In our current stretch culture, real denim now feels strange. And that’s a bummer.
Levi-Strauss has bummed me out over the last few years, catering to short-term trends while abandoning decades-long customers like me. But some selections from their Vintage Clothing collection have given me a little hope.
My favorite pair of rigid, selvedge, raw denim Levi’s has been replaced by an imposter that insists on stretching.
Like all raw and rigid denim, new shrink-to-fit jeans will shrink if/when washed. With that, a question remains: What size to buy?
After getting a $128 pair of 501 Shrink-to-Fit raw selvedge jeans for $67, the shrink-to-fit adventure begins…