There's no Such Thing as a Stupid Question

[Giles]

It's a facile construct promulgated by Nudies and Levi's. Call me old-fashioned but my mum taught me to wash shit when it got dirty or smelt, I still do that. Having said that, I do try and delay the first wash for as long as possible to set combs etc. Not washing will give you high contrast fades but will also mess with the structural integrity of the constructional stitching and the denim itself.

[T4920]

@Denman-John I used to be this way inclined (less so nowadays) but I got into denim around 2008 when the guy at my local store told me not to wash my jeans for 6 months when I purchased a pair of Edwins. He drew my attention to his faded jeans and explained the whole idea of fading and creating a unique piece of 'wearable art' and I thought it was cool as hell.

Went and joined some denim forums and follow related accounts in the early days of Instagram and everyone seemed to subscribe to this 'wash as little as possible' mantra, so I followed suit and spent ten years of my life in stinky, dirty, but incredibly faded jeans

It wasn't until joining this forum that I realised that people still had amazing looking jeans when they washed them more regularly, so I relaxed my dogmatic views on washing and started to appreciate the fabrics themselves rather than how drastically they were faded.

[Denman John]

@Giles & @T4920 Thanks so much for your insight and wisdom ~ much appreciated!

[Denman John]

Next question … indigo transfer. I’ve had some indigo transfer from my jeans to boots and white shirts. Is there a way to stop this indigo transfer from happening, or do we wear it like a badge of honour? For reference, the jeans haven’t been washed yet … will it stop once they are washed?

[T4920]

@Denman-John in my experience, usually takes 2/3 washes for it to stop completely.

Can also depends on the way the jeans have been dyed and wether they have been pre-washed.

[Giles]

No way to stop it from happening with unwashed or lightly washed denim. As @T4920 says, it will lessen with time and the number of washes. Rope-dyed denim fades because the oxidised indigo is abraded from the fabric, that stuff has to go somewhere

[Crispy Heron]

A genuine question and not a whinge.

Why is there a different in price between a IH work shirt, western shirt and CPO. I note that the new SS24 collection has the IHSH-380 12 oz dobby cloth coming in at around £278 whereas the CPO is around £80 more.

What dictates the difference in price? Amount of material used, time taken to make them and the craftsmanship involved, etc? Or all of the above?

[Giles]

@Crispy-Heron said in There's no Such Thing as a Stupid Question:

Or all of the above?

Yes. CPOs are more complicated and use more fabric to make than Westerns which are more complicated and use more fabric to make than work shirts.

[Crispy Heron]

@Giles - thanks. Makes sense. And now I know

[Matt]

…which are more complicated and use more fabric than tube tops so I’m not sure why we don’t see more of those.

[popvulture]

IH-TUB-BLK

[Matt]

I’m getting my summer tummy ready as we speak.

[popvulture]

hot dad summer

[goosehd]

Only if you can rock the “thug latte” tattoo on your stomach!

Tupac for life.

[Matt]

Smug Life

[goosehd]

West coast!!!

[goosehd]

…because there ain’t no party, like a west coast party, cause a west coast party don’t stop.

[Matt]

I’m over the West Coast. People out here don’t think right.

[Matt]

I can barely remember what it feels like to have existential dread or unnamed anxiety anymore.

[goosehd]

Wait until the Canadians invade and take over the US…oh wait we do every winter.

…and I’m sorry!