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Tired dad fit. Someone else’s beanie Bronson beater hoodie (spills/mud friendly) Warehouse T Cross body changing bag, child’s coat attached Toddler sling, complete with toddler Warehouse DD-1001XX, fully in that worn and washed to perfect fit preference and comfort level Red Wing

Somewhere in time.

Is this ivy?! Sc california, vintage aran. Stussy deluxe x fred perry shirt, diy belt, diy tote, RRR, RW

Guess I need a new WAYWT spot with the sun getting higher again Tilley / Ooe / Orguiel / Duke / Cane’s / Frank’s

Denime wrote wome stuff about the denim used for the new 3 models. I might have understood it incorrectly but it seems they had Kurabo analyse the old Banner denim and have it recreated. So another "Banner denim". They main difference seems to be the brown weft in comparison to WH's old Banner denim.

We're getting 4 different Flat Head jean models at Self Edge this year, starting with the first ones being released in May. One of the models we had a hand in designing the fit and details too! More info on the different denim styles and fits will be out closer to the release dates.

Figured I’d update on here too. I joined the Indigo invitational y4 with a pair of Indigofera Kirk Gunpowder 14oz jeans. First picture is after day 31. Second photo is today after day 59. I haven’t washed or soaked them yet. I never really knew much about this brand until recently, the denim store local to me in Philadelphia stocks a lot of their offerings and it’s really impressive stuff.

@Cold Summer I also thoroughly enjoy your posts, they provide a great deal of information and are very thought out, which is what makes this forum great. I never found them to be spurious or editorialized. Please continue to post as often as possible!

Heimat / Old charity shop cotton work shirt / Warehouse T / Warehouse 1101 / Yuketen

belated happy new year all you beautiful ppl slowing grinding on these 132s… mother in law knit-aero-stan ray-tender-rw pecos

This is a well-known scam: you order an item, ask for a return due to the wrong size or whatever reason, and then send them one you bought on Taobao. SSENSE simply can't legit check every item due to the sheer volume of shipping and returns. Chinese shops have started combating this by putting unique stickers on washing tags that are very hard to remove. SSENSE is not selling fake items on purpose, that's for sure.

Quite surprised by the cost of the J1WB - thought the E material would keep the price down a bit. For the sake of 55 Euro surely people would pick the J1W-GT over this?

I also have a pair of Freewheelers #2122041 S601Xx size 31 for sale. These are too small for me. Brand new - washed and tried on once. Looking to get back what I paid. $250 Waist 14.5 Thigh 12.25 Knee 9 FR 11.5 BR 15 Inseam 31 Hem 8.5

Keeping the thread alive w/ WAYWT fit pics (better that than the third page) When I’m not in Tender these M41027 have still been my main go-to. The xxxtra high rise is crazy comfy

WTB for Green: P34-e sz M or S Above 9/10 full pack needed WTB for Lins: P34-DS BLK size L

Bubo / Bubo / Roy / Nick’s

TLDR; SSENSE Ships Fake Acronym. On 11 February 2024, I purchased a pair of Black P30AL-DS pants in XS from SSENSE, which was subsequently delivered to me on 19 February 2024. However upon receiving the pants, I realised they were clearly fake. 1. The entire design of the pants is incorrect - wrong pockets, wrong length, wrong cut... 2. The texture feels nothing like the DS material on my other Acronym pants 3. The packaging is completely wrong 4. The size tag inside didn't even have a XS option on the label.. They sent me the pants in size S I've attached the relevant photos (which I had also sent to SSENSE) and video of the packaging comparing the pants with another P47 that I had received to show how different they are. But when I contacted SSENSE about the issue of them sending me a fake item, I received this response: 'My name is Jessica; I am a Product Specialist here at SSENSE. I'm sorry to hear that you received the wrong size in your recent order, and I understand that the presentation of the item you've received has raised some concerns regarding its authenticity. I am happy to address these concerns! First, I would like to mention that it is nearly impossible that an inauthentic item would have entered our inventory at this time, as our warehouse is highly surveilled at all times. However, I understand that you have some concerns regarding the quality of this 241368M18800100 ACRONYM® Black P30AL-DS Cargo Pants Upon checking, this unit is from the 2024 Spring/Summer collection, supplier code: P30AL-DS. I having had the chance to examine a unit of this style in person, I can confirm that all of the production specifics of your unit match manufacturing. I completely understand that online purchases always come with a reasonable degree of skepticism. We want to make sure that you purchased the right item - I'd like to reassure you that your item is 100% authentic. In order to resolve this issue, please return the wrong item to us using the enclosed return label. Once we receive the item, we will process a refund for the purchase price of the item. To receive the correct item, we kindly ask that you place a new order on our website. I apologize, we are not able to offer direct exchanges at the moment.' 1. I think there's a chance that their entire stock of P30AL-DS is fake, if the product specialist ''had the chance to examine a unit of this style in person, I can confirm that all of the production specifics of your unit match manufacturing' 2. Either that, or SSENSE is blatantly selling fake pants to their customers. I've reached out to Acronym on this, hopefully they're able to help sort this out with SSENSE... and frankly, SSENSE simply issuing a refund is just disappointing at this stage. IMG_0782.mp4

Keep it coming @Cold Summer, I find your posts helpful and interesting.

People are specifically avoiding GT jackets because they are not wearable every day. Also looking for someone who doesn't love their J105 size XS

@Cold Summer, @Duke Mantee – I wouldn't have either of you any other way. If a topic has a recent post, it's reason to click, and has been so for years. I wish I could maintain a similar consistency through the vicissitudes..

Bears were fine marking down for me. The tyrants at DHL held my parcel though until I could prove they were bought at the marked value. Bears really tried to help out by scanning and emailing me a till receipt that was all in Japanese to provide 'proof ' Then DHL contacted Bears and Bears communicated back and forth with me and them until it was sorted. Top guys. After all the back and forth we begrudgingly declared full value and DHL released the package without any charges anyway 🤔

Maybe ranger mocs instead of boots? Aran, denim, and mocs is a common look for me It doesn't matter though - looks good regardless and I'm no stickler for style rules.

@bartlebyyphonics 132s coming along nicely... good to see you back posting

Stupidly warm day here for late February. So much so that a jacket was optional, and a lined jacket even with a t shirt was too much. So I pulled out this old thing that doesn’t see so much wear lately, but it’s still coming along okay.

Here is the mid 66s levis for your reference

I think, the confustion stems from the following. One assumes, that 66 model refers to Levis 501XX made in the year 1966 as a blue print. Howeve it seems, that the definition is that the 501s produced from 1973 to 1980 are referred to as “66”. The name comes from the fact that “© 1966” was printed on the flasher. The 66 model is again subdivided into first half and second half models. Same same, but different is the Big E- model. This refers to the 501s produced from the late 1960s to 1973. After the Big E the red tab showed “LeVI’S”. Also the lot number was changed from “501XX” to “501”. According to this Japanese Denim somelier "mtk0058" among others the v stitch at the top button was used until 1969 and the parallel stitch from 1969/1970 onwards. There were also changes in the arcuate stitch colours and a switch from from back pocket hidden rivets to bartacking. So, I guess, when a 66 model is offered it can be one with Big E, first half 66 and second half 66 characteristics. And the cuts were probably also changing over the years. Clearest would probably be the following three models: 1. Big E with parallel stitches 1969-1973 2. 66 first half model and 3. 66 second half model There are probably other theories about this. But this is the info I had found on the insta of mtk0058 and in this article.

Still waiting on my patch material to finally call these complete, but I got rivets installed today and decided to get some fit pics. Very happy with the copper rivets on black denim. The denim was unsanforized, so I washed it on hot and dried it on high twice before sewing, so with any luck they should continue to fit this way. Bummed I had to wait for rivets and patch material because I could have knocked these out in a week if it weren't for the wait. Oh well. Also decided I'm gonna make a pair for my brother for his birthday because I had so much fun on this pair. I'll make sure to document that pair here as well when the time comes 😎

Tough to follow... Denime - Sugarcane - Chucks

sda, kapital, sugar cane, saucony

Back lit Tilley / Tender / Merz / Roy / White’s

Same Columbia beanie from yesterday Vintage M65 (just found a liner for it too) Old Navy shirt Left Field Smokestacks Blundstones

*Couple recent fits* My cap Wooden beaded necklace Vintage Gap denim vest (still has receipt from 2002 in pocket) Drag race tee 501 STF Studded belt Chippewa western boots Old stock Leather jacket Wool scarf Fuzzy orange thrift sweater Vintage bandana 1981 single stitch tee Tea core belt Mister Feeedom California Outlaw in Cone Vintage turquoise horseshoe pin Chippewa Steel toe engineer Big round Pin by @tg76 circa 2008?

Spent a couple evenings this past week tending dye pots of cochineal and red cabbage Both dyes were new to us, so so far it’s just been testing out different fabric treatments & dye additives, with some cheap silk handkerchiefs and some little cotton & linen test strips

wild leg twist on these lot 64 SC Awa Ai jeans

This is one of the Yahoo scores I totally forgot to have bid on. And one Saturday I got the mail "you've won!". Orizzonti era sweater. On the short side but for 2,610 ¥ I won't complain 😉

I wouldn't exactly describe myself as having a "passion for my possessions." It's all just stuff that one day will fall apart, or get lost, or stolen, or whatever. But I do spend a lot of time in/using my clothes, which leads to more time observing/thinking about it. I have a nice electric bass that should be much more engaging than my denim jacket or whatever, but I hardly ever use or interact with it at this stage of life, so I'm generally pretty apathetic about it. Same goes for my car, I spend so little time driving that I could never be a "car guy." But I spend a lot of time wearing clothes. I guess to me, it makes sense that I'm going to scrutinize stuff that I use and experience the most. It's more like I'm trying to apply my OCD attention to detail to illuminate some aspects I think are compelling which hopefully leads to making more interesting content than just posting pictures and such. Particularly in this thread where there's not a lot of posting nowadays, I like to think sharing my impressions might give many people on here who have some TFH stuff from back in the day a newfound appreciation for it. Especially when it comes to something like shirts; it feels like there's a ton of stuff out there on minor differences of 501XX jeans from different eras and how accurately/inaccurately particular details are reproduced, or changed. It's not that I don't find this interesting, but it's been pretty thoroughly explored at this point, and I guess I find that scrutinizing other stuff (like on shirts) is more interesting to me, and the justification behind why X shirt costs a lot of money seems to be "it's super heavy and Made In Japan, bro." Obviously I feel like there's a lot more to it than that, and that's what I've touched on a bit here. My polemic (if you can even call it that) is pretty mild compared to some prominent content-creators in the community who often present opinion as fact, and my impressions are based on direct comparison to things I've owned myself. Plus, in the post on the houndstooth shirt, at the end, I did say that this was just my opinion 😉 My interest in the denim hobby had pretty much stalled out until I discovered I could find lots of great stuff from the "golden age" of Flat Head and similar brands on Japanese auction and resale sites for often comically low prices (at least, on occasions when things in my size would come up for sale), in nice condition. Maybe this isn't relevant to everybody out there, but as a married guy with two kids, I don't have as much cash to spend on the clothing hobby as I once did, so I want to make my dollar go as far as it can, and get more for my money. This shouldn't come across as bragging either, as I did nothing special to get this stuff, not even really utilizing my Japanese language skills; I got almost everything through Buyee, an English-language site which consolidates Yahoo Auctions, Mercari, and others into a single proxy, where I just searched for stuff that interested me. I feel this aspect is more analogous to thrift store treasure hunting where finding cool stuff for cheap is part of the fun. Anyway, in regards to sizing, this jacket runs small. Normally I'd wear a 42, which is my size in most TFH tops (though particularly in short sleeves a 40 often fits me just fine.) This is the only TFH thing in size 44 I've ever owned. 42 usually corresponds to a US Medium. Out of the Japanese brands TFH tends to fit me the best since I'm tall and slim, and prefer the western shirts and their detailing, but the "work" style shirts are generally much boxier and fit more like shirts from any other brand. TFH usually made both styles for a given fabric. I find that people are almost universally talking about the western shirts when criticizing Flat Head's cuts. A lot of other brands out there have very short sleeves for my chest/shoulder size, even if I size up, so I appreciate that Flat Head's general design works good for me. That's actually a great question about the pockets and yoke on the houndstooth shirt. The body of the shirt features the fabric at a straight angle, while the pockets and yoke are slanted 45 and -45 degrees, where the left pocket matches the angle of the opposite/right side yoke, and the right pocket/left yoke, vice versa. I think it's probably done like this because it makes the design of the pockets and yoke more visually distinct, whereas if it was all matching the same direction as the body of the shirt it would all blend together. It's pretty normal for flannel shirts to have the pocket fabric at a 45/-45 degree angle, it's just less obvious that's what's going on here because it's a houndstooth fabric instead of a grid-like check pattern.

Aaaannnddd we have buttons. Had to order shorter rivets otherwise I'd have done those this evening. I think my problems with em last night was because they were too long so the post folded over instead of mushrooming out. Also added a picture of the cuffs because I love this charcoal weft. Crazy that these are wearable, didn't think I'd be this far this soon. @reallypeacedoff I used this guide for the buttons: https://imgur.com/gallery/I4wv5UI the buttons are from Dick's Denim on Etsy, and this is the guide he made for his buttons.

Hope you all aren't sick of me yet lol. Stayed up past my bedtime last night finishing up all the sewing (other than the patch, waiting on that material to ship from an etsy seller). Tried doing rivets and buttons on the practice pair but was having trouble with those. Not gonna put any of those parts on this pair till I know I can do it cleanly. The waistband was the trickiest part. Was advised not to put interfacing inside so that it can stay pliable, but that made it harder to keep everything straight. After a couple unsuccessful attempts where the needle failed to catch the inside seam I ended up sewing down the inside seam allowance to the inside of the jeans and then pinned along the length of the waistband down the middle to keep the needle from missing the inside seam. Worked alright once I decided to just use the handwheel all the way around. Not ideal but it looks way cleaner than any attempt I made with the foot pedal. This was the only time I really got frustrated during the process, so not so bad in the grand scheme. Decided to do tucked belt loops because I love that detail on my Left Field pairs. Gives me something to put my keys on that won't pull the top of the waistband down. Next time I make a pair I will get a zigzag machine so I can do bartacks. Thought about hacking em with the buttonholer, but decided not to since the buttonholer foot wouldn't hold much fabric on the belt loops, so slippage might have occurred.

After about 10 years on the heavy stuff I’ve started to dabble in the lighter side. That’s lead me to repros. With the Yen on sale, I’ve been snapping up some likely silhouettes from Full Count, OA, and now with the Warehouse 1101 Big E. I’ll probably add my other pairs to their proper thread but these actually inspired me to finally post something. I found out about these right here. I’m shocked by how much I like them. They may be my favorite jeans of all time. The fading potential is incredible and they fold so nicely. Does anyone know if this is their regular denim with a different dye, or is this something completely different? I may try another pair of 1101 if their banner denim is different. I like the fit a lot. They’re very comfortable for me. These are a size 30. I’ve hot washed them 3x, inside out in a regular washer, and I dried them partially in the dryer. Twice when they got here, and again after I spent a couple days skiing in them. I forgot my base layer. Wore them under my bibs with no issues. They are that comfortable. Shoes are new Moto shells. Took a risk on a size 3 and they fit my size 11 feet perfectly. Prewash pictures at the end.

M41058 old and new (3ish years / 1–2 months) The color on the old ones is truest in the angled photos (& the one w/ the dogs) where they appear bluer. These are my favorite jeans, in a lot of ways, and I’m really glad to have found a second pair. The old ones are tagged W33 and were hemmed to 35.5” when raw by S&S Oakland. They didn’t shrink as much as I expected, and they ended up around 1.5” longer than ideal, so I’ve always worn them with a cuff. The new ones are tagged W35 and had already been washed & hemmed to just about my perfect length when I got them, so they’ve been getting worn w/ a nice clean break. The denim has held up incredibly well—but the constructional stitching has been the opposite, so I’ve had to go over pretty much every seam, at this point. The only other repair I’ve had to do is to there pocket bag where I carry my keys. Overall, even though I don’t think it’s the main thing that draws me to these pants, I’m really happy with how the denim itself has worn. The puckering, the color, and the little bit of vertical falling are all perfect, and it’s super comfortable right from the start.

M41027 Don’t know much about these. Seems like pretty much the same exact details, top to bottom, as the MP-619, but in a much wider cut—same hardware and everything. Maybe from early after the switch to M-series? They’re also sized on the smaller end: these are tagged W36 and fit more similar to the W34 of the late ‘90s Photos taken after a machine wash and one day of wear

These have been getting a lot of wear lately

Oh, and the store:

M41119 also coming along well Good looking, good fitting, well made jeans, but the pockets (front & back both) are too small for me to ever want to use them day to day—so these will forever just be for climbing & yard work too Just finished up a fun knee blowout repair; meanwhile, I left them outside to dry one night after a sweaty day & an enterprising squirrel made a meal out of them (I guess it wanted the salt) so there’s still a bunch of little holes around the thighs & seat that I need to patch up. Besides that, plenty of life left

M41057 I’d had an old stock pair of these in the closet for a while still rigid. Could tell they were going to be absolute favorites, but I guess I was just saving them for a rainy day? These showed up on Yahoo for a steal, washed & hemmed short but otherwise like new. Snatched them up w/ the intention of using them mostly for climbing & yard work, since I knew the legs would be too short for regular wear. Really happy with how they’ve been wearing in, and the fit is just about perfect. Makes me look forward to the dead stock pair all the more.

And for the full WWII detailed no patch M series fit. Both the same denim from the same era. Absolutely killer. Love the denim, light weight, oxidized blue and gray caste. Love the fits on both. Straight top block, no taper. Jacket is short and boxy. Perfection.

And the fit: