Can you shrink jeans?

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Bought some straight leg jeans from Boden - they make me feel like I'm wasting away

How can I go about making them smaller rather than me continue to be deluded?

I shrink my jeans by eating lots of chocolate, biscuits and cakes.

I find it is a very effective method, and one I would highly recommend!

aaah! I see your logic ...... but I want a serious answer

The only serious answer I could give is that you could attempt to shrink them by putting them in a tumble dryer on high heat.

Otherwise - could they be altered to fit you? Realise it might be cheaper to buy another pair in a smaller size than to pay for alterations.....

Don't have a tumble drier so will boil try hot wash.

Might be worth a trip to the laundrette to use a tumble dryer....

Does that make them stay smaller?
At present they seem to be growing throughout the day

ebay them and get yourself a new pair! If they still have the tags on, you'll get a good price for them.

I've hot washed and tumble dried jeans, but none have shrunk - sorry!

Think that may be the only answer moog
Athough they are doing wonders for my confidence.

i manage to shrink jeans at the time in the tumble drier. I'd be worried a hot wash will remove the dye.

Do they stay shrunk miche

If they still have the tags on I would phone and Boden and tell them that you want to return them but no longer have the slip and see what they say.

Come on it's Boden FGS! Ring them, tell them your not happy and they will refund replace unless they are super old

Hmmmmm you may be onto something there.......is it normal for their jeans to stretch so much?

Have emailed Boden, fingers crossed!

Thank you so much Meggles they have agreed to send me a return lable and send out a size down

err that would be a label

When we were teenagers (in teh 70s) we used to shrink our levis to fit by lying in a hot bath in them. It worked - we got blue legs though!

I remember doing that too!!!!!

However I don't think lycra was an issue in those days

Boden customer service is second to none. Glad you got it sorted.

amothersplace - that was before they started selling pre shrink denim as standard. You can still buy shrink to fit denim from Levis but they are the vintage style ones which are £££££! I treated myself to a pair last year and have a photo of myself sitting in the bath with them on.

Mmmmm remember the ad with Nick Kamen stripping down to his undies in the launderette?