{"id":137889,"date":"2019-06-11T05:00:20","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T11:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/?p=137889"},"modified":"2019-06-11T14:09:21","modified_gmt":"2019-06-11T20:09:21","slug":"fade-day-tcb-slim-50s-1-year-11-washes-1-soak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/2019\/06\/fade-day-tcb-slim-50s-1-year-11-washes-1-soak\/","title":{"rendered":"Fade of the Day &#8211; TCB Slim 50&#8217;s (1 Year, 11 Washes, 1 Soak)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Christopher Wakefield from Vancouver, Canada is taking care of business by showing us the potential of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/tag\/tcb\/\"><em>TCB<\/em><\/a> 50&#8217;s Slim Jean in today&#8217;s installment of Fade of the Day.<\/p>\n<p>For a year, while in the office, camping, wrenching, and riding his motorcycle, these have been Christopher&#8217;s &#8220;go-to&#8221; jeans. One look at them and you&#8217;ll see he has not held back on them and apart from two minor crotch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/2013\/05\/denim-crotch-blowouts-why-they-happen-and-how-to-avoid-them\/\">blow outs<\/a> that have been repaired, they have held up well. Being worn so often, it is no surprise that these jeans have touched water, 12 times to be exact (11 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/2011\/03\/how-to-wash-and-clean-your-raw-denim-tips-instructions-video\/\">washes<\/a> and one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/2011\/03\/soaking-raw-denim-the-critical-preliminary-step\/\">soak<\/a>).<\/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\/2019\/04\/fade-of-the-day-vermilyea-pelle-briefcase-2-years-7-months\/\"><img width=\"360\" height=\"225\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/fade-of-the-day-vermilyea-pelle-briefcase-2-years-7-months-front-360x225.jpg\" class=\"left wp-post-image\" alt=\"Fade-of-the-Day---Vermilyea-Pelle-Briefcase-(2-Years,-7-Months)-front\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><noscript><img width=\"360\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/fade-of-the-day-vermilyea-pelle-briefcase-2-years-7-months-front-360x225.jpg\" class=\"left wp-post-image\" alt=\"Fade-of-the-Day---Vermilyea-Pelle-Briefcase-(2-Years,-7-Months)-front\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/noscript><h4>Fade of the Day &#8211; Vermilyea Pelle Briefcase (2 Years, 7 Months)<\/h4><\/a><\/div><div class=\"related_post w-1\/2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/2016\/08\/fade-of-the-day-iron-heart-634sr-1-year-3-months-2-washes-1-soak\/\"><img width=\"360\" height=\"225\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/fade-of-the-day-iron-heart-634-sr-front-back-360x225.jpg\" class=\"left wp-post-image\" alt=\"Fade-of-the-Day-Iron-Heart-634-SR-Front-Back\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><noscript><img width=\"360\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/fade-of-the-day-iron-heart-634-sr-front-back-360x225.jpg\" class=\"left wp-post-image\" alt=\"Fade-of-the-Day-Iron-Heart-634-SR-Front-Back\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/noscript><h4>Fade of the Day &#8211; Iron Heart 634SR (1 Year, 3 Months, 2 Washes, 1 Soak)<\/h4><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>And, if you&#8217;ve been here for a while, you know what happens when you mix dedicated wear and tons of water: vintage looking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/fades\/\">fades<\/a>. However, these jeans have the best of both worlds. They definitely have plenty of washed-out fading in the thighs, shins, and seat but, they also have some stronger fade lines coming through in the lap, knees, and most prominently, the back of the knees. The effect of these fading styles coming together is a well-rounded pair of jeans that will only look better as the fade lines become more distinct.<\/p>\n<p>You can follow Christopher on <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/okibi\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christopher Wakefield from Vancouver, Canada is taking care of business by showing us the potential of the TCB 50&#8217;s Slim&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":130,"featured_media":137945,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4796],"tags":[4947,28895,5965],"acf":{"published_feed_date":"2019-06-11 05:00:20"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.8 (Yoast SEO v21.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>TCB Slim 50&#039;s (1 Year, 11 Washes, 1 Soak) - Fade of the Day<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Today&#039;s Fade of the Day is a pair of TCB Slim 50&#039;s that have been worn for just about everything and they&#039;re showing it very well.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/2019\/06\/fade-day-tcb-slim-50s-1-year-11-washes-1-soak\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fade of the Day - TCB Slim 50&#039;s (1 Year, 11 Washes, 1 Soak)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Today&#039;s Fade of the Day is a pair of TCB Slim 50&#039;s that have been worn for just about everything and they&#039;re showing it very well.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/2019\/06\/fade-day-tcb-slim-50s-1-year-11-washes-1-soak\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Heddels\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Heddels\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"Ben Keefe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-06-11T11:00:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-06-11T20:09:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/social-fade-of-the-day-tcb-slim-50s-1-year-11-washes-1-soak-front-back.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ben Keefe\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@heddels\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@heddels\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ben Keefe\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/2019\/06\/fade-day-tcb-slim-50s-1-year-11-washes-1-soak\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/2019\/06\/fade-day-tcb-slim-50s-1-year-11-washes-1-soak\/\",\"name\":\"TCB Slim 50's (1 Year, 11 Washes, 1 Soak) - Fade of the Day\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-06-11T11:00:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-06-11T20:09:21+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/#\/schema\/person\/30705c8962216c72649a2845d122e6ac\"},\"description\":\"Today's Fade of the Day is a pair of TCB Slim 50's that have been worn for just about everything and they're showing it very well.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/2019\/06\/fade-day-tcb-slim-50s-1-year-11-washes-1-soak\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/2019\/06\/fade-day-tcb-slim-50s-1-year-11-washes-1-soak\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/2019\/06\/fade-day-tcb-slim-50s-1-year-11-washes-1-soak\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Fade of the Day &#8211; 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