Josh Le, University Of Alberta Student, Wears Same Pair Of Jeans For 15 Months

Good news: Turns out that wearing the same pair of jeans every day isn't hazardous to your health.

University of Alberta student Josh Le wore one pair of tight, raw denim jeans for 15 months starting in Sept. 2009. At the end of his trial, he and his professor, Rachel McQueen, found that the most bacteria accumulated in the crotch area of the jeans -- 8,500 to 10,000 bacterial units per square centimeter -- but overall, the pants were still safe to wear.

McQueen said that the bacteria levels in the jeans were similar post-wash and pre-wash.

Le isn't the first to attempt such a clothing challenge. Last year, Sheena Matheiken discovered an untapped font of sartorial inspiration through wearing the same dress every day for one year in a challenge she titled the Uniform Project. Matheiken, however, washed her dress.

Comments

[ABQ-Mike]

11:15 PM on 01/25/2011

The reality is, shirts get dirty, underwear gets dirty, socks get dirty, pants are good almost forever. You almost never have to wash pants. This is just something that every single guy who has ever had to do his own laundry knows instinctively.

[vegetablelollipop]

10:42 AM on 01/22/2011

What! No photo of Josh Le in the jeans (no doubt a cute Chinese-Canadian dude)!

[axt113]

05:20 PM on 01/21/2011

I take it he never had sex during those 15 months

[IgnoranceIsStrength]

04:47 PM on 01/21/2011

The blue jeans in the picture look like they are trying to stand up and run away. lol

[SteagleCobEagle]

12:21 PM on 01/21/2011

Seeing as some people are in college for well over 4 years, 15 months is in no way a record.

[AC Guts]

12:16 PM on 01/21/2011

I do this kinda stuff all the time, why is this news? I only own one pair of pants anyway.

[Sharkcellar]

11:18 AM on 01/21/2011

As long as this person was "body clean" meaning that he regularly showered or bathed, I don't see what the problem is.

[AllieGoogle]

04:23 PM on 01/21/2011

Because even if you bathe, by the end of the day you are no longer 'freshly bathed' and then the jeans keep that funk - and then day 2 adds to it, etc etc

[Sharkcellar]

04:35 PM on 01/21/2011

Meh.

[Montcalms Revenge]

10:51 AM on 01/21/2011

By the end of the "experiment" could the jeans stand by themselves when he took them off?

Just nasty....

[Malarcus]

08:52 AM on 01/21/2011

A college student wore the same pair of jeans for 15 months? I'm not sure that is even CLOSE to the record.

[pcpc]

08:45 AM on 01/21/2011

Umm..."bacteria accumulated in the crotch area"...Yumm...

[Statusnaturae]

08:33 AM on 01/21/2011

I know it sounds disguistimg but if you own jeans that cost more than 100 then It makes sense cause they will get ruined

[Billy Jack]

08:31 AM on 01/21/2011

It's because of the Indigo dye they use in the jeans. Indigo dye supposedly has anti-bacterial properties

[AllieGoogle]

04:23 PM on 01/21/2011

So does soap.

[Tobby2k9]

08:12 AM on 01/21/2011

If this are levis you should send it to them and I'm sure they'll be happy and glad to send you a couple pair of 501 ;)

I got some friends here at Levis San Francisco always hooking me up with some jeans :)

[MadamRoma]

07:06 AM on 01/21/2011

And suddenly her text went......blub.......blub..........blub blub blub.

[bolivare]

07:00 AM on 01/21/2011

Stop the freakin press. You mean to tell me this kid did NOT wash his jeans for 15 months? We need congressional action. What kind of parents brought this kid up. Where is SP when we need her most.
End sarcasm.
Pointless non-news. It is my own fault, I know. I clicked on the link. Stupid me.

[conlawprize]

09:41 AM on 01/21/2011

No, you went on Huff Post. Stupid you.

[bolivare]

09:59 PM on 01/21/2011

And here we are, stupid.