That's a good ass interview. I have no more questions left about raw denim now. Imma wear my jeans till they fall apart completely.

Shoutout to Zeke, who did an excellent job of motivating you all to wear and wash your jeans however you like to. 👌🏼

@Stridewise

Жыл бұрын

absolutely! my many chats with naked and famous have helped me be less neurotic about it all

@youdiein36hours

10 ай бұрын

@@Stridewiseyou got served like a plattypomlette, platypus cheese, bacon, and eggs🎉

I've worn raw denim from The Gap (my first pair), Unbranded, Brave Star, N&F, Rogue Territory, and Momotaro. They all went into the washing machine inside out on a gentle cycle using dark protect or regular detergent (no color safe bleach). The moment the rinse cycle is done I remove them, flatten them out by hand, and hang dry them. So far, so good (no weird marbling).

my dad has a wallet fade in his back pocket and its something that you only get from taking it in and out and having it in the same spot its one of the coolest things ive noticed with denim how the fading goes

At the end of the day, I think it’s important to remember that you paid for the product and you should use them as you please. I personally don’t like high contrast fades so I wash mine more frequently (every 20 -30 wears or so)

@Stridewise

2 жыл бұрын

I do like high contrast fades but not enough to go 100 wears without washing :)

@uncannyfox

2 жыл бұрын

How do you wash your jeans? In the washer or do you soak them?

@shirayasha

2 жыл бұрын

Same here. I throw my jeans in with the rest of my clothes and wash everything together. I've found that it helps expedite the fading process quite a bit.

@aceymac

Жыл бұрын

Fades are definitely a matter of taste but also popular trend. If you look back at 70's ads, they often brag about how their jeans give soft even fades (like Levis & Lee), I guess it fit in with that whole 'natural' vibe at the time, that's what folks thought felt 'authentic'.

@jimmylee2745

Жыл бұрын

@@shirayasha I did that once , when I bought a pair of raw jeans without knowing . Just say some of my darker clothes , especially ones with white pattern, Stripes or wordings, they turnt blue lol . Ffwd few years later I got into raw jeans and learned alot. I would say after your initial 1st soak to bleed out some of the dye , you can go ahead wash them together with your other clothes.

Thanks! This has been very useful. Just looking for that worn out look, I washed my jeans very often to wash out the color. I just found out that the best way to wear them out is to not wash them very often. Cheers!

Hi Nick! Great video! I will definitely go purchase jeans when im in soho area.

@Stridewise

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Wingothy!

nice interview!

@Stridewise

2 жыл бұрын

thanks man

So much great advice here! Thank you 🙂

@Stridewise

4 ай бұрын

thanks for watching man

Keep up the great work

@Stridewise

2 жыл бұрын

Will do David!

This is crazy!

Great video! I’d love to see you go out to California and do Brave Star someday.

@luckydc3761

2 жыл бұрын

I've had much better luck with Gustin than Brave Star.

I’m just looking forward to starting my fade - 3 attempts at buying Samurai S510XX 19oz but keep getting sizing wrong or in one case got sent a pair that had already been soaked. I have a pair on the way again so fingers crossed

Cold does not kill bacteria. Not going to explain the reason I had to research that (looong story) but only heat kills bacteria regarding temperature. In fact, if you buy clothing from a country not known for its hygienic production (fur, goose down, animal based products etc) it’s best to have it cleaned before wearing.

Zeke tha GOAT!!!!

Thank you for an excellent video. I need to buy some naked & famous. But 1st, I need to wear the jeans I have.

Good info & video, thanks. No one ever mentions fit as part of fade though. I find the tighter the jean, the faster the fade and conversely, loose and stovepipe legs fits seem to hold their color a lot longer. Just a thought.

@Stridewise

Жыл бұрын

Yes, that's true! Good observation

Legendary

I work in theatre and our costume shop uses spray bottled filled with potato vodka to kill germs and fight odors. Regardless, I still wash my jeans when they get smelly.

@Stridewise

2 жыл бұрын

This is very exciting and funny, thanks for teaching me about yet another side to jean preservation!

Hey Nick, is it possible to do a video on your favorite denim jackets? Or at least give me some recommendations of the most in-demand denim jackets out there? I am researching the hell out of the internet and have found some great options from 3Sixteen/Rogue Territory/Momotaro/Tanuki, etc but I am so new to denim that it can be difficult to narrow down. Thank you!

@Stridewise

2 жыл бұрын

So I'm not an expert partly because I don't love blue denim on blue denim and partly because I have a longass torso so most don't fit me! I have Tanuki's Amagumo and an Oni type 3 in secret denim! this video might help kzread.info/dash/bejne/no6hvJN_ZMnVf9o.html

Great video! I've been wondering on this for a while, why the fades always associates with raw denim? Wouldn't normal rinse/dark wash jean get those fade as well (just maybe less contrast)?

6:58 Nick is like...ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT?

Ah, the freezer trick! During a cooking class in high school my teacher had made a point to dispel any myths about food. She taught that freezers don’t kill a single bit of bacteria, only momentarily suspend their growth. So, as soon as anything comes back out of a freezer growth will resume as normal without any bacteria having been eliminated.

@NonLegitNation2

6 ай бұрын

yeah, that isn't true. I've put sneakers in the feeezer before to stop them from smelling. Stinky sneakers are a result of bacteria from your feet sweating. Every pair I've put in the freezer came out not smelling anymore and the only way that happens is if the stink causing bacteria have died. So the feezer can, and does kill bacteria.

My man rocking a rad denim shirt heck yeah !

@alexandergannon7780

2 жыл бұрын

I think that's a jacket. He looks so stiff and awkward lol.

@Stridewise

Ай бұрын

@@alexandergannon7780 was starchy and stiff, fresh off the shelf!

Hey! What about ironing your jeans???

Was there the other day and it did not occur to me the floor is lined with denim.. wow.

@Stridewise

2 жыл бұрын

And the dressing room curtains!

my ~$250 USD polo jeans tend to rip out in the hindquarters after about 2-3 yrs of use. Should I try to restore these or will they be too weakened to use. I wash every few days. Can't have them stink

Hey Nick what did you think of the mainline selvedge? Sticking to the easy guy fit?

@Stridewise

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, definitely Easy Guy for me! Looking forward to wearing it in Italy this summer :)

How do you define 3 month of wear? 5x a week 8h? What about commuter trousers? 2x a day 1h? That would make it a year instead of 3 month?

Aren’t any of those jeans for sale

Hi Stridewise, I'm writing to ask you which compartment of the washing machine the bleach goes in, as I don't have a compartment dedicated to it. Do I put it together with the detergent or in the softener or pre-wash compartment? I await your answer

@WhiskyOctober

10 ай бұрын

current washer has a bleach compartment, but when my old washer didn't have one, I used to put the bleach into the main compartment as the water is being filed. As long as the bleach is diluted before it hits the jeans, it should be good

Wait you wear you jeans everyday! The same ones?

alot of the factory distress gets wrecked when u wash denim

My wife thinks it's gross because I wear my jeans more than a couple times before washing them lol

I like my jeans a very saturated mid blue and don't want them to fade at all...

Denim is dyed using an ingredient called methylene blue, which is antifungal, and antibacterial

I have a brand new pair of jeans and cant return them, how do i fade them especially the front thigh area without wearing them?

@Pugetwitch

9 ай бұрын

Ya caint

What jacket are you wearing? Thanks!

@Stridewise

11 ай бұрын

I grabbed it off the shelf at naked and famous! it's their type 3, unsure of the fabric

I have a question. It was recommended to me to size down. I bought a Broken Twill Naked & Famous jeans and I'm normally a 32 but I was recommended to do a 31. It fits a little tight around the waist. It is 100% cotton. I was wondering if that's okay? will it stretch to my size over time? or will I wind up ripping the buttons from stretching them etc?

@Pugetwitch

9 ай бұрын

Make sure they fit you WHEN you buy them! Jeans are like shoes IMO, never buy them too small.

Get a brush with a blend of horse hair and brass and brush your jeans after each use it'll help in keeping them clean in between washes.

@Stridewise

2 жыл бұрын

I love this

@frankrizzo7185

2 жыл бұрын

And a litte febreeze

@1kontrabida

2 жыл бұрын

@@frankrizzo7185 yes!🙏🏼, recently I bought those dryer balls so u don’t have to use or if your allergic to fabric softeners and I brush my jeans and spray a little bit of febreeze and corn starch spray and run the dryer hot for 5 to 10 min and the jeans came out really good and still continue the patina process.

I like high contrast and I hate washing my jeans. I usually wait a year before they get their first soak. But I’ve moved to southern Florida and it’s so hot and humid here I think I’m going to have consider washing sooner because I don’t want them to get a sweaty funk smell.

@Ikari777

2 жыл бұрын

I'm in Jacksonville, and I got 200 wears before washing, but they were only 12.5 oz. It's rough to do more now through the end of the year.

Just did this with my favorite pair of raw denim that I’ve been wearing for a year and a half and it completely ruined them. So that’s fun

@Vandaimeful

Жыл бұрын

You did what? The not washing for 3 months thing?

@isaiahlancaster6493

Жыл бұрын

@@Vandaimeful no, the cap of bleach

@Vandaimeful

Жыл бұрын

@@isaiahlancaster6493 oh, yeah that didn't sound like a good tip at all.

@jctmanu

Жыл бұрын

What exact was the result?

@Pugetwitch

9 ай бұрын

You're supposed to do that only after you've washed them a few times 😂 It's to add contrast to the already preset-in fades. I'm experimenting with bleaching some jackets, and going through a lot of these posts. Instead of soaking my jacket com on I added a small amount of bleach concentrate to a water bottle and sprayed it lightly, it really added some depth to the fades to this old Lee jacket I found recently. It's hanging up in the sun drying right now🎉

I am one of those "purists" about jeans and fading. But my aesthetic revolves around having been wearing Levi's 501 shrink-to-fit jeans since the late 1960s. Jeans were not appreciated back then and restaurants and other establishments had rules against wearing jeans, especially if they were faded or had holes. In that environment it didn't make sense for Levi's to pre-fade. Back then you had to fade your jeans yourself to become a "hippie", you couldn't buy that in a store. So that is what we did, and I continue to do to this day. But jeans got accepted in society in the 1970s and by the 1980s everyone started wearing them, even those too impatient to fade their jeans. So Levi's started catering to them and they became the majority of jeans buyers. More recently the cotton quality of Levi's jeans is so low and thin they have to pre-fade to cover that up. Vintage US made Levi's 501s made up until 2000 get an authentic beautiful fade from just wearing, washing, and drying. But fashion is a lot about trends and fads. Today that manifests itself in not washing your jeans in order to develop unnatural "contrasts" and horizontal wear lines. It looks fake to me whether those horizontal lines were created by the buyers or a laser at the Levi's factory. It is interesting that videos like this promulgate these fads causing viewers to think they shouldn't wash their jeans to show them off. That is just another kooky modern fad like wearing your baseball cap backwards. Wear your jeans up to three days before washing unless you live down South where sweat requires washing after one day. The indigo dye doesn't absorb all the way through the cotton fibers. Fading is due to the cotton fiber's outer surface containing the indigo being rubbed off due to abrasion and secondarily due to the indigo being washed out. We wash jeans inside out because that minimizes abrasion in the dryer where most of the fading occurs. Washing inside out causes them to fade slower. If you want your jeans to fade faster then don't dry them inside out. Dry them in the dryer on hot. You can't eliminate shrinking, buy your jeans the correct size, shrink them, and be done with it. Never buy jeans that will be too small after they have shrunk. Never use bleach - that eats the jeans!

what model of jeans were on the table???

@MrBeanMess

2 жыл бұрын

Lightest blue: Naked and Famous x Big John Collab Darker Blue: Naked and Famous Dirty Fade Selvedge Darkest pair with lots of holes: Naked and Famous Elephant 6 Broken Twill

At 6:14 he says. But personally I just use TIDE Detergent tide detergent

What brand denim jacket are you wearing?

@Stridewise

Ай бұрын

Naked and famous !

Going to wash my raw denims the first time in 8 years

if you work outside you’re washing your jeans everyday

@zwm3726

2 ай бұрын

If you're washing your jeans everyday, you should get two pairs of jeans

@koral1842

2 ай бұрын

@@zwm3726 thanks for your contribution smartass

freezing only makes the bacteria dormant. they will deactivate when the temp rises again.

Zeke looks like the lead singer of Zeke

how much bleach though? should the bleach be mixed with tide?

@Stridewise

Ай бұрын

Just a capful! Yes with the tide at the start usually

Tell me where u got your jacket from? ✌😎

@Stridewise

Ай бұрын

Naked and famous!

I can only do 3 wears between washes, after that it just gets too gross for me. Going months and months....nope!!

@Stridewise

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I wash with abandon now

I wash my jeans after 2-3 wears coz i hate dirt.

@Stridewise

Ай бұрын

These days I do too really, like I don’t often go more than a dozen wears

Can we discuss the stink. I mean, it’s gotta

2:55 LOL interesting choice of words. The brownish is "from the lack of washing".. Not because he's a filthy hippy haha

@Stridewise

Жыл бұрын

hahahaha

So how do you wear the same jeans every day and no one notice? I feel like if I wore the same jeans after about day 5 my friends would start questioning me.

@Littllewilly0316

Жыл бұрын

This is the comment I was looking for.

@jangcop6790

9 ай бұрын

No one really cares

@Pugetwitch

9 ай бұрын

That's crazy 😂

Just wear your jeans. How hard is that to understand?

Technically, washing them will make them fade faster, given them an even fade. Nothing artificial, old school

This guy used to be me roomate but he spent most of his time at his girlfriend's

@rutgerumscheid5331

Жыл бұрын

You know that guy Zeke is pipe hittin down in SoHo you feel me?

¡ Wrangler ® !

I think jeans look best when they're still pretty dark blue and still fairly uniformly blue ..so maybe what they look like after a couple of months of wear and 3-4 washes. Once they get large faded out patches on the front of your upper leg and/or rips etc...then they look like nasty wear that came out of a dumpster dive to me.

I am afraid to wash mine, I do not want them to shrink at all….

They talkin 3 months, I wash mine after every 3 wears

Nick seemed shocked when the dude recommended washing the jeans with bleach

@andrewrigby6673

2 жыл бұрын

He was, I could see him thinking 🤔 hmm, I’m not gonna be doing that 😁

If you look at pics of bikers from the 60's and 70's you can see really good denim fades; i.e. they weren't given to washing their jeans a whole lot...

So he wears the the same jeans every day? Not all Day Wears obviously. Or he just puts them on...

Poor people in broken down pants are actually just Jean enthusiasts, noted.

Can you actually get a job as a "denim-wearer" for those who need to wear a suit 9-5?

Wear them.

what kinda guy are you? weird, cool, easy, super, strong, groovy, stacked or skinny??

@Stridewise

Жыл бұрын

easy!

3 MONTHS??????????????????????? NAH THATS CRAZY

@Stridewise

6 ай бұрын

I'm very pro wash

Don't like fades, I like the clean solid color jeans

So wait.... like dont wash them at all???? I literally can't do that... I skate, ride dirt bikes, I don't think raw denim is for me lol

I literally knew NONE OF THIS & that this 🌎 existed!! Soo washing my whole families jeans every time worn (28 pairs a week) is not right? The TIME I could've saved 🤦‍♀️

@dannygonzalez6548

Жыл бұрын

😂😂

@alexsherel3344

9 ай бұрын

Do you wash bed sheets after every use? I mean….

@alexsherel3344

9 ай бұрын

@@DoubleRuination it’s the same principal. You sleep 6-10 avg hours per night. Depending on what you wear to bed…no disrespect. But yeah, unless you’re using 150-200 dollar jeans to WORK IN, no they don’t need washing.

@alexsherel3344

9 ай бұрын

Ps I know your original comment was made in fun…now. But you never know…

Here in Texas we’ve worn jeans since we were two years old, and we wear denim jackets. There is nothing really innately fashionable about them. I buy several pairs of raw denim from the Big 3 when available for the fun of it, soak them in the tub and line dry three times before wearing. After, I just wear them without thought, wash them warm water and line dry after five or six wearings. We wear 101, 501, 505, or MWZ13 on the ranch. We wash our work jeans after every wearing in hot water with soap and a small amount of color-fast bleach to sanitize and patch when necessary.

WOOOOOWWWW Du är Bäst

@Stridewise

10 ай бұрын

hell yea(?)

at the levi store in the 80s they had product you could add to the wash to do this. while that isn't pure, it is also not nasty. wash your paints nasty asses.

i wash my jeans every wear.

@PurpleKiwiFTWplezsub

Ай бұрын

Waste of water

He’s right. You are the best gay KZreadr

@alexandergannon7780

2 жыл бұрын

He is! Don't think he's come out of the closet or has he?

@joewick5299

2 жыл бұрын

Was it the Pink Redwing's?

@kshatriyacowboy_

2 жыл бұрын

@@joewick5299 nah, it’s his mannerisms and way of speaking

@joewick5299

2 жыл бұрын

@@kshatriyacowboy_ For sure he acts feminine, but there are straight guys that act gay/feminine.

@kshatriyacowboy_

2 жыл бұрын

@@joewick5299 incorrect

Skipped through but Isnt this video literally about washing your jeans? Title is misleading. I need more specific tips on how to fade denim intentionally ie tools, bleaching, etc

@Stridewise

16 күн бұрын

I mean if you're talking about how to artificially age your jeans that's something else but I have a video coming out this week on that

I don't think it's a stretch to say you can go long periods of time between washes if you're not doing anything rigorous in them. If your crotch gets super nasty in cold/cool climates, you probably got something else going on... 😔😔😔

Bruh... how can you not wash your pants for 3 months? Yikes. I wash my jeans every 1-2 weeks.

@Stridewise

Жыл бұрын

I know right. I need to do a deep dive into like, what really happens when you don't wash clothes. Like if they don't stink, what are the actual cons

3 months between washing?!!...bogging!

If you want to fade your jeans , go ride a horse for a fortnight. That'll do it.

@Stridewise

2 жыл бұрын

that's a great god damn idea

@dscrappygolani7981

2 жыл бұрын

@@Stridewise tried and tested. Plus, IMHO, good exercise.

@Stridewise

2 жыл бұрын

@@dscrappygolani7981 must slay your adductors

@dscrappygolani7981

2 жыл бұрын

@@Stridewise not really... A little yeah...but one's supposed to ride the thing, not 'ride' it 😏. Besides, I like horses. They make pretty good friends. I suppose when one enjoys the experience, one tends to take things in one's stride as it were. Haven't been on a horse for a while though. That's my one regret.

@corneliuscrewe677

Жыл бұрын

@@dscrappygolani7981 My wife bought a rescue horse a year ago. As for me, after a lifetime of being afraid of them I’ve discovered just how wonderful they are. It’s been quite the journey getting to know him and helping to get him healthy again. Just wish I’d gotten over my fear when I was a young man, because learning to ride at 52 HURTS! 😂

To make this video without talking about starching is a hard L

3 months with no washing? 🤢

Never wash jeans if you also want to get that sewer odor. 😂

@Stridewise

7 ай бұрын

"it's called patina"

The Depaaaaaarted interview.. Yikes.

I mean I get it but then I don't get it. I wash my jeans about every 4-5 wears. Granted I don't own any raw denim selvage jeans because I'm not spending $200+ on a pair of jeans (that money is allocated to shoes lol). I'd imagine if you're only washing your jeans 3 times a year they would start getting pretty funky, people fart, they have stinky asses. After not washing your jeans for 3 months you probably won't notice your jeans smell like ass but I'm sure other people do.

Oof bleaching denim... sounds like a cheater

@jimmydgrant

2 жыл бұрын

If my fades looked yellow and gross, I would try it.

@Stridewise

2 жыл бұрын

i'm enjoying how controversial that comment was

@gdaddy6922

2 жыл бұрын

@@Stridewise thanks for the reply!

That’s gross.

You must stink, two weeks is the max. Bacteria is not necessarily what smells

Why you keep making videos of n&f denim. Their jeans r garbage. You got sucker in to this just to get paid.