If you want to look Young & Hip this summer, don't dry clean your jeans! One of the tell-tale signs of looking old is a woman with perfectly creased blue jeans, since they're supposed to be more casual. After all, would a 20-year-old ever dry clean her jeans?

Instead, you should turn them inside out, put them in the washing machine and use a great laundry detergent that will keep the color vibrant, the shape intact, and preserve your pair's quality long after you buy them. I think Tide Total Care does a great job of this, so once you find your favorite pair of dark denim bootcut jeans, do your best to protect them as long as possible...and stash all that cash you saved at the dry cleaners!

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