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Spring is here somewhat Phigvel white chambray shirt non via Phigvel white pocket tshirt Phigvel wide officer chinos Red Wing 8179

Vintage / SCSC 1943 tux / FW / @Duke Mantee / Brother Bridge

Here's one for the collectors.. ..bonus Lenny photo ..it's a 35yr old deadstock Silverstone 506xx repro from 1990 ..according to 'denim legend'.. Silverstone (and subsequently Ground-Alls) went out of business because of the exacting standards of the perfectionist owners.. i don't know if this is true or denim-lore but they did go bankrupt producing an incredible repro during the golden age / largest denim-boom on the planet ..the very first cowhorn patch which has been oiled annually so it doesn't crack shirt weight denim as we would expect ..you'll not see another one of these this week, month, year.. probably ever

At last & co some cheap denim carmina

DSB 47

Sorry, more of the jacket... vs Sugar Cane s1945 Neat Style armhole seems cut a bit tighter / less straight which is maybe what has been making me question sizing choice...

A new Phlegm piece went up a couple of days ago.. i though i'd leave it till Sunday before riding down there.. less chance of any cars obstructing my photos.. sadly, there was still a stupid metal thing parked in the way! Post industrial, city living.. the clothing / trainers are not drying on washing lines, they're purely decorative .. rode past this'un on my way home

Feel daft putting this in the Nice things thread, but l've had it hanging around in the loft for donkeys years and it's just found a new owner so. It complies to something nice that l love within my home but also it was my home on and off for a couple of years away back in my yoof. Macpac super lightweight backpacking tent, which l bought in June 1996, packed away in 1999 and hardly used since. Certainly not used in the last 20 years. Selling point for me that it was the lightest tent on the market at the time and is quick and easy to use. I hiked it around Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand for nearly 2 years and at one point it was pitched in one place for two months! It really was compact living. And in situ in the garden with his mates Hopefully my son will get into using it more often.

Sunday morning coffee dog walks in the 311

Some pics of my Neat Style Kiwami WWII jeans and Neat Style x Denim Bridge. Jeans are the 'irregular' model with destroyed patch, wonky red tab and rusted top button which are supposed to be like B-stock sitting in a warehouse for 80 years lol. I got them as they were a pair in stock and the regular Kiwami WWII has long lead time. I kinda thought I'd hate the destroyed patch but it doesn't bother me in the end. Denim is quite streaky but less hairy and stubby than say, Sugar Cane S1943. Denim used for Kiwami WWII and the Denim Bridge models very similar but maybe different colour (notwithstanding wear washing making colour difference). Stitching character is quite different with the Denim Bridge models however (thicker more yellow thread, different quirks). Next to Sugar Cane S1943 and 1946. Neat Style back pockets a touch smaller which I don't like. Neat Style sizing is small so this is tag size 34 vs Sugar Cane size 32.

More of the same: Power Wear / Word of Mouth / Russell

Freewheelers WWII type 1. 1900 denim pullover. S601xx WWII jeans 44-45

Some of my favorite Union Special shirts: Got the first two (Neal Cassidy plus Foreman) from Seiichiro around 2020. Both have aged really well; I love the puckering on the Foreman, although the color on that one’s faded a little fast for my liking. Both are 50/50ish cotton/linen blends. The Neal is a little small on me now, but the Foreman still fits perfect. The contrast & colors are truest on the collar shots. Got this salt & peppery chambray Hammersmith off Yahoo in 2019 or 2020 I think. It’s probably my most-worn cotton chambray shirt from Freewheelers, although I did just pick up a lighter S&P Neal shirt (prob. the exact same one our own Neal’s got on, above) from Yahoo a few weeks ago that I’m looking forward to. Very comfortable fabric. My very favorite shirt—maybe ever—is this Rivet Gunner (the red one) that I picked up in 2022 or so. No photos that I’ve taken manage to do the fabric justice. I was ecstatic to find a second one recently (the green), not too heavily used. It just arrived in the same shipment as the S&P Neal; I still haven’t even worn it out. Bonus shot of all of the above crumpled on the table, for color reference:

Sculptor David Smith in his studio in 1951 in a Type I. I dig the cap and workshirt too https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/3346?

my heavily worn and abused Neal chambray.

Someone around the forum asked if i'd do a little fit guide for the old SC47s I've had.. and still have numerous pairs of these but they've all been raw.. this was the first o/w pair i've owned, i wouldn't have chosen to buy o/w but they came to me as a part exchange for other denim goodies more than a decade ago and i've only just got around to wearing them. They're tagged 32" ..A lot of SCs have a notoriously nipped waist but if you can get the waist fastened comfortably (post stretch) .. they tend to drape through the legs, if you measure around my waist where my jeans sit, it measures 34" This is after a few weeks of wear / stretch Worn with vintage 1984-87 Nike blue label, Cascade Run Off Tee.. Wonder how long till Freewheelers 'bootleg' this one And a pair of Nike Elite Vntg repros Measurements as follows... The waist has stretched back to raw (or even a few MMs beyond) measurements

Felt inspired by this and tried it out - I tend to agree that a pop of colour makes it feel less like a canadian tox (not that there is someting wrong with the canadian tox!) sugar cane / andersen-andersen/warehouse/flower mountain

Vintage Nike, Cascade, Run Off Tee ..the little spots are just rain drops 1984 ish Blue label.. Made in USA Single stitch construction

Only photo i can offer is this white pepper Neal from back in 2012 or summat.. ..worn over a Homespun henley i bought from Inventory magazine store

Yeah l would imagine so too. As a side note, when the red tab was first introduced and advertised in late 1936, the first ways of advertising were to hang these painted flat wooden cut-out cowboy torsos, with an big arrow on the back pointing towards the red tab. At the waist of the top half of the cowboy, there was a massive pair of 501XX nailed to it. I never saw the waist sizes but the inseam was 60 inches! Then at the bottom of each leg, a painted flat wooden cowboy boot was attached, to complete the whole cowboy figure. These were hung outside dry goods stores and retailers in the West in the late 1930's. - sorry about the pic quality, but you get the idea.

Hit 80°F today in Ohio so I skied in shorts and a Hawaiian shirt

Channeling my best Kit Carruthers from Badlands on a beautiful spring day in Michigan Denime/Whitesville/TCB/Lucchese

Sorry for the dusty mirror, I'm lazy. 1001xx in banner denim, size 31. Happy with the fit. Been realizing that I comfortably sit between a few sizes for 501 type cuts, so I've enjoyed picking up different pairs to play with that, i.e. sizing up on 66-type cuts, sizing down on 47-55 type cuts etc.

I like my FW Red Chambray shirt:

Roy RT Slim Tapered XX Experimental Denim 13oz Size 33/35 (35.00, 11.50, 17.00, 13.25, 9.25, 8.25, 35.50) $240 --------------- Sugar Cane Anniversary Edition Edo-Ai Limited Edition 14oz Size 34/35 (35.00, 12.00, 16.50, 12.50, 9.00, 7.50, 35.00) $140

Freewheelers war era jacket

Great jeans as u say, mate

Broke my leg & my ankle about ten days ago at the skatepark. I’ve been skateboarding for over 20 years and this is my first serious injury so in the long run I guess I’m doing pretty good. I’ve decided I’m going to wear these jeans the entire time I’m laid up & recovering from my surgery. Fun little experiment Zero x Realtree hat Dehen 1920 wool sweater Domestics 13oz selvedge Vans MTE

New jacket, might be a bit too ahh... neat... fitting for my taste. Probably could have gone up a size Neat Style x Denim Bridge s906xx Type I Codina x Rite Stuff belt Neat Style Kiwami WWII Nicks boots

American Optical, J Crew, Sugar Cane, Coronado Leather, 3Sixteen, Clarks

@Lorcan serserious WW2 collection right there!

wwii jacket wwii jeans. 1900 pullover

Rare 42 inseam 501SXX. S stood for 'Special length' in the 1940s and 1950s, later changed to 501XX SP in the early 60s, then later again to the 1501/2501 and 3501 prefixes. I've seen a 40" inseam before but never a 42. These pics courtesy of Mushroom vintage

OA / WMJ / Shitkickers (blundstones).

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! Also l cannot delete this last image (of the second pic of the back of the jacket)^ despite numerous attempts. [EDIT] Thanks for sorting out that ^ last point @Broark

my heavily abuse 1937 jeans

Likely story!

Ahh man, never mind, at least with Hinoya there is a reduced risk of being stung with import charges! So for the banner denim, the bulk of the shrinkage will come out in a first hot wash - it will then continue to shrink over a number of washes - couldn't say how many but they do tend to keep going for the first 5 or so at least! One of the best fabrics out there IMO, up there with Full Counts current standard denim for me.

TCB/Cushman/Buzz (wrinkly after crawling around after my tot)/Alden

I was reading recently that Gardener were made by Evisu (what we previously suspected) using Evisu denim.. which is why we see the Take5 4 jeans collabs.. (Gardener, Dry Bones, Pherrows, Stormy Blue and such..) but what i didn't know was.. at that time (mid-late 90s) the Evisu factory supervisor's name was Ueki, hence the name on the tab.. it's just a happy accident that it reads Levi's when partially concealed by the pocket..

After the first wash

You can't beat an old door. Cap- self made Cheapo wool triangle scarf off ebay. Probs meant for women but hey it's 2025. Tcb chore Buzz m51's YMC

Dropped by my long-time favorite pub yesterday—Schmidt’s, in Albany, for anyone in the area—for a couple pints, plus a pizza (not pictured) from another favorite joint over on that side of town. Always a great feel to the place, which doubles as a tobacconist (or maybe it doubles as a pub). They keep fresh Old Speckled Hen on tap, my consistent go-to—but also usually have one or two good Belgians, often from my old favorite Quebecois brewery Unibroue. The pictured table is incidentally where I wrote a good chunk of my thesis, a couple of years ago now.

Cheapo mechanics cap off eBay Style Eyes varsity Eternal type I Uniqlo oxford Bleu Du Paname ripstop Clarks wallabee

Shame on me, this is my first update! I *LOVE* these jeans, they're flattering and comfortable. I have missed one single day since the beginning, I was sick and stayed in bed most of that day. Here's a little photo dump from the last few days. We shot a couple promo videos in a great venue in Genova, Castello Mackenzie. Rehearsals always start with coffee Our mimosa tree in full bloom right in time for international woman's day Mini hike today

Papa nui, dehen 1920, Lee, buzz, fullcount, vans

Stevenson, Sugar Cane, Barbour, 3sixteen, Georgia Boot. Probably could’ve ditched one of the jackets today, but I’m not ready to give up any layers just yet..

Freewheelers denim pullover Warehouse 1002 Leepro

feat. Union Special, Tender Co. x2, Sun Surf / Union Supply, Attractions / Wearmasters

CSL I was just wondering if the wonky deadstock examples were leftovers people didn't want @rbeck I have a 2 pairs of 1952 leepros and both have different sections of the waist band like that https://imgur.com/n0m4MLXhttps://imgur.com/n0m4MLX