Care For Your (Denim/ Wool/ Cotton)
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Till, I can totally relate to your last post on the issue of Wabi-Sabi, it should be an organic process, anything else is NOT wabi-sabi…
Exactly, Stewart! Now, if you happen to always carry your wallet in your left front pocket for example and you put it there in your jeans, too, that's ok in my book. But if you put all kinds of props in there just to coerce some wabi-sabi out of it, then that is more wishi-washi.
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Dchill, that's cool. Another Austinite! So I won't be the only bugger wearing IH here. That's sad and good at the same time.
Simon, that is excellent wabi-sabi. Same thing would be if you rode a bike to school every day and then you'd get a fade where the saddle sits and extra heavy creases behind the knees. That's the good stuff.
Till
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Did that to an old denim shirt I had with decent results. Can't wait to see it on the iron hearts!
Back when I first got into the denim game at the age of 15, I was too impatient to fully understand the beauty of natural fades and such. Therefore, as any impatient kid would do, I tried to speed up the process by pinching at the creases, excessively rubbing my hands on my lap, and purposefully sitting on rough surfaces so that I could slide off when I got up in order to break my jeans in faster. I know realize the flaws in my logic because those jeans (nudies haha) look like crap. The fading is too exaggerated in some parts and not enough in others which makes for a "true religion" like effect. I've since stopped doing these things and now my jeans look great, IMO.
As for washing, it depends on the jeans. Usually, I'll soak them in hot water to get any shrinking out of the way and to make them stiffer (I like the feeling). Then, I usually just wear them until they're unbearably dirty and hot soak them with a little detergent. I usually hold off on the first machine wash until about 6-8 months and then machine wash them every other month. I feel this prolongs the denim as the dirt and grime don't have a chance to seriously build up and break down the denim.
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@Madame:
You better hope it is not a hot day then. I sweated my nuts off in them on a hot day in NYC…G
I still have them here in NYC if you want them back
No, you keep 'em, he's slightly better behaved since that trip (although his voice is a lot higher than it used to be)
It might also have to do with the massive hangover the next day…
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awesome project hec, can't wait to see how they turn out.
