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Continued... Cable car up Mount Trebevic, site of the 1984 Winter Olympics in Bosnia… and the abandoned bobsled Watched FK Sarajevo win 3-1, more than my own club could muster It was the 30th Sarajevo Film Festival so we watched a few films, documentaries actually… recommending The Sky Above Zenica and a striking short documentary called Pain (intense) We were back row, the projector was behind me and Junior MJF9... perfect for casting shadows at the credits!! Then onto the next stop (Mostar) via Sarajevo’s beautifully brutal railway station

A week in Sarajevo… incoming double post… do look away if it’s too many pics! Such a wondeful vibrant place, steeped in good and bad history… sure the multi-religions, multi-ethnicities, multi-cultures would have lived, and live, much more harmoniously if it wasn’t for toxic politics that sadly persists everywhere today Our digs right next to the Latin Bridge Bullet holes on the walls from the 1993-95 war and Seige of Sarajevo, lasting 1,425 days The old town It wasn’t me! It was to prove denim was involved… the site where Gavrilo Princip shot Franz Ferdinand which kicked off WW1

It got chilly this week and felt like fall so time to start wearing my flannels. LL Bean DIY Blundstones

Just washed these imperials again after 2 months ish of wear. I’m really enjoying how this fabric ages and feels.

A few more stars and the customer like the fluke that was used in a previous design

I talked with another member: A 1942 contest with the same denim would allow for slightly different fits, wildly different details and even cinch and no-cinch

I simply heard about them via word of mouth

Challenger Phigvel officer chino Vans

I can’t see anything else topping that

Just been chatting on this Small scale maker to suit small scale comp, limited to Sufu members Methinks better if we agree on a cut and everyone has the same jeans full stop, perhaps a choice of cinch or not would enable easier consensus 😉 The easier we can make decision making from Sufu and the maker, the more likely it is to get off the ground WoM could be the way forward here...

In this day and age, I think it really ould only be suitable with a small maker. Sufu is not big enough anymore to get a big crowd joining. TCB said they would like to do a contest and the ones were quite big and interesting. That said a brand like Rockets, WoM, Sakura Overalls, Slash Overalls or Rebuilt would have a nicer touch and would give those small makers some more time on the denim stage. I could contact WoM and ask if he would be interested (if he hasn't already read the forum by now ). The only fear: for the "n" numbers of possible participants we will have "n+1" preferred versions of the jeans

A bit late here, I haven't worn these in quite some time (which is evident from the fold creases). Not sure why I stopped wearing them honestly.

I like either wom/pizza and multi-maker '42 options [cos I luv a cinch]... ... 40s cut allows many participants and wondering what we get with eu maker with less focus on the fabric, more emphasis on the cut / pattern...

I don't think that would be bad, as long as variation was pretty much limited to fit. For instance, a straight leg model, and a more relaxed straight leg model for thicker folks. But you'd want the details, denim, and so on to be the same. Very true. The problem is that since the mid-late 2000s SuFu heyday, internet forums as a basis for hobby communities have basically died, and it's relatively old-timers (generally born in the 1980s or earlier), whose formative Internet experience predates the 2005-2009 social media boom, who continue to use them. I think this is a real shame as forum-based communities make it far easier to build a useful reference base of knowledge and continuity than their vastly-inferior corporate replacements such as Reddit and Discord, which emphasize flash-in-the-pan novelty and convenience over substance.

I have a pair of Rockets, they're nice but I haven't worn them much yet as I've been focusing on other pairs. The rise is a little lower than I'd prefer. I'd be interested in Slash, Rebuilt and WoM.

Cheap hat Fringed suede vest Manga Batman T Old belt MF Laredo boots

Flairs are a no-no, we want straight legs.

^ Nothing topping it at all? I think some pepperoni would make for a nice flair

WOM jeans with pizza arcs and I’m in. Not so much as a competitor but I told y’all I want those pizza arcs. Minority here but I’d probably prefer a 50’s cut.

Don't forget the old RoyxCone contest back in 2010. Classic!

Ok I take this all back. Rockets would actually be the best for a contest. Anyone interested in a '46 model? Just throwing ideas out there, this doesn't actually exist (yet) https://www.instagram.com/rockets_toyota/

The best contests are, for sure, the ones in which everyone wears the same jeans. There seems to be a subset of denim brands in a particular geographical location that design their denim to be exceptionally fast faders. I wonder if this encourages more people to buy said brands during these yearly anything-goes contests at the expense of longevity. Being in the IIY4, I have seen many pairs and thought how? I mean, I don't lose sleep over it. I keep plodding along, and, in the end, it's the eye of the beholder when it comes to judging. I'm not in it for the prizes; having an end goal with only one pair is just fun (especially when you have another four or five in rotation and six or seven unworn pairs sitting in your wardrobe, oops). The worst-case scenario is that I have a pretty nicely faded pair with a white tee that looks great, already. But in saying that, a one-year competition creates an almost daily anxiety about wearing the same pair for most of the day, every day. Eighteen months always felt like the sweet spot; you could change it up and not feel like you were missing some "fadez."

+1 to what @aho said, I feel like the old school sufu style contests are sadly dead and gone. I'd love one last hurrah from some smaller brand (or FW ) to partner with a contest but I just don't think there's much benefit to them unfortunately. I'd kill for another OA contest!

Unfortunately gone are the days where it was about sharing an experience and daily lifestyles with a small(er) community while all wearing the same pair. I'd still love to participate in a sufu-style "contest" because I enjoy the camaraderie and seeing the variety of how a specific fabric/cut can evolve, but I think largely the retailers and brands who used to participate no longer have interest in doing so, and we probably couldn't get enough people on sufu alone to justify a smaller production run like ~30 pairs. Happy to join if anyone can prove otherwise!

Oh really... I thought unboxing was taking over from boxing

Agreed, not everyone is the same shape or likes the same fit. I always thought a good contest would’ve been an SDA 10* one where the participants could choose a fit from say 101, 103 or 106 (wide -> slim). I’ve excluded the less common models such as 102, etc for simplicity.

The more I think about this the more I think it's a really wonderful idea.. Word Of Mouth or Rockets would work but I'm keen on Word Of Mouth purely for the Euro build factor, though I get it if the one man setup couldn't do a 30+ pair run all at once. Unsure what the deal is with Rockets (company size / staff numbers etc) but they look great too. I'm actually in the process of trying to select one or two of my current pairs for a year or so run (an arcuate pair and a plain pocket pair, as daft as that sounds) just to get some real wear out of some of my jeans, but doing something like this would be right up my street right now - I'm really into the idea of real utility of things, and making do with the fewest things, using them purposefully, and seeing things evolve. I realise collecting repro denim and all the accoutrements is almost entirely antithetical to that but like any hobby or obsession it's just a bit odd innit. Like I say I've been repeatedly browsing the contest threads from over the years on here and I have a keen interest in getting involved in one!

Word of Mouth worth considering... perchance a 30s cut (repeat of rpo above! catching up)

AA Crack ‘Outback’ leather, nickel plated steel hardware, glass jewels and a wee bit of calfskin I needed to aniline dye orange

Ultra rare hatless fit Union Special + loquat, Roy, Birks

Sorry for the long silence- personal and work life have been extremely busy. Reopening the Stores is going to be later than I'd hoped, aiming for end of September but it may spill over into early October. However, AW24 production is coming through nicely, and going to be a really good one. I'm in the UK at the moment taking care of that, and tidying up some personal things. An early customer, Steven Ramm, contacted me recently about finding a new pair of 129s to replace the pair that he bought a decade ago. He's now the owner of some Mars Black dyed ones, here are his 10 year old logwoods: "I have a new digital back for my Hasselblad 500 c/m and this was its first outing, so I was just getting to grips with it. Maybe that's why the shot of the front of the jeans isn't sharp! Not really sure how that happened!" The front shot's my favourite 🙂

Wickett & Craig skirting and nickel plated buckle

Post wash, almost 3 years on both pieces. Jacket has gone through a couple of repairs through self edge and the jeans surprisingly have held up really well.

It's very rare that I find a pair of jeans chainstitched to my exact inseam but these MF are my personal pot o gold. Vtg denim RR cap Batman 251 Tee Vtg painted leather belt Turquoise and Coral blanket pin New to me Mister Freedom Outlaw in Cone Western work boots w/ rope embroidery

Great Lakes / The Flat Head / Cane’s / White’s

Rockets look great. On the WW model, at least, they come in with much lower front and back rises that other repro brands such as FW, Connors which is a consideration.

I’d do a Rockets ‘46 contest

Or...Word of Mouth, long live PIZZA!

OA and FW are exactly what I had in mind 😂 But I know at least with OA, S&S said they're not into the consumerism of it all (so likely wouldn't sponsor again), and OA are too busy with their normal production. Someone even smaller like https://www.instagram.com/nuu_4862_/ or an OG like Double Volante would be interesting too

@OutSider I think the recent Super Denim Collectibles models have it in the right pocket, in stead—and a number of older models, particularly Lee and Wrangler repros, had them in their back pockets

To be completely fair...there are elements of this that I like - not necessarily the look itself but the commitment to it.

Ridiculously expensive for what they really are but l guess as long as peeps keep buying them....

Thank you @vIGGiou riou. Pants are 1942, bought them 2009 or 2010. Like all my pants it’s full of ink splatters. On jeans I don’t mind it. But on these I didn’t like it. So decided to draw a anchor pattern on them. To pull the attention away. A t least 8 yrs ago allready, start to wear off . But I still enjoy wearing them. Kinda a vintage pair. I peeled off the Carhartt patch from the jacket. One day I realized I was wearing a bib, sweater, hat, and vest all Carhartt. A bit to much branding for my taste. So off the came

Simone knows how to use his Union Special

Warehouse 2002XX (with a nod to @Kit Carruthers for that, cheers!) Toys McCoy Warehouse Asahi

Dinner with the fam’. Star of Hollywood & FW

We just happened to turn down the right street and was wondering what people were looking at. On my way to Son of a Stag no less.

Another wash on my home/lounging pants. Really love the blue on these, I should wear them more. The buttons started out all black and have patinated over time. Despite the lack of wear, they fade super fast, fastest of any Cone fabric I’ve experienced.

Did an overnighter gravel event. A bit of rain and a lot of mud. last picture, same but different

Workers 801 Probably a year or so of wear,with a ton of washes.