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A question re maintanance to the knowledgeable swarm:

I have bought a Levi´s Vintage Clothing "Big E" 501. I am very happy, also with the fit, but the jeans came with a note stating that the denim was "shrink to fit" (I take this to mean not sanforized) and that if I bought it to fit I may never wash the jeans.

I don´t want to return, but I am a "washer", so I am looking for advice how much maintanance I can put into the denims without risk of shrinkage (Machine wash cold, handwashing only etc.).

Thanks TFL!

Cold washing at 20°C causes very minor shrinkage. It's negligible unless the jeans are already tight when you get them. Hang to dry.

 

[Biff42]

A question re maintanance to the knowledgeable swarm:

I have bought a Levi´s Vintage Clothing "Big E" 501. I am very happy, also with the fit, but the jeans came with a note stating that the denim was "shrink to fit" (I take this to mean not sanforized) and that if I bought it to fit I may never wash the jeans.

I don´t want to return, but I am a "washer", so I am looking for advice how much maintanance I can put into the denims without risk of shrinkage (Machine wash cold, handwashing only etc.).

Thanks TFL!

Can you simply have them dry-cleaned?

 

[l0fielectronic]

Yes, cold washing is normally fine.

I haven't bought any LVC for a few years but used to be a lot of the 'shrink to fit' models had no real shrinkage, then there were a couple of lines which really did... quite a lot. It was unpredictable.