Washing raw denim?
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- Douglas0
Life was much easier when all I would wear were oversized robot pants with woven dick belts. :(
- must_dash0
I need to get some underwear made of raw denim it seems.
- set0
fuck me e-pill do you have a degree in jeanology or some shit, take it all rather seriously don't you son!
- lukus_W0
There should be a special term that can be used to describe the pong that emanates from these jeans.
- Sandman_19820
Funny quote from a link on page one...
"Can I ask... Does it really matter if you wash them periodically? What the hell is the difference going to be in how they turn out? I seriously can't fathom why it would be any different washing them every 7-10 wearings versus waiting 100 and finally washing the rankness out.
Is it just supposed to be some major event where you fly your denim friends on a pilgrimage to a well at the top of a hill in a small village in Italy and then once they are washed, someone rings the bell and the whole town celebrates?"
:-)
- 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."
- whereRI0
JESUS I CANT BELIVE THIS THREAD IS STILL GOING
- 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.
- lukus_W0
Surely the effect only works if you wear jeans which fit (i.e. skinny/straight leg)?
- 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
- georgesIII0
* Bump
- DrBombay0
fancypants dandies
- 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.
- cerberus0
You are fucking kidding me right? This thread exists?
- duckofrubber0
Not this again!