blue jean baby

Too scared to wash your favorite pair of vintage blue jeans at home? You're not alone. Finding out the hard way that vintage denim doesn't fair well in modern washing machines is almost a rite of passage. To help keep the color in your 501's alive, try soaking in salt and water to stop the dye from running. If you have an affinity for all things new, these days denim is manufactured with modern dyes and most household laundry products are geared to preserve them.