5 Tricks to Make Jeans Stay Long-lasting

Sad, yes, if you begin to wear jeans mainstay. The color fades, the tip of his pants began dedel duel alias-torn, or material no longer stretch properly. In fact, it is comfortable to wear jeans, the colors you love, the model also makes legs look ladder.

Why denim material that was originally used by blue-collar workers in America can fade and damage? According to Carl Chiara, Director of Brand Concepts in Levi Strauss & Co., this is often due to errors in treatment. Denim should only be washed with a washing machine every six months. The rest, you can simply wash it by hand.

In the daily The Wall Street Journal, Chiara share tricks caring for jeans he always did. He used to fill the water with room temperature 15 cm deep into the tub, then add two tablespoons of liquid soap. Then he soaked his jeans in a flat in a bathtub. After 20 minutes, he hung jeans and let the water drip until dry. So, the jeans are not crushed and pressed. In this way, the jeans will last longer than when washed with a washing machine every week.

You may not agree with Chiara performed this trick. To care for jeans, there are several recommended ways other fashion observer:

1. Choose jeans that quality material. Materials vary depending on the brand jeans, and not easy to choose which ones can hold up for years and are quickly broken after repeatedly washed with a washing machine. "Check the inside edge colored stitching trousers there," advises Loren Cronk, owner of Loren, jeans store in Brooklyn, New York City. "That is a sign that the edges woven jeans."

Jeans like these generally are vintage goods, and usually more durable than man-made jeans now. The material is thicker, therefore heavier, too. Do not expect much with jegging are now more trendy; certain age are also much shorter. Fortunately now weaving technique appeared again, and used to produce jeans with famous brands.

2. Clean the stained section first. Jeans do not always have to be washed completely. Sometimes, cleaning the stain could prevent the jeans have changed shape. Chiara suggested to try to clean the stains are difficult to clean with glass cleaner. You can also use hand-washing soap to keep the area behind the zipper to keep clean and fragrant.

3. Behind the inside out. To prevent color fading jeans, jeans behind you so that the inside is now outside. Use room temperature water for washing. If the color of jeans was already fading due to wear off, wash your jeans jeans along with others whose color is still strong. Another trick, Chiara version, add a little vinegar to wash. Vinegar will also protect the color of jeans.

4. Protect jeans from thinning and tear. If your jeans damaged by the use of washing machine, stop this way first. Cronk advised to use environmentally friendly detergents that do not use bleach. "Washing your jeans without soap is sometimes also will clean it without damaging the material," he said.

If you see any holes or rips in the jeans, soon overcome. Whether with menisiknya (sewing with a fine) or a patch from the inside. This will prevent rips wide.

5. Maintain the original shape. The most damaging form of jeans is when you dry them in the washer dryer. If you intend to dry it in there, make sure the engine is set low in the rules.

Moving jeans are still damp and hang it to dry more directly suggested. This will prevent the jeans become wrinkled, shrunk, and maintain its original form before washing. Once completely dry jeans, jeans hanging in the closet (not folded).

For jeans with a stretch material, which is the opposite applies. Putting it in the dryer for a long time it will maintain flexibility. But do not leave it in the dryer too long. Remember that the drying cycle is finally fixed will reduce the elasticity of the material. If you want jeans dry faster, the wind-aired old jeans, just insert it into the dryer for 10-15 minutes.

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