They're Driving Me Crazy!

[lek]

Bought these in Hong Kong, more for fun. New from the Yamane shop, of course.

Thing is, they smell like smelly feet !!!!

I only notice it when I got back home in Singapore when something smells in my room ..... FUCK !!!!

Tried washing them twice with my Fullcount jeans washing liquid but they still fucking stinko !!!!! HELP !!!! Anyone experienced anything like this? It's ..... #$@#$#%%^& .....

[blm14]

dry-clean brotha

[seatiger]

Wear until they smell of you.

[lek]

bro, I think it's more like I'll smell of them! Damn they're unbelievable. Incredibly smelly! Shit man.

thanx blm14, yeah, I'll take it for a dry clean tomorrow. Hope I don't kill everybody at the dry cleaner's .......

[beatle]

Dig a hole....bury them for a year...Take out when the contest is over...

[greentea]

they probably smell of incense.

[RockTheVote]

Dig a hole....bury them for a year...Take out when the contest is over...

Seriously.. I will not wear that out at all.. Light it on fire.. and just forget about it..

[Superstar]

Suck it up and wear 'em till they dont stink anymore

[xcoldricex]

take a bath.

[cheapmuthafukr]

ebay... let someone else worry about it.

[homme.homme]

Freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeezer.

Leave em in there for about 3 days. It has worked for me on built up stink but i dont know about this mystery odour.

[sell veg]

on a side note... are those back pockets for real...? they are out of control. are these the "poseidon lord of the deep" model? maybe it's the salty smell o' the sea that ye be smellin'...

[khaltire]

Febreeze.. didnt they smell when you bought them or did the whole shop smell that way?

[swooc]

LOL, this has reminded me of the BO episode of Seinfeld.

On a side note, the carpet at home makes my jeans smell. Its strange though, my carpet doesn't stink. Though this only happens to new denim and a wash normally fixes it.

[jubei]

on a side note... are those back pockets for real...? they are out of control. are these the "poseidon lord of the deep" model? maybe it's the salty smell o' the sea that ye be smellin'...

They're the first character in Yamane's name, I believe. Can any Chinese or Japanese readers confirm this?

[sell veg]

i read chinese... and i guess i could sort of see that. the character is this: 山

[Kasper]

i read chinese... and i guess i could sort of see that. the character is this: 山

yeah, i'm pretty sure yamane is written 山根

[drgitlin]

It might just be the denim. When Evisu first started selling the Italian-made jeans in the UK - back in 97 or 98 - the denim absolutely stunk, a bit like rotten fish. The Japanese line didn't suffer from the same problem.

[lek]

yup, tried Febreze. Didn't work. Imagine that! Bloody hell I was like a walking smelly foot !!!

No, I didn't notice the smell when I was in Hong Kong. I didn't pay attention to them and kept them away while I contnue with my shopping adventure ..... didn't expect anything like this to happen .....

I'm bringing them to the dry cleaner's later in the afternoon. I don't think the freezer trick will last. I hope dry cleaning will solve the problem.Can't imagine 'the return of the smell' ......

[CaptMomo]

hey cold soak with some vinegar.

[Superstar]

Maybe something in your bag made them smell ? Did something break inside your bag with the jeans ?

[toufu]

Freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeezer.

Leave em in there for about 3 days. It has worked for me on built up stink but i dont know about this mystery odour.

i was gonna say that...the freezer would kill everything

[lek]

nope bro, couldn't bring anything liquid onto the plane (United Airlines), and I threw my t-shirts away everyday. I like to bring my old and worn t-shirts on my trip, then bought another couple of new ones. No food as well, they were in my sister's lugguage ......

[__3xL]

10,000 leagues under the Yamane sea ..!!!

muahh haa haaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[denimdestroyedmylife]

i was gonna say that...the freezer would kill everything

we've debunked this myth already. the freezer only gets cold enough to keep bacteria in a state of suspension, not cold enough to kill.

i second the soak w/ vinegar suggestion.

[lek]

yeah, the freezer trick didn't make sense to me, so I didn't consider it. The dry cleaner here said dry cleaning will not kill the smell either, I have to wash them (again!?). I'm doing a hot wash at the moment. If this fail, I'll give the vinegar idea a try (makes more sense to me) .....

[__3xL]

If they smell like feet they are already smelling of acidic elements so vinegar would help that at all ?

Only thing I've ever smelled really stinky feets smelling LIKE would be Corn chips or Vinegar

[Superstar]

yeah, the freezer trick didn't make sense to me, so I didn't consider it. The dry cleaner here said dry cleaning will not kill the smell either, I have to wash them (again!?). I'm doing a hot wash at the moment. If this fail, I'll give the vinegar idea a try (makes more sense to me) .....

Doesnt vinegar just make the smell worse or at least vinegar doesnt smell nice either.

Dunno whats the best stank, the way they do now (?) or vinegar ?

[__3xL]

Vinegar smell goes away after 2-3 consecutive rinses / soaks in plain cool water - following the water spiked w/vinegar soak superstar

[CaptMomo]

sup`

i use the vinegar method on ALL my vintage jeans

even the mouldy stinky as fuck kind.

and the smell goes away after a day of sunning.

p.s. im singaporean too.