Levi's 501 Shrink to Fit (STF)

[__3xL]

remember to turn them inside out before machine washing and use Woolite Black or Bronner's

[herwintan]

after 5 hrs of soaking in a bucket of hottest water from my tap

[Goldnboy]

Hey guys I'm new here sorry if this is posted in the wrong place. I just got a pair of STFs and I love them, only issue is I wear lots of Jordans and they're wide shoes. The leg opening is too narrow to go over the shoes right. Is there anything I can do to stretch out the leg opening of me jeans? Thanks alot.

[40ozprophet]

tuck em in, cuz itll look better and your jordans wont turn blue.

[Goldnboy]

tuck em in, cuz itll look better and your jordans wont turn blue.

Thanks that's what I do for some of the Jordans (Like the Vs) But for some I'd really like the opening to be a little wider. If anyone has a tip for that thanks a lot.

[mspark]

I found that STFs dont really look good with wide kicks like AF1s and Jordans, even tucked in. I usually wear AM1s, Chucks or Vans Chukkas with my STFs and Uniqlo one wash straight jeans with wide sneaks like AF1s and Terminators.

[40ozprophet]

yeah. all my dunks and air max are fine with the width.

[Goldnboy]

yeah. all my dunks and air max are fine with the width.

Even my dunks seem to be a little big. Maybe it's because my jeans are too small (30 X 32) for my shoe size (11).

[Dick Danger]

soaking in a bucket of hottest water from my tap

where have I heard that before

[__3xL]

goldnboy if they are new - then get them hemmed or do a soak and get um hemmed a few inches .. then the bottom will get wider a little ..

Remember though STF will shrink on the length so if you didn't buy them 6" too long youre stuck with them ..

You can stuff the legs with towels and after you soak them the 1st time beat the hell out of with the towels in so they dont shrink up and you stretch them out like 1/2" maybe 1" tops ... Then stuff them so more and leave um like that til they dry ..

guess that's your only option and keep them outta water long as possible dry clean then prepare to restuff and beat them once they've faded how you like ..

[Goldnboy]

goldnboy if they are new - then get them hemmed or do a soak and get um hemmed a few inches .. then the bottom will get wider a little ..

Remember though STF will shrink on the length so if you didn't buy them 6" too long youre stuck with them ..

You can stuff the legs with towels and after you soak them the 1st time beat the hell out of with the towels in so they dont shrink up and you stretch them out like 1/2" maybe 1" tops ... Then stuff them so more and leave um like that til they dry ..

guess that's your only option and keep them outta water long as possible dry clean then prepare to restuff and beat them once they've faded how you like ..

Thanks so much I'm gonna give that a try, or maybe just buy a much bigger pair. Thanks a lot.

[__3xL]

no prob any other supertalk creative insight you need let us know ..

[soundbomber]

You size up 6" on your inseam? I guess you like stacking.

[__3xL]

if they're stf 6" up on the inseam is going to end up being 2-3" in the end . Thats hardly a stacked cuff

[watchman]

just posted pics of my brothers 6 month STF's in the Evo thread. Sneak peak:

[Remus 13]

sweet

bookmarked

[thorough]

just posted pics of my brothers 6 month STF's in the Evo thread. Sneak peak:

link to said pics?

[lilldavid]

why even bother with these jeans? Its the open end denim from hell as clearly can see in watchmans pics. you might as well throw your 30 bucks in the trash

[meader]

why even bother with these jeans? Its the open end denim from hell as clearly can see in watchmans pics. you might as well throw your 30 bucks in the trash

Why not? I see a lot of older men with great fades on cheap washed denim.

[forlan]

I'm a bit disappointed the fit on these even after a long hot soak.

Has anybody tried to boil some water and soak these with like 95Celsius water?

I might try that since there's hardly anything to lose anyway.

[kenthenoob]

none of this noob of the month bs

he used the search function without being told

unless there is a backstory to this taht i havent seen

thats admirable in my opinion

the most commonly asked question about what to do with a brand new shrink to fit is the most obvious asnwer

shrink to fit them, soak in a tub with them on or take a shower temp doesnt matter too much cause you havent worn them at all yet, just to get them to shrink to fit your body,

oh, i was sposed to bathe in the first?

ididn't do that.. am i going to be noob of the month? am i going to be special?

[iWong]

First ever pair of raw denim so this is an experiment...I usually wear 29x32 so I bought these in 30x34.

Before Soaking:

Soaked for 3 and a half hours in cold water (added a pinch of salt).

Soaking Wet (for about 5 hours):

After Soaking:

Been wearing almost every day for 3 weeks.

Currently (3 weeks):

What do you think?

[sexasomniac]

honestly, not bad at all. i like how these fit after a soak but then again i gave up on these after 2 pairs and im never looking back. i think the loss of indigo makes them a really awkward blue. youll probably move on to something else eventually (hopefully). ive seen some quite decent 501 though so good luck on these!

[jeepster]

i havent had a pair of STF's for a long time, but this thread caught my eye, and i think i'd definately go for a pair as some bigger summer weight kinda jeans. i imagine 35x36 would do the strick, but how is shrinkage after a soak with these? i wore them as just jeans back in the day rather than what you're supposed to do with raw (or rawish) denim.

[lilodxd]

i havent had a pair of STF's for a long time, but this thread caught my eye, and i think i'd definately go for a pair as some bigger summer weight kinda jeans. i imagine 35x36 would do the strick, but how is shrinkage after a soak with these? i wore them as just jeans back in the day rather than what you're supposed to do with raw (or rawish) denim.

if i remember correctly, shrinkage is 10%.. about 1"-1.5" on the waist, 2" on the inseam.

[focus]

Taking a hot shower while wearing jeans, does it do that same as soaking them in a tub?

[EKLiPZ]

sorry im such a noob...but how do you get whiskers so crisp like that?

[leftover_salmon]

Another noob here...I took a 10 min shower with those on...they seem to have barely shrunk in the waist or inseam, so today i left them (without my wearing them) in a 30 min. steaming hot shower. Was this a bad idea?

[indigo_junkie]

Another noob here...I took a 10 min shower with those on...they seem to have barely shrunk in the waist or inseam, so today i left them (without my wearing them) in a 30 min. steaming hot shower. Was this a bad idea?

You'd be probably better off if you soak them in a bucket of hot water. Better shrinkage and a lot less waste of water. That's just me been narky though, since we're having the worst drought in 100 years down here in Aus.

If you want to shrink them, just soak them in hot water and hot tumble dry. They'll shrink up like (I can't think of a non-sexual similie). Mine did, and I sized 1 down on raw (yeah, I was noob too). No great loss over $26 though.

[leftover_salmon]

You'd be probably better off if you soak them in a bucket of hot water. Better shrinkage and a lot less waste of water. That's just me been narky though, since we're having the worst drought in 100 years down here in Aus.

If you want to shrink them, just soak them in hot water and hot tumble dry. They'll shrink up like (I can't think of a non-sexual similie). Mine did, and I sized 1 down on raw (yeah, I was noob too). No great loss over $26 though.

But they're raw, so won't throwing them in the dryer ruin the ability for the jeans to fade with cool whiskering and stuff over the next few months? Or is it something else that you can do to mess them up that will cause them to lose the ability to fade?

Again, I'm a noob to raw denim, so I can be (and probably am) wrong.