so there is a reason for high priced denim...

[nairb49]

just posting the obvious.

decided to grab a pair of cheap mondays as an experiment. they're not sanforized so I bought a 32 when i normally wear a 30.

they arrived, and are huge around the waist, i must have read the measurements wrong, i guess they're supposed to be 32 AFTER shrinkage.

anyways, I just put them in for a soak, and I could literally see clouds of colour coming off, like when you drop food colouring into a glass of water, looked like that.

compared to my RRDS when i soaked, which just turned the water some weird rust colour and kept their colour.

I obviously assumed that there would be a difference in quality, never thought it would be THIS drastic though!

nairb49

[nairb49]

couldn't resist...

after about 15 minutes

nairb49

[horriblyjollyjinx]

yup, you're better off washing them cold or never washing them at all. I don't think you'd need to wash them even once as long as you dont spill on them, though.¨

they might not be sanforized , but they ARE pre-shrunk, you shouldn't buy them too big but rather slightly small.

SOME GIRLS ARE BIGGER THAN OTHERS

Edited by horriblyjollyjinx on Jan 3, 2006 at 08:47 AM

[nairb49]

so, i got them out of the dryer

they didn't turn out as bad as i thought. colour is still decent, though noticeably lighter.

this was basically an experiment, i wanted to soak, then hot dry to see how much jeans would shrink.

they were probably 4 inches too big for me presoak, and are now about an inch too big.

other than that, i'd have to say that all things considered, price and all, that its a great cut, quality is half-decent so far, and would be a nice dior replica if you can't afford dior.

nairb49

[obsessis]

that's a picture of the bathtub you are soaking it in? it's pitch black.

[frideswide]

15min... sorry mate, but those jeans are rubbish

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[nairb49]

yep, thats why they cost 50 bucks

the tub is white, the black stuff is the water, you can kind of make out the jeans in the middle.

nairb49

[obsessis]

were the jeans black or blue?

were they raw or just a normal pair of blue jeans? why are they bleeding so much?

[darkanimal]

I wore my black black ones yesterday in the rain. I didn't notice any dye bleeding into my sneakers, but I also am not planning to wash them anytime in the next few months. The knee area fades fast. I got CM's not for the quality but for the fit. After wearing this, all other skinny jeans feel so baggy.

[nairb49]

these were raw black

crazy how the dye just ran off, weird to see.

i got these as a dry denim experiment, might take the sandpaper to these etc etc and see how they turn out.

i do agree though, its a pretty nice cut.

nairb49

[colin]

please post another picture after your done processing the jeans

[PG2G]

I feel kinda sorry for the bath tub...

[ardeetee]

wow thats alot of dye, can you post a picture of before and after you soaked?

[nairb49]

yeah, unfortunately i didn't have to foresight to take a pre-wash picture,

but here is one after

they used to be a deeper black, now they're kind of a dark grey, and you can start to see the striations in the denim.

altogether, not THAT much colour loss, the main difference is in how they feel. they were really stiff, and relatively smooth before, and now they're very rough, as if tons of little pills came up.

also, after the soak, they were covered in some kind of slippery substance. I assume it was starch, but it was a bit thinner than what starch normally feels like.

will post pics after i've treated them to my liking

oh, and i made sure to run the shower IMMEDIATELY after i took them out of the soak, so my bathtub is nice and white again

nairb49

Edited by nairb49 on Jan 4, 2006 at 08:42 AM

[ardeetee]

interesting that you brought up the pilling, did you notice this with your RRDS after you cold soaked it? I found a few on mine after soaking it for 3-4 hours and was wondering if this was normal?

[M.O.A]

anyone have a picture wearing cheap mondays? I wanna see the fit

F**K HYPE

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[nairb49]

yeah, really weird.

i didn't notice any pilling at all on my rrds, just a loss of stiffness due to the starch dissolving.

kixslf, i put em on just for you baby.

sorry about the crap quality, there's no light at my mirror.

keep in mind, these are probably about a size too big for me at the waist.

nairb49