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Agreeing with @bartlebyyphonics's subtle, easily wearable point... and chiming in on that... I feel there's a degree of sophistication in the jeans - I can wear them at work and they feel 'smart'; I can wear them in leisure and they feel 'casual'. They're slimmer than I've worn in a good few years - but only took a little adapting actually - and now they're a different and very welcome add-on to my jeans rail. As @Alec Leamas's point, a degree of Italian sophistication perchance Looks like you gents are leading the pack... no fades or real glimmers yet here... June '26 is some time off though

I grabbed another pair of my favorite fitting jeans - won't wear them too hard though

Another cheat day yesterday Union Special / Columbiaknit (big big ups to @yung_flynn for the rec) / Hollows / Tender Co. / Russell

early days: but currently consider these to actually be pretty perfect as a pair… nice work Simone! subtle but extremely wearable: goes with a range of styles doesn’t scream but has nice balance (in terms of pattern and fabric weight): suits both casual and more public situations… am enjoying (imagine it will be good across seasons too…)

One Ear Brand / Tender / Neat Style / Nicks

My 6002W jacket at something like 4-6 months of wear. The other day I washed it for the first time since I started wearing it.

FW cap MFSC WoM Sanders

Ooooh you gotta love a quiz. Size down craze.. No Slept in jeans.. Yes, but more drifted off for longer than I intended Diors.. hell No Fancy wallet.. nope Engineer boots.. had a pair i wore in my 20's. Still have them but theyre crumpled to fuck and probably unwearable Ocean wash.. No Resolute washing / fit having previously not.. No Never washing.. No. Urrrgh. Dirty boys. Coffee wash.. nope Slubby or streaky.. slubby yes, but nothing too extreme. Actually, I have some Oni concrete denim, but I didn't pay for them. Heavy oz denimz.. see above. 20oz. Joined a contest.. nope. I'd like to, but I always seem to be skint when they come about. Joined a tour.. Yep. Leroy Strauss tours on Denimbro APC.. Nah Fancy washing detergent.. Nope. Tesco's hand wash liquid. Worn denim while raw.. Yes. But only for a week or two. Paid for an expensive repair.. No. Wallet jewelry.. No Numerous pairs of very expensive boots.. Not on this level, but expensive to me. Numerous pairs of identical jeans.. according to my wife, yes. They're all identical. But what does she know eh.? Numerous fancy leather belts.. not fancy, but made it myself. Native American Japanese jewelry.. love the look, but no. Jacket suitable for the Arctic.. sort of. Frizmworks Karakoram. Does that count? Unreadable Japanese language magazines.. loads Dressed like a sailor.. I prefer to call it sailish 🙂 Dressed like a miner.. I prefer to call it mine-adjacent. Dressed like an urban lumberjack.. according to some old workmates, yes. Mil repro.. Yes Dressed like a railway worker.. hmmm. Probably guilty to a degree Dressed like a teenage delinquent or hot rodder from the 40's/50's..Absolutely (despite being a middle aged goody goody) Stacked.. no Starch..No Freezer.. No Fancy socks.. Yes Handmade English shoes.. Yes Trickers and some old veldtschoens. Whites Semi Dress.. No Discharge print.. no Own less than 10% of the clothing you bought since joining.. no. Still have way too many clothes Photo of jeans in bathtub.. yep Wore jeans wet.. yup £2000 leather jacket.. No Numerous repro denim jackets all from same era.. hah. Yes. Colored weft denim: No Has at least a decade's worth of denim in the closet, unworn? Most of it's been worn to a degree, but I doubt I ever NEED to buy another pair of jeans or jacket. Let's put need to one side though. Bought jeans nobody else owned.. No Barf / Man stain / Shit oneself in jeans.. Not for many years Denim meet up - no to 'hangs' (that idea still gives me the ick) but have met a few from here and have been to a few clutch/mens file thingymabobs. Used a proxy/Google-translated email to buy something from a Japanese shop…Yes. Worn triple denim…Triple.??my dear boy, I've sported quintruple denim. But only for amusement during lockdown. Posted photos of myself wearing denim-related clothing to a bunch of strangers on a public forum… yeah, but always have a slight sense of shame when I do it.

Alot of thrift today Vintage made in UK wool coat Vintage Wrangler shirt. Really love this shirt. Very soft. Vintage Tommy Hilfiger chinos NB

Size down craze.. No Slept in jeans.. Yes, but out off convenience at the time Diors.. No Fancy wallet.. yes from vintage engineer boots dude, still going strong after 10/12 yrs Engineer boots..yes, owned 4 pairs, 3 pairs at the same time. It was a phase, like it all is Ocean wash.. No Resolute washing , dont know what that is Never washing.. Never! Coffee wash.. No thanks unless it’s from a micro roaster sun side South Pacific Ocean dryed double poor over Slubby or streaky.. no Heavy oz denimz.. No Joined a contest.. No Joined a tour.. yes, DB freewheelers APC.. N Fancy washing detergent.. no Worn denim while raw. Yes, always thought that was the whole point. Walked back in tenue denime store one time, wearing the Lee archives pair I had bought there. They freaked out that I washed it. YOU WASHED YOUR JEANS? Yes they were dirty Paid for an expensive repair.. no, I befriended Mr handy denim, he had a shop aroundxthe corner from mine for a little while, funny geezer. He repaired a pair once, but at that point the pairvis never the same again Wallet jewellery... no Numerous pairs of very expensive boots.. yes, but what is expensive. I mostly wear vans eathentics nowadays, they are expensive for what you get Numerous pairs of identical jeans.. no Numerous fancy leather belts. No Native American Japanese jewelry.. No Jacket suitable for the Arctic.. Yes Unreadable Japanese language magazines.. yes, many Dressed like a sailor.. when I was a sailor, now mix and match Dressed like a miner.. No, Dressed like an urban lumberjack.. no , does cowboy count? Mil repro.. Yes, but no camo. Gets to soldier for me and or to reanactment Prison steez… No Dressed like a railway worker.. had the RMC railroad coat Stacked.. ?! Starch.. no Freezer.. No Fancy socks.. no Handmade English shoes.. trickers, probably my first expensive boots Whites Semi Dress..yes, saw a pair from @illumin8em one time and had to have a pair. plus it was fun “designing” a pair on their website Discharge print.. no Own less than 10% of the clothing you bought since joining.. no Photo of jeans in bathtub.. No Wore jeans wet.. only when caught raining riding my bike to work £2000 leather jacket.. No, do like the looks on a few people. It’s better for young guys. Middle age guys like myself with leather jackets I find a bit sad Numerous repro denim jackets all from same era.. no Colored weft denim: No Has at least a decade's worth of denim in the closet, unworn , no Bought jeans nobody else owned.. No Barf / Man stain / Shit oneself in jeans.. that’s private Denim meet up - ive met Me Black, Richard Okon, and dr Heech. Was good fun. Would be fun to meet members again, in a non specific denim situation Worn triple denim…yes Used a proxy/Google-translated email to buy something from a Japanese shop…Yes Posted photos of myself wearing denim-related clothing to a bunch of strangers on a public forum… yes. i copy and paste @Maynard Friedman his postbecause of the phat letter questions.

Just saw these in a small town in San Luis Potosí. They’re actually amazing, really nice looking denim, but obviously the brand name is the star of the show. Size 32 .. Anyone interested? Lol

today I marked up 30 days in, so here you go.... also I have to point to @Alec Leamas. it's Italian painstaking approach to details and comfort of the clothing.... Thx Simone...

T'other day Stussy Brain Dead tee Warehouse 1101 Wild Bunch

233 jacket and 224 jeans. The denim seems very, very similar from a weight/texture standpoint. No information online confirms that they are the same; some seem to contradict it. Size 38 shrunk nicely to the exact fit I was looking for—50 cm in the chest, 43 cm in the shoulders, and about 64 cm in length.

It has crossed my mind whether the fact the jeans have been made by a Western maker, means they therefore fit a Western frame that bit more cleanly than our beloved Japan made jeans. I know Simone had guidance from a Japanese mill or jeans maker (?) but still, there must naturally be a Western influence in the cuts of course!

Flat Head Raspberry Native Check shirt, Hollows belt, Flat Head 3003xx jeans, Converse 70s Chucks.

A few unworn/barely worn items for sale! I'm located in Canada but willing to ship to the US as well. Send me a PM! 1. Freewheelers "The Vanishing West" 506XX 1946-47 Jacket (Type I) Size 46 - Worn less than five times, ended up being a little too cropped for me. Tags are detached but are included! - Shoulders: 20.5 - Pit-to-pit: 23.5 - Length (top of collar to bottom hem): 25.5 - Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 25 - $350+ship 2. Full Count 2107BK (Type 1) Size 42 - Worn less than 3 times, practically new—again, purchased over a year ago but doesn't get enough wear due to it being too small for me. - Shoulder: 19.5 - Pit to pit: 23 - Length (top of collar to hem): 27.5 - Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 25 - SOLD 3. Ooe-Yofukuten & Co. SOA03XXD-0823 (WWII edition) Size 36 - Completely unworn, unwashed, in raw unsanforized state; never got around to adding this pair to the rotation and someone else could use these more than me! Purchased from S&S during their preorder. Keep in mind that these will shrink with a soak/wash. - Waist: 36.2 - FR: 13 - Upper thigh: 14 - Knee: 10 - Leg opening: 10 - Inseam: 36 - SOLD

Those bike forum people can get pretty wild.

Hunted for this one for years. 1984 Roy Rogers L.A. Games Tee as worn by Val Kilmer in Real Genius. One of my grails. A few cheap and inaccurate reproduction have been made but I wanted an original and few years back I finally found one. Im not saying it's screen used but I bought it from a seller outside of L.A. so you never know! Just perfect.

and to qualify this: i am no expert in ooe / warehouse but to me (who most rotates around lvc / tender / tcb): they have the nice weight of lvc, but the more generous cut of tender (but with a better rise…), with the nice ‘hand’ and accurate wonky stitching of tcb (but again the pattern sits in a balanced sweet spot the tcb s40s and the 20s didnt quite achieve as splendid as they are): it all might just be size up euphoria…

Took a snap yesterday...

They’re complete cyclepaths!

I'm going out for a few pints tonight with bike forum people.. in your face denim forum people! Don't wait up...

@aho wants to order the upcoming Ooe WW2 jeans I think. So maybe you two have a deal

Don't mess with me Carl! Anything can happen they way my brain interprets certain words.. We have a forum member here called olmecasteve.. i know it's a nonsensical word but it sends my dyslexia wild My brain knows him as omelette steve

I enjoy these discussions @Double 0 Soul @Cold Summer As for me, to be honest I’m actually uncomfortable with how much stuff I’ve bought over the last few years - much of it fantastic Sufu stuff. Some not, but just as nice. I keep telling myself I’ve stocked up and can just enjoy it all for the next decade plus. (Not uncommon!) I’ve liked clothes for as long as I can remember long time but was always totally hamstrung by finances - including growing up. Originally got into raw denim loving the idea of a really long lasting pair that you made your own, and my first pair was just that - I bought some Raleighs - a very stiff and unique chevron blue/black denim that were about ~$300 magically at a local Nordstrom Rack discount store in Raleigh, NC for $50 and wore them for a few years in rotation with a few cheap 511’s I already had and wanted nothing more. When that pair started to end its life and I decided to see what else was out there that might be a better pattern was when trouble started. After denim I’d say my primary interest was in indigo itself and natural dyes over, say, nice t shirts or workwear or Americana or mod subculture (happily writing in a Muji t shirt). I was at a pretty slow pace until the pandemic hit when I had more time to learn and my work of going out into the world and photographing was very limited. It was a covid rabbit hole of sorts. Then about a year or two after that my son had some life altering health shit happen at a very young age and while it clarified that nothing else much mattered, it also had the weird effect of me giving myself permission to just go nuts for awhile, especially after he returned to good health (which still seems miraculous to me - and is by no means future guaranteed). My son’s health episode traumatized everyone close to him, and we have a good amount of family nearby. So it didn’t help that my wife essentially became a bit (but only a bit) supportive of this weird retail therapy. I’ve always had a bit of a collector bug but it’s always been tempered by time, and my preference to just be outside doing shit - which is harder both during the pandemic and also in some phases of parenting. It’s never been as bad as some people I know, and I always told myself I was limiting it to photobooks - which is still my best, but still not great collection. But really I did start to collect some clothes along the way - specifically jackets followed by jeans. I’ve hardly sold anything I’ve picked up (aside from some fullcount pieces) and I really do enjoy what I’ve got, but partially joined the contest just to encourage slowing down. I really love the stuff that I’ve got and just try to wear it the best I can. Not sure I’ll ever go totally no buy. Being more realistic, at best I really want to get back to my old pace which was usually only a pair and a jacket a year or so. The one sort of exception is that I really do like getting stuff from the really small brands and makers - especially like Tender or Ooe, or now WMJ or Duke too. It feels not so different than buying the books my friends write or photograph (except even better, really because they see more of the money), or buying their art. I want these people to continue to be able to survive from their unique talents, but it’s also objectively some of the best versions of the stuff that I’ve seen. Even Seichiiro at Hoosier is a great salesman and I’ve enjoyed transacting with him - we’ve talked about all sorts of non denim things on one occasion I put in an order to him and he returned and bought one of my small edition photography books, which my friend then saw in his shop while visiting Kyoto. Stuff like that is super fun, and has little to do with denim but wouldn’t have happened without it. I’m sure in 15-20 years or so, if my son doesn’t find my collection interesting (he probably won’t), I will move on from some of the items, and if I have my druthers, it really won’t be much more than I’ve got now and hopefully most of it has some more character at that point. Probably a nice story at most haha.

@bartlebyyphonicsi also got the 611, but did not really size up, and would concur with what you’re saying. They're quite a wearable pair in any situation. Tender is a different beast that I love for different reasons but I do probably prefer this top block, and I also like these more than TCB, which I have the 20s and then 30s of in black - I just feel like they wear on my frame better right out the gate, difference is again subtle but substantial.

Agreed.. my three previously mentioned laptops, first one i bought was from these smakheads .. they used to pull up in a car and rush the Tesco my near work running out with arms full of booze speed off in the car.. then go sell it around the nearby workshops.. one day i bought a laptop from them for something like £50.. it was fked, i had to manually defrag the thing daily .. then i bought a black Macbook A1181 in 2007 remember when they were either black or white? I had it for years.. loved the thing, then my toddler knocked cherry juice over it and fried the motherboard, i hadn't backed it up for ages and it was full of my baby photos so i sent it away and had the HD put into a usb transport with a request to "please save my baby photos".. which they did and put them on a separate drive.. I've still got that HD it's messy but it's also full of the clothing photos from the old storage room days.. when i photographed them all to list them on ebay.. i'll pick through it one day and see what i can recover.. after that trauma, i bought a 2012 macbook pro which i'm still using today I was an early adopter of phone tech.. not quite city-boy brick era.. but i did have a Sony H333 in 1993 (ish).. what folks called the mars bar phone.. this was in the days when some of my friends still used pagers.. i bought it from Dixons the highstreet electrical shop.. it was in the days before phone-shops existed.. even back then i was paying something like £28/mth line rental and 30p /min for off peak calls and 50p /min peak .. i used to get a new phone every year.. then one died in a cycling rainstorm so i bought a £20 burner from Tesco.. i left it on the beach in my pack while i was off catching crabs with the boy.. when i got back it was gone so i just thought fkit! i don't need a phone and i didn't have one for 5 or 6 years thereafter... I've always repaired my own jeans (within reason).. never been happy with any of the results, always drawn blood! .. i find that once they get to that stage their days are numbered.. my many hours spent results in justr a few more weeks of wear.. it's just not worth my (poor) efforts.. i have three pairs awaiting crotch repairs, now MrB has a darning machine.. i might send them all down for repairs.. Only sufu hook'ups i've had was Sugar Mountain (remember him?) i sold him some McCoys goodies.. he'd previously hooked up with Ranon, (maybe) flash and Ed a few times.. he did say Ed was far removed from his sufu persona.. a lot more sensible and 1000% less offensive.. in fact, quite charming! I think he (SM) went to live in Taiwan or maybe Singapore.. (i can't quite remember) he married a girl from there..

Size down craze.. No Slept in jeans.. Yes, out of necessity or drunkenness but not for the fadezzz Diors.. No Fancy wallet.. fancy-ish. A Googies wallet with coin pouch but very plain, no adornments, or chain connector, etc Engineer boots.. No Ocean wash.. No Resolute washing / fit having previously not.. No, the thought of this makes me cringe Never washing.. Never! Coffee wash.. No. Why?! Slubby or streaky.. is this for a Tinder profile? Had 2 pairs of Edwin ED69s years ago, which were a bit streaky Heavy oz denimz.. No but Ande Whall once sent me a decent size scrap of 21oz denim for my handling pleasure Joined a contest.. No Joined a tour.. only a Saga coach tour! APC.. No, but I’ve bought Mrs F 2 pairs Fancy washing detergent.. I’ve received a couple of packets of SC detergent with orders from Naoki at PSA but never used them. I use Ecover non-bio Worn denim while raw.. Yes, some Nudie Regular Ralf’s many moons ago. Fast forward crotch blowout! Paid for an expensive repair.. I’ve paid for a number of repairs but none were expensive Wallet jewellery... Of course not Numerous pairs of very expensive boots.. Yes, English boots from Northampton shoemakers but not anywhere near the cost of Japanese engineer boots Numerous pairs of identical jeans.. Naturally Numerous fancy leather belts.. Nothing particularly fancy, a few Italian made plain Edwin belts Native American Japanese jewelry.. No Jacket suitable for the Arctic.. Yes, Spiewak N3B Unreadable Japanese language magazines.. Oh yes! Dressed like a sailor.. Mainly when working as JPG’s stunt double. Also have a peacoat so probably more often than I thought! Dressed like a miner.. No, but I dig it Dressed like an urban lumberjack.. Guilty. Eek! Mil repro.. Yes, primarily jackets/coats but more military-inspired than strict military repro Prison steez… No Dressed like a railway worker.. Every day when I go to work as a ticket inspector on the London Underground 🤣 Stacked.. That’s what she said! Starch.. I’ve added added it to the wash once or twice in the past but didn’t like the smell and not post-noughties Freezer.. No Fancy socks.. Fancy-ish but not Japanese prices. I’m talking Burlington, Paul Smith £££ Handmade English shoes.. Yes, far too many Whites Semi Dress.. Nope Discharge print.. Yes Own less than 10% of the clothing you bought since joining.. I don’t really know what this means. Photo of jeans in bathtub.. No Wore jeans wet.. Briefly, if I thought they needed to be stretched out £2000 leather jacket.. No, no leather jacket. I’m not Arthur Fonzerelli Numerous repro denim jackets all from same era.. Yes, two Type 1s Colored weft denim: No Has at least a decade's worth of denim in the closet, unworn? Probably closer to a century’s worth… Bought jeans nobody else owned.. Naturally Barf / Man stain / Shit oneself in jeans.. As a father and pet-owner, yes but never my own fluids Denim meet up - I’ve met Dr Heech, Mr Black and bumped into Paul T. Worn triple denim…No Used a proxy/Google-translated email to buy something from a Japanese shop…Yes Posted photos of myself wearing denim-related clothing to a bunch of strangers on a public forum… Not a chance!

@Double 0 SoulThanks for sharing, I really enjoy hearing your takes on the hobby as somebody who's been through the whole collector thing and beyond. I'm much the same way with things like electronics, for all the flak Apple (often justifiably) gets, I've gotten a ton of longevity out of their stuff. I've been using the same Macbook for ten years now and it still works just fine, and in that same time I used an iPhone 6S from 2015-2021, and an SE from 2021-present. It's tricky working around planned obsolescence in so many things. One thing discouraging me from going toward more collector impulses is that I can very easily get decision fatigue, when I have too many choices of what to wear I start to get anxious and have trouble deciding what to wear, and at that point it stops being fun, so that keeps me in check. I usually wear just one pair of jeans for a long stretch, and mix in a pair of chinos, salt and pepper trousers, and maybe a faded pair 1-2 days a week. I have four pairs of boots, a few pairs of sneakers, a few jackets and sweaters, and a bunch of shirts and tees (relative to the rest of my wardrobe), which is where most of the variety occurs. I find this gives me enough variety to keep from getting bored, while keeping it easy to make good outfits without having to think too hard about it. I tend to make new purchases based on probably-too-elaborate internal mental calculation about filling a perceived gap in my wardrobe, or attempting to upgrade some aspect or other (for instance, recently I think, maybe I should try to get a black lace-up boot to replace the function of my black 70s Chucks I've worn heavily for the last ~7 years, like a Viberg Service boot, Lofgren M-43, or Combat boot.) A lot of the time this involves waiting until just the right moment or circumstances to buy some expensive thing, with my Flat Head leather jacket being probably the standout example of this. Some folks go through dozens of black leather jackets trying to find the right one, and I waited until something with just the right measurements and my desired specs appeared, and managed to get it at a good price, and I've been quite satisfied having taken this approach. Another example, I'd buy a pair of SCSC 1943 jeans if Self Edge or Franklin & Poe puts them on discount or sale, to wear Someday, but not right now at retail price. I get probably more enjoyment out of the clothing hobby than I really should as a married guy with kids and all that, but I guess I find that it helps to have something I can enjoy when I'm in the midst of hysterical toddler behavior or doing chores or some other tedious aspect of everyday life. I have a lovely Rickenbacker bass that's surely the nicest thing I own right now, but given the present circumstances I hardly ever get to play it. I'm always wearing a good pair of jeans and a cozy shirt though, so the clothes are easier to justify to some extent because the demands of family life don't stop me from using/enjoying it. If I were you, I'd take one of my awesome banged-up pairs of jeans and try my hand at home repairs to make them wearable for weekends and casual wear. Getting them professionally repaired would surely be prohibitively expensive, but doing it yourself might be fun, and should be cheap, and I'm sure the results would earn you massive rep on here almost no matter how awkwardly it turned out at first. 😅

You pulled that out of the bag Ooms.. ! 3/4s of the way down.. it was like you'd nvr heard of the place. Clothing aside.. i turned away from consumerism years ago @Cold Summer the only reason i still buy expensive things is because i don't want to buy them again .. i've only ever owned 3 laptops.. my DSLR is 20+yrs old.. I've only recently got a secondhand iphone having not owned a phone for years and not because i wanted one.. just became life became so difficult / bordering on the impossible without one. But i do have a collectors mentality which left unchecked, gets a bit out of control.. before my kid was born.. his soon to be bedroom was my clothing / sneaker storage room.. i had two metal shop rails on wheels full of jackets, you could barely open the door without knocking over boxes of sneakers pilled up to the ceiling.. i was buying stuff and just shoving it in the room.. out of sight.. out of mind. When my kid was born in 2009.. i realised how little any of it meant to me and just took the collection back to current wearers / what would fit in the wardrobe. It didn't stop.. it just slowed down momentarily while i adjusted to parenthood, then i started buying jeans again.. i thought i'd buy a pair of engineer boots.. but because i don't want to "buy cheap buy twice" i bought an insanely expensive pair.. and because of the previously mentioned 'collectors mentality' within 12mths i'd spent £6000 on a small collection of hand made boots.. this was on top of my lace up boots.. every pair was black (same with the lace ups) they all looked the same I was the first person outside Japan to buy Clinch from Brass..(you can probably blame me for the CSF thing too) did i wear any of these boots.. no not really, my life centered around my kid, all my leisure time was spent knee deep in mud wearing wellies.. out in the woods fishing, collecting tadpoles, bike riding, camping or hiking in the Peaks.. i rarely got the opportunity to wear £1600 boots (so why did you buy so many?... good question) i decided to wear the cheapest pair of fancy engineers in the workshop (that is their intended purpose after all) but they were fucked in a few short months so i sold them on. I spent years and 100s of hours painstakingly collecting every colour of ultra-rare 1990s era Buckweat sneakers.. never wore any of them and sold them on to MJF9 for a song When we moved house 7ish years ago i had another rethink / sell off.. it's these life affirming moments like kids being born, house purchases which makes me reassess.. i haven't bought any sufu-related clothing since 2017.. the last item being a Stan Ray SunSurf shirt from PSA. The social commentators will tell you.. "buying clothing always leaves you wanting more, feeling unfulfilled and empty inside".. i've got to admit, it was all a massive waste of money but i did thoroughly enjoy it.. researching, tracking down and buying rare items of clothing was exciting and with that gone, there is less joy in my life.. but do i feel happier and more contented inside?.. absolutely not.. i feel exactly the same.

Getting some signs, w Tender and RW. Probably well behind a few of you at this point but it’s been something like a real winter thus far.

Lovely fades Ben, I’ve found that my best fades come over a long stretch of time. Speaking of which… I’ll take more pics soon, but here’s a peek at my Flat Head 7002W shirt, ten years after I bought it.

Same as you folk - I exercise 5-6 times a week, have done forever and will continue until something bad stops me. It's my panacea. Now you mention lockdown @ATWM, while it had so many bad and sad effects, the daily family exercise regime at ours was great. Family workouts - hill sprints in the park, Muay Thai circuit training in the garden, weight training with some old kit I've had since my mid-teens when I started strength training to help football and athletics, we even used an old cinder 400m track and trained there - with even a timed 4x100m family relay to finish (and try beat the time at the next session). Memorable in many ways.

The sun shining onto my boots prompted me to sprawl and contort on the floor to take a few pics. One of the perks of remote work. These are almost five years old and just had their semi-annual waxing and polishing (with regular but less involved brushings in between)

Still water-free. They seem to be staying dark. Faint hint of whiskering starting to come in.

I think chainstitching is the common theme.

My buyer mentality has screwed me once again. Probably too big for most people here but: Freewheeler 38" 1947 brand new with tags. $250. Cheaper than Japanese MSRP. Shipping is on me. Waist: 95cm/36.40" Rise: 37.5cm/14.7" Thigh: 38cm/14.96" Leg opening: 24.5cm/9.44" Inseam: 86cm/33.85"

My dyslexia and tech knowledge make me struggle to answer the referendum. But Joined a tour.. No but @smoothsailor saw me in Tokyo and never said hi!. while wearing a tour pair of freewheelers. I should have, excuses @Geeman

I spotted these while walking through student-ville last week.. ..they were in the window of one of the flats, I couldn’t see what they were and it wasn’t immediately apparent so I held my phone above my head and stood on my tiptoes to get a photo then went back to work and found them on the webz luckily nobody saw me.. if you think this is unusual behaviour, just imagine the sneax are jeans and it’ll make perfect sense

Am I nuts, or was 'Size down craze' initially listed as 'Sit down craze' (which was a mystery to me)... Of course I could quite possibly be nuts either way.

Folks in the UK.. go look at the night sky people! it looks incredible.. The 7 planet alignment is on the 28th but it's so clear tonight.. i can see beehive without binoculars

@Cold Summer makes a point which I can really relate too. Sometimes the amount of clothes I have makes deciding what to wear painful and detracts from the enjoyment of them. Add to this I got into a habit of almost outfit procrastination.. I wont wear item X now because I want to wait till I wear item Y with it and so never got round to actually wearing half of it. On top of that "babying" certain items , like not wearing certain shirts to go out and eat in case I get food / sauce spillage (never actually happened anyway!) All this made me slow down buying more clothes but now as I get older and body shape changes (weight training/distance running instead of martial arts & middle aged spread...) I'm starting to replace some stuff while attempting not to get back into the unchecked shopping of the last 20 years or so.

Late to reply but killing time waiting for Eurostar Size down craze.. Yes but not to APC levels Slept in jeans.. Yes, in IH. Never again Diors.. No Fancy wallet.. Yes Engineer boots.. No not my style Ocean wash.. No Resolute washing / fit having previously not.. No, always end up washing around the same point. As soon as I think they need a wash! Never washing.wash see above Coffee wash.. No Slubby or streaky Slubby, but they always fade weird excluding PBJ denim Heavy oz denimz.. Yes 24oz R&H collab, 15oz is the sweet spot for me Joined a contest.. No Joined a tour.. No but @smoothsailor saw me in Tokyo and never said hi! APC.. No Fancy washing detergent.. No Worn denim while raw.. No Paid for an expensive repair.. No but had some tapered via shipping to railcar in California Wallet jewelry.. Yes, well a wallet rope. Very impractical Numerous pairs of very expensive boots.. No Numerous pairs of identical jeans.. Yes Numerous fancy leather belts.. Not fancy but Handmade Native American Japanese jewelry.. No Jacket suitable for the Arctic.. No Unreadable Japanese language magazines.. No Dressed like a sailor.. No Dressed like a miner.. No Dressed like an urban lumberjack.. Ish.... Mill repro.. Yes Dressed like a railway worker.. No Stacked.. No Starch..No Freezer.. No Fancy socks.. Yes Handmade English shoes.. Yes Whites Semi Dress.. No Discharge print.. No Own less than 10% of the clothing you bought since joining.. Yes Photo of jeans in bathtub.. No Wore jeans wet..No £2000 leather jacket.. No Numerous repro denim jackets all from same era.. No Bought jeans nobody else owned.. no Barf / Man stain / Shit oneself in jeans ... maybe.....

@MJF9 the moody staring out to sea shot is a good one! Agree on Filey being a shithole too! Haha. Bit of gardening and light groundworks in mine today. Absolutely filthy by the time I’d finished so their usual Sunday wash was brought forward a day. Genuinely felt like spring today!

Picked up this vintage USAF CWU 45P jacket last week for a song and from within the UK so no bullshit taxes or import duties, yay! Always curious of this type of jacket seen as it has been largely unchanged since it's inception in 1976. Think the CWU 45P took over from the MA1 as the standard cold weather cockpit jacket. This example is a 1978 contract that has the extra vents in the shoulders. Massive Scoville zipper down the front, probably the largest zipper l've ever seen on a jacket like this! Also Gripper/Scoville zipper on the arm pocket. It has seen service although no verified history - came with velcro patches and name tag removed before purchase., Got a few nicks here and there but knitted cuffs and waistband are solid. CW is an abbreviation of cold weather (jacket) but in my opinion, although it's similar to the MA-1 and the B-15 style insomuch as it's a waist high jacket with pockets that are almost under your arms, it's not as warm as its predecessors but still fine for a short walk down the café for a full english breakfast this time of year. Some pics ... FFS - Really had enough of sufu changing the orientation of my photos. Even when l try and pre-emptively rotate it makes no difference!

Once in a while I ride the bus, just like my people.

Wrangler Cap Sugar Cane Shirt Eat Dust Pants Vans

Just got these bad boys in. I never thought I would get into Lees or Lee repros for that matter. These have a bit of a higher rise than my ‘cowboy’ pair . Maybe that’ll change a bit after shrinkage.

Dead pair of Stars & Bars after a year or so in the workshop