Comments on: How to unshrink — or stretch — a pair of jeans https://www.thebudgetfashionista.com/archive/stretch-jeans/ Love your look for less Sat, 18 Oct 2025 15:20:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Heather https://www.thebudgetfashionista.com/archive/stretch-jeans/#comment-11796 Wed, 07 Jun 2006 05:54:33 +0000 https://thebudgetfashionista.com/wordpress/?p=564#comment-11796 I have a denim pencil skirt that I shrunk (and, ok, I MIGHT have gained a few pounds) and I un-shrunk it by: washing it, leaving it wet and stretching it out (not easy, keep at it) and letting it dry flat. Denim’s cotton, so it will stretch, eventually.

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By: UrbanRhetoric https://www.thebudgetfashionista.com/archive/stretch-jeans/#comment-11795 Tue, 06 Jun 2006 11:46:18 +0000 https://thebudgetfashionista.com/wordpress/?p=564#comment-11795 I’ve found that if you add some hair conditioner to the lukewarm water, it helps soften the jeans…this allows for it to return to some of its original shape.

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By: Kaja https://www.thebudgetfashionista.com/archive/stretch-jeans/#comment-11794 Tue, 06 Jun 2006 08:14:55 +0000 https://thebudgetfashionista.com/wordpress/?p=564#comment-11794 My mom allways said you could wear the jeans while bathing to unshrink them. In the bath tub, that is.

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