Anyone wash or cold soak their H&M raw yet?

[HonoluluStatus]

New member here! I've been trolling for awhile, finally desided to ask a question.

I picked up some "raw" denim from H&M to play around with but was limited to a size 29 which still seemed larger then what i wanted. I'm wondering did you guys get a decent amount of shrinkage with a cold soak or wash? These jeans are unusally light colored for raw denim and with the cheap price i don't know if risking some fade is worth the amount of shrinkage.

[pokpok]

are these the unwashed denim from H&M for 40 bux??

they seem pretty light in weight to me...and they werent stiff at all... i was thinking about gettin a pair but it was too long...

[WhoGotMeIntoThis]

I've had mine since december but I haven't put out the effort to wear them after picking up a cheap pair of STF's. I'm getting some wallet wear but no creases or real honeycombing. I'm guessing that the indigo in these is going to go like hell as soon as they touch water.

*but yes, they're incredibly light weight for dry denim...

[HonoluluStatus]

Yeah these are really starting to look like trash. And to think i originally got $20 over charged at the soho location. This teaches me to never shop in a hurry.

[Thomaz]

New member here! I've been trolling for awhile, finally desided to ask a question.

I picked up some "raw" denim from H&M to play around with but was limited to a size 29 which still seemed larger then what i wanted. I'm wondering did you guys get a decent amount of shrinkage with a cold soak or wash? These jeans are unusally light colored for raw denim and with the cheap price i don't know if risking some fade is worth the amount of shrinkage.

*Bump* I just got some of these. The &denim ones, like Sliqs but a little bit more tappered. What do you recon, soak them first? They advertise 5% shrinkage but I don't want to lighten the color too much.

[opethrapture]

You won't loose any color just by soaking them.

[Thomaz]

You won't loose any color just by soaking them.

Cheers, i'll soak them tonight then.

[kapay]

I don't know about anyone else but I got mine years ago but it was black denim. Then I later saw new ones in blue denim. I've since stopped wearing them but in the time i did wear them I didn't really get any fading for I'm guessing 3 months.

[DJ2xTech]

My advice: don't waste your time.

You'll regret it. Just buy a better pair of denim.

[cash]

How in the Hell did this thread go along so civilly for so long? No flame? No lock? No "Go to the fucking small question thread" posts? Is everyone on Quaaludes today? Is this a kinder, gentler SUFU?

[constant struggle]

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[MindxMatters]

Soak Me With U Nko Waht!!!

[Thomaz]

My advice: don't waste your time.

You'll regret it. Just buy a better pair of denim.

No. Rent prevails over jeans.

[Charlie Delta]

How in the Hell did this thread go along so civilly for so long? No flame? No lock? No "Go to the fucking small question thread" posts? Is everyone on Quaaludes today? Is this a kinder, gentler SUFU?

Notice that this is an early '06 thread. Sufu was just friendlier back then.

I sort of applaud the poster who bumped this for both searching and bumping an old thread.

He will be wasting his time though...

[Paul T]

Hennes makes some great budget denim. I have only bought the kids' stuff, but their raw non-selvage comes in some very blue-black shades and retains the indigo very well.

Some of the selvage, ironically, wasn't as good quality. Sure, some of their stuff is cheesy, but that's what makes it fun.

[rockon99]

Anyone feel like sending me a pair of the &denim ones so i can have another pair i dont have to care about. thaanks. theres no HM here

[Thomaz]

Anyone feel like sending me a pair of the &denim ones so i can have another pair i dont have to care about. thaanks. theres no HM here

Sorry mate, the &denim line was only for a limited time I think, none left here!

[rockon99]

Lame. thats okay though, maybe fate doesnt want me to have them. haha i have better things to buy

[HBlack]

I wore a pair for about 2 months, with my dad accidentally washing them after the first month. Essentially no fading, although they did bleed on my shoes/socks. Not worth the effort.

[snipez]

since when did h&m do raw? my gf worked there for a few years and i heard nothing of these... hows the fit?

[XXXL]

I've washed mine twice over a month and 2 weeks.

I'm going to start washing them everyweek.

BARELY ANY FADING.

As I've heard its impossible to fade these things.

If you want pictures of the fading pm me.

Don't waste your time and money, save up for a nice pair.

The fit is alright...

[I<3Bacon]

First of all, these are not mine, but I thought they'd be worth posting:

Raw Sliqs... iirc, the owner said this was at 10 months with a wash at 6 months and another at 9. Not bad for $35-40 jeans. Once again, not mine!

[swiss-jeansfreak]

That's right, nice results for such a cheap jeans. They can even get much more contrasts if never washed till at the end

[salaami]

im not a fan or follower of the never-wash club, but unless you are doing some heavy shit, twice month right off the bat is too much. these dont seem to fade poorly, regardless of pricepoint. the denim isnt straight garbage.

[Scaught]

If anyone's seen their new denim being used on the Sliqs it's slubby as hell, and so much heavier. It has to be comparitive to the weight of APCs at least. They've upgraded the quality of the denim and even lowered the pricepoint.

[rockon99]

pics? 10char