ʻAʻole ia he ʻepekema pololei, akā me he mea lā pono ʻoe e hoʻāʻo ma kahi o 25 mau paʻa jeans no kēlā me kēia pālua āu e mālama ai. No laila, he aha ka hopena inā maikaʻi nā jeans i kēlā me kēia ʻano, ʻokoʻa ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi pihi lele ma mua o kahi pahu zipa wikiwiki a maʻalahi? No nā mea hoʻoponopono hoʻoponopono lehulehuPampereDpeopleny, he mea hoʻopau ʻokoʻa. No nā poʻe ʻē aʻe, maikaʻi, e lawe lākou i ʻelua mau pai, e ʻoluʻolu a mahalo. Ma mua o kou koho ʻana i kahi hui (a ʻaʻole paha e nānā i kahi paʻa paʻa maikaʻi ʻē aʻe), e heluhelu i kēia papa inoa pro a con no ka denim button-fly—a laila e kāhea aku.
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Pono:
1. ʻAʻohe pilikia o ka haʻalele ʻana i kāu lele i lalo
Inā ua ʻaʻahu ʻoe i nā pālule (kahi aʻu e manaʻo nei ua loaʻa i ka poʻe a pau e heluhelu ana i kēia ʻatikala), ua pili paha ʻoe i ka hilahila a me ka weliweli o ka ʻike ʻana ua haʻalele ʻoe i kāu lele me ka wehe ʻole ʻia no nā hola ʻelua i hala. ʻaʻohe mea i ʻōlelo . Hoʻowahāwahā mākou i ka lawe ʻana i nā nūhou maikaʻi ʻole, akā e hana hou ʻia paha ia i kou wā e ola ana. Inā ʻaʻole ʻoiaʻiʻo, hoʻokaʻawale ʻoe iā ʻoe iho mai kēlā kūlana a hoʻohiki ʻia ma ke ola o nā jeans button-fly. ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke poina i ke pihi i kou pants (hoʻohiki), no laila ʻaʻole e kau hou kēia hopohopo ma ka papaʻaina. Phew, ua ʻike mākou i ka hāʻule ʻana o kā mākou hopohopo.
2. ʻAʻole hiki ke hoʻopau ʻia
I kekahi manawa, loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi lele finicky ʻaʻole e kū i luna, ke ʻole ʻoe e kau i ka pā ma ke kihi kūpono-a mai noho wikiwiki. Me ka lele pihi, ʻaʻole loa ʻoe e hopohopo e pili ana i kahi pihi e lele ana. A inā ma kekahi ulia pōpilikia, A. ʻehā mau pihi ʻē aʻe kāu e paʻa ana i ka pā; a ʻo B. ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o kahi pihi hoʻokahi (a ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi) e hoʻololi ma mua o ka manaʻo e hiki i kāu mea humuhumu ke hana i kāna hana kilokilo ma ka zipper holoʻokoʻa.
3. Hoʻoemi a me ka hoʻomalu ʻana i ka ʻōpū
ʻOiai e huki ana nā zippers mai ka mokulele kū hoʻokahi, aia kekahi mea e pili ana i ke ʻano o ka huki ʻana o nā pihi i ʻelima mau ʻaoʻao like ʻole e hōʻoluʻolu ai lākou i kou kino. Nui aʻe ka hāʻawi ʻana me nā pihi, no laila e kīkoʻo ka lole a puni iā lākou a hoʻohua i kou mau ʻāpana e like me ka hiki ʻole o ka zipper.
4. Manaʻo Vintage
ʻO ka OG denim brand, Levi's, i hana i kāna mau jeans 501 ma ka la 20 o Mei, 1873 —me ka pani pihi lele. ʻO Zippers e like me kā mākou ʻike ʻaʻole i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o ka hana a hiki i 1912 a ʻaʻole i hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia i loko o ka lua o ka Levi a hiki i 1947. No kēia mea, aia kahi mea i hoʻoholo ʻia e pili ana i ka pani ʻana i ke pihi e hana i kahi paʻa jeans e ola- i loko a—aa mākou e ʻōlelo?—cooler.
Cons:
1. ʻO ka hui pū ʻana
ʻIke loa i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā pihi metala nui ma ka ʻāpana crotch, e loaʻa ana ʻoe i kahi puʻupuʻu ke noho ʻoe. Akā hiki ke hana me nā jeans zipper-fly, pū kekahi. Hoʻokahi mea a mākou i aʻo ai i kā mākou ʻimi ʻana i nā jeans pihi lele kūpono? E hōʻoia ʻaʻole lākou e wehe a puni nā pūhaka. Ke kūpono maikaʻi lākou, ʻaʻole e kū mai kou lele ma kahi kihi ʻino.
2. Hooikaika
ʻOiaʻiʻo, me he mea lā e luhi ana ʻoe i ke pihi ʻana a me ka wehe ʻana i ʻelima mau manawa, i kēlā me kēia manawa e hele ai ʻoe i ka lumi hoʻomaha e luhi a hoʻopōʻino loa. A ʻaʻole ia he mea āu e makemake ai e hana me nā kui i pena hou ʻia (hilinaʻi iā mākou). Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻaoʻao, i ka wā e haki ai kou mau jeans (ʻo ia hoʻi, he mau lole liʻiliʻi, max), wehe lākou i ke pihi a me ke pihi me ka maʻalahi-a me ka makaʻu ʻole i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i kahi zipper. Hoʻopuka pololei ka mea hoʻoponopono OnePampereDpeopleny, makemake wau i ka 'pop, pop, pop, pop, pop' wikiwiki i ka wā i haki ʻia ai a hiki iaʻu ke wehe iā lākou a pau i ka lele hoʻokahi!
He pihi lele lele anei ʻoe? Maikaʻi loa. Eia nā paʻa jeans ʻeono āu e makemake ai:
Kaapuni
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ʻO ka piʻi ʻai ʻana o ka ʻōpū e ʻoki nei i ko mākou pūhaka e like me nā mea ʻē aʻe.
KaapuniMoussy Vintage Odessa Pololei
Inā ʻaʻole mākou i ʻike maikaʻi, manaʻo mākou ua huki pololei ʻia kēia mai ka waihona.
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