4 yr Flare Glenns - - no wash

[flared27]

Some folks in another tthread wanted to see some photos of these. Here they are in case anyone else is interested. Coming on 4 years, no wash, barely wet. worn almost every day

[willy p]

thats devotion

[shekki]

how grotesque, yet awesome!! i bet you have to repair them like everyweek...

[chromesquared]

Hella Mint!

[flared27]

yeah, tons o' repair. I've gotten very friendly with my tailor lady. she sees these every few months for preventative patching / re heeling.

[willy p]

do you plan on washing them or just gonna wear them til they fall apart?

[flared27]

about a year back I almost broke down and washed em. I don't think I ever will now. they are filthy and I love em. Every stain tells a story (not to mention every smell). I don't think I would like em as much if they were washed. don't want the contrast, don't want to lose the brown. besides, I'm afraid I might lose all their shape and knee wrinkles etc that give them most of their character

I guess eventually they will be bretired and hung on the wall or something

[SanLC]

Can you describe the smell a little bit more? 4 years without a wash is pretty hardcore.

[jwied82]

really nice... pretty nuts to go 4 years without a wash.

And as awesome as those are, i think they would look amazing after a wash...

but I understand your reasons for not washing them

[jwied82]

by the way flared27, i pmed you again on mynudies about the eddy's.

[flared27]

awesome man, thanks.

the smell, really not that bad. a combination of stale cigarettes, grease and musk.

[Tarmac]

those hems are DONE.

[flared27]

yup, and they've been reddone more times than I can count. they even survived a butcher tailor who chopped off the entire back cuff while trying to repair them

[z twill / s twill]

Man, these look better than some of the ones on the Nudie Website.

[therealcas]

4 years is beautiful.

[truestorytravis]

gross.

10c

[studite]

C-C-C-Combo Breaker!!!!

no wash 4yrs FTW!

[calatrava]

great stuff, though the tears do make me cringe at times. a question though, how much cash have you spent in repairs on those?

[Sais]

damn almost 4 years straight

[flared27]

I've easily spent more on repairs in the last few years than I did buying the jeans. Every rip makes me cringe as well. There actually arent that many, most of the stitiching is there to reinforce thin areas. Most of the small tears that can be seen actually only really happened in the last few months

[blm14]

I think all your crotch bacteria and dirt and spilled beer and shit is all that's holding those together. I bet if you wash them you'd end up with a tub full of short cotton fibers and a whole lot of blue water.

Really though you should at least dry-clean them. I notice that the honeycombs are really high - do you wear them super slouched?

[abstraktgeformt]

Didn't the owner of Cheap Mondays catch some VD because he didn't wash his jeans for one year or something? xD

[swooc]

^^lol

nice ghetto belt haha, makes the jeans look even trashier!

[Haz]

im sure wearing my SS every day helped me harbour MRSA in a wound in my leg

not very nice - they had to be washed

[Double D]

I think all your crotch bacteria and dirt and spilled beer and shit is all that's holding those together. I bet if you wash them you'd end up with a tub full of short cotton fibers and a whole lot of blue water.

Really though you should at least dry-clean them. I notice that the honeycombs are really high - do you wear them super slouched?

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The chemicals in dry cleaning would destroy those already weakened cotton fibres far more than a soak with a little soap would ever do.

[flared27]

i do wear them pretty slouched (more a function of the waist stretch than anything). good eye!

[Ashez]

I think the cheap monday guy had'em 2 years and then some infection started to form. nasty...

Well if I were you I would wash them. 4 years can't be too good for ya ;D

[ironXcrayon]

yo hang these and start a new project!

[khaltire]

they look cool, but honestly if I saw you in public Id think you were homeless.. the cuffs make it look like you found them in a dumpster (not to mention the stains and odors that are there that I cant see or smell).. I would wash em, and hang em in my room, as a story to tell, and start a new pair

[lilldavid]

your jeans are fantastic.

And the cheap monday-guy just got some kind of eczema, nothing to worry about...