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A team of 30 volunteers in Australia agreed to wear a pair of denims five days a week for three months without going anywhere near a washing machine.
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A simple way to get rid of those washday blues – don’t bother going to the laundrette
EVER wondered what happens if you wear the same pair of jeans five days a week for three months straight without washing them?
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The great dirty jeans smell experiment
Roberts, 20, was glued to her mobile phone as she walked alone clutching a brown paper shopping bag and a heart-speckled navy handbag.
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Continue here: D2 Jeans collapse fuels job loss fears in Northern Ireland
Store chain D2 Jeans has collapsed into administration, making 200 staff redundant and jeopardising hundreds more jobs.
Continue here: D2 Jeans becomes first major post-Christmas casualty as the store chain collapses into administration
Researches from Donghua University in China have made a chemical-coated cotton fabric that deodorises itself and removes stains whenever it’s exposed to sunlight – and if you DO wash it, it still works.
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Jeans that ‘clean themselves’? Scientists make cotton that washes off bacteria and stains when exposed to sunlight
As 2011 winds down and the holiday season amps up, it’s easy to push healthy behavior off to a New Year’s resolution.But December celebrations don’t have to take a toll on your physical or mental health, whether you’re hanging Christmas lights or managing a tight budget….
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Holiday health tips to fit in your jeans and stay sane
Donald Trump is planning to participate in a GOP presidential debate, but as the moderator, not a candidate.
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Donald Trump won’t wear jeans (ugly sweaters are another story)
London, Dec 3 : 75 percent of the women wear only a quarter of the pair of jeans they own and dump the rest of them in the back of their wardrobe, a new study has revealed.
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