The Evolution of Jeans: Pictures, Scones and Tea

[Graytrain]

Impressive results with this technique. But you only started this frequent washing AFTER the fades kicked in right? I wonder how if you would have gotten the same contrast if you had started doing that from the beginning.

Yeah, I washed every 3-6 months before. I got to a point that I liked the contrast ratio so I wanted to try washing more often, to bring the overall color brighter.

[Aries]

I'm with graytrain, I wash to a similar schedule.

People rave about high contrast fades, but I honestly look at such fading and it seems fake or forced, and very similar to the kind of jeans you can buy off the racks in shops.

Graytrain's look much better to my eyes because of the frequent use and washing, instead of treating your denim like some art project.

edit: and gill's above actually.

Edited April 17, 2012 by Aries

[cander49]

XX-013 after slightly less than 4 months.

Back of the thighs are fading a lot faster than everything else. Taken on a cell phone camera (sorry).

Edited April 18, 2012 by cander49

[prawira]

oldblue.co deep indigo okayama

12 months

6-7 washes

here we go

some details

:beer

[DvsForest]

x-post

005, 3 Month.

da detailzz

[jyoni]

This page is nuts.

xpost--- Washed my Skulls, 5010 Pima/Cali. First wash. 5-6 months effective wear, lots of time on ice.

Pre-wash

Post-wash

[poiuytr]

Kapital Cisco

The Steam locomotive D62XX

[Aries]

x-post from PBJ thread. Quick pics of 007s, probably 1.5 years of actual wear:

[oomslokop]

dry bones red-d, more than a year, washed every few weeks or so.

oomslokop, on Flickr

[omnomdom]

thought i'd share. apc petit standards, worn a year and fresh off the line from their first wash. the crotch decided to explode during a casual game of soccer in the park :/ off to the tailor to see what can be done, but not before some pics:

[shinobi2000]

x post -- see Eternals thread for more pics and descriptions

About 9 months of fairly regular wear. A couple of washes.

Camera does a bad washout. Most accurate color representation is the back pocket close up pic. Why is my left calf fading faster than my right? ha

[Planetarium]

Cross posted from the Samurai thread.

At the risk of making this the official Samurai S710XX thread, here are mine at one year. I washed them once around five months and just double washed them due to massive amounts of tour grime. They get soaked and spot cleaned whenever I feel like they are loose or icky.

[HKrice]

sam/evisu/n&f

excuse the iphone pics

[spidereye]

Those are freaking crazy. Totally amazing.

Not mine but envy them.

[Vicarious]

That's the most mental contrast I think I've seen on a pair of jeans. Wow.

[zendeen]

after my weight up, it looks like jeans should be rested while I exercise to lose weight. maybe when it can be used again, would I wash for the third time. TFH 1001 1 year 2 month, effective wear 11 month. 2 machine wash, 1 seawash.

[PeterParker]

after my weight up, it looks like jeans should be rested while I exercise to lose weight. maybe when it can be used again, would I wash for the third time. TFH 1001 1 year 2 month, effective wear 11 month. 2 machine wash, 1 seawash.

if you're not going to be wearing them for a while, washing them before storing them would be wise. leaving the sweat and grime on your jeans is going to break down the denim faster.

otherwise, awesome jeans.

[poiuytr]

DC4001

[haqqy]

TFH F310

11 Months ++

4 Wash

[biltan]

blue shadow

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[Reggie Died]

Not sure if I've ever contributed to this thread, but took some shots of my jeans currently in rotation, figured I'd share.

I've been tryign to lose weight and now only the 660's fit semi-decently. I was goign to wait until the PBJ's get a bit more use but might have to buy a new pair shortly.

[Max Power]

710, 17 (?) weeks, one initial and one hot soak.

[milanestar]

V-Series 7 months no wash no soak

[laxlife1234]

i washed my 666od's as they were dirty as fuck! i'm probably about 5-6 months on them now, they are going to need a crotch enforcement and a patch at the bottom leg. i've had them since last august as well.

pre

during:

[laxlife1234]

post:

[w11114m]

max

The cat smells something fishy.

laxlife

Love to see ODs evo.

[zendeen]

PeterParker

thx for your advice mate.. ASAP will be wash.. .

milanestar

oh man, your combs looking good..like the bluee..

[yyliew]

x - post from skulls thread

quick update before i start on my new 3sixteens

[chen321]

Iron Hearts 301s sz 31

2 years 3 wash

Multiple crotch repair from excessive biking

[JacoBlue]