Morning Charlie.. Takahashi-san, (the guy who owns Junky Style) owns a deadstock pair, if you check the blog http://style.junky.co.jp/ There is some info and photos, i posted about them on Pg1 of the M-Series thread, alas, the links were lost in deletiongate but if you pick through the blog posts using the search, i'm sure you can dig it up, the blog is pretty well archived.

Evolution of my hi back denim trousers pair. Bad lighting, but it has been cloudy and foggy for the past week or so. Not much to do about it.     

1947 Bluebell's Wrangler 1st prototype with levis style arc and leather label. Around the following year after a lawsuit from Levi's regarding arcs, the W stitching appears and the leather label was replaced by a plastic one. The latter was more to do with the modern washing machine becoming the norm and would shrink the labels right up and they would turn to a piece of unreadable jerky leather. Anyway the reason l'm posting is that this is the clearest original 1st label on a pair l've seen so far, so thought l'd share for posterity sake etc (click twice for clarity). Looks to have been soaked/washed once?     Never given Wrangler too much thought when it comes to the 'big 3' but the more l study l realise that they were in many ways the first designer jeans compared to Levi's and Lee. Yes the Wrangler brand was late to the party in terms of the (cowboy) market share, but within a very short space of time apparently took a huge chunk of both its competitor's pie becoming Pro Rodeo sponsors etc etc. Anyway,  carry on ..    

A miniature and very cheap (around 1 USD) coffee filter. I bought it during recent trip to Vietnam. It’s used everywhere there. I also discovered the world of Vietnamese coffee, learning that Vietnam is one of the main coffee exporters in the world. The most popular coffee there is robusta. But my favorite coffee at the moment is luwak.