What would you put first: hygiene or blue jeans?

For lovers of raw denim who often wear the same pair of pants for six months or more between washes, the answer is obvious.

In a fashion world where high-end blue jeans are often sold faded, ripped and distressed, a group of die-hard denim fans has taken to weathering their jeans the old-fashioned way -- by wearing them nonstop and washing them rarely.