I haven’t washed my jeans in 18 years – and they look just like the day I bought them
- Sandra Wallis, of Hull, raised eyebrows when revealed never washed her denim
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While some people might pop their jeans in the wash every time they spot a stain, one woman revealed she’s not washed hers for nearly two decades.
Sandra Wallis, from Hull, revealed on a segment of Steph’s Packed Lunch in February, which has resurfaced online, that she hasn’t washed her jeans for the past 18 years.
Speaking to The Sun, Sandra quipped that the indigo blue pair of M&S denim looked just like the day she bought them.
The moment went viral after Sandra shared it on TikTok, with many people l eft baffled that the entertainer and author had gone so long without popping her denim in the washing machine.
Sandra revealed she was amazed that so many people were interested in her jeans.
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Sandra Wallis, from Hull, revealed on a segment of Steph’s Packed Lunch in February that she hasn’t washed her jeans for the past 18 years
Sandra quipped that the indigo blue pair of M&S denim looked just like the day she bought them.
On the episode of the show, which aired on 28 February, an expert revealed she advised to wash jeans no more than every 20 years.
But Sandra, how was sitting in the audience, had that beat, and proudly quipped she hadn’t washed hers for nearly 20 years.
‘Well, I’ve had them for 18 years and only wear them once a year so I’m alright – I’ve got two more years left,’ she said on the show, standing up to show of her pair of indigo denim.
Sandra reshared the moment on her TikTok, where it watched more than 568,000 times.
People had a lot to say about her decision not to wash the jeans.
One person was left asking how Sandra managed to keep the jeans looking clean.
‘I wear mine once and it has some sort of stain on it or smells of perfumed I sprayed that day,’ another said.
’20 wears? I wash my ones two wears, some times after one wear,’ another said.
‘Those jeans stand by themselves,’ one wrote.
‘Sorry but why,’ another asked.
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The author said she doesn’t wear the jeans often, and always check their smell before she does
‘But the majority of people just seem shocked that this woman would say this on national television. One person commented at the time, “I wish people would stop telling this propaganda – jeans smell and people aren’t clean so you should wash them regularly”,’ Sandra said.
‘From a negative point of view, I get comments like, “that’s disgusting, gross and grim” and I’m a tramp apparently – but the jeans haven’t got a single mark on them and they don’t smell so it just makes me laugh,’ she added.
Addressing the controversy in another video on TikTok, Sandra revealed: ‘I wipe them, I don’t wash them straight away.
‘I do do the smell test,’ she said, adding: ‘the reason I don’t wear them often is because I have lots of pairs of them, I absolutely love them and they are very handy.
Some people were shocked by Sandra’s decision not to wash her jeans more often, while others sided with her
Some people sided with Sandra, with one writing: ‘The founder of Levi famously said to not wash them at all unless you drop something in them.’
And the entertainer said she has no plans to amp up the number of times she washed her denim.
‘I won’t be washing them unless I feel like they need to be washed,’ she said.
‘Mine look brilliant so unless they get a significant mark on them, or they start to smell, I won’t be washing them,’ she added.
The author went on to say that even if her jeans started to smell, her first instinct would be to pop them in the freezer rather than load them in the wash.
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