How do your lady friends feel about you not washing your jeans?

[eastcoastrider27]

I haven't had to worry about the issue in the past, but now that I'm seeing a girl I figured it may be a problem.

Do your girlfriends care that you don't wash your jeans?

Have you even told them, or do they just think you wear the same pair often?

I don't think I'm going to mention it until things get more serious, but I was just wondering how others have addressed the matter.

Prefiero morir de pie que vivir siempre arrodillado

[HEWSINATOR]

She will look at you kinda funny, think you are a bit of a dork, laugh about it, then forget about it until you want to talk to her about how "sweet" you are wearing them in.

Well, that is what happened to me.

[gomi no sensei]

yeah, I figure if a girl gets so bent out of shape about not washing a pair of jeans, she's not the girl for me. Hell, even before I got into higher end denim I wouldn't wash my levis more than once every 4-5 months, just because they last longer that way.

[Noddy]

There's a need to disclose?!?!

[HEWSINATOR]

I would rather disclose and have her know what is going on rather than think I own one pair of jeans.

[bobby alto]

I made the mistake of telling my girl and she thought it was horribly nasty. I only told her about one pair though

[kapay]

I told my friends' ex-girlfriend and she half got mad at me because she knew me for my cleanliness but then I explained why and she thought it was pretty cool.

[Kasper]

Quote: There's a need to disclose?!?!

if you don't there's a high risk that a day when you're not there, she will decide your jeans are dirty and wash all of them, and not the way you would do it.

[obsessis]

Quote:

Quote: There's a need to disclose?!?!

if you don't there's a high risk that a day when you're not there, she will decide your jeans are dirty and wash all of them, and not the way you would do it.

--- Original message by Kasper on Feb 21, 2006 01:33 AM

You know, i thought the same thing, why the hell would you even tell them? Then I read your post. I wish my girlfriend was pro-active and wanted to wash my clothes but she isn't so it didn't even register for me.

[ten100switch]

it's never really come up for me with anyone, sometimes people will tell me they like my jeans but i try not to use that a launching pad to drone on and on about my jeans so i just let it drop.

[Telix]

The only people who think it's strange, or at least tell me so, are my homosexual friends. My girlfriend, other grad school friends, etc, don't seem to care at all.

[mcflip]

neither my g/f or any of my friends think it's weird. They think it's silly and borderline obsessive. The only person who has a problem with it is my mom. I went home for the holidays and she washed a pair of my Levis Premium Austins and DRIED them even after I asked her not to because they were "nasty". Essentially they look fucking terrible now.

If I go home now, I bring one pair of jeans and at no point take them off.

[haptronic]

A girl i work with, tried to stack me up with my boss [ a female], by going

so how long since you've washed those jeans

my boss [in her 60s] said

your not suppossed to wash jeans

my gf has a pair of dry workshops she is working on, and might be getting apc, so no problems for me.

[will_i_am]

haha girls are just like "oh"

my boys make fun of me more like if we're arguing they're like, "uh huh, why don't you wash your f*cking jeans" or something to that effect.

[shoreman1782]

My gf doesn't care; in fact, I would've washed my APCs a month ago if she weren't consistently telling me I can hold out longer...

Disclaimer: I don't spend an inordinate amount of time discussing this with her, if I implied that above.

[mcflip]

heaven forbid that people on a messageboard devoted to denim think you're a dork about denim

[wild_whiskey]

shoreman.. welcome. nice to see you aboard (superdenim, the unofficial SW/D forum hostel)

As for my girlfriend, she loves hearing me talk about it for some reason. Sometimes she'll just ask "how are your 5eps doing today? have they lost a lot of indigo?"

got lucky on that one.

[wild_whiskey]

she rarely washes her jeans either anyway. I want to get her some Acnes. I bet they'd look sick.

[lyingonyourdriveway]

she thinks they are disgusting, hah

ive tried to coincided washes with times i want to wear the jeans with her, lol

[savage]

My co-workers thought it was wierd at first, but after explaining to them and 6 months time most are "like yeah I can see that."

If your worried about the smell, just spray 'em with fabrize... I did that with my older older ones, but i'm kinda scared to do it with my non-washed denim - i don't want no spots to appear.. will that happen? anyone know?

Hijack - Will/ Does Fabrise leave marks?

[lyingonyourdriveway]

in 4 months my jeans didnt smell, you need to air them out! i aired them out almost everyday

i dont know about anyone else but i fart, my balls sweat, my legs sweat, you need to air them out

do not spray febreeze, that shit is gross man, it just masks the odour, even the 'anti-bacterial' febreeze is bullshit (lab tested)

[rabka]

how exactly do you air them outtt...

i just told some dudes ttoday that im not gon wash my jeans for a couple of months and they thought it was was the funniest thing in the world...my moms pissed about it

ak

[obsessis]

even before the whole 'don't wash your jeans, dry denim' fad really took off i never washed jeans. i prefer a much darker color and when you wash them the color goes away. i never washed them to keep them as dark as possible and ended up with some good pairs of jeans if I wore them for a while, particularly one pair of levi 529's i have. they have a nice brownish tint from sweat/dirty on the thighs.

[WhoGotMeIntoThis]

Most of my friends don't wash their jeans...even the kid I live with who doesn't know dick about dry denim...but that's just because he's weird.

[Telix]

Seriously - I would go weeks and weeks without washing any pair of jeans I've ever owned. I just like the way they wear more naturally as opposed to just leeching out the color all over in the washing machine.

I have a pair of J.Crew jeans I wore almost daily a year or so ago that I've washed probably 3-4 times, that I keep around for especially dirty jobs. I picked them up the other day and said to myself "these look pretty sweet!"

Washing jeans, unless they are in truly bad shape smell-wise or filth-wise, just seems against the entire idea of the things in the first place.

[homi29]

this thread just reminded me

i need to find a GF first

[shoreman1782]

Quote: shoreman.. welcome. nice to see you aboard (superdenim, the unofficial SW/D forum hostel)

Thanks, man. I'm splitting my time between here and the AskAndy forum. As if I weren't nerding out enough on styleforum...

On topic, I've lightly febreezed my apc anglaise a few times with no ill effect on the denim. I don't think I'd spray them directly, but that's more because I don't want my jeans to smell like chemical flowers than because I'd worry about affecting the color.

[RedFoxxworth]

One time we were all on acid and I was wearing a brown shirt and my jeans smelled bad and my girlfriend and my brother were flipping out talking about how I was so brown and dirty so they picked me up and threw me in the shower with all my clothes on.

But other than that only wack bitches care if you don't wash your jeans. And if a girl is not feeling you cause you don't wash your jeans sorry homie you didn't have her in the first place nor do you want her. That's a *WHIP CRACK* NOBODY TELLS ME WHEN OR IF TO WASH MY JEANS.

Just remember:

SMELLING BAD IS THE NEW SMELLING GOODâ„¢

IT GETS WACKER BY THE SECOND!

[bungle]

Slightly off topic, I was talking to a buddy the other day who has managed to make it a year without washing his slim kim's, wearing them almost literally every single day. He regrouted the floor of his shop, went camping for 3 weeks, etc etc in these things.

To demonstrate the unwashed-ness of them he scraped a fingernail across the thigh, which left a long white line on the denim and caked his nail with dirt.

I'm all for getting wear out of your jeans, but that was taking it slightly too far for me.

[madden]

Pics of the Kims?!?! Thats awesome.