Are good selvedge denim jeans unwashable?
Something is discovered something recently. Many people who “raise cows” don’t wash their selvage denim jeans (or wash them only once for a long time). What are the conditions for this situation? Must have a good selvage jean first? Cheap selvedge jeans must not be washed, right?
We can get the conclusion firstly: jeans can be washed, and good expensive no matter mens selvedge jeans or womens selvedge jeans can still be washed.
If the jeans are not washed for a long time, not only being unsanitary, but also the bacteria in the sweat will penetrate deep into the cotton fibers and decompose the cotton fibers, thereby speeding up the tearing of the selvedge pants fabric.
So, no matter how expensive your pants are, remember to wash them regularly.
Especially when you are wearing it close to the body and after getting sweaty, you need to wash it.
1.Why do some people say that jeans cannot be washed?
Have you ever found such a problem, so many clothes in our wardrobe, it seems that only a single item such as denim is said to be “unwashable”?
To clarify this issue, we have to start with the origin of denim jeans.
The authoritative statement at present is that the first pair of jeans in the world was invented by Levis.
However, the fabric that was known as the first pair of jeans in history back then was completely different from what we wear today.
It was a rough canvas originally used to make tents, and the color was not blue, but something like ten yellows and khakis.
Due to too long time, the color photos did not appear until 1861, there is not much information left about the pants that year.
The first straight jeans in history was born on May 20, 1873.
One of Levi’s clients is a tailor named Jacob Davis, who has a knack for adding rivets to the pockets of trousers to solve the problem of easy tearing in these areas.
Jacob wanted to apply for a patent for the rivet-stitched trousers technology, and also expressed to the founder of Levi’s that he was willing to jointly own the patent and use it on all Levi’s trousers.
Left:Jacob Davis Right:Levi Strauss
After all the details were finalized, the two began to work on improving the jeans.
After many attempts, they finally found a fabric called “Denim”.
This is our common jeans fabric today, and it is also called “denim”.
This is a fabric from France.
A twill fabric woven from vegetable indigo dyed warp and white cotton weft with high abrasion resistance.
At the same time, since indigo is a “non-solid color”, it will fade with washing and people’s wearing habits.
The resulting alternation of blue and white creates a fading contrast that is more aesthetically pleasing than the primary colors.
This is why so many people want to “raise” cattle, because you can leave your own special mark on the jeans.
What is “Cattle Raising”
“Cow raising”, simply speaking, is to buy a good pair of raw selvedge denim jeans, wear them for a long time, and finally wear their own traces.
Since the 1950s, after the jeans culture was introduced from the United States to Japan, a subculture called “cow raising” has gradually developed among young Japanese who have always been pro-American.
It is precisely because of the love and pursuit of jeans by Japanese young people that at present, more than 50% of the world’s high-end jeans fabric suppliers and foundries are located in Japan.
For example, many Taobao stores like to say that their fabrics come from Okayama, Japan and this factory named Kaihara (Chinese name: Beiyuan).
Let’s focus on this “Kaihara” first.
Kaihara provides fabrics for at least half of the high-end jeans brands in Japan, as well as for many internationally renowned jeans brands.
Uniqlo stores are selling jeans made of red-eared denim at a price of less than 300, which are provided by “Kaihara.
GAP’s “1969 series | red selvedge denim jeans, priced at 699 yuan, are also fabrics provided by Kaihara.
The fabric of the Japanese version of EVISU No1 is also provided by Kaihara.
There are many more different – examples.
The “cattle raising culture” that was carried forward by Japanese young people was finally exported to China through various means.
Originally, this was only a popular thing in some small circles, but in the end, because of the promotion of some businesses, it gradually became an important part of the “jeans culture”.
Those who say that jeans can’t be washed should be a group of “cattle”-jeans lovers.
Some of the jeans lovers even probably have twenty or thirty pairs of jeans,both selvedge jeans and non selvedge jeans.
From the perspective of an industry insider, my point of view is:
A pair of jeans, as long as you are wearing them, you are raising them.
To wear it according to our daily routine is to support it. Even if you wash it every day.
After all, it is people who wear clothes, not clothes who wear people.
In addition, as a person who is relatively familiar with clothing and fabrics, there is one more thing to tell you:
If you don’t wash your jeans all the time, it will speed up the tearing of your jeans, because dirt and bacteria will break down the cotton fibers, so what’s the use of maintaining the most beautiful color when the jeans become fragile and torn.
2.”Selvedge Denim Jeans” and “Raw denim jeans mens”
When it comes to raising cattle, we have to talk about “red selvedge denim” and “raw denim” first.
Let’s start with what a “raw denim” is.
Before the denim fabric is produced, while it is still in the state of yarn, each yarn is coated with a layer of pulp.
The role of this layer of pulp is to maintain the toughness of the yarn.
When these yarns are spun into finished fabrics, the layer of pulp on the threads remains.
The process of washing away that layer of “pulp” is called desizing.
The fabric of denim is different from other fabrics that we come into contact with every day.
Before many fabrics are made into ready-made garments, they will be heat-shrinked and shaped to ensure that the finished product will not shrink again.
But the raw material used for raising cattle cannot do this.
In particular, some trousers that have been washed and aged must be processed again after being made into finished products to artificially create effects such as cat whiskers and honeycombs.
The fixing design of all jeans is placed at the end.
Those trousers that have not been processed by “setting”, “desizing”, “fixing” and other processes are called “non-desizing raw selvedge jeans “.
Because the qualitative process of jeans can only be completed after they are made into finished products, coupled with various reasons such as different cotton content in the fabric, the shrinkage rate of the pants becomes extremely uncontrollable.
This requires a very experienced pattern maker, starting with a little calculation from the shrinkage rate of the fabric, trying a little bit, constantly making sample pants of various sizes, and then taking into account the number of fabric shrinkage rates. Only then can we ensure that the trousers after desizing and washing will not have too much deviation in size.
So washing selvedge denim jeans are much difficult to make compare to unwashing selvedge denim jeans,that’s the reason why most of selvedge jeans are unwashed.
3.Which is selvedge denim jeans is the best for you to choose from?
Here is denim fabric weight from 10-18oz,you see The higher the number, the thicker the fabric.
The jean pants are too thick for many people to get used to, and it does affect movement.
If you are a beginner enthusiast, then our suggestion is: buy about 14oz, neither thick nor thin. Can be worn in all seasons.
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