Can the highest quality raw denim hold up 4 years?

[lemmywinks]

Thought about the college fashion discussion thread and I was wondering if I bought like some of the highest quality raw denim and plan to wear them for 4 years (probably at least 4 days a week) will they hold up? Which brands should I look for?

 

[ginlimetonic]

sure, they can hold up for 10 years. But color is going to fade much faster- from sunlight and pollution (smog), producing a photochemical reaction when you wear it outside. I soak quality jeans in water and the first time i washed it, i saw the water turn murky from the dye fading lol.

apparently theres 2 kinds of dye- one is based on plant extract or something- more expensive and color lasts longer. other is fully chemical and thends to fade relatively easily.

Pre-faded ones will hold their color longer as the most of the fading already has been washed away.

 

[JSTF]

ironheart

 

[DrPat]

The question is, will you still fit in your jeans you bought before freshman year after thousands of beers and slices of pizza?

If you do attempt this, please document with pics. It would be quite an accomplishment to make it through college on 1 pair of jeans.

 

[Razele]

That would be pretty sweet.

 

[raginberriodoom]

haha i tried that with sammies. held up fine, but my body moved on.

 

[XenoX101]

There are vintage levi's that go for stupid prices from ages ago, which have been worn for 10 years+ (granted the levi's were of better quality then than they are now), you don't need the highest quality raw denim to live through them for 4 years.

The reason you see people getting rips quickly is because they either A) don't wash them often enough (fer bettur fadez) which hastens the wearing process or B) size down till they fit like leggings which causes the denim to be permenantly stretched, eventually giving way to your legs but not before weakening the denim.

 

[Razele]

I disagree with the not washing the jeans part.

Sizing down is going to give you more blowouts.

Denim that is easy to fade also will break quicker.

 

[Eason]

Ironhearts and Somets, as long as they fit you.

 

[XenoX101]

Well washing in the washing machine will surely do some damage, I meant hand washing/soaking in cold water. I remember hearing that regular washes keeps denim for longer on more than one occasion on superdenim.

Oh and +1 for the flower tag.

 

[centrix]

Originally Posted by DrPat

The question is, will you still fit in your jeans you bought before freshman year after thousands of beers and slices of pizza?

If you do attempt this, please document with pics. It would be quite an accomplishment to make it through college on 1 pair of jeans.

+10000000000000000000

 

[Razele]

I have heard the opposite as well.

The big difference is cotton quality, weaving speed, pattern and finish. Also, wether you wear it hard or not. Alot of people wear thier denim crazy hard to get fadez.

Speaking of which, when I showed my GF the sufu pic of the cockfade guy she thought it was hilarious.

Don't get cockfadez.

Buy Iron Heart mate.

 

[stylesmurf]

I would think 4 years is pretty easy for most denim. Although I still don't know how you guys can wear it for several days a week for 6 months without washing. They get stinky especially if you do any amount of walking.

 

[Razele]

I can't understand how people walk around with stinky jeans.

Febreeze them, when that stops working, just wash them.

It's not as if hand washing and drying is going to smash your indigo away anyway.

 

[kiya]

If you only wear them 4 days a week Iron Heart would last you four years. If you buy the 634sr they could last 5 years or more considering the denim is like a sheet of metal: http://www.selfedge.com/shop/index.p...roducts_id=468