Photographer David Friedman visited a Kentucky "distressing" factory where skilled laborers expertly age denim for the benefit of high-end designers....

http://www.davidfriedmanphoto.com/blog/2008/09/photo-essay-the-denim-factory.html 

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Alternatively, get cheap jeans and watch them fall apart before your eyes! Much less cash required.

I bought a pair of Nudies that have distressed brilliantly. Just had to wear 'em pretty much for a year straight and never wash them and now they look incredible.

JD do you ever wash your jeans?

 

I try my best not too but then feel like they smell and give in.

 

I've hand washed and dry cleaned. Both times they lost a little color though. 

 

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My J Brand jeans I just try to never, ever, ever wash. But I'm a girl, so maybe it's different. I don't think so, though. When I do eventually wash them they're never going to look at good as they do now.

I think  I washed my jeans 3 times this year.

 

A tiny whole has deveolped  near my crotch area.

:(

Daba, if they start to smell, try stuffing dryer sheets in the pockets and wear 'em like that for a day. It works really well.

I just got my first jeans in ten years.

 

I'm not very fashionable.