{"id":137679,"date":"2019-06-08T05:00:14","date_gmt":"2019-06-08T11:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/?p=137679"},"modified":"2019-06-07T22:22:58","modified_gmt":"2019-06-08T04:22:58","slug":"fade-day-imperial-duke-4-years-4-washes-1-soak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/2019\/06\/fade-day-imperial-duke-4-years-4-washes-1-soak\/","title":{"rendered":"Fade of the Day &#8211; Imperial Duke (4 Years, 4 Washes, 1 Soak)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You&#8217;re the Duke of Denim, A No. 1! Today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/fades\/fade-of-the-day\/\">Fade of the Day<\/a> is a pair of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/tag\/imperial\/\"><em>Imperial<\/em><\/a> Dukes that have some majestic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/fades\/\">fades<\/a> indeed.<\/p>\n<p>These jeans come to us from Allen Yue of San Francisco who says it was nothing special to achieve these fades, just 4 years of constant wear. During that time he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/2011\/03\/how-to-wash-and-clean-your-raw-denim-tips-instructions-video\/\">washed<\/a> them a scant 6 times or so, which no doubt precipitated the numerous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/2013\/05\/denim-crotch-blowouts-why-they-happen-and-how-to-avoid-them\/\">crotch<\/a> repairs Allen says they required. Still, they look perfectly serviceable and faded down to masterpiece status.<\/p><div class=\"related_posts evergreen_funnels\"><h3>Like this? Read these:<\/h3><div class=\"flex space-x-4\"><div class=\"related_post w-1\/2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/2016\/02\/fade-day-elhaus-warbonnet-9-months-1-wash-3-soaks\/\"><img width=\"360\" height=\"225\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image-360x225.jpg\" class=\"left wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><noscript><img width=\"360\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image-360x225.jpg\" class=\"left wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/noscript><h4>Fade of the Day &#8211; Elhaus Warbonnet (9 Months, 1 Wash, 3 Soaks)<\/h4><\/a><\/div><div class=\"related_post w-1\/2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/2017\/11\/fade-day-momotaro-0705tn-14-months-1-wash-1-soak\/\"><img width=\"360\" height=\"225\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/fade-of-the-day-momotaro-0705tn-14-months-1-wash-1-soak-front-back-360x225.jpg\" class=\"left wp-post-image\" alt=\"fade-of-the-day-momotaro-0705tn-14-months-1-wash-1-soak-front-back\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><noscript><img width=\"360\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/fade-of-the-day-momotaro-0705tn-14-months-1-wash-1-soak-front-back-360x225.jpg\" class=\"left wp-post-image\" alt=\"fade-of-the-day-momotaro-0705tn-14-months-1-wash-1-soak-front-back\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/noscript><h4>Fade of the Day &#8211; Momotaro 0705TN (14 Months, 1 Wash, 1 Soak)<\/h4><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>You can follow Allen on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/allenyue\/\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You&#8217;re the Duke of Denim, A No. 1! 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