Well they used to be blue
When they used to be new
When they used to be clean

People who wash their jeans frequently are weird.

Gross.

Jeans and sweatshirts are not meant to be washed.

Diesel stains..

PanicMan: Jeans and sweatshirts are not meant to be washed.

yes they are, buy only if they can make their way to the washing machine on their own.

...Am I the only one who did weekly laundry in college? If the rest of you want to be smelly hippies, go for it. Just stay down wind, please.

You can still smoke in bars here so I have to hang them outside to air out unless I want to wash them every time I wear them. That and the booze I repeatedly spill on them.

I go to school with people who literally wear the same clothes to every class, stains slowly expanding and changing like a macabre Rorschach blot.

/Not me.
//Weekly laundry, daily showers.
///I don't dip, and I don't chew, and I don't date no girls that do.

Denim collectors will tell you you ruin your jeans by washing them - I think storing them bagged in your freezer (new window) is their way to keep your jeans fresh.

/Has a pair of Evisu's I've owned for 2 years and never washed
//only worn them 5 times in that time frame, though

Those would be some comfy jeans.

the website has a poll asking if you would wear a pair of unwashed jeans for 3 months. Yes got 33.62% of the votes; no got 66.38%

EVER wondered what happens if you wear the same pair of jeans five days a week for three months straight without washing them?

So they didn't wear pants on the weekend? Sounds like my kind of gig.

Unless those two extra days were during Mon-Fri, in which case the office might get a bit awkward.

Summer Glau's Love Slave: I go to school with people who literally wear the same clothes to every class, stains slowly expanding and changing like a macabre Rorschach blot.

/Not me.
//Weekly laundry, daily showers.
///I don't dip, and I don't chew, and I don't date no girls that do.

You sound boring.

phelixcubed: Denim collectors will tell you you ruin your jeans by washing them

Comic book collectors will tell you you ruin your comics by reading them.

Toy collectors will tell you you ruin your toys by taking them out of the box.

Fark them all.

Things are meant to be used and enjoyed, not compulsively hoarded in sterile conditions.

Depends on the jeans. Seriously.

I have 3 pairs of jeans. 2 of them I can wear for 2 weeks solid, in hot weather and, providing I shower regularly, I don't need to wash the jeans at all. Then, I have another pair of jeans that will go really funky after only about 4 days in exactly the same conditions. None of them are cheap jeans but I guess it depends on the material.

I usually wash my jeans after 2 weeks regardless of how bad they smell just cause I don't like them being to grimy. But the funky pair are a real bastard and I wish I hadn't spent the money on them. I also wish I could figure out why the hell they stink so much after only 3 or 4 days of use.

Oh, and Patchouli is not a substitute for personal hygiene. Take a bath and wash your clothes, you stinky hip[ies|sters].

bboy: People who wash their jeans frequently are weird.

Agreed. I thought everyone knew this, but then at college there was a girl on my hall who owned seven pairs of jeans, washing them all once a week. I know because she had to hang them dry in the hall every week, our dryers were so awful.

\None of them was faded, either, so you know she was buying replacement jeans at an alarming rate.
\\You spill something on denim, you wipe it off with water. Done. Unless you have a deeper hygiene problem, they'll never stink. Washing is for removing dust after a windstorm or salt after trudging through slush.

cbuhler: No, just plain NO.

I shower daily so I really don't want to put the old funk back on. Yesterday's sweat is not a good smell.

You sweat on your legs?
/wash jeans about every 2-3 weeks.

Only 3 months?

Just getting broken in.

clyph: phelixcubed: Denim collectors will tell you you ruin your jeans by washing them

Comic book collectors will tell you you ruin your comics by reading them.

Toy collectors will tell you you ruin your toys by taking them out of the box.

Fark them all.

Things are meant to be used and enjoyed, not compulsively hoarded in sterile conditions.

Sterile might not be the word you're looking for in this instance.

Did they get paid for this? I want in, I've been doing this for years.

clyph: phelixcubed: Denim collectors will tell you you ruin your jeans by washing them

Comic book collectors will tell you you ruin your comics by reading them.

Toy collectors will tell you you ruin your toys by taking them out of the box.

Fark them all.

Things are meant to be used and enjoyed, not compulsively hoarded in sterile conditions.

It's not really that... when you wear a pair of jeans (especially those made of raw denim) you break them in and mold them to your body just by moving around normally. Washing them tightens the fibers and when the jeans shrink, you lose that personalization and have to start over again. Also, washing your jeans is one of the major contributors to them ripping (thru the tightening of fibers, then loosening of them for daily wear) - if you have a $300 pair of Deisel/Earnest Sewn/True Religion jeans you'd be less likely to "ruin" them compared to a $50 pair of H&M/Levis.

/Loves the Gap 1969 selvage line for daily wear and washing
//Freezer method for my high-end stuff
///We all nerd out in one way or another

ted neugent anyone?

Hm, I fall in the middle. I typically go a week with a pair of pants since they don't get funky unless I've had a serious spill of some kind.

But I wear clean everything else.

Cuts down on laundry some, which is point.

/helps to hang soiled clothes so they can air out
//nope that pile is not airing, it's fermenting.
///clean freak? Not.

The things you people obsess about...

/wore my jeans a month at a time as a kid in east Germany
//living in better times and places now, so I wash them when they get stinky

After about a week of continual wearing, my jeans need to be washed. They get this grimy feeling and I don't really care for it. but yeah, I agree. Pants don't need to be washed everyday. Nor do shirts if you don't sweat in them too much.

I suspect that the same people that wash their jeans frequently are the same people who think we use too much water for the environment to sustain.

/ you clean, clean hippies

wambu: Only 3 months?
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Just getting broken in.

I'd like to break in(to) those pants

Ug, my sister had a pair that she didn't wash for 6 years, at least. She would use patches to cover up the holes and it got to the point where the entire pair was nothing but patches. I think they finally fell apart and one of her dogs sleeps with the left over pieces.

I could always tell when she walked into a room though...
/febreeze did NOT work.

phelixcubed: if you have a $300 pair of Deisel/Earnest Sewn/True Religion jeans

If you spend $300 on a pair of farking jeans you need a boot to the testicles.

Hey these jeans smell like my Aunt Flo.

We had a guy nicknamed 'stinky' who was a student when I went to school. He was probably 40, pretty smart, but he wore the same clothes every day the entire semester, complete with the same stain on the sweater. I'm not sure they ever came off. You could smell him across a room.

Even if you are homeless you can take showers at the school gym. You're paying for them through your fees, might as well use them.

clyph: phelixcubed: if you have a $300 pair of Deisel/Earnest Sewn/True Religion jeans

If you spend $300 on a pair of farking jeans you need a boot to the testicles.

I though only girls bought $300 pairs of jeans.
Not being snarky or anything, but I thought those brands only sold women's styles.
Mr Soy happily pays upwards of a thousand dollars for his suits, but would never buy jeans that cost more than $50. He thinks casual clothes should be inexpensive.

Honest Bender: If the rest of you want to be smelly hippies,

Hah! My roommate sophomore year was in the Army ROTC training to be a Ranger. I don't think he washed his favorite jeans the whole freak'n year.

Soymilk: clyph: phelixcubed: if you have a $300 pair of Deisel/Earnest Sewn/True Religion jeans

If you spend $300 on a pair of farking jeans you need a boot to the testicles.

I though only girls bought $300 pairs of jeans.
Not being snarky or anything, but I thought those brands only sold women's styles.
Mr Soy happily pays upwards of a thousand dollars for his suits, but would never buy jeans that cost more than $50. He thinks casual clothes should be inexpensive.

Most high-end clothiers have fashions for both men and women - so why not jeans? Granted, men's jeans tend to be a bit less than women's - You can get a pair of men's Diesel's for about $129.00 - but it depends on the fabric and finish. And speaking as someone who owns both high-end (Hugo Boss Tailored Selection, Tom Ford, Ermenegildo Zegna)as well as mid-line (Theory, Michael Kors) suits, you can tell the difference in the way they feel and the way they fit. It's the same with jeans - as someone who didn't think there could be much difference between a $35 pair of 501's and a $200 pair of Diesel's, there's a big difference in how they fit and how long they last.

/Used to work for LVMH corporate - Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton
// Got stuff at crazy cheap discounts
/// Best thing was a $7K Cartier Calibre for $1400

I only wash my jeans probably every 3 months, shirts, shorts, socks and underpants I wash after 1 wearing. I sweat a bit (on my upper body at least), but jeans can take it. (and I can't afford a pair for every day)

The idea of wearing the same pair of jeans for that long without washing them makes me feel ill. *You* might not think they smell bad, but I am sure the people around you think differently. Then again, I have a warehouse job where I sweat a lot all day long. I suppose if you are a pencil pusher and/or keyboard jockey at some place that actually has air conditioning, you could get away with washing them less often.

I got a pair of Somet jeans I don't plan to wash them for at least 6 months.

Just ordered a custom pair of jeans from the Hartford Denim Company and I don't plan to wash those for a while either.

phelixcubed: And speaking as someone who owns both high-end (Hugo Boss Tailored Selection, Tom Ford, Ermenegildo Zegna)as well as mid-line (Theory, Michael Kors) suits, you can tell the difference in the way they feel and the way they fit.

Why would these "suits" you own fit differently? Why weren't they all tailored to your body? And if you're going to go into stitching and so forth, then it's the tailor that's the difference not the "suit". (Or maybe you gain and lose 25lbs at random intervals?