Back in the summer of 2015, I wore my new selvedge raw denim Grand Street jeans working inside our warehouse about 4 days per week to beat them up and to create and record these time-lapsed photos to show how raw jeans fade over time. After 9 months of wearing the jeans without washing, I gave them a machine wash to quickly get rid of the loose dye, oils, and dirt. I then wore them another month before giving them another machine wash for more abrasion, speed fading, and to create streaks. At this point, I lost another shade and the jeans were a perfect medium blue with some fraying.
![Raw Jeans Fading Time-Lapsed How do raw jeans fade explained in time-lapsed photos feature Williamsburg Garment Co. American-made selvedge raw denim worn over a 9-month period.](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-8a33z/product_images/uploaded_images/wgc-raw-denim-to-faded-jeans-650t.gif)