How Can I Make My Jeans Softer?

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name is Mitra Chester and I'm here at Deluxe Resale Shop in Eugene, Oregon, and I'm going to talk to you about how to make your jeans softer. There are various types of weaves and fabric contents that jeans are made of nowadays, and certain ones are going to be more likely to soften up more quickly. These four examples are actually 100% cotton, and they're going to be less giving when you're stretching them, but there are also different types of weaves of fabric. These two are actually made to not fade as easily and to not soften as easily, and you can kind of tell, they look kind of canvasy, and this kind of fading is done in the factory, but it's not likely to fade as easily as, say, these two. This is a classic denim wash, and it will fade with washing and wearing, but one thing you do want to be concerned about with this classic fade is this, what they call marbling. And that's when you're washing it and it's wrinkling naturally in the machine, it's going to create these light lines that are not necessarily an effect that you want. So to avoid that you want to wash them maybe on a cooler water and turn them inside out. Now these are also 100% cotton, they already have some factory fading and they'll probably soften up well. In order to encourage them to soften more quickly, you can wash them more often, and you might try washing them with a fabric softener sheet or a fabric softener, that will soften up the fabric pretty well. If you're concerned about the flexibility of your denim, when you're buying jeans you might try buying some that already have a blend or some spandex in them which are going to be a little stretchier and softer and more comfortable to wear. So this is an example of a denim blend that has some spandex, and some ramie and some different types of things in it. And there should be a tag on the inside of all your jeans that have the fabric content. But again, ultimately, the way to soften up your jeans is to wear them and wash them more often and that will also be accompanied by probably a little bit of fading unless you're specifically buying weaves that aren't meant to do that. So, good luck!"