Jeans: Normal hem vs Euro hem

[Fashion Fan]

Can someone tell me which hemming method is better for raw denim? Also which will produce a hemmed pair of selvedge denim jeans that won't fray at the bottom or have a much less chance at fraying in the long term.

 

[lesamourai]

I don't think a Euro hem would be great with all that extra fabric down there. If they're new it doesn't matter. Keeping the original hem or getting a new one. If they're worn and you want to keep the worn look, then I can see you wanting to keep the original hem with the Euro hem method. But uh..I think fraying comes from stepping on the jeans, not so much what type of hem you have.

 

[Fashion Fan]



I don't think a Euro hem would be great with all that extra fabric down there. If they're new it doesn't matter. Keeping the original hem or getting a new one. If they're worn and you want to keep the worn look, then I can see you wanting to keep the original hem with the Euro hem method. But uh..I think fraying comes from stepping on the jeans, not so much what type of hem you have.

Thanks for your reply. Good point in terms of jeans fraying when you step on them. I usually get all my jeans with the regular hem and always thought the euro hem to be odd. However my thinking was that if I got the euro hem, all the extra material in between would help the jeans last longer and prevent them from fraying quicker.

 

[Fashion Fan]

Also I was reading a description that mentioned must selvedge jeans do not fray usually but after I got my APC's hemmed they did. Which contributes to my point that I may be using the wrong type of hem on them.