Curious, is it possible to wait too long to wash your denim...?

[damnIam]

I guess I mean, is there a point (beside too grimey) that creases and such will start to look less desireable because you waited too long to wash?

[denimdestroyedmylife]

this went 100+ years without a wash

"I want to die with myh bluejeans on," I heard myself say.

[damnIam]

...and they still look cool. I guess that answers my question.

Thanks

[Paul T]

They've ruined them, the idiots!

THose are 1880s jeans, pretty like the $45k ones. Are they from the eBay auction that got pulled?

[denimdestroyedmylife]

http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2001/May-14-Mon-2001/news/16070242.html

don't know, Paul. This is from 2001------don't know how much this fetched, but they were shooting for $25K.

"I want to die with myh bluejeans on," I heard myself say.

[Paul T]

Ah, they looked foreshortened so I didn't recognise them. They're the Nevada jeans, the ones that fetched $45k.

I was there when they had them at the LVC archives, as they examined them, it was amazing. They were antiques, 125 years old, yet you could have gone out on the street wearing them & looked pretty cool. Interesting that the denim expert they consulted got it so wrong...

[denimdestroyedmylife]

I love where the coin pocket sits. I guess they had to lower it to accomodate a belt.

"I want to die with myh bluejeans on," I heard myself say.

[Geowu]

the wear pattern looks fake. at least weird or unusual.

[mspark]

The article said that they were found in mud. I guess that has something to do with the odd wear pattern. Anybody know for sure?

[Paul T]

I think they'd just been left in the same place for 120 years, and the indigo just leached out or oxidised where they lay. The mud must've been dry, or they'd have rotted, so probably the indigo leached into the mud decades ago. Natural indigo jeans like this don't normally get much in the way of whiskers etc, they fade in a completely different way.

AS I might've meniotned on here befoer, these jeans came before the 501. Lots of details like the stitching are different, they look much more like workwear, and have that extra pocket on one thigh. I really wish I could blag a pair of the repros that were made in 2001, they were terrific...

[Serge d Nimes]

Paul, I know someone who has a pair of Nevada repros for sale.

Carpe Denim! (not the jean brand silly!)

[denimdestroyedmylife]

http://cgi.ebay.com/LVC-LEVI-VINTAGE-1890-BUCKLE-BACK-big-E-32-38-34-36_W0QQitemZ8390048923QQcategoryZ57989QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

These 'uns?

"I want to die with myh bluejeans on," I heard myself say.

[Paul T]

Sort of. THose are COne denim and are a weird composite based on the Nevada jeans, but with the later patch, on the right rather than the middle; there's a new version, from falll 05 I think, which is slightly better which I should be getting. I actually had a pair of the natural indigo version made in Valencia, but made the mistake of buying oversized. Looked like Coco the Clown.

Serge, I'm not allowed to pay money for jeans any more, but thanks for the heads up. I was allowed to buy these, but they're slightly too small for me...

Edited by Paul T on Mar 15, 2006 at 09:02 AM

[denimdestroyedmylife]

hmmmmm... I'd be curious to see how those fit on a human. The color is interesting, I guess no hope of getting higes with denim that light bluethough, huh?

"I want to die with myh bluejeans on," I heard myself say.

[Paul T]

"I'd be curious to see how those fit on a human..."

LOL, so you've met the nipper?

[denimdestroyedmylife]

I live near Camden, NJ, so maybe that's why this is the only Nipper that comes to mind. Makes for an interesting google image search, but not fruitful...

That said, I have no idea what your on about, Paul!!!

"I want to die with myh bluejeans on," I heard myself say.

Edited by denimdestroyedmylife on Mar 15, 2006 at 12:52 PM

[Paul T]

In Camden, London, they also call them sprogs

http://www.wordreference.com/definition/nippers

[denimdestroyedmylife]

This is making me giddy----------even more confused! For some reason, I'm comfortable with that...

"I want to die with myh bluejeans on," I heard myself say.

[Paul T]

Sorry: nipper=sprog=small "human"

[denimdestroyedmylife]

I got it now. You don't have huge floorboards, you've got small waist coveralls... I didn't catch the tone when you said they were slightly too small. Sorry, just watched Even Dwarfs Started Small and my sense of scale is distorted.

"I want to die with my bluejeans on," I heard myself say.

Edited by denimdestroyedmylife on Mar 15, 2006 at 05:06 PM

[Gobias]

Those dont look too small compared with these.

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-SALESMAN-SAMPLE-LEVI-BUCKLEBACK-JEAN-RIVET-E_W0QQitemZ8394075302QQcategoryZ52386QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[denimdestroyedmylife]

I saw those last night, but I couldn't remember where...

Those will break in nice, man....

"I want to die with myh bluejeans on," I heard myself say.

[sunny]

Don't think there's too long a time, but there's def too short a time. The moron at TNT Blu told me to wash the Nudies in a month. TARD. I bet he's told that to all the customers, now there's lot's of fucked up denim out there.

[Milton Keynes]

Quote:

Don't think there's too long a time, but there's def too short a time. The moron at TNT Blu told me to wash the Nudies in a month. TARD. I bet he's told that to all the customers, now there's lot's of fucked up denim out there.

--- Original message by sunny on Mar 15, 2006 05:59 PM

Aaarrggh TNT Blu is AWFUL for stuff like that... I just got a pair of dry selvedge jeans hemmed there, and the retard sales assistant for some inexplicable reason wrote "original hem" on the ticket so that the tailor cut off and reattached the existing hem, basically leaving a horrific mess on the inside. When I complained and sent them back to be "fixed", I got them back yesterday a) slightly too short and more or less completely butchered. Now I've got to go back yet again and persuade them to give me a new pair or my $340 back, which I can see being difficult...

[poly800rock]

Aaarrggh TNT Blu is AWFUL for stuff like that... I just got a pair of dry selvedge jeans hemmed there, and the retard sales assistant for some inexplicable reason wrote "original hem" on the ticket so that the tailor cut off and reattached the existing hem, basically leaving a horrific mess on the inside. When I complained and sent them back to be "fixed", I got them back yesterday a) slightly too short and more or less completely butchered. Now I've got to go back yet again and persuade them to give me a new pair or my $340 back, which I can see being difficult...

that fucking sucks

[mizanation]

hmmm. from what i've read, not washing your jeans for a long time accumulates oils and other organic matter in the fabric. over time, this will break down the fabric and lead to tears and holes. washing from time to time will actually prolong the life of your jeans. for very old denim, occasional washing is a good idea.

[Chicken]

i actually think there is such a thing as "waiting too long to wash" if a) you want to your denim to last longer and if you don't want that permanently dirty look. if your denim construction is tough enough and the indigo was dyed thorough enough, you should be able to wash it in a certain cycle and achieve nice clean contrasty fades.

[mizanation]

i actually think there is such a thing as "waiting too long to wash" if a) you want to your denim to last longer and if you don't want that permanently dirty look. if your denim construction is tough enough and the indigo was dyed thorough enough, you should be able to wash it in a certain cycle and achieve nice clean contrasty fades.

that's true. if you wait too long to wash, you will develop permanently dirty weft yarns, so your atari will be yellowish/brownish instead of a nice clean whitish.

[chucksvintage]

I love these my son has a pair but he out grew them.

[machineo]

i remember a thread several months ago saying how if you wait too long all the dirt and shit make the denim brittle. so if thats true, wash every so often for hygiene, fade, and longevity makes three