Read the label first
Every pair we sell carries a care label, and the Federal Trade Commission sets what that label must cover: hand or machine, bleach or no bleach, how to dry, and a warning where a common method would do damage. Our guide to washing black jeans and jorts walks through those rules in full.
Here is what our own labels say. The carpenter jean: machine wash, tumble dry low. The boyfriend jeans: cold machine wash, low tumble, no bleach, no iron. The striped boxer shorts: cold wash with similar colors, line dry, no bleach.
Dark jeans and jorts
Most of our denim allows a machine wash. Turning a black or charcoal pair inside out before it goes in, using cold water and washing it with other dark clothes are simple habits that keep the outside surface from rubbing against everything else in the drum.
Then dry the way the label says. Our carpenter jean's label reads tumble dry low, and our women's jeans ask for a cold wash and a low tumble as well. Where a label is silent on drying, hanging the pair is the gentle choice.
What the fiber line means
Fiber lines on our tags follow the FTC order, heaviest fiber first. The blends you will meet most often: 70/20/10 cotton, polyester and rayon on the jorts, 73/18/9 cotton, polyester and viscose on the carpenter jean, 75/24/1 cotton, polyester and spandex on most of the other jeans, and 58/42 cotton and polyester on the sweatpants.
Rayon and viscose are two names for the same family of fiber, so the jorts and the carpenter jean are closer in make-up than their tags look. The lounge pieces are the outliers: 65% viscose with cotton on the boxer shorts, and 95% cotton with 5% spandex on the tube top set.
Sweatpants and lounge pieces
Our sweatpants are a cotton and polyester blend and allow a machine wash. The fleece pair asks for a low tumble dry. The tube top set asks for a cold machine wash and a line dry, which helps the spandex keep the strapless top snug.