Estimated Post Soak Measurements For The 32oz Indigo Selvedge Denim
Naked & Famous Denim first introduced the Super Heavyweight 32oz Selvedge Denim in 2014. We did a restock in 2016 and finally, three years later we'll be restocking sizes 28 to 38 any day now. What takes us so long to restock? It is unimaginably hard to produce these jeans. First, we have to convince the factory in Japan to make them. The yarn is 1" x 0.5" thick. The fabric is so difficult to sew that it takes the skill of 3 machine operators to complete each step, and they can only produce 2 pairs in a single day. When the jeans finally arrive at our factory, we apply each super thick 12-15oz cowhide leather patches by hand.
We are hopefully restocking this Monday April 15th. "View The Product" and then use the "Email When Available" button and you'll receive a notification as soon as your jeans are in stock.
The 32oz Indigo Selvedge are Unsanforized. The care label suggests these jeans will shrink approximately 6-8% after first soak. It is impossible to say exactly how much your jeans will shrink because it depends entirely on how you wash and dry your denim. To give you an example of how much they can shrink, I brought a pair home this week, measured them before and after washing, calculated the shrinkage percentage and logged the estimated post soak measurements for each tag size based on my results. See estimated pre and post soak measurement charts below.
Me, struggling to turn the 32oz jeans right-side-out. Fun fact: the banner on the wall behind me is the Naked & Famous Denim logo screen printed on to the 32oz Indigo Denim. This was a gift to our Founder, Brandon, from the maker in Japan.
I washed the jeans inside-side-out, at high temperature, in a regular spin cycle (50 minutes), in a front-load washing machine, without any soap, and laid flat to dry on a drying rack in a sunny spot in my apartment. Here is the shrinkage percentage based on my washing and drying conditions.
Waist: 6.15%
Rise: 2.25%
Thigh: 6.25%
Knee: 3.10%
Leg Opening: 3.45%
Inseam: 4.62%
Everyone's results will be different depending on how they washed and dried their jeans. The post soak measurement chart below is calculated with my shrinkage % as a result from my washing and drying conditions.
Pre Soak Measurements. All measurements are in inches.
| TAG SIZE | PRE SOAK 28 | PRE SOAK 29 | PRE SOAK 30 | PRE SOAK 31 | PRE SOAK 32 | PRE SOAK 33 | PRE SOAK 34 | PRE SOAK 36 | PRE SOAK 38 |
| WAIST | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 38 | 40 |
| FRONT RISE | 10.75 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 12 | 12 | 12.5 |
| UPPER THIGH | 10.5 | 10.5 | 10.75 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 11.75 | 12 | 12.25 | 12.5 |
| Genou | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.75 | 8 | 8 | 8.25 | 8.5 | 9 | 9.25 |
| Ouverture de Jambe | 6.75 | 6.75 | 7 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.75 | 8 | 8.25 |
| Longueur | 32.5 | 32.5 | 32.5 | 32.5 | 32.5 | 32.5 | 32.5 | 32.5 | 32.5 |
Estimated Post Soak Results. All measurements are in inches.
| TAG SIZE | POST SOAK 28 | POST SOAK 29 | POST SOAK 30 | POST SOAK 31 |
POST SOAK 32 |
POST SOAK 33 | POST SOAK 34 | POST SOAK 36 | POST SOAK 38 |
| WAIST | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 32.85 | 33.75 | 35.65 | 37.5 |
| FRONT RISE | 10.5 | 10.75 | 10.75 | 10.75 | 11.25 | 11.25 | 11.75 | 11.75 | 12.25 |
| UPPER THIGH | 9.85 | 9.85 | 10 | 10.75 | 10.75 | 11 | 11.25 | 11.5 | 11.75 |
| Genou | 7.25 | 7.25 | 7.5 | 7.75 | 7.75 | 8 | 8.25 | 8.75 | 9 |
| Ouverture de Jambe | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.75 | 7.25 | 7.25 | 7.25 | 7.5 | 7.75 | 8 |
| Longueur | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 |
The 12-15oz cowhide leather patch after washing.
Harry surface at the hem of the 32oz selvedge after washing.
Doing up the button on 32oz denim is not easy! Or as Brandon would say, "it's guaranteed uncomfortable".
Please, use the comments below to share your wash experiment results with us! And have fun!