How To Not Ruin Your Jeans

 

How your should wash denim – not at all by xtined featuring boyfriend cropped jeans

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You need to freeze them. Because the wash technique that makes them look so beautiful washes out, and that sanding effect on the butt and thighs has weakened the fabric to the point where washing them is just ruination.

Now though I knew about washing destroying jeans, I didn't know about the freezing thing, and since I no longer have a chest freezer full of breastmilk, why not have a chest freezer full of denim?

I wanted to try it this week but my husband did the laundry before I could tell him to stop. So next week, I'm freezing mine. I'll tell you how it goes.

Here are some interesting articles on the subject:

The New York Times
A video
Lifehacker