Washing raw denim?
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- CALLES0
nevermind
- CALLES0
does anyone have any tips on what is the best Cuticle care...?
- mg330
I just bought some Cheap Monday raw jeans today that are so tight, the pockets are useless, and cut so low my coworkers will see my ass crack if I don't have a t-shirt tucked in. WIN.
- Rand0
this is possibly the most vapid thread in the history of the internet. no wonder the whole world hates us
- <callitropsis
- Rand, the whole world hates us because of Crocs.mg33
- thed0
Also this is interesting:
If you took good care of your A.P.C. Jeans, you can bring your worn out dirty pair back into the shop and get a new pair for half price.
http://www.apcjournal.fr/wp-cont…
- thed0
some advice from A.P.C.
A.P.C. offers the following “denim washing recipes” in order to get the most character out of your denim:
Extremist Recipe - Let your jeans get dirty for as long as possible. First wash: dry clean. Following Washes: soak your jeans for about an hour in water with Woolite Black added, rinse, roll in a terrycloth towel and hang up to dry.
Semi-Extremist Recipe – Soak your jeans for about an hour in water with Woolite Black added, don’t scrub, rinse, wring and hang up to let the water drain.
Machine Recipe - Machine wash at 30 degrees Celsius (90 degrees Fahrenheit), delicate cycle, no spin cycle, with Woolite Black.
Seawater Recipe - Let your jeans get dirty for as long as possible, go swimming in the ocean wearing your jeans, rub your jeans with dry sand, and repeat several times. Rinse in fresh (not salt) water and let dry in the sun.
- mg330
Somehow this thread escaped me all this time. E-Pill - I never realized we were so gay for the same things!
I've got a pair of Nudie Slim Jim Dry Japan and love them. Got them cheap from my-wardrobe.com - $90 plus shipping from the UK last year. Tried them on in Chicago where they were $215. Fuck that!
Had mine over a year and they just go in the freezer from time to time. I'd love to finally wash them to shrink them some, but I love how dark they still are and they're my only pair like that.
Want to give Levis a try though. A bit cheaper than Nudie and some good slimmer fits.
- finally someone who realizes it is not the price you pay but to keep the quality..e-pill
- the denim can be any price.. but the treatment you do will determine the finish..e-pill
- the price of cotton in the last few months have skyrocketed.. so expect even higher prices..e-pill
- ..around january of 2011.e-pill
- @mg33- if you are going to get Levi's i recommend you find a shop that sells the japan madee-pill
- i used to work for Levi's for 5 years, and the Japan office is totally separate and better..e-pill
- their denim quality outshines all of the american brands without a thought..e-pill
- in the end it is up to you.. i suggest you try them on and figure out your medium..e-pill
- their prices can go for $99-thousands of dollars..e-pill
- in the end it is how you take care of your garments.. there is a ton of ignorance here..e-pill
- and i love that "creatives" in design can still be ignorant..e-pill
- im happy we re both gay for the same thing.. yay!!e-pill
- also try to find a brand that fits you, not something that is tailored to the masses..e-pill
- it might be levi's or it might be something you never heard of as there is endless vendors..e-pill
- denim is made to last.. indigo denim is made to last longer.. take care of it right and its dopee-pill
- it can have all the whiskers and breakdown that is you and you alone ..not some knock off.e-pill
- e-pill, you are the king of note comments. Seriously!duckofrubber
- Woah!mg33
- ernexbcn0
who the fuck wears pants for 8 months without washing them, you should sent them to the Atlanta's Center for Disease Control
- duckofrubber0
Not this again!
- cerberus0
You are fucking kidding me right? This thread exists?
- callitropsis0
I love this thread and how completely ridiculous it is. Being convinced to spend loads of hard earned cash on clothing that can't be cleaned is hilarious.
- DrBombay0
fancypants dandies
- georgesIII0
* Bump
- BaskerviIle0
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
- lukus_W0
Surely the effect only works if you wear jeans which fit (i.e. skinny/straight leg)?
- frost2150
Which cut of Nudies did you buy? Im lookin at the Regular Alf. Is it really worth it? Buying $200 pair of jeans still seems crazy to me.
- whereRI0
JESUS I CANT BELIVE THIS THREAD IS STILL GOING
- lukus_W0
Here are some other quotes from that same thread:
"The smell is probably sweat from your crotch/ass area. Not pretty. That being said, sometimes when I am traveling I rinse the crotch of my jeans (sometimes I add soap) so I can get a couple of more wearings out of them without wasting the time to do a full launder for them. This may help you. Also, I have a denim jacket that I have sewn vintage embroidered fabric on to and I ran it through the dryer with Dryel. That got rid of the sweat smell and did not damage the embroidery."
"No, not the crotch/ass area. I'm talking about the indigo smell. Sorry about your smelly crotch."