Is there a way to prevent jeans from stretching excessively?
What technically happens with denim — and any other cotton garment — when you wash and dry it [is that] the fibers tend to shrink or they get tightened, and when you wear the jeans and you loosen up the fibers again they stretch a little bit. Then you wash them again and [the fibers] condense; you wear them again and they expand, and so forth until the fibers start to rip… There’s no real way to solve that issue other than to buy a jean with 2% to 5% of elastic or Spandex… This will compensate somewhat for the fibers condensing and stretching so that your jeans will have a more structured fit to them. For example, 7 [For All Mankind] is a big proponent of Spandex denim — they were one of the first companies to really introduce Spandex inside their denim… 7 jeans [are] popular because people like that fact that… the jean will automatically stretch because of the elasticity in the fabric and they won’t be loosening up as much… but you lose that authentic denim feel. Q: Are som
