How To Take Care Of Your Evisu Jeans

Sanforized Denim (No2, No3, No4, No13).

You should allow for 1”to 1½” shrinkage in the waist and 1½” to 2” in the leg length with washing. This can be reduced with washing in cool water and you will get the most shrinkage if you wash your jeans in very hot water or if you tumble dry them. The waist will usually stretch out again to the original measurements after wearing but the leg length will not normally return. We will therefore only carry out length alterations on jeans which have already been washed.

Unsanforized Denim (No1 SPECIAL).

This fabric has not been pre-shrunk, so you should allow 2½” to 3” shrinkage in the waist, and up to 4” shrinkage in the leg length. However, please note Evisu Heritage jeans made from No1 SPECIAL denim have been cut to allow for this shrinkage so you should buy your normal sanforized size. Unsanforized jeans should be washed or soaked before wearing to get rid of the initial shrinkage, after the first wash or soak they will not stretch out with wear.

I found these care instructions (you can get on the website by clicking on the blue writing above to follow the link) on the website even when other sections of the site had been closed/taken down for refurbishment indicating how Evisu the company still insists on the care of their garments and gives careful clear instructions in order to do this. To me this nudges their customer on how much importance they place on the value of their product.