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  1. Washed the WWII jeans last weekend, probably going to stash them away for a bit ahead of the WoM contest. I've really enjoyed wearing this pair so far, might be my all time favorite cut from OA.
    12 points
  2. 15/16 yr old redwing Beckman 9012. could be the most expensive pair of redwings. bought them from the us. Shipping and vat. worn them for a few yrs, than send them of to Tokyo, brass, to get them resoled. Shipping two way, tax, and the resole. Can’t find pictures of the resole. On paper I wanted it in real life it wasn’t the best choice. Double leather sole, half vibrant sole. Still worn them for a few more yrs. Than had them locally resoled to how they are now, ad another 100 euro. i wear them mostly now in my workshop and when there is snow, like today
    11 points
  3. The '51 does yield some nice fades, posting some various shots from Hoosier.
    9 points
  4. This dude also wears '51's (and also actual WWII vintage) and makes me want a pair every time I see them: https://www.instagram.com/p/C7L5_wCvOq3/ https://www.instagram.com/p/C5x21XMPt6O/?img_index=3 https://www.instagram.com/p/C-coP4SPa_u/?img_index=1
    5 points
  5. YMMV but I've never liked a denim more over time than the '51 denim. I think one reason I like it the most is it's been sort of the most subtly rewarding pair. It doesn't fade to electric blue, the beginning fades take awhile and are really hard to tell - the creases never set in too much, combs are not where this denim shines. But over time the fades come in and the puckering throughout is the best I've ever seen. Not to mention it is the most tough and durable denim I've had out of any repro pair - probably due to the same reasons it doesn't give great combs. It's tough but pliable. I have the other denim in my S516 jacket and I like it too, but it actually feels a little less unique to me. We'll see how I feel about it in jeans - mine are in storage and with the WOM contest coming up I think I won't even know until well into the latter half of this decade, if I can keep my size haha.
    4 points
  6. We were sat in the dentist waiting room yesterday and Whitney came on the radio, Sarah said “I used to love this album when I was a kid” I said “this was the first track on Now That’s What I Call Music 1987” Kid was shaking his head and said “your music knowledge is ridiculous, I can ask you anything re- 90s rap.. yet you still know the track list from Now87”
    4 points
  7. 4 points
  8. The '51 cut suits you well b_F, I swear one of these days I'll get around to trying out the core '47 and '51. But it just gets more and more difficult when they keep releasing seasonal pairs. (collection previews from Komori-san's IG)
    4 points
  9. These are my momotaro 0405-v 15.7oz no battle stripe and exactly how I like it. this pair is a size 33W my more relaxed pair. I also have the exact pair in a 32W which still fit but a bit more snug in the waist. One tip I will give anyone with momotaro is the waist barely stretch more than 1cm and that’s pushing it. If u are stuck between two size go for the bigger one. As u can always wear a belt if needed. I soaked these once before wearing as u can still keep the rigid feeling without walking around in stiff cardboard feel. i am just below 5 10 and weigh 12.5 stones
    3 points
  10. I’m sure they still have all the ‘Now That’s What I Call Music’ series on UK Discogs Neal.
    3 points
  11. A couple of lovely outfits from an old friend of the brand, with an octave mandolin, in his 916 1-1/2 breasted Common Coat in Khaki dyed Herdwick Check Casement and 122 hadal brown Pleat Back Trousers in corresponding Herdwick Stripe Casement. Then below with a Weaver's Stock shirt home-dyed green and an 886 Stock in Barge Blue Flannel. I love how the herdwick yarn pulls the cotton casement in after dyeing, giving a quilted effect.
    3 points
  12. Had some photos taken by John Watson of the Radavist of some of my bikes while wearing my DD-1004XX. Side note, I'm still on the look out for hand me down denim for my son...
    3 points
  13. My OA01XX's bring a tear to my eye it's been so long since their last wash, so strong is their scent...I'll be sure to post them prior to storage (and of course a much needed wash) before the WoMcon!
    2 points
  14. https://buyee.jp/mercari/item/m59255232213 Pretty decent deal on these 7 year old jeans. They are showing up as 10% off for me + there is a 4000 yen off coupon on buyee that you can apply. If these were a 31 I'd grab them!
    2 points
  15. I can see why! I thought found this 'one' jeans before. But then sometimes tastes change. Or something else happened 😅 Edit: I'd like to add that also a body can change...
    2 points
  16. @Maynard Friedman after all these years mate... it's so good to see the real you ^... with a big beaming smile too 😊
    2 points
  17. @indigoeagle kinda made my buying this pair. And I'm not even mad about it. 601XX 1951 in W34. Same size as the 1947 I tried but wasn't so happy with the fit. These 1951 have a lower back rise and overall slimmer top block which I prefer (especially the lower rise). With the upcoming Word of Mouth contest these will see less wear but they are also a reason I listed some of my too slim fitting Denime jeans (221, 224 and 66) for sale.
    2 points
  18. Cleaned up my trusty Rag & Bone Indy clones. Did a little digging and found that Grenson had a factory in Brooklyn around the time these were made and along with a few other clues it seems my long running mystery of who made these amazing boots is finally solved.
    2 points
  19. You mean "WoMBat" @aho? [Word of Mouth Battle]
    1 point
  20. That’s funny, I feel pretty much the opposite. The S601XX are close to perfect jeans, for me. They fit dead on just like the R01, and like the R01 they’re made to extremely high standards with top notch materials. That’s great, because if I could just keep wearing R01s forever I probably would. The only issue is that the S601XX denim is too artificially slubby & too fast fading & doesn’t seem to rope and pucker as well as the standard 601XX denim, so I’m stuck having to go back and forth between these and my ‘51s.
    1 point
  21. Think I’ll get my transition detailed pair from Simone/ WOM after I’m jealous of all the pairs about to show up in that thread. Really like these details. My 47’s have become fast favorites now the 56’s have been semi retired. Never wore the 51’s but do like the cut.
    1 point
  22. They look like a repro of the WWII pair #24 from the 501 book.
    1 point
  23. That's a nice price on a rare pair!!!
    1 point
  24. I think I have all that digitally. Sadly no more CD ripper 😭 Its been at least a decade since I've had physical media
    1 point
  25. Thanks @CSL i'll send you some links over the weekend I'll check his credentials @fabes if it turns out he's merely a kind Englishman.. i'll be in touch Cheers guys!
    1 point
  26. I’m also down for this assignment if CSL is preoccupied.
    1 point
  27. 1 point
  28. Ha, me too. But I didn’t feel like that about them when they were new - it took time. It’s a little nostalgic for me - they’re the closest fit to the jeans I wore for many years that - usually different skate brands that I found on bargain racks and I think maybe just the best general sort of cut for me. In this way they’re just the best version of the thing I’ve worn for most of my life whereas most repros are a little different. But, I still want to try the 47s! (Of course)
    1 point
  29. They'll run out of jeans to repro... eventually!!!
    1 point
  30. Ah, the latter half 1942s with the crotch rivet and the denim pocket bags.
    1 point
  31. Not sure if this is appropriate but a heads up that James Dant has 20% off most things with code SECRETSALE24 including some lesser seen in the U.S. Warehouse pieces. I've been wanting the Lot 2202 hunting jacket for quite some time and 20% off with no tax to California pushed me over the edge.
    1 point
  32. '51 have become my favorite of any jeans I've owned since I got into this whole mess years ago. If I could only keep one pair it would be them.
    1 point
  33. Happy with the shrinkage. They are very stiff at the moment so look a bit weird but I believe they soften up quickly from what I've read here. I washed at 40 low spin but think I should get some more shrinkage in leg next wash. Waist is perfect. These feel like cardboard right now compared to my fullcounts
    1 point
  34. Kamakura Cushman ~25 layers of undergarments keeping the cold out!!! Denime 220XX-47 Alden
    1 point
  35. Stunning photos! and jeans are looking beautiful. I got bitten by a big dog once (not sure what kind), hurt like hell and drew blood but just kind of mangled the fabric, didn't make as nice of a tear as yours. I hope you've recovered well. It's been a long time since some in depth factory photos, here's some from a woollen spinning factory, in preparation for the yarn that went into AW24 Tacuinum Pullovers and Cardigans, and Paper Boat hats. These photos are of "woollen" spinning, as opposed to "worsted" spinning. Worsted spinning is a more refined process where the fibres are made to lie more smoothly, and is typically used for worsted suit fabrics, where as woollen spinning (two Ls!) gives a fluffier yarn more normally used for knitwear or coarser tweed woven fabrics. For these Shetland-type yarns a slightly uneven colour is preferable, so a blend of different coloured fibres are used. The wool fibre is dyed under pressure, which could also damage finished yarn, so it's better to do the dyeing right at the beginning. The yarn designer has a library of colours: what was going through during my visit was a greenish tweed yarn with flecks of other colours. Even though the yarn will end up looking pretty classic, seeing the fibre mix is an eyeopener: The yarn is all mixed together in a big barrow, so that the colours are randomly dispersed. They're then fed up into the long carding process: the wool fluff is pulled through a succession of spiked rollers, in a stream, and as they go through the fibres start to lay inline with each other: until eventually the stream of fibre has enough body to be pulled off the carding rollers into a sort of loose scarf called a sliver: here's a closeup: the sliver gets pulled around a corner and flattened out again, which continues to straighten the fibres through another length of the room, until it's ready to be separated, like this: the stream of fibres is run through slightly tacky, static-charged rubber belts, which pull between sharply defined metal grooves, cutting the stream into ~1" wide sections. In the picture above, my guide has pulled out on of these sections- you can see that it's only barely holding together. however: Spinning itself will happen later. For now the narrow slivers are gently wound up onto cones, so that they can be put into the spinning process. Here are a couple more pictures- at this stage what looks like yarn is still just sliver under very slight tension. The brown rollers are also slightly tacky, which helps everything move through, but these run quite slow and at very carefully controlled tension to avoid snapping. At this point we'll switch over to a blend of natural undyed British wool, which is actually much closer to what I ended up using, but is less dramatic in the blending: these wrapped slivers are moved over into the spinning room, where they are set up over vertical spinning cones, to put twist into the slivers, under a higher tension, and create usable yarn: this is ringspun yarn, and that little loop in the wire over the pink cone top is the ring which the yarn is spun through, bouncing it around and giving it surface character. Now I'd originally enquired about spinning a blended natural grey with a blended blue- these yarns with this result: But while it's a beautiful thing it seemed a bit anticlimactic and subdued, so in the end I made a 2-ply yarn combined of a pure bright colour and a pure natural colour. Here are the results:
    1 point
  36. https://freewheelers.co.jp/about/brand/great_lakes.html This is (briefly) what the Great Lakes sub brand is about. It’s a fairly wide ranging idea, but if you dig a little you’ll start to understand the concepts and even the garment construction which is often quite different (this is something each sub brand will demonstrate).
    1 point
  37. Had a similar situation, I booked a campsite for two nights I thought. My boy and I on our annual biketrip. came back from a day out, there was a big ass tent squeezed on “our” spot. i was like I don’t care , but the big ass tent family were waving their booking. so when they didn’t pay attention I checked my reservation. Turns out I made a wrong booking. put the tail between my legs and moved our tent. me and my boy swapped clothes , to try and confuse Mrs smooth sailor. his oversized clothing fit me fine. my clothes fit him better than on me. next generation their turn
    1 point
  38. 504xx arrived and fit is spot on for me in a 40. paired with the 1927 type 1 and 1922 jeans
    1 point
  39. I don’t wear these 1947 jeans as much anymore but they’re looking great. I’ve the last round of repairs on the fabric and stitching fixes, i leave them as only occasional wear so they don’t get too messed up.
    1 point
  40. My 1001 in need of some repairs
    1 point
  41. S1001XX banner denim. Repaired all over
    1 point
  42. Carhartt wip, vintage aran, old canes, red wings
    1 point
  43. Vintage tee, missing tag so no clue on brand DIY jeans Vans Crocketts
    1 point
  44. Pardon the double post but this is indeed a combination of Nice Things and WAYWT. FW '22 jacket, Jackman, Ooe 01's, Quoddy. (and a Wilde Supertramp)
    1 point


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