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what a good cheap pair of raw denim to fade?

KitAkira

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Dont get a bad pair of raw denim. If your going to get a pair of raws then do it right and up your budget to around 150-200$+.

Popular skinny designs for a cheap brand like nudies is Thinn Finn or Slim Jim.

And wearing your jeans skinny is actually interesting because instead of honeycombs you get raptor claws.
 

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Originally Posted by Ge Fuzz
Check out GAP 1969 Selvedge, they run about $88 and can be worn skinny.
Those hardly fade at all, same for the H&M Sliq, they look ok but they won't fade.
 

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Originally Posted by axe
Those hardly fade at all, same for the H&M Sliq, they look ok but they won't fade.

why not? I couldn't get 501s to fade but Ive seen pics on Sufu of sick 501 fades. Surely the Gaps are at least good quality as $25 levis? I mean, how do you know?
 

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How did you not get 501s to fade? I had a white wallet fade after the first day of wearing them (which happened to be while skating), too bad I also got my first hole in them on the first day
 

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The Gaps def fade

I own the Gap Skinny's Raw/Rigid selvedge 1969 denim

and the wallet is def fadeing, like-wise is the honey combs and some areas of the crotch.

I've owned them for about two weeks, wore them about 3-4 days per week.
 

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Originally Posted by KitAkira
How did you not get 501s to fade? I had a white wallet fade after the first day of wearing them (which happened to be while skating), too bad I also got my first hole in them on the first day

yeah I dunno...I wore them almost every day for about 3 months and I got nothin'... The only thing is maybe because they are rather loose, and also I don't wear them as hard as some people and 3 months isn't enough time but I should have got something other than a little wallet fade...But my APCs faded and I wasn't even trying with those, I washed them abunch and didn't even wear them that much.
 

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Originally Posted by Ge Fuzz
why not? I couldn't get 501s to fade but Ive seen pics on Sufu of sick 501 fades. Surely the Gaps are at least good quality as $25 levis? I mean, how do you know?
I own a pair. 501s fade much more easily than the Gaps do, from what I've seen firsthand. YMMV though.
 

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Originally Posted by drok1mf
I want a pair of skinny raw denim jeans that I can fade. I don't plan on washing them for months maybe even a year. I really like the classic 501 levis but their really baggy before washing them. If I wash them once will they still be stiff and keep the indigo? If you know any other brands of cheap raw denim, salvage is a plus let me know, don't forget I want them to be skinny. thanks

Try the Levi's 501 STF (shrink-to-fits).
 

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