Student wears unwashed jeans for 15 months

*BlackFox · **Joined:** Sep 2008 **Posts:** 7923 **Location:**

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EDMONTON—A University of Alberta student has discovered through science that a current fashion trend is safe, but can be a little stinky.

Josh Le donned the same pair of skin-tight jeans for 15 months without washing them. The idea was to break in the raw denim so the fabric would hug the contours of his body, leaving distinct wear lines and creases. Curious about the health risks of wearing such a grubby garment, Le asked his textile professor to test the jeans for bacteria before he washed them for the first time.

The results showed high counts of five different kinds of bacteria in the denim, but nothing that posed a health hazard.“I was blown away. I thought there would be a lot more bacteria than was present,” Le said Wednesday. “It sort of shows that it is okay to not wash jeans.”

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ugh! What a stupid experiment... Did it produce any unexpected results. eh?

Crowley · **Posted:** Sat Oct 20, 2012 8:26 am

Who washes jeans anyway

Mirosuke · **Posted:** Sat Oct 20, 2012 9:06 am

That's why he never got laid. Oh wait, let me not wash my boxers for 2 years. That'd attract the press!

woutR · **Posted:** Sat Oct 20, 2012 10:47 am

Wtf is it with Asians and poor personal hygiene?

Vaya · **Joined:** May 2009 **Posts:** 1848 **Location:**

Crowley wrote:

Who washes jeans anyway

*BlackFox · **Joined:** Sep 2008 **Posts:** 7923 **Location:**

Crysis wrote:

Crowley wrote:

Who washes jeans anyway

Meh I'm willing to bet that... lots of people out there "do actually wash their jeans!"

Rawr · **Posted:** Sat Oct 20, 2012 3:19 pm

Is it me or do those jeans look way too clean to be worn for 15 months?

BuDo · **Joined:** Dec 2008 **Posts:** 4714 **Location:**

Can those jeans stand up on their own legs due to all the caked in dirt?

Aristocrat · **Joined:** May 2012 **Posts:** 354 **Location:** Sweden

ehm if you're talking about jeans sure it's yucky to wear it every day for 15months etc, BUT you're not suppose to wash jeans, it loses color, you're suppose to hang em out let em breeze through, if it gets stains, you handwash teh stain very carefuly so you don't mess up the color.

BuDo · **Joined:** Dec 2008 **Posts:** 4714 **Location:**

Lets not forget how he further diminished his already diminished chances of hooking with girls on campus by making this public...

omier · **Joined:** Aug 2006 **Posts:** 5985 **Location:** ...

Aristocrat wrote:

you're not suppose to wash jeans, it loses color

Did not know that lol.

Skyve · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 7328 **Location:** Canada

I only wash mine once a year

. I currently own a pair of Nudies (my second one) and love them. Slim/Skinny jeans with real denim and as you wash them you get different fades (nothing too extreme but it's pretty sick as you "grow" with them").

MrTwilliger · **Joined:** May 2008 **Posts:** 1374 **Location:** Hiding

Aristocrat wrote:

ehm if you're talking about jeans sure it's yucky to wear it every day for 15months etc, BUT you're not suppose to wash jeans, it loses color, you're suppose to hang em out let em breeze through, if it gets stains, you handwash teh stain very carefuly so you don't mess up the color.

The only Jeans I ever wear are coloured skinny leg jeans. 90% of the time that I go out (even in summer) I wear jeans. I own them in black, grey, white, red, pink, blue, yellow and green. I have had them all (par the yellow and green) for 1-2 years each. I wash them after every single time I wear them. They all look brand new. Perhaps your not meant to wash them, but mine sure as all hell haven't lost any colour.

*BlackFox · **Joined:** Sep 2008 **Posts:** 7923 **Location:**

If you want to maintain the dark blue color etc.. Just wash them inside out.

Skyve · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 7328 **Location:** Canada

MrTwilliger wrote:

Aristocrat wrote:

ehm if you're talking about jeans sure it's yucky to wear it every day for 15months etc, BUT you're not suppose to wash jeans, it loses color, you're suppose to hang em out let em breeze through, if it gets stains, you handwash teh stain very carefuly so you don't mess up the color.

The only Jeans I ever wear are coloured skinny leg jeans. 90% of the time that I go out (even in summer) I wear jeans. I own them in black, grey, white, red, pink, blue, yellow and green. I have had them all (par the yellow and green) for 1-2 years each. I wash them after every single time I wear them. They all look brand new. Perhaps your not meant to wash them, but mine sure as all hell haven't lost any colour.

They're probably not true denim then. Shit you learn when reading the manual that came with the pair lol

Mirosuke · **Posted:** Sun Oct 21, 2012 10:34 am

Sanktum wrote:

Aristocrat wrote:

you're not suppose to wash jeans, it loses color

Did not know that lol.

It does but hey... is not really comfortable feeling the stickiness after 2 weeks without washing..

Skyve · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 7328 **Location:** Canada

Mirosuke wrote:

Sanktum wrote:

Aristocrat wrote:

you're not suppose to wash jeans, it loses color

Did not know that lol.

It does but hey... is not really comfortable feeling the stickiness after 2 weeks without washing..

I don't know how you get your pants sticky

(Oh shit). Might just be me but mine don't feel any different.

BuDo · **Joined:** Dec 2008 **Posts:** 4714 **Location:**

^
lol...I was wondering the same thing too about his "sticky" jeans...The SNL video clip comes to mind..."jizz in my pants"...

heroo · **Joined:** Sep 2006 **Posts:** 6618 **Location:**

i never wash my jeans, they never smell and never feel dirty. I must be the cleanest motherfcker around.

*BlackFox · **Joined:** Sep 2008 **Posts:** 7923 **Location:**

heroo wrote:

i never wash my jeans, they never smell and never feel dirty. I must be the cleanest motherfcker around.

Is your story right for a "magazine or newspaper?" lulz

Fury · **Joined:** Jan 2008 **Posts:** 1596 **Location:**

Dunno how this is news anyway.
Few years ago bought some nudies for $350...after about a year i washed them inside out and they lost a fair bit of colour. Never again lol
So ya, proper denim jeans should never be put in the wash. Thats not to say you should never clean them.

Skyve · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 7328 **Location:** Canada

For my Nudies I can just put them in the freezer overnight and the smell is gone (but I've never had to)

BuDo · **Joined:** Dec 2008 **Posts:** 4714 **Location:**

I got two pairs of buffalo jeans that cost me $200.00...I've never spent so much on jeans before and felt kinda guilty after I bought them...It's just that they fit so nicely......But now I regret it because they start to rip already at the heals...

...I've had $20.00 jeans that lasted me years and now this shit..

Skyve · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 7328 **Location:** Canada

BuDo wrote:

I got two pairs of buffalo jeans that cost me $200.00...I've never spent so much on jeans before and felt kinda guilty after I bought them...It's just that they fit so nicely......But now I regret it because they start to rip already at the heals...

...I've had $20.00 jeans that lasted me years and now this shit..

Lol I have a similar story (David Bitton Buffalo right?). Had a nice pair from them in Gr.10 but they ripped at the bottom, broke my heart they were the first pair of jeans I actually fell in love with.

Went on with Guess for one pair and now I'll usually wear Obeys or Nudies.

Aristocrat · **Joined:** May 2012 **Posts:** 354 **Location:** Sweden

the heals are ripped cause you've stepped on them with your shoes.
So my conclussion would be that the 200$ ones are wider at the wrists then the 20$ if they have the same length.

Skyve · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 7328 **Location:** Canada

Aristocrat wrote:

the heals are ripped cause you've stepped on them with your shoes.
So my conclussion would be that the 200$ ones are wider at the wrists then the 20$ if they have the same length.

Something like that. It's not about the brand but more about the style (slim, skin, baggy, etc).

BuDo · **Joined:** Dec 2008 **Posts:** 4714 **Location:**

Skyve wrote:

BuDo wrote:

I got two pairs of buffalo jeans that cost me $200.00...I've never spent so much on jeans before and felt kinda guilty after I bought them...It's just that they fit so nicely......But now I regret it because they start to rip already at the heals...

...I've had $20.00 jeans that lasted me years and now this shit..

Lol I have a similar story (David Bitton Buffalo right?). Had a nice pair from them in Gr.10 but they ripped at the bottom, broke my heart they were the first pair of jeans I actually fell in love with.

Went on with Guess for one pair and now I'll usually wear Obeys or Nudies.

Yup same ones...David Bitton Buffalo..

cpinney · **Posted:** Wed Oct 24, 2012 7:57 am

Lucky for him he doesn't have to mow lawns, move wood, or god knows what else.

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