Nudie RRDS 1.2 years 2x washes

[chim]

this is what it turned out to be like; i can't decide if i want to do a third wash or not, because i'm rather pleased with the color. theres a lot of details on the inner seam that these photos don't show; if anybody cares enough for a complete photoshoot or up close denim fading gradient, lemme know and I'll do a more in depth one.

[cheapmuthafukr]

those look really nice. i woudl say good job, but it seems wierd.

"good job wearing your jeans!"

see what i mean?

shit...

[denimdestroyedmylife]

nice! i'd like to see the outseam for evidence of traintrack-fading, please.

Using chain stitch, your train of jeans is fading wind.

[sjdb]

really nice, especially that honeycombs.. just fantastic! I would like to see the details of inseam fading too!

[obsessis]

those are really nice, i wouldn't wash them again.

[denimdestroyedmylife]

shhhhh... Ralf is sleeping

Using chain stitch, your train of jeans is fading wind.

[sneakeraddict]

Those look great, but I wasnt as wowed as I thought I would be when I first saw your thread title just because of the duration of time

Dont get me wrong, they look great, but I was expecting mega contrasting as seen in the Japanese Denim 'porn' galleries that seems to occur pretty much after 6 -8 months according to those type of sites.

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[Geowu]

I think that's the normal fading you get in that time. The Japanese galleries show some crazy wear, like they take one month for the wear we get in 3 months. To get fast wear you have to be REALLY active all the time. 6 months is usually not nearly enough to get a good fade. You need 1 or 2 years.

[sneakeraddict]

Yes but Japan is not a labour economy is it?

I dont think all these trendy Tokyo kids are doing anything that radically different to us in Britain, Europe and US when they wear their jeans?

They are still at school, working in offices (i.e. that is to say, I dont think any of them are building houses or excavating coal mines in their jeans, so there there is a hypothesis to say that Japanese made jeans have different fading properties)

Anyway, who knows.

They look nice regardless.

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[will_i_am]

Quote:

Those look great, but I wasnt as wowed as I thought I would be when I first saw your thread title just because of the duration of time

Dont get me wrong, they look great, but I was expecting mega contrasting as seen in the Japanese Denim 'porn' galleries that seems to occur pretty much after 6 -8 months according to those type of sites.

--- Original message by sneakeraddict on Jun 2, 2006 08:14 AM

yeah exactly what i was thinking. do you think it's cause of the denim, or how it was worn.

edit- haha everyone beat me.

Edited by will_i_am on Jun 2, 2006 at 08:50 AM

[chim]

I am usually a size 26-27, and I wore a size 28 regular ralf for a looser fit, which might explain for the lack of "diesel 772" extreme contrasting. I could wash it again for more contrast, but I really love the subtle color of the jean. I'll take some more detailed pictures later for those who want to see what happened to the bottom of the jean near the inseam.

[rnrswitch]

I don't care how long you wore those jeans. I think they look pretty good. The color is very rich. I wouldn't wash them for a at least a few more months.

[homi29]

those look real good

i want to see more pics

and btw, japanese kids might walk/run more than us in north america, since most ppl dont have cars, then they're forced to take public transit and walk everywhere

[vipstarr]

what washes (temperature and chemicals) did u use, and after how many months did you do your first wash

them look great!

[Guest doubletap]

those jeans look awesome. I've been wearing my nudie SSDS for over 6months now, Im very active... walk in the city all the time, but there is hardly any wear on them. I dont think Im going to wash them for at least another year.

chim, when was the first wash performed?

streamline the sickness

Edited by doubletap on Jun 2, 2006 at 05:48 PM

[chim]

First, I did a warm soak at around 8 months in to just see how the indigo fell off the jeans. The whole tub turned blue, but the indigo loss was fairly minimal, so after another month I threw them into the washing machine on hot with some random tide detergent.

It turned out pretty well after that, then I wore it for another 2 months or so on and off and the color became extremely vivid. I threw them into the washing machine again, and have been wearing them for another 2 months before I took these pictures.

They really began to fade amazingly after the first wash, I'd say.