How often do you wash your jeans?

eternal

Jeans are very 2002.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Sometimes three times a day. Certain, eh, "stains" can be difficult to eradicate.

KomradeBishop

Wear them once and wash.

For some reason, all my jeans are starting to wear/tear at the gooch Wonder why. Need to replace a bunch of them.

VinLieger

Unless theres some pretty visible stain or smell then 1-2 months

Desolation Of Smug

patricia88 wrote: »

Ideally you should go swimming in the ocean wearing your jeans, rub your jeans with dry sand and repeat several times. Rinse in the fresh (not salt) water and let them dry in the sun.

I did this in 2010. They're still wet.

I would get at least two weeks out of a pair anyway (that's wearing them everyday to work and at the weekend/ going out etc) unless they got dirty from spilling something on them etc.

A pair of trousers or jeans I wasn't wearing everyday could last a month or months between washes.

c_man

I dunno. Sure you'd have to ask my auld wan :pac:

Wibbs

The extreme not washing jeans comes from hipsters who want to get "authentic" fades on raw denim, so they can look like great depression era miners and farmers while they sip their lattes in their cubicle. AKA total arse. Apparently some of them keep them "clean" by sticking them in the freezer to kill the bacteria. From hard wearing work wear for hard working men to a uniform for tossers in a couple of generations. Mad eh?

ZiabR

I dont wash jeans that often to be honest. Whenever they get smelly or dirty.

smash

I'd wear jeans a few times before washing them, unless something spilled on them. It's strange because I'd never wear any other item of clothes more than once. I have a few pairs of jeans that I've owned for years now though. Good quality jeans really do last.

Penny Tration

2 wears, then they're washed.

cloud493

Kiana Dazzling Cowhand wrote: »

Yeah same here*, luckily I'm very clumsy so I end up washing them pretty regularly anyway.

*though I always wear underwear with jeans. It's important to me that people know this.

So you don't wear underwear with jeans ever? :eek::pac:

Dial Hard

fuzzydunlop85 wrote: »

Sometimes I can go about 2 months without giving them a wash. Is this socially acceptable?

How often do you wear them?

McGrath5

Every 2 to 3 wears.

I wear mine in the shower.

smash

Dial Hard wrote: »

How often do you wear them?

The bigger question is: How many times did you fart while wearing them?

Greenmachine

Mine get washed with the rest of my clothes. Wear them two days max, then they go in the basket till I have enough clothes to do a full load.

TheBeardedLady

Jeans! Everyone's wearin' 'em. Jeans! They're the latest craze. Jeans! Whatcha wearin' there? Jeans! Wow they sure look swell!






I wash them as often as I wash my other clothes.

Aongus Von Bismarck

I'm not really the sort of man who wears jeans to work or when socialising. I do have a nice pair of Diesel triple-stitched jeans that I might wear when going for a drive, or popping down to the shops. Would wash them after 3 or 4 wears.

On the subject of jeans: what is it with Irishmen and their love of boot cut jeans? A most unflattering cut, and few things more tatty than the bottom of the legs of the jeans all frayed and tattered.

It's actually a rarity for me to wear jeans. I have one red going out pair which are shockin hot but I wash them every wear because I don't like when they loosen.

I wear dresses pretty much all the time. They get washed after one wear. My other non hot jeans would be washed after maybe two wears, but there could be months between two wears!!!


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5starpool

Unless they get something spilled on them (or smell a lot from cooking, etc) I usually get about a week or 10 days from jeans.

Before the smoking ban though the above would be true except for when interrupted by a night out when they'd get washed after that.

Muff_Daddy

Wibbs wrote: »

The extreme not washing jeans comes from hipsters who want to get "authentic" fades on raw denim, so they can look like great depression era miners and farmers while they sip their lattes in their cubicle. AKA total arse.

Hipsters? No, generally it's just down to people being lazy bollox's.


I know this because I'm one myself. I'd wash my jeans once or twice every couple of months, I generally don't stain my cacks, that suits me down to the ground. Hipster I ain't.

Wibbs

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

On the subject of jeans: what is it with Irishmen and their love of boot cut jeans? A most unflattering cut, and few things more tatty than the bottom of the legs of the jeans all frayed and tattered.

+1. Oh and "fashion" label jeans on blokes that make it look like your arse has fainted, or buying raw denim that are so oversized they have more ballroom than the palace of Versailles. And silly pockets. And old(or even young guys) with beer guts and skinny jeans. Eh... no... just no. Jeremy Clarkson a perfect example. A gangly wreck of a man designed by a drunken committee. Skinny legs and a gut. Jesus. Jeans are Levi's, Lee, wrangler but only the latter if you find yourself otherwise nekkid from the waste down. Basic 501's, not bootcut. 511's if you're narrow of hip like meself. Then again being a middle aged man I'd say that...

Wibbs

Muff_Daddy wrote: »

Hipsters? No, generally it's just down to people being lazy bollox's.


I know this because I'm one myself. I'd wash my jeans once or twice every couple of months, I generally don't stain my cacks, that suits me down to the ground. Hipster I ain't.

Oh sure MD, but I meant the whole raw selvedge denim made on handlooms by Japanese virgins, costing 400 quid a pair, bought three sizes too big with ten inch turnups on them type tosspots. Who advise their fellow tosspots to not wash them for as long as possible, until the "fades" come in and the arse seam has burst(washing tightens the fibres and so makes them last longer).

TheBeardedLady

It's really fooking hard to get a normal pair of jeans. I've spent a total of about 10 hours trying to find a pair of jeans in Dublin and Madrid to no avail, so the pair I'm wearing now are all patched up in the crotch area chaffing me as I walk.


I just want a pair of normal jeans without rips 'n' shizzle all over them? Is that too much to ask?:mad:

One eyed Jack

KomradeBishop wrote: »

Wear them once and wash.

For some reason, all my jeans are starting to wear/tear at the gooch Wonder why. Need to replace a bunch of them.

Levi's by any chance? I noticed this too, and the stitching on the arse used go threadbare in them very quickly too, almost like they were still charging the same price but sacrificing quality!

I didn't feel it was worth it paying €85 for a pair of jeans that weren't worth it because I used wear jeans for work and the environment I worked in I'd come home at night and the jeans would stand up on their own with the amount of heavy duty grease in them, nothing short of a boil wash would see them clean again.

I haven't regularly worn jeans in years though, only the odd occasion when I get to get my hands dirty or I might fancy a change from wearing just ordinary black trousers.

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

I'm not really the sort of man who wears jeans to work or when socialising. I do have a nice pair of Diesel triple-stitched jeans that I might wear when going for a drive, or popping down to the shops. Would wash them after 3 or 4 wears.

On the subject of jeans: what is it with Irishmen and their love of boot cut jeans? A most unflattering cut, and few things more tatty than the bottom of the legs of the jeans all frayed and tattered.

You've been in Germany too long Aongus, I haven't seen this style on Irish men since the late 90's, unless it's making a recent comeback? It's all straight leg and sketchers nowadays, or skinny jeans on lads in their 20's, no longer bootcut and jackboots (and I think the only reason for the exaggerated bootcut with the frayed ends was lads taking a scissors to the inside seam!).

Wibbs wrote: »

+1. Oh and "fashion" label jeans on blokes that make it look like your arse has fainted, or buying raw denim that are so oversized they have more ballroom than the palace of Versailles. And silly pockets. And old(or even young guys) with beer guts and skinny jeans. Eh... no... just no. Jeremy Clarkson a perfect example. A gangly wreck of a man designed by a drunken committee. Skinny legs and a gut. Jesus. Jeans are Levi's, Lee, wrangler but only the latter if you find yourself otherwise nekkid from the waste down. Basic 501's, not bootcut. 511's if you're narrow of hip like meself. Then again being a middle aged man I'd say that...

The mental images :pac:

You're going to hate the latest trend in women's jeans then Wibbs - "boy-fit" jeans or "boyfriend" jeans!

What's with the name? Well, they have extra room for an invisible gooch! :pac: While the men's jeans are becoming ball constrictors, the women's jeans are making room to stuff a sock down there!

Mousewar

Well, obviously I wash them immediately after they've been worn on public transport of any kind. But I assume that's a given?

5starpool

Wibbs wrote: »

+1. Oh and "fashion" label jeans on blokes that make it look like your arse has fainted, or buying raw denim that are so oversized they have more ballroom than the palace of Versailles. And silly pockets. And old(or even young guys) with beer guts and skinny jeans. Eh... no... just no. Jeremy Clarkson a perfect example. A gangly wreck of a man designed by a drunken committee. Skinny legs and a gut. Jesus. Jeans are Levi's, Lee, wrangler but only the latter if you find yourself otherwise nekkid from the waste down. Basic 501's, not bootcut. 511's if you're narrow of hip like meself. Then again being a middle aged man I'd say that...

Every time I go to buy 501's (I buy almost all my clothes in US outlet malls so once every year or two generally) I forget why I don't own any pairs of them already, the bloody button fly. Who the hell has the time or patience for all those buttons? 505 are the zip equivalent in the Levi shops. I assume it's the same over here with Levi's but it's been many years since I've bought jeans in Ireland.

One eyed Jack

5starpool wrote: »

Every time I go to buy 501's (I buy almost all my clothes in US outlet malls so once every year or two generally) I forget why I don't own any pairs of them already, the bloody button fly. Who the hell has the time or patience for all those buttons? 505 are the zip equivalent in the Levi shops. I assume it's the same over here with Levi's but it's been many years since I've bought jeans in Ireland.

Button flies are the business when you get sick of zips busting all the time! At least with button flies you can close them back up, but zips?

FullblownRose

I was reading something by a jeans designer who said not to wash them but stick them n the freezer instead.

I wash mine every few days.