People who pay up for a nice pair of selvedge jeans, such as the Levi's reproductions of early-mid 1900s denim, tend to wear the same pair every day, wear them

People who pay up for a nice pair of selvedge jeans, such as the Levi's reproductions of early-mid 1900s denim, tend to wear the same pair every day, wear them into the shower if they're too dirty, and keep wearing them as they dry. That way, the fit conforms to your body over time, and the fabric develops a patina and becomes more comfortable with time. Modern mass-produced denim does not have this property. I own a drier that I don't use, and I am consistently amazed at how few people make the connection that the stuff in their lint trap at the end of the cycle is their clothes.