sugarcanes and non-sanforized jeans

[digital_denim]

Just a question on Sugarcanes or shrink to fit jeans.

When you buy dry canes, do you buy them to fit now, or do you buy them to shrink to fit down to your size?

if you're buying as shrink to fit, are you just wearing them around for months as a baggy pair of jeans?

If you're buying them to fit now, how will they fit when you wash them?

[Geowu]

if I may add, how will they fit when you wash them AND they stretch again?

[wild_whiskey]

most people soak them as soon as they get them to shrink them down to size, THEN wear them around forever. Some people (crazies) wear them raw in their size and just never, ever wash them. I guess you could also only let them dry on you (never hang dry), and then they couldnt shrink, but they'd be pretty damn tight.

[minya]

I would do what wild_whiskey said, buy 2 sizes up, then hop in the bathtub as soon as I got them.

[shinobi2000]

but to reiterate geowu's question -- after u do that, is there a possibility they will stretch back out again?

[minya]

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but to reiterate geowu's question -- after u do that, is there a possibility they will stretch back out again?

--- Original message by shinobi2000 on Aug 21, 2005 08:49 PM

I'm sure they will stretch out a bit, but I doubt they will stretch out back to their original size.

[ringring]

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I would do what wild_whiskey said, buy 2 sizes up, then hop in the bathtub as soon as I got them.

--- Original message by minya on Aug 21, 2005 08:32 PM

No need to buy 2 sizes up IMO. The Canes will come big already and shrink down to the size marked on the tag. Just by your regular waist size and then shrink them.

[minya]

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I would do what wild_whiskey said, buy 2 sizes up, then hop in the bathtub as soon as I got them.

--- Original message by minya on Aug 21, 2005 08:32 PM

No need to buy 2 sizes up IMO. The Canes will come big already and shrink down to the size marked on the tag. Just by your regular waist size and then shrink them.

--- Original message by ringring on Aug 22, 2005 12:00 AM

Oh, good to know that Sugar Cane works that way. AFAIK you can't do that with, say, Eternal -- I'm pretty sure they run true-to-size before being washed, judging from the size charts I've seen online.

[Guest DenimBar1]

Sugar can will shrink 4 inches in lenght and 3 inches in the wasit a s a rule of thumb.

[Guest DenimBar1]

cane not can ...sorry

[Serge d Nimes]

Most raw denim shrinks about 10% and sanforized denim shrinks about 3%.

Carpe Denim! (not the jean brand silly!)

[Geowu]

how much do the non-sanforized ones stretch back after washing in the long/short term?

Edited by Geowu on Aug 22, 2005 at 08:10 PM

[Serge d Nimes]

probably like 3%

Carpe Denim! (not the jean brand silly!)

[Guest DenimBar1]

Sugar cane has multiple collections out. they do a whole washed and dry collection.

The price are crazy for some of the washed pieces.

according to toyo it is a safe beat that if you buy a non-sanforized jean the lenght will shrink approx 4 inches and the waist 3 inches.

[misterdobalina]

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I would do what wild_whiskey said, buy 2 sizes up, then hop in the bathtub as soon as I got them.

--- Original message by minya on Aug 21, 2005 08:32 PM

No need to buy 2 sizes up IMO. The Canes will come big already and shrink down to the size marked on the tag. Just by your regular waist size and then shrink them.

--- Original message by ringring on Aug 22, 2005 12:00 AM

i'm sorry to correct you here ringring, but i own 3 pairs of sugar cane drys and the size on the tag is the actual size on every pair. i buy them fitting... the whole bathtub thing is too big a lottery for me.

have you experienced something else regarding the size tag? i'm sure you own some pairs, too.

my oldest pair is more than 4 years old and i havent washed it so far.

just dry cleaning every 6 months. gives fantastic whiskering.

[ringring]

I guess we just have different experiences. The last pair I washed shrunk down a couple of inches on the waist - down to the size marked on the tag.

[rnrswitch]

When I purchased my sugarcanes (1947 brand) I was told to buy them with my true waist size on the tag. The representative told me that when i receive them in the mail (I mailordered them) they will fit large and shrink down 2 inches in the waist and 3-4inches in the length to the size marked on the tag. I haven't recieved them in the mail yet, but when i do i plan on soaking them in cool water inside out for about an hour and then hang drying them inside out to achieve maximum shrinkage and minimum color loss. I will get back to y'all with my experience once i actually do this.

PEACE

[minya]

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When I purchased my sugarcanes (1947 brand) I was told to buy them with my true waist size on the tag. The representative told me that when i receive them in the mail (I mailordered them) they will fit large and shrink down 2 inches in the waist and 3-4inches in the length to the size marked on the tag. I haven't recieved them in the mail yet, but when i do i plan on soaking them in cool water inside out for about an hour and then hang drying them inside out to achieve maximum shrinkage and minimum color loss. I will get back to y'all with my experience once i actually do this.

PEACE

--- Original message by rnrswitch on Aug 23, 2005 03:33 PM

Good to know, please post detailed results. I'm quite curious to know myself.