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Vintage c1963 Made in USA, RayBan Caribbean LVC Valencia 506xx Vintage 1960s Champion (Running Man) Columbia University 'Department of Classics' Sweatshirt £5 Gildan Tee Freewheelers 47s J.Lofgren Sneakers ...First Attempt Ruined By The Cat

CSF-46s

Lee Vintage tee OG-107s Vans

Edwin have produced quite a range of jeans over the years and were my introduction to the repro world back in 2002 via their Waynesvilles from the now, sadly closed Interstate. Their 505s (top) debuted in 1994 and were definitely a repro. Their 4007s (below, year unknown) were a strange Levi’s/Wrangler hybrid, well Levi’s with Wrangler arcs. Basically the opposite of those 1947 Wranglers with Levi’s arcs!

*Toyo Enterprises was previously called Kosho & Co, a fabric import / export company. During WW2 they were selling souvenirs to American soldiers, kimonos and such via a market stall.. Tailor Toyo was established to make souvenir jackets with a soldiers name embroidered, which they could take back home. In 1965 Toyo Enterprises was established to supply western sized clothing to the US military bases across Japan.. they would make denim jeans upon request. *source Double 0 on DB Toyo became a domestic clothing manufacturer in 1975 after the end of the Vietnam war when all the troops fked off back home.. I'm not sure if they were making repros during this time, i expect not, based on the fact that i haven't found any.. Japan's love of Americana followed.. by the 1980s demand outstripped supply of the Levis left behind by American troops which laid the foundations for enterprising Japanese pickers to visit the US with empty suitcases, demand still outstripped supply so by the mid-80s Sugarcane was producing repros for the domestic market but i would love to know what repro jeans if any were produced in this 75 - 85 (pre MP) era.. In 1978, Hitoshi Tsujimoto was one of these^ pickers.. he took a road trip around the US collecting vintage jeans and sweatshirts which he sold around vintage markets under the name 'Nylon' (which would later become McCoys) opening his first bricks n' mortar vintage store in the mid 80s.. this all helped lay the foundations for the golden era denimboom of the early 90s.. so when we consider the birth of the vintage repro, we need to be looking at the early-mid 80s

Denim related April spring cover for our free monthly local magazine so thought l'd share ..

Junior MJF9 asked to borrow a denim jacket to go to her friend's birthday dinner,,, good to see this kinda stuff resonating with the yoof of today 😊 (coincidental CSF snap with OO to boot) CSF / Adidas

Comparing the DSB with the WWII denim. The jacket sleeve is from the Blanket lined Lot.2001XX(2000XX) which is the 7.5x7.5 pink selvedge DSB denim. The jeans are the 25th Anniversary S1001XX (1946) 6.7x6.6 orange selvedge WWII denim.

Deadstock 1978-85 Nike Meshback Vintage 1978 - 83 Nike Single Stitch Baseball Shirt CSF-46s Nike Elite Repro

I didn’t necessarily want to start a new thread for this but I did anyway as it may have some interest . Obviously repros have been around for a long time now and, I think, some items can be considered vintage in their own right. What old repro-style item you have? I’m thinking primarily jeans, jackets, shirts here, but perhaps there are other items of interest - and I know that some early models were not strict repros. Vintage is slightly subjective and we may all have different views but my thinking (for this thread) is anything prior to 2000. I don’t want to be too exclusive though so anything on the cusp is welcome! My oldest item is this pair of Levi’s Japan 503 BSXX natural indigo from August ‘91 - almost 34 years old!

My wardrobe is probably 70% repro, 20% vintage and 10% new but out of that 70%.. i would say 90% of which would now be considered vintage in it's own right. I'm not saying repros peaked in the 90s but i am a bit disalusioned with how relentless the repro game has become, i'd like the SC Collectables but i'm fooling myself if i think this will be it, we all know something else will be just around the corner.. it's just a never ending persuit

Partner’s getting back in to running, which means I need to train the pup to run alongside…so it’s out with shorts and sneakers old employer / old gym / Great Lakes (by way of Duke) / Coorymoor / Mill Reef

I suppose.. the difference (as far as i see it).. American style denim pants were a practical, alternative to traditional dress, whereas a repro is an alternative to the, very limited in availability, vintage denim.. catering to the needs for the vintage Levi, Wrangler, Lee.. enthusiast.. rather than your average worker.

Good timing, just saw these pop up: https://www.instagram.com/p/DHxsGl4vkcO/?img_index=1 https://www.instagram.com/p/DHvXgpEvKFY/?img_index=2

Which one!?! 😁

They'd be good to grow turnups in... oh ok... I'll get my coat...

Good topic. I don’t have exact dates for either of my pairs of MP-series Cane’s, but they’d be somewhere in the mid-‘80s to ‘92 range, and both seem like pretty thorough repros. Always on the hunt for more—my dream pair would be an appropriately sized MP-597 or MP-603.

@Maynard Friedman l have a pair of Bartack 1950s MIJ repros from 1994 (l think but could be '92?) - unfortunately no photo as they are over at Mrs_Heech's place in Saaff London. Think the first repros were late 80s?

I believe there were a number of Japanese brands producing ‘American style’ jeans pre-1980s (perhaps as far back as the 60s? - I’ll try to check my sources). These included Edwin and Canton. I think one of them used Peruvian cotton.

My oldest items are several Denime Orizzonti era items without Orizzonti on the care tag, which makes them pre 1998.

Vintage 1978 - 83 Nike Single Stitch Baseball Shirt I know we all like to wax lyrical about MiJ loopwheeled tees, they are nice, i wear them myself but old single stitch tees are something else.. the material is thin and stretchy giving it a unique drape and softness which you just don't get with heavier gsm..

I was waiting for the cash point/ATM at the Post Office on the High Road and heard some odd noises behind me. I turned around and saw this.

1947 Bluebell's Wrangler 1st prototype with levis style arc and leather label. Around the following year after a lawsuit from Levi's regarding arcs, the W stitching appears and the leather label was replaced by a plastic one. The latter was more to do with the modern washing machine becoming the norm and would shrink the labels right up and they would turn to a piece of unreadable jerky leather. Anyway the reason l'm posting is that this is the clearest original 1st label on a pair l've seen so far, so thought l'd share for posterity sake etc (click twice for clarity). Looks to have been soaked/washed once? Never given Wrangler too much thought when it comes to the 'big 3' but the more l study l realise that they were in many ways the first designer jeans compared to Levi's and Lee. Yes the Wrangler brand was late to the party in terms of the (cowboy) market share, but within a very short space of time apparently took a huge chunk of both its competitor's pie becoming Pro Rodeo sponsors etc etc. Anyway, carry on ..

A lovely pleasant day. MF x2, Ooe, Cons

First time outside with the newest addition to the family. Rototo / Engineered Garments / YM Factory / Sugar Cane / Hoka

I'm good, thanks for asking! ❤️ Still in Ukraine, still rocking acronym.

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.

Just some update photo Now when i received from Dr. Ha ha still have long way to go

I’m in a generous mood so let’s extend the vintage invitation to anything over 20 years old. Post your repro pairs that date up to 2005!

I've done a bit of detective work regarding those Edwin 4007s.. they're a womans bootcut and although there is zero info online, they do use a Talon zipper which is easier to date than the jeans (easier still if it was a pre-1950s jacket zipper) .. the zipper itself seems to have been in production from the mid 70s up to 1983.. It was used extensively on 1980s era Wrangler Big Ben, 1980s Dickies workwear up to and including 1990s Edwin made Lee Riders so i would hazard a guess that they date from the 1980s

Are we talking 'American style' or repro? I'd say a repro from this era needs to be 501 patterned, selvedge denim, leather patch, red tab, arcs and such..

Laurel button, no rivets.. looks like a war model

^I mean GOT DAMN, time to wrap up sufu, we've hit the peak 🙏

Much appreciated, great feedback! Also wanting something a bit lighter but don't want to drop over $300 USD on the No. 2 Blouse or Good Luck jacket 😅

A few years back E keeps shitposting about the environment and over-production in fashion on Insta, to the point that I mute his stories.

Vintage / deadstock Nike mesh back.. .. the fat belly swoosh dates from 1978-85, it's printed on a Made in Korea CardinaL.. 'Cardinal Cap & Jacket Co' was established in 1975.. it's clearly got age due to the yellowing of the foam but like we see from a lot of 70s era Nike.. although the company was producing clothing and footwear lines in USA, Japan, Italy, Taiwan, Korea ect.. when it came to event promo, pulling together a couple of 100 caps or tees was done through a third party. Nike tees given away at 10 or 15k road / trail races were printed on Hanes Fifty-Fifty or Russell rather than a Nike label.. I found the Cardinal phone number on a job vacancy for an experienced sewing machine mechanic in an archived page of the Virginia Chronicle so everything tracks.. ..but unlike this one on Grailed, i paid less than £40..

Freewheelers Lot 601XXc 1937 LATE 1936-37 MODEL Original 14oz Indigo Denim right over left

A miniature and very cheap (around 1 USD) coffee filter. I bought it during recent trip to Vietnam. It’s used everywhere there. I also discovered the world of Vietnamese coffee, learning that Vietnam is one of the main coffee exporters in the world. The most popular coffee there is robusta. But my favorite coffee at the moment is luwak.

Self timer accident. warehouse 40s tux gap aurora shoe co

American Optical, J Crew, Freewheelers, Coronado Leather, 3sixteen, Chippewa

TFH shirt, Warehouse jeans, Golden Retriever dog

Happy Wednesday! *80's ABC Sports Corduroy cap *Vtg Fast Color bandana w/ Twin Peaks ring *Thrift Sweater w/ Old Style pin *Pat Boone's Farm tee courtesy of my friends @theexbombers *Vtg Gap braided belt *LEE "Modern Vintage" relaxed high rise stovepipe w/ buckleback *Vtg FRYE boots

Caught in the act of catching Old Dog in the act of shenanigans The Vanishing West / Sure Mfg. x TCB / Hollows / Word of Mouth / Russell

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.

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

Getting ready to send this thing in for some real repairs Hole forming on the arm - not going to let that worsen Close to a dozen areas fraying on the right arm alone Waist beginning to separate

Couple month old pics of my '14 D105's that I've been wearing for the last 6ish years.... pathetic progress I know but still in love with this denim! Just snagged a size up in some natural indigo 3005s that'll probably be next but can't see stopping these anytime soon. Still need to get around to the right length though...

If you were wondering where all the grails were, look no further than Thailand

More photo S91j vs 91j