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47s Color is real nice

Keeping it simple while lazing about the yard. FW sweatshirt, OA01, vans

I wore my pair a little bit more this year They're great jeans

My old LVC 1947 555 501's from the 90's worn and repaired multiple times. They were my first pair of LVC denim so trying to keep them repaired and in service.

Simple fit today. Watch cap Thrifted Sweatshirt Mister Freedom Outlaw Cone deadstock Vintage Lucchese Bias Alligator

I joined the club. Couldn't resist...

Doh! A bit too careless with my washing and drying this weekend. Wabi - sabi...

A boat load of great photos of the Marin mountain bike pioneers wearing head to toe denim, or just great 60s and 70s Levi's in this new documentary. Really recommend.

TCB / Buaisou / @Duke Mantee / Freewheelers '37 / Adidas

Not sure that this counts as iconic, but my grandfather here circa 1951.

Amazing luck at the Antique Mall while Holiday shopping. 1988-1992 Made in El Paso Lucchese Bias Cut Alligator (and goat?) Cowboy boots. Found in a pile of old saddles and cowboy crap. Some deep creases but no cracks. Brand new soles. Cleaned up nicely with a coat of Venetian and Saphir.

A lot of that^^ Wende Cragg docu is taken from Klunkers the Billy Savage film from 15yrs previous.. It's focuses less on Wende but it's the same crew / story.. almost word for word You can buy the DVD for £40.. or watch it for nowt here.. https://vk.com/video-64941521_167503531 It's a much deeper dive into the culture

1927 Freewheelers type 1 1937 Freewheelers jeans

John Gluckow Companion The rest - vintage

I'm glad we're not a nation of crazy gun nuts.. i'd have more holes than a colander Over here.. tresspass is a civil case, if you find an abandoned building, it's up to the owner to keep you out, if you break in / damage someone's property, that's a crime, if you climb in through an open door or window, you've done nothing wrong, if the owner doesn't want you in there, it's up to them to keep you out.. If you are taken to court, they're trying to reclaim costs for the damage you caused while breaking in.. no sign of a break in, no case.

Not sure what the best place to post this is, but I saw this cool video about hunting for vintage clothing in the southeast US. I live in this region and it's always something I've wondered about, so it was fascinating getting a bit of insight into this question. Long story short, there is probably quite a bit of vintage loot hidden away in closed stores and buildings, but compared to abandoned farm houses in Idaho or California there's a much greater risk of a pissed-off owner or neighbor shooting you for trespassing. On the other hand, I'm only about three hours away from JR's Western World, so, uh, maybe I should take a trip there sometime?!

Nonnative Phigvel Patagonia Phigvel Redwing

Surplus , cresent down, carhartt, Fullcount ss, vans

I was looking at a new photography book last week (Abandoned by Angus McKay) of properties around the highlands.. Some lovely photos https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy8900zp534o

not today but still a fit picture Jelado North Sea Clothing TCB 40's Role Club Underdogs

I left the tag on my 25th 1950s so Ill probably leave this one too. Here's a pic of the 1950s:

"The William B. Douglas party, including Navaho and Paiute Indians, celebrate their discovery of Rainbow Bridge, Utah, as they eat watermelon in Paiute Canyon, 1909. By Judd" Found this while browsing the photos in the national archives. Buddy on the far right is wearing a great outfit, he'd not look too out of place walking around in that today. Great examples of early Western wear all around. National Archives American West Photo Library

People said the whiskers on my Hermit jeans looked artificial... My hands get covered in crisp dust when I'm sitting at my gaming PC so I wipe them on my lap Seems the cheesy dust really speeds up the fades

I had the same happen with a fairly new pair of LVC 33s, when cinching them real tight. The LVC shop, despite being named Cinch, couldn’t replace it.

Just waiting on @UkeNo, @JohnM, @fabes, @aho, @bartlebyyphonics, @theguywhoknewthatguy, @volvo240thebest and @Mtvare for their approximate locations...

Kind of surprised that these haven't been posted here before, or maybe they have and the links are just dead. Kurt Cobain at the 1993 MTV Awards

Just personal opinion but I like the idea of the cinch serving it’s purpose. Certainly belt loops or suspender buttons must also be there for a reason where the use of the former seem the more ubiquitous and the latter more of a style choice (today). The cinch stands out to me though, at least in terms of how it complements the jeans as they age (a recent post in the Freewheelers thread being the perfect testament to that). In reality I don’t have a lot of personal experience with it though.

A cool pair. Of the elusive period 40-42 (or 41-42?) with that reversed yoke. A little slimmer than the 37 it seems. What denim is your CSF 41 made of?

Last few chances to stock up on Samurai before they drastically raise prices for all international sales and make it even harder to proxy stuff.

Hey, cheers, are you meaning a Warehouse interview? ✍️ Kind of a long story, but basically I was at Fullcount one day a few years back talking to Tsujita-san, and we got to talking about interviewing his 'kohai' (juniors), the Shiotani brothers. He called them on my behalf and they oddly said they were way "too shy" to do it. Tsujita-san I think was a bit surprised and apologetic. A year or so later, I contacted their 'spokesperson' (as mentioned above) about a separate TV opportunity that had come up, and did not find him to be responsive or friendly in the least. But...that was years ago, and this post got me to thinking I should just go down there and talk to them directly. That whole thing (and with so many other great denim choices here) kind of put me off the brand, but I really shouldn't have let it. I know many people connected with Warehouse now, so it's probably just a case of me asking again. I can't say I have a massive urge to do so, truth be told, but I do think they are an important brand and many people would probably love to hear the story. The products are also, obviously, very good. When the twins were just junior high kids, wild about denim, they would go into the jeans shop where Tsujita-san and Yamane-san were working to hang out and buy stuff...how's THAT for some heavy denim history all in one room?! Future Evisu, Fullcount, and Warehouse... 😅 🤯

Guessing I'm not the only one who follows 'theworkwearyears' on IG They recently posted a nice set of pics with cowboys wearing type 1 jackets.

Covering a few blunders from the above that I mentioned. Maine Mountain Moccasin: Started off originally as "New England Outerwear Co.", the brand focused on making traditional moccasin constructions boots and shoes. They eventually changed their name to be more clearly defined (I don't think they ever actually made outerwear, so funny choice to name your brand). I think things started off fine until they began offering MTO production without properly defining the expectations to their customers. People were paying 100% up front and then going months without any form of communication from the brand and a lot of people just thought their money was gone. After a few years of tomfoolery the brand eventually folded. No idea if everyone ever got their boots or not, personally I have a pair (they were RTW, never dealt with their MTO shenanigans) and they're really nice. Wish there was a brand around like this to fill the niche. Quoddy / Rancourt doesn't really do it for me, Russell and Yuketen have gone off the deep end with price increases. I promise to eventually go into detail on the Jack/Knife stuff, got a bunch of info from a very trusted source years ago but never did anything with it...but I'm off to work now. I'll track it down and see what I can post.

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2024/nov/28/feeling-blue-how-denim-built-america-in-pictures

Finally picked up a pair of all black engineer boots after years of looking around, went with the Attractions lot 444. Got these from Japan, they still had size 12 in their most recent restock so figured I'd give them a try. Initial impressions are really good, they are so much easier for me to get on and off compared to my Lofgrens. The leather is pretty thick, will try to wear these daily now that the weather has cooled off.

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.

Video showing Levis 1942 deadstock model vs 1937 and 1941 models! It also showcases a prototype for the forthcoming Sugarcane 1942 release.

More old SC-47s

I'm in a reflective mood today.. In the early to mid 90s i was living in a shithole of a bedsit and barely affording my £28/wk rent.. when it came to buying clothes, my budget wouldn't stretch to new so i just bought vintage.. In the days before the internet, i had no clue as to what i was buying other than the fact they were old Levi's and a quarter of the price of the 501s you could buy on the high street.. A couple of years passed and i started to earn a bit more £££s.. i bought a pair of 555 LVC-47s.. in retrospect, this was probably the first time it occured to me that the vintage Levi's i'd been buying previously could be from different eras (ikr? .. you internet kids don't know you're born) around 2003 i bought another pair of LVC and wanted to get them hemmed.. back then I didn't know what a Union Special was, all i knew was i wanted the hem to be the same as the existing hem.. ie- 'not single stitch' .. i took them to a laundrette who did alterations but they said they couldn't do it.. i would have to find someone with a machine that could chainstitch.. i went down to Ted Williams.. a proper old boys tailor on London Rd who said he could chainstitch but it wouldn't look exactly the same because the hem was done with a chainstitching machine rather than a sewing machine with a chainstitch setting.. plus he didn't think his needles would be strong enough to penetrate the layers of denim.. more confused than ever, i found myself down a gennel and up a rickety fire escape to Terrace Tailors on a Sheffield backstreet.. the room had a massive cross on the wall with candles either side and a polaroid of the tailor himself kissing the hand of Pope John Paul II ..? I explained what i wanted and tape measure around his neck. he took me into another room with a rail full of clothing.. top rail was garments waiting to be altered, bottom rail was altered.. (this is the single most significant part of my entire journey through the denimsphere) he pulled out a pair of SC-47s and showed me the hem.. it blew my tiny mind.. i didn't even know Japanese repros existed.. i almost had to go light one of the candles He said they were from a small menswear shop in Sheff called Brother 2 Brother.. he would hem them (a little longer to allow for shrinkage?) using his sewing machine which could chainstitch.. I knew where B2B was, i'd just never been in, they stocked the likes of Maharishi, D&G, Margaret Howell, Dries Van Noten and such.. (high end streetwear through to mid-range fashion labels) this was well before the 2008 heritage boom so 'menswear' didn't yet equate to costly workwear, shops following the JP retail model didn't exist back then.. Nigel Cabourn was still designing highstreet tat for Debenhams rather than pricey Everest-wear. The guys who worked at B2B were always immaculately dressed (in their shiny shoes) i just wasn't (in my tatty randomly sized vtg Levi's, or skateboard jeans from a previous lifetime . i never went in because my pockets were never deep enough to buy anything, the labels were not my steeze and i felt intimidated by the smartly dressed staff, all of whom were a good 10yrs older than me.. but i was desperate to go nerd out over the Sugarcanes.. Niro (the UK distributor of SC) was established as a clothing store in 1986 but i'm not sure exactly when they became the Sugarcane distributor so maybe these SCs came from Niro or maybe they were bought retail by the B2B buyer on a trip to Japan?.. either of these explanations could account for the eye watering price tags.. my questions were many and looking back.. i think they knew as little about these jeans as i did.. they gave me a 2003 Sugarcane Catalogue (to shut me up) which i've kept.. I think this was the first catalogue Sugarcane ever produced, i've never seen anything predating it. it's on the cusp of the SC product codes after they moved on from M .. it's more substantial, more of a yearbook than the magazine type catalogues which would come thereafter.. in the months following i bought a marked down pair of SC-47s from B2B, returned by a customer because they were too small after washing... the sufu sizedown 3 craze was yet to happen A couple of years later, B2B moved premises to a larger retail space underneath the recently opened West One development (across the road from The Designers Republic) a friend of mine did the electrical work for the shopfit.. he got me the 2006 Sugarcane catalogue, it was in here that i first spotted the LoneWolf Mechanic boots.. the 2010 catalogue which i've posted here previously (MF thread.. years ago) came from Vari. I couldn't afford B2B asking price for Sugarcanes so i found myself on the internet.. Hirofumi Udono at Vari was great to deal with, he spoke perfect English and was willing to ship internationally. He lined me up with Hawaii's, Lonewolf boots, Whitesville & Cushman sweats..ect.. i was wearing SC-47s around the time my kid was born in 2009.. (another reason why I’m so attached to them) i didn't do WAYWT back then.. i didn't have the balls but seen here (blurry candid shot) loading the car up with Woolrich Woolen Mills, chambray Upland shirt from the Daiki Suzuki era I found myself here at sufu around 2006/7.. anyway.. enough of all this reminiscing.. Maynard spotted these while searching for his recently acquired SC-66 and gave me a hola.. ..knowing my pathetic inability to resist.. i didn't .. so In a nostalgic denim haze, i've dug out the rest of my SC-47 collection. ..first 4 pairs are raw denim, last pair are current wearers but previously o/w, check out he different hues ..from left, 1991-1997.. 2003-2007 I took this shot of he o/w pair back in 2013 before chucking them on the pile ..i've just got them back from a hem job at soas so i've recreated it A bit more graff, a few extra MMs on the waistline and the JMC sweat is a little more faded 2003 & 2006 Catalogues can be seen here

Oh good question. I think when l've tried sewing tabs in to jeans many moons ago (actually twice in all) l ruined the tabs and the og levis pockets in the process so never tried it since. Luckily my Mrs has done a few tab sewing operations and made a better job but they're not perfect. You can always see the join of the thread (alot of that was to do with the thread that was available at the time) I guess that and the fact that l sometimes just don't want a tab, for example l haven't bought any tabbed jeans since my conners several year's ago (2020?) opting for the pre tab 1920s models instead ( the FW1942'S being the exception). But l've stayed away from temptation with the Sugarcane stuff as l don't have any real disposable income atm and don't want mentally to start investing in yet more repro denim (let alone customisation) as l have enough atm if not more than enough jeans. I have 12 pairs l wear regularly which, apart from one pair, all have arcs. And all my post 1936 repros have tabs. Then l have the 42's on ice. Plus l don't wear jeans as often as I used to so .. I guess there isn't a mental block but more of a liberating sensation when my nerdy denim ocd is sated, which it is atm . And also because l was able to say No to more denim and avoided the rabbit holes. So feeling good with what l have and less consumerist. Plus if l'm gonna put down 250-300 quid plus on a pair of Levi's 501XX repros, l want the tab and arcs included in the price. So basically l'm a fussy bugger who's who's got enough jeans who is also a denim snob 🤫

Front and back shot because I'm wearing the 1001XX-25 for the first time (maybe not properly first but first waywt with them!) Kamakura Buzz Rickson Belt Warehouse 1001XX-25 Alden LHS

How do you like hickory items? When looking at pics of someone wearing a pair of hickory pants to me they look quite whiteish. Probably because I'm so used to looking at denim. These are the Samurai pants. However, when I just look at the fabric it's different, darker. And there are different kinds of hickory. Sugar Cane has been issuing Headlight work pants. The current one is about 2/3 blue and 1/3 white. A previous version was more 50/50. The previous one is indigo. I'm not sure, if the current one is also indigo. But probably. Hickory can be combined nicely with denim and probably also brown duck. Here are the pants with a denim jacket. Does anyone have experience with hickory pants? I'm looking for a comfortable fit (wide, high waisted), and more blue than white and in indigo for fades. The Samurai look really nice but are relatively heavy at 17oz. And I'd like to wear the hickory pants in warmer months. The Sugar Cane/Headlight is 11oz, which would be better. Nudie Jeans has a chore coat and pants in 8.5oz. Eat Dust has also offered pants and jacket. There are also some by Stan Ray, Dickies and other. But I'm not sure, if the fabric is indigo.

For the 150th birthday of the 501 last year Levi's had a collab with Nigo. They issued made in Japan pants and a type 3.

liking the new 40s jacket but not so hot for the new 40s jeans… the jacket has old yamane style humour rather than csf po-face… x-posting from the waywt thread, plus one: some 1890s shot for the record…

I've been going through my archives lately with an eye towards photographs of workers. In 2016 I got - as my digital records indicate - 30 minutes on the famed White Oak facility floor. 8:35 - 9:05 AM. It was before I knew much about denim, and to be honest - visiting this spot was what led me to this place on the forum. When I was there, I was focused on the people and what they were doing. Not the looms, nor the displays of vintage denim. I wouldn't have even known to look at what was interesting from a technical perspective. I look back on the archive of this job and hope these folks landed on their feet but I don't know. I'm still sore that this place shut down, even though my connection to it was just this short visit. I'm grateful the workers gave me a few seconds of their time while they were juggling the multiple machines that made the floor shake. What I mostly remember was just lamenting I only had thirty minutes on the floor, it seemed that this place warranted so much more time if I wanted to due the least bit of justice to photographing the people and the space. Unfortunately I can't find my notebook from the time, which gave me the information of these people's names and more. Anyways, here are a few pictures to share from one of the later months that this facility was in operation. These are some of the awesome people that made some of the best denim that I hope a few of you are wearing. I figured starting a thread here for anything White Oak related could be suitable?

I've had this Old Navy shirt for like 9 years now, longer than I've been interested in raw denim. It was just a cool shirt that fit me well, and has treated me well this whole time. The second to last picture shows what the fabric started out like where the placket has frayed and opened up. I've had to repair both elbows which I did with a fun floral fabric I had on hand.

Paris, Texas is a top 5 film for me.

FW has a pic of a well worn in one on their insta