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A thread devoted to the evolution and care of your denim.
Firstly your denim will be "Raw" this is also known as "Dry" or "Loomstate". Your SJC denim (in most cases) has had zero post weave treatment done to it; no washing, sanforizing, anti-skewing, soaking, ie your denim has had none of this and is exactly how denim was originally made and sold.
Info on Denim
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Modern denim is treated/washed to prevent shrinkage, using above methods, usually for commercial reasons to remove the chance of returns or customer confusion with sizing.
More Raw Info
SJC being a heritage based company has decided to sell denim in its purest state, raw, this is because of the advantages of raw denim actually far outweigh pre-washed, or sanforized denim. How? When raw denim has the best possible chance of forming to your shape as it wears. SJC denim is sewn dry in a loomstate and then once you get it, and soak it, the seams will twist and rope and fight with the sewing, chain stitching bite into the denim, seams will pull together and tighten. Then as you wear it and stretch it, it will give and stretch back out to your form. It will develop texture, shape and character, and fades at points on your body where pressure points naturally occur, while the piece continues to mould around your body, and this of course is due to starting with a raw material and thus a very good thing.
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NOTE: SHRINKING
All vertical measurements will shrink at the same ratio as the inseam shrinkage
All horizontal measurements will shrink at the same ratio as the waist shrinkage
So say the shrinkage of the inseam in 2" over 36", that is 5.55% shrinkage
We aim for all SJC denim to finish at the size chart you buy it at, which means we are overcompensating by 6%.
Jackets will shrink 1.5cm in the arms, length and 1.5cm across the chest, ergo we will increase the sizing by 6%.
Leg Twist (a good thing if you are lucky enough to get one)
TWIST AWAY
Washing. There is a multitude of nonsense out there about when to and how to and not to wash. Here is the answer: wash when dirty. Just as you would wash anything else, including yourself, hygiene people, hygiene. Warm Wash 30 degs, and turn inside out, including shirts. Hang to dry. Don't iron, denim is something that should upset your mother, especially when worn wrinkled.
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Please post questions, answers, and pictures of the evolution of your denim.