https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:41:14 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/banana-republic-jeans-smell#post-419699 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:19:00 +0000 Mrs. Pen 419699@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rachiecakes: eww!!! formeldahyde blech. ugh so gross. sometimes ignorance is bliss. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/banana-republic-jeans-smell#post-419688 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:16:37 +0000 anonysquire 419688@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: Even after everytime I washed them they still smelled and bled. I had blue legs often. I guess it didn't bother me enough to stop wearing them lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/banana-republic-jeans-smell#post-419684 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:14:43 +0000 Mrs. Pen 419684@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@anonysquire: I've had AE jeans bleed on me too. I ended up returning them. But these were washed first! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/banana-republic-jeans-smell#post-419670 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:11:22 +0000 rachiecakes 419670@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: that I've noticed!<br /> I just did a quick Google and found this: <a href="http://www.mamapedia.com/article/brand-new-jeans-stink-literally" rel="nofollow">http://www.mamapedia.com/article/brand-new-jeans-stink-literally</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/banana-republic-jeans-smell#post-419663 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:09:31 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 419663@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just got some from Target in a dark wash and they stink, too. The dye, I think. Bleeeeeh. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/banana-republic-jeans-smell#post-419659 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:08:25 +0000 anonysquire 419659@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes I have had this happen with dark jeans. Like a strange smell and then the jeans usually dye my legs blue. I can't remember a brand though, they might have been american eagle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/banana-republic-jeans-smell#post-419648 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:04:52 +0000 Mrs. Pen 419648@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rachiecakes: is it just the factory/outlet stores as opposed to the regular stores? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/banana-republic-jeans-smell#post-419569 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:47:00 +0000 rachiecakes 419569@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: yep! I don't love shopping at the Gap or Banana Factory stores because I swear the clothes have a chemically smell to them. Some worse than others, it's probably how they're manufactured/stored/etc. I know exactly what you're talking about though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/banana-republic-jeans-smell#post-419435 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:04:17 +0000 Mrs. Pen 419435@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Modern Daisy: ugh! I hope mine goes away!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/banana-republic-jeans-smell#post-419426 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:03:41 +0000 Modern Daisy 419426@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hmm, that's weird! I buy jeans from there and they don't smell.</p> <p>The only time this has every happened to me was with cheap shoes. They were Sketchers clogs and every time I wore them they let off this noxious odor. It was so bad I just had to throw them out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/banana-republic-jeans-smell#post-419420 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:02:56 +0000 chopsuey 419420@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>huh. never noticed a weird smell! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/banana-republic-jeans-smell#post-419414 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:02:24 +0000 Mrs. Pen 419414@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I bought Banana Republic jeans from their factory store on Black Friday and LOVE how they fit. I washed them right away and wore them a few days later and noticed a smell... I'm wearing them for the second time and they still smell like that "factory smell", like chemicals or something and I've never bought new <i>clothes</i> that have a gross new smell... weird!!</p> <p>Have you? </p>