stonewashed

• “stonewashed", "garment washed", etc. has had about half its useful life removed by the wash process before you first put it on.”

  Cool Tools

• “At merchandising launches in the mid-90s you would often hear the marketing view that shirts were being specifically devised to go with jeans and perhaps a focus group decided that green was the very hue to accompany stonewashed denim.”

  The Guardian: Barcelona's 'cool mint' reveals sorry lack of taste | Rob Bagchi

• “Jamaerah was barefoot, wearing only a pair of ragged stonewashed jeans, playing an invisible guitar to “Put Your Lights On,” rocking out while coffee brewed, singing his heart out in perfect pitch, wings spread, eyes closed, and an expression of sheer ecstasy gracing his beautiful face.”

  Simon & Schuster: Surrender the Dark

• “A few pairs of rolled-up jeans tumbled onto the bed—one pair black, one pair dark blue, and one pair ripped stonewashed.”

  Simon & Schuster: Surrender the Dark

• “The cars are only a simulacra on the road, shaking neon outside Harvey Nichols on one side and the stonewashed government house behind withering trees on Ice Street.”

  Fictionaut: Home/Skateboard/Smoke

• “He was wearing a black T-shirt with a 1-Up Mushroom from Mario Bros. on the front and a pair of out-of-style stonewashed jeans with combat boots and a long coat.”

  Simon & Schuster: Crossed

• “Clarkson & Co'sdogged shilling for a thoroughly modern ie gleefully irresponsible, stonewashed brand of middle age.”

  The Guardian: Top Gear, New Tricks, Lewis … the television shows that won't die

• “I know he claims they're "memory bubbles," but this top sure looks like stonewashed denim to me.”

  The Huffington Post: Una LaMarche: Project Runway Episode 10 Recap: The Fabric of Their Lives

• “Rahm Emanuel with his security detail stepping out of a car at 11th and U streets NW Saturday night ... in stonewashed jeans and stonewashed denim jacket.”

  The Washington Post: Hey isn't that...?: Rahm Emanuel, Shayne Lamas

• “Beaten-up tennis shoes, too-young face, stonewashed blue jeans and grey hair, drinking a Scotch.”

  Steven Denlinger: Sir Knavely and the Great Stimulus Package

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