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Raleigh's swap your designer jeans

So you’ve heard about the jean swap event going on over at Raleigh’s Main and Taylor’s Shoe Salon, right? It sounded interesting and fun to me. …so I was ALL over that. Basically, what you do is you take your women’s designer jeans (men can take their girlfriend’s or wives jeans…I’d ask them first though if you wanna score any points ;-) ). Then swap them for another pair of designer jeans or get $20 in Main and Taylor bucks… no not buck shoes…is there such a thing? “Bucks” is their word for moolah, credit, G’s, or you pick the word du jour. It can only be used in their store but that’s not a bad thing…they’ve got so many great leather shoes. I could easily buy 10 pairs at any one given time.

Oh, and you can only swap designer jeans of today…brands like Citizens of Humanity, Rock & Republic, and 7 for all Mankind. No designer jeans from when you were a kid (like Jordache, Gloria Vanderbilt…LOL!)

But if you don’t have designer jeans, you can still play. See me all smiles with my Levi’s.

My Levi's

You can take two pairs of Levi’s and swap them for a designer jean or get $10 each store credit. Most every girl out there has at least one pair of Levi’s in her closet. I love my Levi’s!

So I went digging in my closet and pulled out 4 pairs of my Levi’s boot cut jeans. One pair I put on and wore. The pair in the photo here. I was sad that I had to pick out two pairs ‘cause they still all fit pretty good. And U know how difficult it is to find jeans that fit! Oh and my husband had to make it harder on me. Before leaving for the store, he said to me, “…they better not be ones I like”. I’m thinkin’, um, H-e-l-l-o…since when did you become part of my fashion equation? I had made my decision minutes before consulting him and I was gonna move forward with it. So I just bit my tongue and said “no, they’re not. ” Yeah-right! Who would’ve guessed that jeans would stir such emotion! I dare you to try going in your closet and find some pairs to give up. But…only jeans you really like and can still fit into…oh, and that you weren’t planning to donate anyway…uh huh…that changes everything.

Giving up my Levi's!

Okay so I threw the 2 chosen pairs in the washer and dryer. And then I headed to Main and Taylor’s. When I got there with my jeans in hand one of the salesman took me to the back to where they normally have all their handbags. Alright already, I’ve been there once or twice and they know me by name, but that’s beside the point. I’d never talked to this particular salesman before. But he was really tall. It was good for my neck. He showed me the designer jeans hanging for swap and then a display of a tattered and torn up pair of Levi’s. But no Levi’s today that swappers brought in. He said I couldn’t have the display ones…well that’s okay. I’m not into the rockstar torn look. That’s the big rage now ya know. You see a lot of celebrities photographed wearing them. I mean one minute you wouldn’t be caught dead in jeans with holes, and the next, it’s a fashion statement.

And the other big jeans fashion is super high detailing on jean pockets and all over. That’s a designer-esque jean quality. Stretchy jeans are also in but have been for awhile.
Here’s the designer selection I saw.

The first thing that came to my mind is… gosh, these people are tiny! I mean they got mostly 22-25’s and a few 30-32’s. I think I wear 28 and 29’s. Unlike Kim Kardashian who has a YouTube video on her fitting into size 26 and 27 jeans. I actually like my jeans a little loose so that I look skinnier and not hangin’ out. I mean she’s got a much bigger boo’tay than I do! If she thinks squeezing into tiny jeans looks good with a muffin top, then she needs to spend some time with jean expert, Stacie London.

My Citizens of Humanity Jean Swap

I tried on a few pair of the designer jeans in the restroom/changing room in the back warehouse where they have all the shoes in different sizes. There’s a full size mirror so you can see yourself full length. But in total, I tried on about 4 pairs and found a Citizens of Humanity Kelly cut pair that fit pretty good. Yeah, no alterations.

Look at my new jeans here ————————————————->

So I swapped that pair with my 2 pairs of Levi’s. I was glad that there’s now some Levi’s for swap. It was just such a lonely Levi’s shelf before I walked in. Here’s a photo of the salesman who helped me and my 2 pairs of Levi’s on the shelf.

So that was a fun thing to do. I’d encourage you to go do it. Remember how much fun you had when you were a kid and used to trade clothes, stickers, and stuff like that…I do!

And especially if you’ve got some larger jean sizes ‘cause not everyone is a size 26, a-hem, Miss Kardashian. So get on in there and get yourself some new swapped jeans. The Main and Taylor jeans event ends this month so you’ve got about 12 days. OH, and they’re having one of their massive sales right now! So you can kill 2 birds with one stone (what a terrible expression!)…but anyway (as I always say)…why not go jean swappin’ and shoe shappin!

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