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Still loving my Midnight 16 oz ranch blouse. The perfect denim jacket for me.

1942 Levis 501xx showing how beautiful the war denim is when faded, and the arcs look just like the pocket design on my FW1942's 😁 Pics via Berberjin

Laughed out loud seeing I have the widest waist and shortest hem of all the contest pairs 😂 Looking forward to it! Also big shout out to everyone involved, I can't believe how quick we turned this around, it's like an unheard of sufu miracle! As far as what I'm aiming for, the 1942's (albeit cinchback version) at the 36:15 mark should just about do it (not to mention two grail status to me 1946 pairs before it): And I'll continue to wear my Ooe OA01XX and FC 1101's until contest start! Will be fun to do a side to side next to my WOMCON jeans raw

I've tried to multi-quote this from the vintage thread and failed miserably.. so @AlientoyWorkmachine Regarding Denimbro.. I'll try and nutshell this mo-fo I think the catalyst for the downfall became apparent years earlier when there was a Denimbruin event. To mark the occasion there was going to be a special run of Roy's available for DB members, the anticipation was palpable.. folks couldn't fkin wait.. i think there was going to be 30x pairs or sumat.. Roy only managed to get around 6 pairs made, but instead of distributing them fairly amongst the forum via a raffle or first come first served, they went to friends of the DB hierarchy most of whom having not contributed fk all to the forum for years.. @shredwin_206 called them out over this.. i remember Mr R saying the fallout soured his relationship with Roy and he stepped back for a while, i don't think this was malicious or intentional.. the situation was just very poorly managed... a management style which came back to haunt us years later. A couple of years on and the forum was getting close to maxing out it's allotted server space or some technobollocks.. we all contributed £20 or so to buy a few more boxes to put our pixels in and keep the old ship afloat.. at this time it was still quite buoyant and sufu had slowed to a crawl.. there was zero transparency in the financial transaction, we just trusted the money was going to prolong the life of the forum, i'm in no doubt that it did and i fully expected having to put my hand in my pocket again in 12mths time to buy more space.. Mr R became a bit more active for a short period thereafter which was nice to see.. Time passed and most of the OGs had all but disappeared.. i was always trying to push back against what i saw as fake lifestyle BS.. what would become Influencers / denim-bloggers / Instagram culture in the years following .. poor old Doc_H was left as lone mod to keep our outrageous egos in check with next to zero mod-powers... a helluva lot of weird shit happened, which i could write a book about but isn't really relevant to the story so incredible as it is, i won't bore you with it. The end came when the server maxed out again.. the mod-gods had been absent for quite some time but instead of saying "it's that time of year again folks.. we need some $$$s to keep the forum alive" they just started deleting threads.. as @julian-wolf alluded to.. there was never any consideration taken.. it was just blind panic.. the threads which hadn't been updated for the longest period (the sub-forums) were deleted first.. years of denim history and painstaking, academic-esque research gone at the click of a mouse, we'd put a lot of our time and effort into building this and they didn't even give us a heads up if we wanted to back up our own shit.. it was just management meltdown.. There was talk of rebuilding, most of us were prepared to contribute but i wanted them to hand over the keys to the forum to someone we could trust.. i always thought @CSL was a safe pair of hands (Hi Carl) but no, they wouldn't hand over the reigns, so we migrated back here and it was left to die.. we did have one last push to save the old place.. i set up a email group chat.. it was me, Ooms, Julian, Flash, Maynard, Bartles, b_F, Duke.. a motley crew if there ever was one.., we contributed more to this group chat over a few short months than we'd contributed to the forums in years .. thanks lads, i'll love you always for that. I've got no hard feelings, i never thought Mr R was a bad guy, he would send me postcards out of the blue from his holiday destinations which i've kept, he annoyed the shit out of me at times and i'm sure as hell i annoyed the shit out of him.. the only sadness i feel is for the loss of information, the slice of our denim history gone and it could have been so easily saved.. A forum member T-Bone Slim recovered the M-Series thread for me from the upside down, which i posted here, for that i'll always be grateful.. most were not so lucky. The weird shit, of which there was much.. @Duke Mantee .. having single handedly built the Freewheelers thread from the ground up (like the gifted architect he is) got banned from the forum for.. if i remember rightly 'having an agenda' ? Nope, still doesn't make much sense.. @beautiful_FrEaK was comfort eating throughout Even years later.. i hadn't contributed to DB for quite some time.. lockdown happened during a denim tour.. it was Foxy's turn with the jeans, but this was 2020, the world had changed, Foxy had left his job in Moscow, he and his wife drove across Europe from Berlin to his house on the Isle of Eigg before the borders closed.. i've stayed at Foxy's house, it's fkin miles from the post office, the post is collected weekly by ferry to take it to the mainland, I doubt the ferry was even running, he'd relocating his entire life, lets cut him some slack, but No! .. the DB hierarchy thought this was somehow my doing..@Maynard Friedman tried to step in as the voice of reasonbut they still thought Foxy and I were trying to sabotage the tour because i was still grouchy over what happened.. as i say, fkin bizzarre but that's just Denimbro in a nutshell. ..the jeans turned up sometime later and no apologies were ever made.. The End..

Recent purchase… 2000 cut, no. 2

1947s FTW

Great Lakes / Tender Co. / Joe McCoy’s / Freenote / Duke / The Vanishing West / Frank’s

@shredwin_206 I'll try to dig up some of my photos. I've seen quite a few with bottom not buttoned. And usually they have the very top buttoned. Just the opposite of what I find comfortable. So, I've dug thru a ton of my saved photos. It seems the unbuttoning of the bottom or just buttoning the top was mainly (not always) a early thing. Mostly seen in late 1800s/early 1900s mining and workers photos. This is just my observation. And the majority of the photos it is being done with the gingham "blouse", more so, than the duck and denim jackets. Again, this is just what I'm seeing. I'm curious as to why one would do this. Especially the buttoning of just the top button. I'm guessing on the gingham blouses/jackets, you would unbutton to alleviate the chance of popping the stitches and losing the button(s). The gingham being a lighter duty fabric than duck/denim. For any of the fabrics, my guess on unbuttoning the bottom is for comfort while sitting on a horse or in a buggy. Just my thoughts.

OK folks... a follow up as we have a ‘deadline’ to finalise choices by 14th September. Thanks to everyone who has provided details already For action please (all contestants) Can @beautiful_FrEaK @MJF9 @fabes @81611 @srudy @bartlebyyphonics @theguywhoknewthatguy @volvo240thebest @dudewuttheheck @CSL finalise their details please (the yellow bits on the attached spreadsheet). Please DM me as stuff gets lost in the thread. Any missing requirements will be defaulted to 28 waist, with 28 cm inside leg 😉 Can those who have already provided their requirements (status of green) check the table is correct for them. Belt and braces brought safety to John Wayne and so we’ll use them here. If it’s correct, just rep the post please. Any errors, DM me and @beautiful_FrEaK please If anyone has any issues, please let me know. Thanks all... nearly there

Denime '37 / Freewheelers '37 / Rototo / Big Yank Anatomica / Bronson / @Duke Mantee / Russell Moccasin

plus: tcb 1890s tux again with fleabayed russel moccasin monsters and an approximate b_F pose… (suspenders change the drape considerably…)

Cool sunlight fade on this turmeric dyed cardigan. Hard to get my phone camera not to smooth out the contrast, I pushed the saturation to better represent how it looks in person. Inside vs outside Armpit Inside the pocket.

Quick patch on my mountain biking shorts. Realized I wore a hole between the saddle and my sit bones. Quick patch with some ripstop scrap. Took all of like 10 minutes. Caught it just in time because my brother and I are leaving in the morning for a race and I wouldn't be able to patch em at the campsite.

After @beautiful_FrEaK newest purchase, had to give the SC 1947s a spin for the day. Another 1” lopped off on these for the 311 is what I’m going for although these are a little wider.

I would gamble that they were going for a look. I worked blue collar for 10 years before I went white collar. Everyone wore double knee carhartts and extra tuffs but we were very stylish. All of the most stylish guys I've known were from that time in my life. Something about truly collaborative work, being part of a team brings it out in guys. Just a hunch from me but I bet that's never changed. When guys get together we like to dress.

Bought this for my son. He wanted a sherpa levis jacket for a while, after being introduced to the type 3 as a boy, but had to have lower pockets/hand warmers. Got a nice clean example in a mid blue with some crocking on sleeves starting. Looks like 527 factory code (another EL Paso plant??) and manufactured in February 1988. Got it for a reasonable price but after postage and duties it felt like l'd bought it from a vintage shop, although it still came in under 100 quid which not bad l suppose. Anyway it fits me comfortably over a tee so there's always that option if he gets bored of it 😁

Agreeing with @Broark; Haven't gotten around to breaking my pair in yet, but I know they'll produce some amazing results. Making good progress with a pair of Ooe's however, and have been prioritizing them in the meantime

Had to give my 1947s a wear today.

@yung_flynn I haven't put much wear into mine yet, but agreed that their faded samples look great. I always see them and think about wearing them, but I've been trying to stay more focused to one pair at a time lately.

Green Wickett & Craig bridle overdyed black, antique brass hardware, 2 types of snakeskin, 2 types of gemstone (Tiger Eye and Amber), 4 types of studwork styles, 20 something hours of drawing work and more than that in build time …

I feel attacked. I think I have to ban you now

Another one today. My buddy blew out the buttonhole on a pair of vintage 501s. I don't usually fix shit for people unless they're family/partner and/or it's simple or seems fun. This one seemed fun so I took him up on it. I decided the best solution was to cut off that section of waistband and sew on an extension in its place. Had to unpick a belt loop too so I re-bartacked it. I'm pleased with the results!

wwii cpo/whitesville/sugarcane/rlpl boots:

WOMCON. Like it.

I’ll still be mostly wearing my S601XX and 601RB up until the contest—but, like the rest of you, not with much commitment. Recently I’ve really been enjoying Roy’s Foreman Pants, too, as well as the new black SC ‘47s. Who’s to say when there’ll be any real wear to show on any of them? Especially now that I’m working a mostly-desk job

I'm doing my best to stick to my Denime 220XX 47's until we receive our pizza jeans, though there are multiple unworn Warehouse pairs beckoning, the 0105's always giving me the eye, potential new TCB's and Shins Denime incoming. What's a man supposed to do?! On that note - do we have a rough idea on when we're going to get this started? Are we doing the winter solstice start??

I've only been hazily focused at best since May, wearing my 01's on average maybe 3-4 days a week. I made my FW 51's the main before that, and I really like where they're at right now - my OA's are only just starting to show some signs and it feels like it's been ages! Hoping they pick up steam soon... Meanwhile I acquired enough stock to last me a solid decade if I can just keep my size in check (maybe unlikely).

Three months for me to continue to work in my OA 01's as best I can so they don't go on hiatus looking too new, which they still do! Need to stop rotating in the others.

And now we (impatiently) wait for three months. Thanks y'all for organizing this, should be a good time!

Think on it. They’re some of my favorite jeans I’ve worn, and in general I’d def. recommend them, but that asking price is quite a bit above MSRP (enough so that it would prob. be a dealbreaker for me, personally, even if they were in my size)

Sorry guys.. late to the party. I've always washed my 100% rayon SunSurf shirts in the machine on a delicates cycle, bit of washing detergent, take it out after a short spin and put it on a hanger to dry, they always come out just fine.. i think i've posted about it somewhere in the midst of this thread. I was unsure for the first wash but what convinced me was the plethora of rayon shirts in the vintage shops.. most of which are in pretty good shape considering their age/material and there is no way they've always been dry cleaned with the utmost care... why would you if you're donating it?

@Alec Leamas also worth looking at the Paraboot Elevage, I have a pair they did a few years back in collaboration with Arpenteur made from a nice oiled nubuck. I wear Blundstones quite frequently but when I want to wear something a bit nicer I'll put them on, and they're noticeably cheaper than the JL chelsea boots.

Do it!

Almost want to make a thread for this, but reading through the "Most sought after denim" thread, I'm wondering what everyone's favorite pair they've ever worn in looks like? Something like a "Show your personal best/favorite faded jeans". For me it'd be my Ooe LHT Contest jeans, which I sorely need to photograph some day. How about everyone else?

Banned! Criticism of moderators will NOT be tolerated. 😆

Apparently my old pw still works 🕳️

Nice simple slim belt in Sedgwick bridle

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

Many thanks for this, those Tshirts were indeed by Dorrit Dekk, an old family friend who died in 2014, a few years after doing the drawings for me. They were based on descriptions in Jorge Luis Borges' Book of Imaginary Beings. I have the originals, and when I was packing up the studio a few weeks ago I found some of the original set of Tshirts, I'll reexamine and may get them up on the Stores when we reopen (feel free to email me if you'd like more information). Dorrit drew these particular illustrations for these Tshirts, specially, so there aren't any prints available. I also did a series of mugs, which were really nice. Here are a few photos:

Horween Cavalier, python and matte nickel hardware

not today - old fit but also coming soon fit. itsnothingknew x tiredlab supreme itsnothingknew rick

Ranger belt - skirting leather rough out on the main belt, grain side on the billets; nickel plated buckle set and sterling silver conchos

Some 16 month updates on my jeans. These are looking too faded so I will wear another pair.

Sedgwick bridle (but with the tallow buffed off this time), lambskin, hi-dome jewels and nickel plated steel hardware … a wee bit more old school

Sedgwick bridle, snake, Swarovski jewels and solid brass hardware

Walpier Buttero Rocky, veg tan suede snake, antique nickel hardware, silver antique Japanese coin and onyx

More rock n roll - heading to Germany Walpier Buttero Rocky, nickel plated hardware and rubies

Wickett & Craig skirting leather at about 10oz with one of my favourite buckle designs secured with double cap rivets The tan and the brown versions are for sale if anyone is interested - they’ll be cut to your size and finished as per the black one which has sold

And the fit.

Lot64md a few months after wash #2