double denim...disaster?
- Thread starter milesy
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milesy tells me that the true denim afficionado doesn't wash a new pair of jeans for about 6 months, so they get some sort of fading effect going on (whispers, I believe they're called).
of course, milesy could be talking a pile of shite. but he's my husband so I must believe him.
of course, milesy could be talking a pile of shite. but he's my husband so I must believe him.
spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
now tanky, if i didn't wash my jeans, they wouldn't smell of wee - they'd smell of sweat and pubs and dinner and ladyness, but not wee.Tank Girl said:pounds pounds pounds!
the people that spend silly money on jeans smell of wee - they don't wash their jeans
have you been weeing on your jeans, tanky?
Kanda said:
lots of people - probably men - who are into their denim - are very anal about their denim. they buy raw denim jeans (unwashed, so it's very dark indigo and very stiff and liable to shrink if washed normally) and then spend ages wearing it in before washing it at all. 6 months is bandied about as the best length of time to go before giving them a gentle hand wash wash. that way they fit to the wearer better. i went for about 2 months
raw denim is lovely 
e2a - tanky beat me too it. and i speaketh the truth
but good to see wifely loyalty 
Milesy's telling the truth for once. A denim buyer for Top Shop used to be a housemate and and he very, very rarely washed his jeans. And when he did, he only ever tended to dunk them in a bathtub of cold water.
Nice guy though, and I can't remember him smelling of wee either. He did once manage to tread on the legs of his massively oversized jeans once in front of us all though, simulataneously falling up the stairs and pulling his jeans down in one swift motion. Perhaps he wasn't so cool after all.
Nice guy though, and I can't remember him smelling of wee either. He did once manage to tread on the legs of his massively oversized jeans once in front of us all though, simulataneously falling up the stairs and pulling his jeans down in one swift motion. Perhaps he wasn't so cool after all.
Termite Man
zombie flesh eater
Kanda said:I wouldn't go prospecting in a 90 quid pair of jeans, would you??
depends how good at prospecting I am to be honest . If I was so damn good I could bring home a massive chunk of gold everyday I'd be able to afford new jeans for every day of the year !
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
Don't mean to be harsh, but it's a bit 'Eastern Europe', init.
FFS don't wear the glittery bits as well cos that pins you right down to a few Russian provinces.
FFS don't wear the glittery bits as well cos that pins you right down to a few Russian provinces.
I've voted disaster although very very occasionally it can look OK. But not often enough for a 'depends' vote to reflect my opinion.
monsterbunny
Well-Known Member
"true denim afficionado doesn't wash a new pair of jeans for about 6 months, so they get some sort of fading effect going on (whispers, I believe they're called)."
Whiskers actually, and they're the creases on the front. Honeycombs refer to the creasing at the rear of the knees. I always give raw denim, 12 months before washing. The reasoning behind this is that the fade will contrast nicely with the darkness of the indigo.
Jacket and jeans look OK if they're in different states of wear. Old jacket and new jeans or vice versa. It's all down to confidence.
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Whiskers actually, and they're the creases on the front. Honeycombs refer to the creasing at the rear of the knees. I always give raw denim, 12 months before washing. The reasoning behind this is that the fade will contrast nicely with the darkness of the indigo.
Jacket and jeans look OK if they're in different states of wear. Old jacket and new jeans or vice versa. It's all down to confidence.
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moonsi til
worked it out now!
Jacket and jeans look OK if they're in different states of wear. Old jacket and new jeans or vice versa. It's all down to confidence.
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I met an ex once at the station wearing a very old pair of blue tight fitting Wranglers and a less old paler blue wrangler denim jacket..teamed with my old docs a silk vest top. He said to me 'I normally mock folk that wear denim on denim but you look great'. Until then I had never heard of not doing this combo ...I still do it from time to time and still think I look good. I match cord and denim together too.
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I met an ex once at the station wearing a very old pair of blue tight fitting Wranglers and a less old paler blue wrangler denim jacket..teamed with my old docs a silk vest top. He said to me 'I normally mock folk that wear denim on denim but you look great'. Until then I had never heard of not doing this combo ...I still do it from time to time and still think I look good. I match cord and denim together too.
moonsi til said:
<sharp intake of breath> Surely not!
I can't quite visualise that somehow. 
