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My buddy sent his old jeans to Tender and they're wiiiiiild https://www.instagram.com/p/DA6o7wUvlXV/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

CSF / At Last / Tezomeya / @Duke Mantee / Viberg / Rototo not visible

Shame there's no translation with it but l certainly get the gist. I always thought there was some major battles going on between Lee and Levis during the 1930s and 40s and l always thought that the levis Type 2 was a quickly cobbled together response to Lee's more stylish looking 101-J Riders jacket. Mind you, the 101-J Cowboy jacket of the late 1920s up until the end of WW2 was almost a direct copy of the Type 1 as it wasn't a patented design, whereas the New Lee Riders jacket was! Plus the denim used to make Lee products was sanforized whereas Levis was STF, so the Riders 101-J could be more body hugging and looked more stylish than the outdated pleated styles that had gone before. Here are some snaps of another early 101-J Riders (c.1945) with the older stock Cowboy buttons. Luckily this one is a rare unwashed example which still has the Patent pending label present. First time l've seen one (thanks to Arakawavintage) All this, then in 1959 Lee brought out its Westerner range with colourfull vat-dyed jackets and matching trousers whereas Levis had to wait for the Type 3's release in 1961 before it could do the same. As a side note, l recently discovered that the Type 3's designer was Jack Lucier, son of red tab inventor Chris Lucier.

Back to the standard weather Great Lakes x2 / Tender Co. / Tezomeya / Hollows / Cane’s / Russell

Rgt/pigeontree /buzz Ricksons / brother bridge

Finally got the chance to check out their store in Paris and left with a pair of LR01s. Really cool spot for any denim fan and Arthur (the owner) is very nice and knowledgeable about anything jeans related. Their shop is like a little workshop filled with vintage machines and faded pairs of their jeans and jackets on display, it would be easy to stay there for quite some time..

Rrl/whitesville/samurai/nb

Ebbets // Ring Coat // No. 5 // Viberg x Iron Heart

Still works Carl! https://i.imgur.com/KZtGJ4w.mp4 https://i.imgur.com/D0v0ATu.mp4

All on Marrkt now https://www.marrkt.com/collections/duke_mantee-freewheelers-and-co-collector-sale

@vlad_III continuing on from the conversation in the denim blunders thread about Freewheelers jeans with arcs, here are my pre-2009 (l think?) 1947ish Bootleggers 601xx. They were part of a worldwide tour that Duke kindly organised back in 2016. They were gifted to me after tour ended and l have worn them infrequently ever since, only gently washing once. One of my favourite all time repros for sure. I've tried to snap a few pics to give the feel of them, detail-wise. They are constructed with many different gauges of thread, and at least two colours of thread overall: yellow and orange, with the arcs and beltloops being dual colours or 'rainbow stitch' as it's sometimes called. The leather patch is fragile and probably won't last too much longer but still readable. The tab is still intact but very curled, with BOOTLEG clearly in white.The coin pocket rivets were removed by me back in 2016 and the remaining pocket rivets were hammered by someone else, although whom l cannot remember now. Edit - Sufu Ai doing its best to scew up my photo orientation as usual ffs

Don't remember if I ever posted these.... Montgomery Ward 1939 (not the 1939S) that I mentioned a couple of posts ago. I had a really crass repair done by a dry cleaner on the crotch blowout, but years later, way after I - eh hem - grew out of them - I had them repaired by Zip and co at Denim Doctors in Los Angeles. Terrible repair experience and the outcome was just okay. Long story...

nah, I did undo the cinch though

@Dr_Heech Open the page on YT Click Settings instead of CC Click Subtitles Click Japanese Auto Generated Click Subtitles again Click Auto Translate Choose language Hey Presto!

You can't, it's probably just a patch repair. In my experience, people just tend not to exercise much critical thinking when they need help. People often email the team during the busiest periods (drop cycles or during collaborations) and then just wait interminably. As for declining service, this is only really the case when they literally cannot do anything about it, and often offer to pay for whatever repairs from a specialist might cost. For example, if you quote them the cost of your 3rd party repair (assuming it's gore-approved), they will likely pay for the invoice. I've emailed them on multiple occasions, both outside of drop cycles & during, and send follow-ups, at most, 2 days later, and I've never had an issue. You have to keep in mind that the one person checking repair & shop emails is likely the same person doing all of the back of house, which means they're the ones taking care of all the stock, all the orders, all the returns etc. Just keep following up.

LazyS, Does that thing agitate, or is it just a soaker & mangle(wringer)?

https://www.instagram.com/p/DA7KLbfTXJW/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

That was less than half … but no I’ve not kept much (a couple of pieces only)

He’s never enjoyed a Glesga’ kiss 😂

Beautiful pair. here they are in 2016

nick’s builder pro

Ooe, local farm sweat, De Bonne Facture, Tender. sorry about the backlight/underexposure. too lazy to faff with it.

FC FW vest RMC sweat RMC T Denime 220A John Lofgren

And the repair work. I paid $250 for these small repairs - along with a hem and chainstich hahahaha. And it took about four visits to Denim Doctors and about 4 weeks instead of the 3-4 days that I was quoted.

Did you take them out before using the mangle?

@LazyS 37s looking spot on, really nice... what have you been carrying in your right pocket?

Probably stopped posting then to get on with designing that patch for his jeans 😂

I'm a 40 for the jackets. And it's been quite tough to see these things go by =( But I'm at a one in/one out stage these days and am quite content with what I've got. Still, I might buckle on something eventually. Just have to figure out what it would replace first...

He used to be a contributing member of sufu .. remember them days?

@Duke Mantee wow brother. So many ace pieces

… another beautiful pair 😂

My very small and humble Evisu jeans collection. And my beloved No. 1 Specials from 15 years ago. See you guys next year.

€540 for some lot 333 green label repros?!: https://www.levi.com/SI/en/clothing/men/jeans/straight/levis-vintage-clothing-1910s-lot-333-jeans/p/000P60000

Here we go. SC1966 New pair (34x 34) vs old pair (33 x 34). Same tags and both should be one washed (even though the seller said raw for the new pair).

Freshly cleaned, conditioned, and lightly polished. Left the soles alone. A member of another group confirmed he received this exact make up for Christmas 1962 and they were in fact ACME. Cowboy boots with Phoenix overlay and inlays, double soles, and weird heels. Sorry for the photo dump. New camera phone is spectacular.

Crazy hot out, here, for the past week Great Lakes / The Rite Stuff / Hollows / Sassafras / Russell

Wild fade comin in on the 1922! From where my jacket covers the top of my jeans while working! Amazing

This is two years of wear and it just same apart on the shoulders. After two years of pretty frequent wear I think that’s OK.

Rare night out without the little one Kamakura madras @Duke Mantee Resolute Sanders Wife on the camera, she's had a wine or 2

Standing awkwardly around building materials, praying the weather holds while the loft conversion takes place. MF, Blackhorse Lane Ateliers shirt, more MF. New shirt from a London based company Blackhorse Lane Ateliers, feels thicker then other chambray shirts I own and still crispy.

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 🙂

Hello all would anyone be able to give me any info on this older chambray popover which I think was purchased from cultzim a few years ago?

Just got a dead-stock pair of 1954ZXX, the date on the tag is 4309, so assuming 2009 Just a couple of things are throwing me off, first is the 1996 date on the flasher The back of the waist button is blank No pocket bag print Everything else checks out on them and they smell old Thoughts anyone, or does anyone still have a pair from this period to compare with mine?

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.

SF10484 (above) were getting pretty thoroughly washed out, dipped them in a bath of coreopsis + iron for a new life Also shown: Union Special short sleeved linen Western dyed with loquat leaves