Jeans were conceived as work clothes for miners during the California gold rush. More than 150 myths have emerged around jeans to try to extend their useful life.
Using white vinegar to remove stains, hanging coats in the bathroom during showers to eliminate wrinkles, iron wet clothes are just some of the myths. Jeans are still made unwashed, but as they pass through industrial laundries, they already undergo a shrinking process, which makes it unnecessary to continue putting them in the bathtub to shrink them. Putting jeans in the freezer does not get rid of stains or dirt, according to Xin Jing, owner of a second-hand store specializing in Levi's and Levi's Friperie in Madrid. The theory is that by subjecting the garment to low temperatures, bacteria are killed, reducing the number ofheshes that make the garment last longer. But according to this theory, low temperatures are killed the bad odor they can cause, so this process does not extend the life of the jeans. The most popular garment in the world, jeans carry a good number of myths about their care.