I wear these jeans fairly regularly, though not nearly as much as I used to. In the old days, I wore jeans pretty much exclusively. I wash them after about every fourth or when I spill something on them. I turn them inside out, and use Woolite for dark colors in cold water. So far, they've remained fairly dark, and they're wearing out just right. Note the faint mark left by my wallet on the back pocket. I hang them dry, so there's been no shrinking, and they've been conforming to my shape quite well too.
They did require some editing, though. The old brown patch on the back pocket is made of plastic, not leather like it used to be, so today I got out the seam ripper and removed those tags. No matter, I really don't need a sign on my but telling you what kind of jeans I'm wearing, and besides the "W" stitching on the pocket itself seems to be performing that function quite well. I am a bit surprised that I didn't think to do this straight off the bat, since I perform the same surgery on khakis when they have that annoying tag sewn on above the back pocket.See, they look pretty good all clean. And for $20, the price is unbeatable. The site I bought them from, Shepler's, is a real pain about sending out way too many emails, but apparently these jeans, the 13MWZ Cowboy Jean, are constantly on sale for that price.
So, I wear cheap, clean jeans, that last pretty well, and that's as it should be. My mind is still boggled by the cult of expensive pants going unwashed for a year or more.
