Comment by abdullahkhalids
8 hours ago
I had the opposite problem recently. Where Levi's jeans expanded and loosened up after a couple of washes. What's the reason for that?
8 hours ago
I had the opposite problem recently. Where Levi's jeans expanded and loosened up after a couple of washes. What's the reason for that?
All jeans relax by about 1" in the waist after a few wears, because you're literally just mechanically stretching them every time you sit down.
Cotton tees would stretch like that too if you wore them as tight as jeans are worn around the waist. But we don't wear them that way.
Denim and duck cotton tend to "break in" after a few wearings. This happens with a lot of cotton work clothes and also with a good pair of technical or work boots. They tend to mold themselves to your body shape. It doesn't happen at all with nylon work pants like the ones Carhartt makes.
That's probably not the washes but due to wear.
If somebody wants to wear tight jeans, how can they do that, if the jeans that were tight in store expand afterwards? Surely you can't buy a size smaller because then you can't wear them to break them.
> how can they do that
The answer is literally, with great difficulty. Anything tight that needs to be broken in is reaaally tight at first. But when there's a will, there's a way.
If the jeans have elastane (which most tight cuts have), it should help.
As an aside, skinny jeans haven’t been fashionable in years.