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Size: 31, Length of Wear: 5 months, How Many Washes: Never

Work jeans. I went with a cheap “waterless” pair from Levi’s – the quality is poor compared to selvedge but fades came very easily.

Submitted by Justin von Oldershausen

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Size: 34, Length of Wear: 7 months, How Many Washes: Never

This LVC 501 1966 is part of a wear-out project of Rotterdam Museum in the Netherlands. Seven inhabitants of Rotterdam were asked to wear daily this LVC 501 during their work. Every month a picture will be taken to show the different signs of wear. The professions: painter, harbour-worker, gardener, cyclist, fashion-designer, teacher (me).

I have worn mine 7 months daily without any wash or soak. Just hang outside, sometimes in foggy nights and 2 times in the fridge.
In the last month of this year 2012, all the 501´s are exposed in the museum between the worktrousers, overalls. The exposition ´Werkstijl´ is about the influence of simple workwear on daily fashion. And of course Levi´s jeans started its life also as a workpant.

Submitted by arielevis

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Size: 34, Length of Wear: 3 months, How Many Washes: Never

I shrank these in the Jamaican ocean then wore them 35+ hrs/wk working in a restaurant. Yes- they’re dirty. I soaked them around the 3 month mark but looking back, I almost wish I hadn’t (pics are all presoak). These have seen a lot of movement, sweat, and flour (pizza restaurant). I loved the wear that developed over the knees, and how the back of the knees had become very rigid. They became very soft post-soak, and I miss their rigidity.

Submitted by mr_sleggs

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Size: 32, Length of Wear: 2 years, How Many Washes: 2

Here’s a wearing project of mine that i’m really proud of. It’s LVC 1967 505′s that i got a few years ago.

I wore them for almost 1.5 years before the first wash. Almost on daily basis. Swam with them in salt water after around 6 months. Now in total there’s 2 washes on them and around 3 years of effective wear. They are really tender now so i hardly put them on anymore.

All mendings are made by myself. Some by hand stitching and some on machine.

I like the fabric on them. It’s not too heavy and has great green cast. All though some of the green tones definitely comes from them just being dirty…

Submitted by Robert Jonsson

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Size: 36, Length of Wear: 7 months, How Many Washes: Never

That’s my first pair of real denim and I love to wear them ! I never wash them yet .
Thanks to Levi’s Vintage to recreate that .
A real denim never Die !!
I’m batman !!

Submitted by Pilote

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Size: 36 Length of Wear: 5 weeks of farm labor How Many Washes: 5

These were my first pair of raw denim jeans, and being a novice I washed them right side out which resulted in the splintering. I then wore them for on and off for a couple months and then I wore them for five weeks doing farm labor. the cuts in the denim on the right hand side are from cutting vegetable bundles in the field.

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Size: 36 Length of Wear: About 3 months-ish How Many Washes: 1

These are breaking in real nice. I hope to update this post in 3 more months.

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Size: 34 Length of Wear: 7 years How Many Washes: 15+

Purchased in New York april 2003. Worn every day for 6 months and than take a seabath in the Meditterean in Tunisia.
Worn again for 6 months and getting started with normal washes.
In april 2005 is started to get weak and torn. From that time I have started to patch it with my sewing-machine. After 7 year of wear and wash you see here the result: a totally patched up Levi´s 501xx (made in Guatemale), which I wear with much pride.
I also won a price with this homepatched Levi´s in a denimshop in Amsterdam: a brand new rigid Denim Demon jeans.
Love to wear and patch my 501xx´s

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Size: Length of Wear: 1 year 2 months How Many Washes: 5+?

Submitted by: erk