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post #1 of 18
10/20/10 at 6:38pm
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I bought some nice dark indigo PS jeans from House of Fraser for £100. They are a good fit, nice colour, white stitching. quite a lightweight denim. However, on removing the jeans, I noticed my legs were blue. Have washed them and worn them 4 or 5 times since, and still end up with blue tinted limbs.

This doesn't seem acceptable to me. Apparently it is a known feature of the denim and there is supposed to be some sort of disclaimer, not that I saw one. Aside from leg tint problems, these jeans also presumably have the potential to stain light coloured furniture and ruin the rest of your laundry. I plan to get a refund, but would be interested in any views or similar experiences.
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post #2 of 18
10/20/10 at 6:44pm
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I bought some nice dark indigo PS jeans from House of Fraser for £100. They are a good fit, nice colour, white stitching. quite a lightweight denim. However, on removing the jeans, I noticed my legs were blue. Have washed them and worn them 4 or 5 times since, and still end up with blue tinted limbs.

This doesn't seem acceptable to me. Apparently it is a known feature of the denim and there is supposed to be some sort of disclaimer, not that I saw one. Aside from leg tint problems, these jeans also presumably have the potential to stain light coloured furniture and ruin the rest of your laundry. I plan to get a refund, but would be interested in any views or similar experiences.

you're going to get jean wearer's blue leg, it's like a miner's black lung except 10x worse. sorry bro you're gonna have to get em amputated if you wanna survive
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post #3 of 18
10/21/10 at 12:14am
Are they raw denim?
Did you bother reading the care instructions?
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post #4 of 18
10/21/10 at 12:16am
lurk moar noob.
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post #5 of 18
10/21/10 at 12:57am
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I bought some nice dark indigo PS jeans from House of Fraser for £100. They are a good fit, nice colour, white stitching. quite a lightweight denim. However, on removing the jeans, I noticed my legs were blue. Have washed them and worn them 4 or 5 times since, and still end up with blue tinted limbs.

This doesn't seem acceptable to me. Apparently it is a known feature of the denim and there is supposed to be some sort of disclaimer, not that I saw one. Aside from leg tint problems, these jeans also presumably have the potential to stain light coloured furniture and ruin the rest of your laundry. I plan to get a refund, but would be interested in any views or similar experiences.

I have several pairs of Paul Smith jeans and never had any problem with them bleeding. They source from top denim producers and have excellent production controls. Why don't you contact Paul Smith and tell them what's going on. I'm sure they'll want to hear from you and help you find a solution.
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post #6 of 18
10/21/10 at 1:40am
raw jeans bleed...some are much worse than others. I hate when that happens, so the only raws I have are Diors MII
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post #7 of 18
10/21/10 at 1:54am
you should check a doctor.
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post #8 of 18
10/21/10 at 3:36am
so.... you blue yourself?
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post #9 of 18
10/21/10 at 7:50am
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so.... you blue yourself?

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post #10 of 18
10/21/10 at 12:36pm
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SRGProd - I have been in touch with their customer services dept and they say:

"Indigo dye used on the jeans will always rub off, otherwise you would not obtain this effect of the Indigo colour"

That sounds like a lot of crap to me. I have had indigo coloured garments before and the manufacturers seem to have found a way of fixng the dye.

There is no warning of any kind on the garment, save the standard "wash dark colours separately." Certainly no "bind limbs in muslin before donning trousers" or "avoid sitting on white sofas."

Next stop trading standards if they don't give me a refund.
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post #11 of 18
10/21/10 at 12:48pm
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SRGProd - I have been in touch with their customer services dept and they say:

"Indigo dye used on the jeans will always rub off, otherwise you would not obtain this effect of the Indigo colour"

That sounds like a lot of crap to me. I have had indigo coloured garments before and the manufacturers seem to have found a way of fixng the dye.

There is no warning of any kind on the garment, save the standard "wash dark colours separately." Certainly no "bind limbs in muslin before donning trousers" or "avoid sitting on white sofas."

Next stop trading standards if they don't give me a refund.

That is unacceptable. Demand that they also add an info label to future products to prevent it from happening to others. Include this video to help explain your experience from the indigo in the jeans:

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post #12 of 18
10/21/10 at 1:09pm
probably one of my guiltiest pleasures is looking at dated CGI
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post #13 of 18
10/21/10 at 6:27pm
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SRGProd - I have been in touch with their customer services dept and they say:

"Indigo dye used on the jeans will always rub off, otherwise you would not obtain this effect of the Indigo colour"

That sounds like a lot of crap to me. I have had indigo coloured garments before and the manufacturers seem to have found a way of fixng the dye.

There is no warning of any kind on the garment, save the standard "wash dark colours separately." Certainly no "bind limbs in muslin before donning trousers" or "avoid sitting on white sofas."

Next stop trading standards if they don't give me a refund.



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post #14 of 18
10/21/10 at 6:49pm
This is a big problem. Indigo isn't water soluble, so you know you'll have to use a LOT of abrasion to get it off your legs.
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post #15 of 18
10/21/10 at 7:06pm
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There is no warning of any kind on the garment, save the standard "wash dark colours separately." Certainly no "bind limbs in muslin before donning trousers" or "avoid sitting on white sofas."

Many jeans do come with these warnings actually... except they write "colour may transfer to other garments"
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