Washing raw denim?
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I buy Levi's vintage jeans. They're exact replicas of the original designs and denims. If you buy an unwashed pair and don't wash, they age great. And the ones they pre distress are done extremely well, based on pieces from their archive.
Levi's were the first jeans, no beating them for heritage and design IMO, everything's there – the rivets, the redline selvidge, even in the coin pocket, the 'big E' red tag etc.As a website summarises:
"Levi's Vintage clothing keeps the 133 year old history of denim alive by creating exact reproductions of original jeanswear from their San Francisco archives. Focusing on authenticism, Levis Vintage 501 denim products are made with historic quality selvage denim, from original narrow looms and non denim pieces are exact sourced reproductions."
http://www.oki-ni.com/Mens-Jeans…
http://www.asos.com/Levis-Vintag…
Not sure if it's still true but they used to be made in the USA