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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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Crowley wrote:Who washes jeans anyway

Crysis wrote:

Crowley wrote:Who washes jeans anyway

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

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.

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.

Sanktum wrote:

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

Did not know that lol.

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..

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

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..

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.

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.