The ULTIMATE Guide to Fading Denim Jeans (Heavyweight Selvedge Denim)

The Jeans I faded: S710XX25oz-UW 25oz. "Ushiwakamaru" Selvedge Jeans

My Height: 5'9"
My weight: 168 lbs.

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[Fjorde]

This worked really well for me. What works well for you? 👊

[RappSnitchKnishes]

Different strokes for different folks. I dig the channel and learning about how others wear and treat their jeans. I only buy in Japan and wear daily. I don’t do anything special, just wear my denim and don’t worry about babying it. Takes me a little longer to get sweet fades, maybe 10-12 months but I get a lot of satisfaction from my natural fades as well as the time and memories it took to get there. Aside from buying based on need, I always get a new pair of jeans to mark significant moments in my life. Got a pair when I got married, pairs for the births of my boys, a pair for a significant job, a pair when I earned my masters degree, etc. I find it rewarding to mark achievements with a physical object and then fades become a new memory associated with the achievement and I reflect on it each time I pull them on.

[EmmittGee]

The finish wash advice is crazy good! I’ve always wondered how people got the fades to look so dramatic and that method makes so much sense! Thank you for giving us that free game!

[LeadLeftLeon]

Fjorde lives this. It seeps through in his videos. He would still do it even if there’s only 1 person watching

[dragland]

You’re the man Fjorde! Dropping that knowledge as always! Thank you!

[ShawnDeLaCruz]

Washing my jeans regularly after I wear them gives me my ideal fade patterns.

[johnswanson]

I ride my bike in my jeans as well. I view it as an accelerated wearing-in process. Riding a bike for an hour is the wear equivalent of 4 hours of normal movement. If you think about the range repetition of compression and frequency of movement on a bike it becomes pretty intuitive. So 4 hours on a bike ride is 2 days of “normal” daily wear. So 15, 4-hour bike rides equals a month of normal wear.

[philbrown]

Love the advice, I’m working my 777s for 12 months; they still look brand new lol, I’ve got some Stevenson overall half the age and look amazing, they are all different and that’s what we love about denim it’s all unpredictable, always looks forward to your YouTube videos

[FilmaticProductions]

Thanks for the tips. I’m planning to break in my jeans the first month by doing a lot of urban cycling. I’ve always been scared to do a wash with bleach, but I’ll consider it for my final wash. Best of luck in Y4!

[erth]

Thank you so much for sharing your awesome knowledge and skills ❤🙏

[frakismaximus]

Congrats on your placement in the competition 👏 they looked great at the end

[leonchang]

i love your vibe brother. thank you🙏🏼

[LocaliLLocano]

The video that we all needed. Thank you sir

[MattSeesGray]

Dude, where did you get that jacket? That thing is so clean!

[Qltydenim]

Thank you so much for all these videos

[jasonhumphries]

Excellent video! Certainly never tried the bleach thing. Definitely gotta try that shit! Thanks man!🤘🤘

[SarcoidosisWarrior]

I believe from experience that it's about right to wash selvedge denim every 3/4 months exactly as you say. I don't do the shrink to fit bit though. I use bleach to really diluted as you mention and the honeycombs are amazing.

[JimOutofControl]

If I didn’t wash my jeans for 6 months they would be a hazmat incident.

[LeadLeftLeon]

I used to run 5 miles a day in a pair. And still didn’t fade them anywhere near as fast as Fjorde lol. I guess the secret is to wear them while biking

[shoeengine]

why do you wash instead of soak for the first soak? just curious. love the content.