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I never got the whole "don't wash your jeans" thing. Mine tend to end up in the machine every few weeks.
I'm currently wearing a pair of Tender jeans that have regularly been washed. They're looking quite good, though it took a long time for them to develop any character. I think the end result is a bit softer than the high contrast fades I see elsewhere.
One of the shops in Melbourne had really pale stonewashed jeans in the window the other day. Perhaps the cycle of fashion is moving away from the darker look.
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Wants denim to reflect life…..worries about how often to wash them to attain this "reflection"....sigh, the turmoils of a denim head.
I wonder if Cowboys and Coal Miners felt this way
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Wants denim to reflect life…..worries about how often to wash them to attain this "reflection"....sigh, the turmoils of a denim head.
I wonder if Cowboys and Coal Miners felt this way
First World problems…
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Let's face it, vintage and authentic are the two most over used words in denim and we're all guilty of this. You can use those words to describe the material and the cut, the people who screw it up are us consumers with our fancy automatic washing machines.
I might start taking my jeans down to the local river and beat the dirt out of them with a stick (like everyone else in Mansfield)
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Wants denim to reflect life…..worries about how often to wash them to attain this "reflection"....sigh, the turmoils of a denim head.
I wonder if Cowboys and Coal Miners felt this way
Well did they wash their jeans or not? That's the 100 year question!
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If you want super authentic fades you simply have to spend hours in a coal mine…on horseback
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Sick fadez pony boy.
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Interesting post, though I'm late to the party.
The longer I wear raw denim, the more often I wash and I feel like the Fading benefits from it - more pluckering, more defined colours, streaks and vertical falling become more visible. I really think that frequent (or regular) washing makes interesting denim even more interesting. It wasn't something I liked from the start, but the more pairs I saw, the more I prefered the washed look of Jeans. In fact, when I browse through a Lightning mag, the Jeans I like best nowadays are vintage Levi's or the ones that look like in the Warehouse blog.
Funny Thing is, I don't feel like much has changed round here - the latest Releases of IH also seem to produce way more contrasted fades than the regular 21 oz denim (maybe it's also just that pairs like fanyas, LN's or Alex' SII's stuck in my mind). So I'm pretty astonished that your perception is different than mine.
(And the guys at RAWRdenim still celebrate the non washing rule and high contrasted fades)
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I only wash when they get dirty or stinky. Not because of fades, but out of laziness. My demanding first world, white collar lifestyle in the climates I've lived in means that I wash them very infrequently.
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Now that laundering your denim is socially acceptable, I'm going to have to move onto stonewashing mine…
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Wants denim to reflect life…..worries about how often to wash them to attain this "reflection"....
I could've sworn I pointed this out years ago…;)
My frequent washings are a result of being the parent of two beautiful, happy, slobbery Rottweilers.
Not sure why I'd want to pretend to be someone else
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I've always only washed jeans when they smelled or were dirty, and if I were to guess I always will.
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Pretty much same as always; I'd estimate I wash around 6 weeks of actual wear, but back in my earlier denimhead days, I rotated through several pairs, so some didn't get washed for 8-10 months. My pair for the HWDC I washed close to monthly, in part just because I was curious to see if it led to anything noticeably different. It didn't. Longest I've ever gone between washings with a pair that was getting worn daily was three months. They didn't really look or smell gross, (Julie agreed, so it wasn't just me getting used to my own funk) but the denim got a weird feel to it and I didn't like putting them on. Washing fixed that.
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I've done the ocean soak, I've done the no wash, I've done the many wash. I just like the experience & enjoy doing goofy sh!t. If someone came on & said they bake their jeans in the oven cause they do blah, blah, blah I'm one of the idiots who would say wow I gotta give that a try or why didn't I think of that. All in all I just enjoy exploring different ways to great looking jeans.
