I ordered these as I had bought another Barbara pair at Nordstrom's. I felt fairly comfortable ordering on line that the fit would be the same. However they are a tiny bit smaller with slightly less of a bootleg cut. So I hand dried them, the other pair I dry with cottons with no issues. These jeans are typically sized quite big, so I order a size down. They are nice jeans, and I probably will put them in the drier at some point as I don't like having to give special attention to everyday clothes. So, even if they did shrink some, I think all the spandex in them would allow for that.