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They fit perfect as-is, but I don’t think I’ll mind them slimmed down some, either Anyway, doing something I haven’t in a few years and just giving them a hot hot bath to start things off!

Don’t have a proper setup, so iPhone in the Levi’s dressing room fit pics it is 👍 This is my ideal fit! Glad I went up to size 40. Paired with FullCount Type 1 (15.5oz)

& After their soak… They shrunk quite a bit! The waist is tight for now, but I have a feeling they’ll fit very well after a few days’ wear. Anyway, I needed an excuse to get my waist line back to where it was a year or two ago…

Picked up from the post office on the way into work this morning!

Checking in!

Grabbing some breakfast tacos this morning.

Rare aho fit pic! Don’t forget the pizza y’all.

Day One

Day 1 I missed good light so pics are noir....

Further reminder that this denim hobby is a slow game (not that we need it) The reason the worn-in pic looks totally staged is because it is 😃 My 'photographer' teenage son landed a massive fluke, I mean deliberate picture with near identical foot position and jacket bluster due to the right to left wind in the park (no, it's not a trial for Instagram 😉 and no idea what app you use to collate 2 pictures)!! Same kit, except the jeans have been hemmed and the chambray is different Oh and the people on the bench... they'd gone and we couldn't find them 3 years (and a bit) apart, Dec 2021 to Jan 2025... slow game indeed... OK ok I hear you... I'll go back to standing in front of a wall again next time 😉

leg twist is enormous ... fit pics later afternoon when will be less sunlight...

I guess for posterity sake. Pre and Post.

Ouch, y’all get hit hard with customs… To get into the true Italian mindset I purchased an espresso maker. First time doing it myself but the Bambino makes it pretty straightforward.

Post soak fit. Very happy overall.

Fresh out of the wash...this roping already! Probably won't be dry until Monday with the current weather.

Crosspost for posterity: Into storage with the start of #WOMCON: OA01XX at 2.5 years, 5 washes, around 1-1.5hrs of dog walking wear per day only

first thing I had to do ...

Post soak fit: Measurements for size 38 (pre / post, warm wash, hang dry) as follows: W: 38.0 / 35.0 FR: 13.25 / 12.25 BR: 17.75 / 16.50 T: 13.75 / 13.25 K: 10.25 / 9.50 LO: 9.50 / 8.75 I: 33.75 / 30.50

I’ve been wearing these D111 LHT jeans most days the last 3-4 months. It’s got a lot of vertical lines forming and fades are coming pretty quickly.

Soak before the wash

Got delivered to the post! I’ll get them Monday or Tuesday!

Tezomeya / Word of Mouth / Birks

Freewheelers Army Civilian Shirt Gothmog tee. Freewheelers raw 1947

Just another sign that AI is going to take over the world.

Nope, not mine

Into storage with the start of #WOMCON: OA01XX at 2.5 years, 5 washes, around 1-1.5hrs of dog walking wear per day only

Wood pile is getting low… Devium cap & Canvas jacket. Tellason Ladbroke Grove with Gore-Tex Vans

Apparently I've been neglecting this thread in favor of the 'pictures' one so didn't notice all the cheering Happy Birthdays until just now. Thanks you all!!! On the day we had a quiet gathering at home, just Mrs. CSL, her sister & the bro in law, but the night before I was part of a show in LA where I got to be made a fuss of by my circle of music friends.

The Dispossessed is one of my favorite sci-fi's. I also always look for J. G. Ballard vintage paperbacks, but those are hard to find with the exception of my copy of Concrete Island which was not in my photos. I have always loved hardboiled novels and film noir. My first introduction was watching a lot of the classic noir with my grandparents as a boy, which was the start of my love of film. If I did not turn out to be an engineer/chemist/scientist, I would have loved to have gone for a Film Studies or English PhD instead. Instead, it's just a hobby that I still found creative outlet for in photography and writing. I wrote a screenplay a few years ago between the end of my post-doc and start of my current job. The 1947 film adaptation of Lady in the Lake is worth a watch for novelty's sake, since it's a rare film shot from a 1st person perspective. If you like the Marlowe, books the Lew Archer series is worth a read as well. They're my favorite hardboiled novels once MacDonald finds his own voice around book 5. Incidentally, film is tangentially related to how I became interested in Japanese denim, particularly of the repro variety. My other long running film interests besides noir was classic Japanese cinema, which branched out into curiousity about other Japanese things. Eventually, it fused with my interests in mid-century noir when I discovered that Japanese brands were making exact reproductions of vintage mid-century Levis. we have some cool movie posters in our basement as well, although not vintage. Some are custom designs for film retrospectives from a micro theatre in the Twin Cities that my wife and I used to frequent when we lived there.

Happy 60th Birthday to you @CSL!!! Hope you have a great party!

1945 in case anyone missed it:

pre-contest photo... FW RMC WH 1000XX John Lofgren Contest WoM Jeans drying after wash ...

The answer is in the first post of the picture thread 😊 I can move your initial fit pics back though. Others posted those as well i think. "Please post your RAW/DRY/RIGID picture of the jeans with a newspaper or another method to show the date in this thread. Afterwards you are good to go. Soak, wash or wear them how you like. 18 months later we will use this thread to showcase the final results! Keep the banter and journey of the jeans in the original thread."

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Freewheelers Army civilian shirt Gothmog tee Freewheelers raw 1947

Not even worn or washed but already rust on the buttons Also selvedge pockets bags (I guess they all are) and some details

All the usual Tender / Great Lakes / Okolehao / Union Special / Hollows / Cane’s / Russell

I'm not anymore as anal as I used to be with these sort of things. Day one here. I'ts a beautiful windy day and I work from home so the jeans are already dry from a lukewarm soak and this is how they fit. The waist stretched back easily, the rest of it shrunk to perfection. I'm only tempted to toss them in the machine for peace of mind later on and to take another couple cms off the inseam length. I'm delighted with the jeans, love the fit! great denim, light but crunchy, I feel it'll fade great. I can totally see me being loyal to these jeans for the most of the next 18 months, easily.

raw 1947 and 1900 pullover jeans are still very crispy.

I did ask for the insurance but didn’t think of the tax. My fault I guess. Still a bit sickening. Just bought 2 Cushman sweatshirts from Japan. Shipped, they each cost about what this bill was. I lost a new sweatshirt to HMRC today gang! Scheduled for delivery on Tuesday. Monday was an extra £12! I’ll take the savings where I can get them. Still very much looking forward to them

HBD @CSL .... sixty is a better than my 67th ...

A bit out of order but still doing my part.

1947 DSB

Washed and air dried, the perks of sleeping at 5am