS: Did you know you can now read glamour.com on your smart phone?! It&amp;amp;#8217;s the ultimate boredom buster. Photo: The Agency Collection/Jupiter Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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