How to Break In Your Selvedge Denim Jeans

How to Break In Your Selvedge Jeans, Selvedge Jackets, Selvedge Vests

[Just wear them all the time."

That`s the answer Josey gave me when I asked him.

There`s a lot of selvedge/raw denim old wives` tales floating on the internet about breaking in your jeans. Some folks say you need to wear them in the ocean and then roll around in the sand to break them in (preferably while reenacting the love scene from the film From Here to Eternity, I gather) or that you need to soak them in starch so you can get some really [sick fades" - high contrast lines/fading in your jeans. There are indeed things you can do to create [sick fades" in your jeans, but in my opinion that`s too pretentious for a pair of workwear. Just wear your raw Denim Jeans regularly and let nature take its course.

The only exception you should make for pre-soaking a new pair of jeans is if they`re unsanforized. Soak unsanforized jeans before you start wearing them so they shrink to the appropriate size.