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I've never been to Bradford city center.. it looks quite nice (much nicer than Sheffield city center) ive driven through the outskirts quite a lot on my way to Malham / North Yorkshire moors.. there's some proper squalor, rows of houses with rotten windows, guttering hanging off, water pissing down the wall, yellowing net curtains held up with cobwebs, burned out sofas and fridges in the street.. as poverty stricken as a neighbourhood could get yet they have brand new Range Rovers and BMW M3's with gold rims parked outside?.. i understand the 1980s philosophy of rappers who've never had shit spending their first pay cheque on a fat gold rope but in poverty stricken Bradford, it's taken to the extreme where they're choosing to buy a £100k car over a £100k house.. even though car-onomics tells us that car will be worth naff in 3yrs time.

the fabric pattern on this shirt is so subtly complex and pretty. i have the black western version. pity it's sized for an impossibly slim and tiny salaryman with a skinny chest but wide shoulder and super long arms

With the Indy boots too... not sure if those are 505 or the black S40s, but they look good in this light.

Tempted myself! Also appears to sell out very quickly...

Back from the Midwest Great Lakes / Union Special / Hollows / Cane’s / Frank’s

It seems like they went through a pretty significant rebranding around 3–5 years ago, from more general (non-repro) workwear to more modern streetwear / workwear, with wider cuts / sleeker details / a pretty big price increase I’ve been tempted to try them out a few times

That does look like the LF44 denim, nice pickup! I still haven't gotten around to washing my SO02 pair yet, been trying to practice some delayed gratification. I'll wash them once it cools off maybe.

Not today but last week... Ladies and gentlemen, the UK’s 2025 City of Culture… Bradford I like the place, it’s full of diversity and character… screw the haters Loved this collection of photos from the 1980s in the Lumb Lane area of the city… on show at the Science and Media Museum Tower of Now is in the city centre… commissioned recently to celebrate the city's diversity And then a Caribbean lunch at a nice little food hall (erm Darley Street market, rather than Greggs this time)

Jeans came in, same dark denim & pink-selvedge line as my jacket - LF44 I believe @Broark? Seller had washed pretty gently but I needed a fair bit more shrinkage for a size 34 to work, so chucked them in a 40 wash / 1600 rpm spin-cycle and a short run through the dryer on low heat. Definitely brought them to life (making me tempted to give the jacket the same treatment but don't need the shrinkage with it). Fit is good now and not too short in the inseam luckily. Looking through old Mercari listings (trying to gauge what shrinkage other people might have gotten) I spotted the same lot number visible on an older listing for a still raw pair, so I'm actually the third owner it seems 😅. Some before and after washing (with a day's wearing in): With the jacket (which is tub soaked only). It's the only matching denim tux I own but still doesn't look like it matches 😂. Well at least for now anyway.

^ what the hecko!

Someone mentioned ‘Labor’ already, there was also ‘Dowluck’

What was the final shrinkage and stretching of this denim? I think I saw it shrinks less?

My impression is, that while SC and BR are more work wear military repro, Gold is a less constrictred brand, perhaps a bit more fashion and artsy. Perhaps what Made&Crafted was with Levis Vintage. I think, they're also on a bit higher price level.

A Chilean friend of mine (who's lived in the UK since his teenage years) said that when he was a kid back in Chile, he would grab a couple of geckos and let them bite his earlobes.. once they gently bite you let go and they won't release their grip if they can't feel their feet on the floor so he'd be walking around the house with a couple of geckos dangling from his ears

Not directly but i've posted about them once or twice over the years

I wasn't being facetious at all Martin, l genuinely thought a gecko wasn't a lizard (like a salamander) so my bad. Enjoy your break

Some M-series jackets (Type 1 and 2) from the linen patch era if anyone can make a 51 cm chest work. Sleeves seem a little short though unless they are measuring armpit to cuff M11026 【M品番】 SUGAR CANE　【1st 大戦モデル デニムジャケット/M11026】 シュガーケーン デニム ジャケット ファースト Gジャン 25070179 item details | JDirectItems Auction | One Map by FROM JAPAN M11027 【M品番】 SUGAR CANE　【507 2nd タイプ デニムジャケット 】 シュガーケーン デニム ジャケット セカンド Gジャン 25070509 item details | JDirectItems Auction | One Map by FROM JAPAN

Yeah i jumped on a pair of 224 knowing the denim was ceasing to be produced (goddammit marketing gods, shaking fist at sky...) and I do like a 15oz denim.

That’s why I bought them, was in the market but got the warehouses instead. The fact that they are fast faders was appealing to me. I was always on the hunt for a pair before the acquisition but they were impossible to find in stock, and there was never much info on them. They were cheaper than most other brands too. I’ve been eyeing up used pairs.

Yes I know. A gecko is a small lizard.

FLAT HEAD AUTUMN COLLECTION A nice Flat Head delivery just landed at our stores. We have new straight leg jeans in their iconic New Pioneer denim, a very cool puff-printed THC t-shirt, a highly puzzling chainstitch embroidered black denim hat, their heavyweight THC model tees in black and white. Shop Flat Head Online: https://www.selfedge.com/the-flat-head

Anyone have any experience with Toyo Enterprise's 'Gold' label? I was browsing Toyo's website and came across it -- never heard of it before, but am intrigued...

Just got back from a couple of weeks in Bali, there was just one day when the clouds burned off around Mt. Agung to reveal all of its 9000 ft glory

@Maynard Friedman it's a gecko.

Some extra info for anyone interested. We’re in Kefalonia, one of the Ionian islands, which became better known via Louis de Bernières’ novel ‘Captain Corelli’s Mandolin’ and the subsequent film starring Nicolas Cage and Penélope Cruz. I won’t give you the potted history of the island as I’m sure Wikipedia can do that much better than me. We’re staying in Lourdas on the south coast, just below the village of Vlachata and about a mile walk along a meandering road to the sea (it must be very salty here as it’s the only place I’ve ever been able to float in - I’ve never been to the Dead Sea). It’s at the foot of Mt Aenos, which stands at 1628m, almost 300m higher than Ben Nevis, and the peak is often shrouded in cloud. You can see the neighbouring island of Zakynthos very clearly from here. I’m just with the teenagers as Mrs F is currently working (on series 2 of CIA thriller ‘The Agency’ starring Michael Fassbender). We’re having a very low-key week as my daughter just got back from a week at surf camp in Galicia and my son is due to do his DofE Gold expedition in Snowdonia (Eryri) next week having done the practice expedition in the Brecon Beacons (Bandai Brycheiniog) earlier this month and then working at a Forest Camp in Ireland. Consequently we’re all happy to do very little! Here’s a selection of the wildlife we’ve encountered so far (lizard, dead eel, praying mantis) and also my holiday reading. We were visited by a big Labrador type dog last night that tried to get into our pool! That’s all folks!