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Old 09-19-2006, 11:37 AM
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Can blue jeans be dyed black? Who would I take them to to have it done?

(This question is sort of fashion-related, so I decided to put it in CS)

I've commented elsewhere on the difficulty of finding dark, like-new, black jeans for men in a more modern fit than old-fashioned high-on-the-waist Levi 501s. There may be lots of black jeans out there, but IME they are almost always distressed, or pre-faded, or otherwise treated so they don't look new when you buy them. The only solid, onyx-black jeans I see are old-fashioned Levi's, and they don't offer that color in their other styles.

But I do have a couple pairs of blue jeans residing in my dresser, that I haven't been wearing much, but they'd be perfect if they were black. Could they be dyed black? Could any drycleaning establishment do it? Would they bleed black over all our other clothes the first time they were washed afterwards?
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