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    What Are You Wearing Today (WAYWT) 2026

    What do you consider "raw" denim to mean?

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    • Matty123M
      Matty123
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      I don’t get it either. Thatndoejst make any sense

      Maybe so. Maybe not

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      • ChrisC
        Chris
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        Heddels is wrong more often than it is right, IMO.

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        • DionD
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          Funny enough it used to be called Rawr Denim before changing its name to Heddels.

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          • Matty123M
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            @Giles:

            @Matty123:

            Heddels disagrees https://www.heddels.com/2018/01/one-wash-denim-still-raw/

            This was posted on Jan 10th

            That was what caused this thread to be started.  I have written to Nick at Heddels and told him that the article is bullshit…

            I kinda figured that was the cause. And yes, it’s bullshit

            Maybe so. Maybe not

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            • Ponyboy312P
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              @Giles:

              @Matty123:

              Heddels disagrees https://www.heddels.com/2018/01/one-wash-denim-still-raw/

              This was posted on Jan 10th

              That was what caused this thread to be started.  I have written to Nick at Heddels and told him that the article is bullshit…

              Amen

              colonelclegg: if you threw up on them just wash them dude, especially if your not sure if its your puke…......

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              • BloodnThunderB
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                To me raw is denim that has no more than one initial soak before hitting shelves and has zero pre-distressing.  When I think of raw denim I think of a jean that looks the way it does because the wearer got them to that point not because someone sandblasted them before sending them to the retailers.

                IG: Shadesofindig0

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                • Matty123M
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                  i want to throw this log on the fire…. @Giles

                  https://www.ironheart.co.uk/bottoms/ih-666s-19l-v2.html

                  these are one washed yet you call them raw?  😉 😶

                  Maybe so. Maybe not

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                  • manufc10M
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                    Where does he call them raw?  Are you referring to the fact that they are unsanforized?

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                    • Matty123M
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                      In the bloody title! 19oz raw denim.

                      Maybe so. Maybe not

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                        In the Name: "Indigo New 19oz Raw Selvedge Left Hand Twill Slim Straight Cut"

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                        • manufc10M
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                          ha…hiding in plain sight.  I was scouring the product details and completely overlooked the title, and I own these jeans.

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                          • neph93N
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                            I suspect that has snuck in by mistake…

                            «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                            We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

                            • Alan Turing
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                            • Matty123M
                              Matty123
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                              My log didn’t burn like I thought it would.

                              Maybe so. Maybe not

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                              • Matty123M
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                                That’s what she said.

                                Maybe so. Maybe not

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                                • GilesG
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                                  Thank you.we will fix…...

                                  "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                  • steelworkerS
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                                    @manufc10:

                                    To me raw denim means loomstate.

                                    What he said.

                                    Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
                                    Well, I have others.

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                                    • steelworkerS
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                                      @Giles:

                                      I think I will try and go 16 or 18.  The easiest route is to use the vintage 16 and/or 18 and not sanforise or wash) it…..

                                      I'm in.

                                      Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
                                      Well, I have others.

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                                      • steelworkerS
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                                        @Giles:

                                        I'm talking to Haraki about making a new raw (that is not washed, not sanforised, not anti skewed, not singed, not fucked around with in any way) denim….Watch this space.....

                                        I'm waiting for this one!  😛

                                        Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
                                        Well, I have others.

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                                        • GilesG
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                                          No news yet…..

                                          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                          • JimJ
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                                            I way late chiming I’m on this discussion but chime in I will.
                                            From everything I’ve read, studied and even the „Denim Course „ I attended.  RAW means Loom State. I’m disturbed with chemical and or water influence. That’s the end. I don’t consider one superior to another. It becomes a preference for most and for some a matter of pride.
                                            I personally prefer Sanfordized or one-washed jeans although inhaftiert some raw jeans before. I don’t like to try to make it a who’s right, who’s wrong thing. Everyone should just enjoy his jeans and do as they please. Nonetheless, raw means raw.  :). ✌🏾

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