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#191 Lot.611 Pre soak fit. Featuring the first pair of Vans slip ons I’ve had in 20 years . With cuff as idea of length after shrinkage. Pocket ID Aiming to preserve the patch. Trying to keep it out of the hot 30min soak Bonus: Current fit for reference: Freewheelers 47’s

#208 Got mine today! Looks like I’ll be a week behind the rest of you, but I’ll have 17 3/4 months to catch up. Love the denim, great details, and the presoak fit looks pretty spot on. I’ll post more once I get them soaked and dried.

Pardon the hasty work-restroom photo, I'll get some with better lighting later. Fit is what I was looking for, slimmer than I thought it'd be though. Hopefully the waist stretches back out 0.5-1 inch for comfort.

Bummed that I missed out on the Word of Mouth contest so I bought a pair of 50s to cheer me up I have a old pair in size 34 but this time I went with 36. Fits so good imo! Here combined with and old tcb chore jk.

Finally gave these a piping hot wash and machine dry, the puckering/roping is crazy and the leather seems to have held up well enough. I did rub a little Obenauf's on it which I haven't done to patches in almost 20 years. Plus, I got two belt loops with selvedge which was a nice little surprise.

Chore coats have always been my most practical choice. TCB/ motor / Jim green

Has anyone else spotted this little Easter Egg detail? Edit: It’s inside both front pockets.

Ok, checking in! #208 411S

Happened to get the Ooe jacket today once my contest jeans had dried. It may be a very denim 18 months!

Staying with un-soaked for now. Time will tell how long I can keep that going.

This lovely Ooe x Sunny Garden pre-war chore jacket landed yesterday (along with a few other items, it was a nice and busy day for post down my way 😉... a few more to come soon and then the intent is no denim buy for many years... honest gov) Same pattern as the Railroad jackets Ooe did a few years ago i.e. "design is based on an old pre-war Chore Jacket; from the front, the sleeves are set-in sleeves; from the back, the raglan sleeves are split sleeves; A-line silhouette pattern with narrow shoulders and seamless hem, a fitting specific to a vintage jacket". It's in the Amoskeag repro denim, the same as the vest, I mean Sleeveless Outing Coat. Great jacket... I can see me wearing this a lot...

Usually I need to be in pressed suits, & such on stage but occasionally I can get away with workwear. FW, Ooe (double knee chambray), CHUP, Paraboot.

Tender Co. jacket & shades Deluxeware Hollows Word of Mouth 411S Russell Zephyr

Band tee, H&M shirt, FC & Blundstones

We have a few various vintage threads and one dedicated to loopwheel stuff but I thought we could use one dedicated to the humble tee. Graphic or plain, vintage or new, share your favorites here. I'll start. Vintage Lake Whippoorwill Speedway Tee Thin knobby fabric, single stitch, no label but feels like 50/50.

Another Texan snow post. Took the girls out for some exploration!

Wearing my 0105w today. When I've not worn them for a while they feel so baggy and wide but then taking this photo they look just like a regular straight 🤷‍♂️ I think the fabric makes them feel looser. Very comfortable

Checking in with pre/post and initial thoughts. I really like these jeans and cut. The roping is top notch. I’m still tripping out on the denim pockets bags It’s a weird feeling, but will only get better with wear. I didn’t get as much shrink in the waist as I wanted with the first wash, so I ran them through again as well as a trip through the dryer. Think we’re fully shrunk now - waist snug, but has loosened to what I was wanting and inseam hit requested post-shrink exactly. I ended up with some marbling with the initial soak/wash/hang dry that was probably intensified with the second wash/dryer. My typical machine wash/dry usually doesn’t marble like this, but it did this time. No worries - I’m choosing to see the squiggles as ‘freshly grated mozzarella’ for my pizza pants. Pre Post initial wash, hang dry

You and me both. They feel super wide for the first few hours then I'm like.. oh - this feels great. Whenever I wear anything other than my 0105SSW, they all feel so tight and rigid by comparison. Overnight I saw that Cultizm had an extra 15% off sale items so just picked up some 1101SSW for a mere $167(!) as well because the Super Smooth fabric is great for SoCal and so comfortable. Think they may replace current daily Warehouse's as this fabric is just magic.

It’s due to all that global cooling coming up through the Gulf of America!

Here’s the fit, so far is feeling great, and will only get better I’m sure! EDIT: Now I've confirmed they fit me after the wash - all my other pairs are vac packed and stashed away for the duration! Let's see how this goes. I do feel like they will show some real character quite quickly.

Colimbo Bear Country Lumberjack Pants (Paraffin duck)

Got this two 30s to40s jacket with a good deal

Hi all, For those that don't know me, I spent the last 3.5 years or so working at Son of a Stag/Soldier blue in London, UK. If any of you had any repairs done by them during that period, it's very likely to have done by me. I've now left SoaS and have moved down to the Kent coast where I'm going to spend more time making bags and leather accessories (wallets, keyrings & the like) I'm also set up to take on jeans repairs. So, if any of you want anything done, please do get In touch. Will be very happy to give you a price. Below are a couple of before and afters I did. Sadly l can't justify the cost of a chain stitcher so I unable to offer shortening. Apologies for the blatant promotional post 🙂 Martin

Joining in on the Texas snow, we didn't get it nearly as bad as Houston. Thinking I might actually end up wearing these uncuffed.

I was too giddy to do this before putting them on earlier so have steamed the nuts out of them now to flatten it. Can’t be forgoing any tracks down the side of these beauties!!!

Finally! I still carry 3-4 kg more with me than I'd like. @Duke Mantee bonus shot

Great Lakes x3, Hollows, Word of Mouth, JK

remember back in the olden days when sufu was like the wild west and people used sarcasm brackets so people didnt get confuddled by tone, it was great (4)

So far 21 people have signed in, in the official Picture thread. We still miss @MJF9 @Lazerr @bartlebyyphonics @theguywhoknewthatguy @Mtvare

I have changed my tune since this series of posts almost (gulp) five years ago, I've really fallen in love with the WWII jeans, not necessarily because I've become super invested in vintage denim, though I surely have a greater appreciation than before for nicely-aged vintage jeans. It's probably more because of the vibes, these wonky WWII-era jeans are weird and I find this fun and compelling, moreso than gimmicky over-engineered slubmaster denim. Also, somewhat to my surprise, I have found that at least some variations of the WWII fit work quite well on me. Seeing WH, Sugar Cane, and TCB try to tackle the task of reproducing obscure and rare permutations of particular jeans is also rather fascinating. I do think these are often past the point of diminishing returns for me, but the price-to-quirkiness ratio of the TCB Late S40s is right on point... hence, why I just bought a pair. I have to think that within a year or two Sugar Cane will have made a Super Denim Collectible for every obscure variation of 1940s 501xx, which raises the question: where do we go from there? "Reproductions" of fictitious World War Three jeans with ever stranger and wonkier features? Again, I'd take it over neon pink weft slublord 28 oz denim. Will we eventually spend $1000 for Japanese jeans that look like they were sewn by Pablo Picasso on acid? I suppose only time will tell.

Very very frigid today so I'm bunded up inside. It's 0°f/ -17c outside right now and Hell has actually frozen over in the United States. To those of you living in other parts of the world, please keep a close eye on us. Things are about to get downright sketchy. Multiple friends working in or for multiple three letter agencies have privately cautioned to keep our eyes and ears open. Stay safe Sufu. Wool watch cap Fuzzy Unif Cardigan The Cure Lovesong reprint Vintage Gap braided leather belt H&M Loose denim Vtg Tony Lama cowboy boots with riding heels

411S plus Union Special cap, Tender Co. shades, Great Lakes bag, Power Wear hoodie, Wearmasters kicks

#191 Lot.611

sugarcane x begin

sugarcane x begin

A rare snow storm in Houston.

Regarding Japanese heritage denim brands, I'd say the narrow focus on WW2 era Levis is a recent phenomenon. When I first saw Sugar Cane & others in Japan in the mid 1990s, it was a more diverse array of styles, some repro, some their own spin on old styles. I have a Full Count catalogue somewhere that offered jeans & other denim items with white stitching, and some Levis style pieces in chino twill type fabric. It was all very cool. I scanned & shared it on Denimbro a while back. If I can find the files I'll share here.

I hadn’t. Thanks for sharing!

They’ll just start over again - whatever they haven’t made in awhile. Whatever they figure they can sell, whatever seems to fill a gap. The idea of progress is sort of anathema to the whole thing, no? I like this stuff as much as the next person here but this really all just boils down to marketing. One tiny change - a slightly different denim, different buttons, a slightly different pattern, a few details here and there - something imperceptible almost everyone but some people here - is enough to call it a new thing. Novelty in the tiniest of ways is all that’s needed. And sometimes that novelty is just the right thing. To my mind it’s not going anywhere at all. In circles. That’s fine and all - I think we can just call it what it is.

@Cold Summer I’ve only been in this “scene” for about a decade, but from what I read it’s seems like the Japanese have been doing the wwii reproduction and Americana reproductions for more than 4 decades now. While progress might happen, I still think the usual suspects of the repro world are going to be iterated to eternity (at least, relative to a persons lifetime) for the sake of tradition.

p24a SOLD Adding WTS J1B-S sz small RAF Letting go of this beautiful J1b. Sashiko stitched repairs on the sleeve and some beautiful weathering making it one of a kind. Purchased in Japan. Giving it a 7/10 but the wear on this one is what makes the charm. Jacket only. $1500

Mostly shelving my 001’s for now, but still a lot of life left in the them. Probably close to a good year of wear at this point with quite a few washes and one or two tumble dries. The denim felt fairly crispy up until the first wash, at which point it just totally softened up and any honeycomb creases were essentially gone. Great jeans.

IT’s TIME ! !

@ALB you probably can't go wrong with Full Count 0105. Should be wide enough. For higher rises, maybe Freewheelers or TCB 40s could be an option

Just groceries and the dentist today, but it's damn cold out. Oh, and the chainstitch settings are wild. The hems are taught and twisted after a single wash unlike anything I've ever experienced. Iron Heart/Mister Freedom/SDA/Tanner/WoM/Chippewa

Deluxeware thermal tee, Flat Head jacquard sweater, Flat Head 3003xx, Wesco Mister Lou

Freewheelers x 3 / Hollows / Lofgren

Tezomeya / Word of Mouth / Birks