Oh? So original denim wouldn't go all holey like the ones we have now? Interesting fact. I wonder if that calibur of denim still exist somewhere, and if they wouldn't get worn like my jeans.
It wouldn't wear out as quickly, but you would be making serious concessions in comfort. The original denim fabric was very stiff, probably more akin to heavy canvas then any clothing fabric that we are familiar with today. When people started wearing denim for aesthetic, rather than practical, purposes they would often times run the jeans through a drier filled with something abrasive in order to soften up the fabric.
I wore Silver Tab Levi's in the early 1990s, and 501s and 551s either side of that. Twenty years ago, they were really something. You know that fashion 'look' where the legs are frayed? That's because those parts of the jeans WERE the first to go.
Now? The bottom of the legs fray after a few weeks. And it's not as though I'm wrecking them through excessive use of clothing as a brake when skateboarding. I'm in my forties. They've sold out their name for the sake of maximum profits.
Odinsravens said: It wouldn't wear out as quickly, but you would be making serious concessions in comfort. The original denim fabric was very stiff, probably more akin to heavy canvas then any clothing fabric that we are familiar with today. When people started wearing denim for aesthetic, rather than practical, purposes they would often times run the jeans through a drier filled with something abrasive in order to soften up the fabric.
Now? The bottom of the legs fray after a few weeks. And it's not as though I'm wrecking them through excessive use of clothing as a brake when skateboarding. I'm in my forties. They've sold out their name for the sake of maximum profits.
RAAAAAAAAGE!!!
Hence the term "stone washed jeans"...