{"id":180055,"date":"2021-12-24T01:00:29","date_gmt":"2021-12-24T08:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/?p=180055"},"modified":"2021-12-16T13:15:07","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T20:15:07","slug":"fade-friday-rrl-slim-fit-2-5-years-5-washes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/2021\/12\/fade-friday-rrl-slim-fit-2-5-years-5-washes\/","title":{"rendered":"Fade Friday &#8211; RRL Slim Fit (2.5 Years, 5 Washes)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ian in the UK is doubling down on his <a href=\"\/tag\/rrl\">Double RL<\/a> Slim Fit jeans, letting them have it for 2-and-a-half years.<\/p>\n<p>These meat and potato fades are needed every once in a while. A subtle solace in an otherwise unrelenting storm of high-contrast fades. Ian has clearly worn these hard but without any conscious fading regime, which gives these RRLs a nice, authentic look. These are how Ralph would want &#8217;em to look!<\/p><div class=\"related_posts evergreen_funnels\"><h3>Like this? 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(1 Year, 7 Washes)<\/h4><\/a><\/div><div class=\"related_post w-1\/2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/2014\/03\/fade-friday-nudie-thin-finn-dry-ecru-embo-2-years-1-wash-2-soaks\/\"><img width=\"360\" height=\"225\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/nudie-fade-friday-360x225.png\" class=\"left wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><noscript><img width=\"360\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/nudie-fade-friday-360x225.png\" class=\"left wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/noscript><h4>Fade Friday &#8211; Nudie Thin Finn Dry Ecru Embo (2+ Years, 1 Wash, 2 Soaks)<\/h4><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>To start you have some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/2011\/05\/fade-types-whiskershige-honeycombs\/\">whiskers<\/a> starting to breathe on the lap, which b have a great shadowy quality to them. This makes it easy to spot some daily essentials from our Ian, like a ghost phone in the front right pocket and two circular items that have imprinted themselves into the raw selvedge denim. The knees are definitely the most worn-in and act as a marker of this great denim evolution, especially with that light blue ring around the bright center.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/2011\/05\/fade-types-whiskershige-honeycombs\/\">honeycombs<\/a> &#8217;round back are thin but plentiful and stretch out up the thigh and down the calf. More mystery object imprints in both back pockets finish off these jeans that Mr. Lauren himself would be proud of.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ian in the UK is doubling down on his Double RL Slim Fit jeans, letting them have it for 2-and-a-half&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":130,"featured_media":180059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4795],"tags":[36351,3215,176,319,1599,1960,1437,48111,971],"acf":{"published_feed_date":"2021-12-24 01:00:29"},"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>Fade Friday - RRL Slim Fit (2.5 Years, 5 Washes)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"These RRL raw denim jeans have developed some authentically subtle fades that Mr. Ralph Lauren himself would be proud of.\" \/>\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\/2021\/12\/fade-friday-rrl-slim-fit-2-5-years-5-washes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fade Friday - RRL Slim Fit (2.5 Years, 5 Washes)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"These RRL raw denim jeans have developed some authentically subtle fades that Mr. Ralph Lauren himself would be proud of.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/2021\/12\/fade-friday-rrl-slim-fit-2-5-years-5-washes\/\" \/>\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=\"2021-12-24T08:00:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-12-16T20:15:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/social-fade-friday-rrl-slim-fit-2-5-years-5-washes-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\/2021\/12\/fade-friday-rrl-slim-fit-2-5-years-5-washes\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/2021\/12\/fade-friday-rrl-slim-fit-2-5-years-5-washes\/\",\"name\":\"Fade Friday - RRL Slim Fit (2.5 Years, 5 Washes)\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-12-24T08:00:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-12-16T20:15:07+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/#\/schema\/person\/30705c8962216c72649a2845d122e6ac\"},\"description\":\"These RRL raw denim jeans have developed some authentically subtle fades that Mr. Ralph Lauren himself would be proud of.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/2021\/12\/fade-friday-rrl-slim-fit-2-5-years-5-washes\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/2021\/12\/fade-friday-rrl-slim-fit-2-5-years-5-washes\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/2021\/12\/fade-friday-rrl-slim-fit-2-5-years-5-washes\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Fade Friday &#8211; 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