How Often Should You Wash Jeans?
Less often than you wash a shirt, more often than a certain corner of the internet insists. Here is how to tell when it’s time.
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The Pants Department
Useful, accurate advice on washing, drying, storing and generally keeping pants alive. Written in the house voice. Fact-checked more carefully than the jokes.
How to Read a Care Label
Five shapes, a handful of dots and lines, and one small tag that knows more about your pants than you do.
Why Some Pants Say Dry Clean Only
Your trousers are not being dramatic. Some fabrics really do change permanently in water. Here’s which ones, and why.
How to Dry Jeans Without Shrinking Them
The washing machine gets blamed. It’s almost always the dryer.
How to Keep Black Pants Black
Black pants don’t turn grey overnight. They turn grey one hot, crowded, over-soaped wash at a time.
Stain Basics: What Works, What Doesn’t, and What Makes It Worse
I will try to remove your stain. I cannot undo the events that caused your stain. Here’s how to give it the best chance.
Why I’m Asking Before I Start Washing
Most businesses find out whether anyone wants them after they open. I’d rather know first. Also, I need to know how many pants to expect.
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