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So I've been meaning to post pictures of my before/after RRDS. Long story short: 6 months almost on the nose of university wear -- i.e. not a ton of aggressive wear (no skating here). Saw some decent fading coming in, and also they were smelling, so I washed them.
Before:
After:
Now, the wash was kind of a disaster. Washed them inside out, on warm, and gave them a spin cycle. I wasn't upset if the creases washed out, it's all about the fading for me. Anyways, they were still caked in soap ****, so I had to rinse them again, just threw them in, couldn't do it inside out, on cold. So the jeans are super-soft now and I don't know if I'll get much more fading. They don't feel raw at all. But I'm fine with that because I really like how they came out ...
... except for the scars behind the ankles! I HATE that! First, it just goes to show you how much these jeans will stretch and shrink. The thick tears on the backs are where I was originally cuffing the jeans. Once the waist loosened, I was stepping on the cuffs (a lot, apparently) and made new cuffs.
But the shrinkage after wash is so dramatic, that these are just a hair too short. I was going to get them hemmed, but there's no need! They're not unwearably short ... they fall like .5 or 1 CM shorter than I'd like. But I HATE that tear on the back.
Anyone know how to get rid of it? I can't think of anything that can be done, and I think patching would look rediculous.
Before:
After:
Now, the wash was kind of a disaster. Washed them inside out, on warm, and gave them a spin cycle. I wasn't upset if the creases washed out, it's all about the fading for me. Anyways, they were still caked in soap ****, so I had to rinse them again, just threw them in, couldn't do it inside out, on cold. So the jeans are super-soft now and I don't know if I'll get much more fading. They don't feel raw at all. But I'm fine with that because I really like how they came out ...
... except for the scars behind the ankles! I HATE that! First, it just goes to show you how much these jeans will stretch and shrink. The thick tears on the backs are where I was originally cuffing the jeans. Once the waist loosened, I was stepping on the cuffs (a lot, apparently) and made new cuffs.
But the shrinkage after wash is so dramatic, that these are just a hair too short. I was going to get them hemmed, but there's no need! They're not unwearably short ... they fall like .5 or 1 CM shorter than I'd like. But I HATE that tear on the back.
Anyone know how to get rid of it? I can't think of anything that can be done, and I think patching would look rediculous.