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Third wash (‘51 601xx for color reference) …feat. pocket bag update no. 1, and another shot of the loom chatter on the back of the right leg

Foreman pants Probably not really due for an update yet, but they’re the main thing I’ve been wearing when I’m not in my contest jeans and I’ve really been enjoying them Color truest in the first two shots, ‘51 601xx for reference

Annual cleaning and shine

It's from a photo set taken at the University of Arizona rodeo in 1947. Here's a shot of her, with her very dubiously shaped cigarette.

American Optical, Vintage Levi’s, Colimbo, 3sixteen, Georgia Boot

Finally off the crutches. Ankle surgery went really well & I’m healing up quick! Devium USA Jac shirt Domestics selvedge Happy Hour shades

Fit pics with different ways of buttoning. The jacket feels smaller than the measurements suggest. But I don't plan to layer and wear denim jackets mostly in the warmer months with just a tshirt underneath.

xx4 denim raw and with maybe 10 months of wear. The comparison makes me feel that maybe it’s not as slow fading as I had thought.

WW2 Levis S501XX

Or doobiously shaped 😁

Was spending time with my girlfriend's grandparents; her grandmother brought out the high school 'annuals' from Butte, Montana, 1956-59. I snagged a few haphazard photos while conversing. Not iconic per se, but nevertheless fascinating. I especially love the all-state athletes' steez 😂

Contest jeans in the wash Tender Co. / The Vanishing West / Tezomeya / Hollows / Roy / Russell

lovely @Georg! I'll post pics of my own one of these sometime soon. For now, though, I have a new jeans type, 156, which are coming in to stockists and which I'm really pleased with. they're a significantly higher waist than previous cuts (varies a bit by fabric and size, but my indigo sizer 4 pair is 14.75" front and 18.5" back), and come with X back braces. More to the point, though, they're cut straight, as tailored trousers, rather than open, as jeans. Here's my double indigo broken twill pair, which I've been wearing since September or so: They're based around somewhere between the 132 and 136 cuts, but with a raised waist, and rather than having an angled front and back seam (like jeans), the fronts are cut almost straight on the grain line. This is a cutting angle which works best with suspenders/braces, and is traditional for dress trousers, or early workwear which was basically a heavy version of the same thing. The first Tender jeans, 132, was adapted from British Rail uniform pants, but cut open to wear like jeans. This is going back to the original, in some ways. Here's a fairly clear demonstration of open and closed cutting: Ok they're all diagonal, but you can see the change in angle across the centre seam in type 133 trews: Compared to the almost parallel stripes in 156: The side pockets are cut into the seams, and the yoke remains at the position that it would be for a standard waist pair, so that the extra shape stays in the seat and the raised waist sits above it (if they're worn high- if you wear them low like I mostly do then they fall down a bit but feel like high waisted trousers worn low, which is a really nice, subtly different, effect). The waist band is put on as two separate pieces, with a gap in the middle where the seat panels are just hemmed. This is a less costumey take on the idea of a split back or fishtail back, but done in a mechanised jeans waist way. These come from the new Spring/Summer 2025 production, which is the last fully UK-made Tender collection. More in all this soon, and as it develops, but the plan is to move clothing production and dyeing, and eventually weaving, to our new home in the US. Having said that, I have stock of denim fabric in the UK so for the foreseeable future jeans will continue to be made in the UK. More soon!

Went to Scotland. Nothing to report

my farmer friend Jordan’s pair of Leroy’s

Thanks folks! Really pleased with how they’re wearing in so far. I do wish the cut was wider and higher, but the detailing is good and the denim is just lovely

Sorry for the multi post, forgot this one: Some nice light blue hues coming through in certain lights which is always hard to pick up on camera

This comment reminds me how a while ago, I gave serious thought to the Best Jobs For Fading Denim. The best one I came up with was "professional moving service," for both jeans and jackets. If you've moving boxes and furniture, you're doing a lot of bending over, squatting, lifting, carrying, and so on, but you're not really getting that dirty or getting weird substances all over your clothes necessitating more frequent washing (hence why something like "working on an oil field" wouldn't be a great suggestion.) It's hard, physical work, but not really all that dangerous, and less destructive/strenuous than other blue-collar professions. There's also not necessarily a ton of going down on your knees, which tends to destroy your jeans faster/be a downside of some blue-collar trades. These would seem like ideal conditions for getting good fades - though it's possible that holding/carrying stuff right up against your garments could lead to some unexpected/undesirable fading. Anybody on here ever fade denim working for a moving service? Let us know how it turned out!

Took the WoMs for a walk in nearby Gledhow Valley Woods, a coffee in Chapel Allerton and back again, with my lad Glorious day - blue sky with a nice chill in the air Baby fade coming on... 50s vibes... WoM 5150 / Rototo / Freewheelers special heavyweight sweatshirt / Samurai 21oz 552XX / Converse MiJ from Gee

Freewheelin’ with an Iron Heart!

Changed 3 windows in our secondary dining room (adjacent to the kitchen). Just one more to go. The former owners used this room as some kind of winter garden. We made it a bit more cozy and now it was about time to replace these single-glazed windows to something more substantial. Still need to cover the gaps as well

Freewheelers Lot.506XX 30s model (size 40, cold soaked, from 2013) • Warehouse S1001XX (1946) Deluxeware 50s Buffalo Check

Yesterday I did a slot at my son's elementary school careers day, and talked with a group of third graders (8-9 year olds) about being a fashion designer. They were all great, and one kid was really pleased when he was pulling apart a cutting of denim that I'd passed around and saw that the inside of the yarn was white. "this must be why jeans get white when they get worn out". I swelled with pride on behalf of all of us.

Bob Dylan. Screenshot from the film Don’t Look Back.

I was trying to hold out until the three month mark for a wash, but we went to a ren fest yesterday and got rained on. So the jeans were just too grungy. Jeans are out drying in the sun now, I'll get some post wash pictures this weekend.

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.

I thought wearing raw would yield quicker fades, but that doesn't seem to be the case. I am starting to see the crease lines lightening up now, and in bright sunlight the knees appear a little bit pale. Still a long way to go. Not a bad thing.

My fellow WOMJ contestants inspired me to give mine a wash...

We took our daughter out to the local wildflower center near our house yesterday, hard to believe she's already 3 months old. I've had a hard time documenting much lately, but I'm working on it! Before and after one of our pups got a (long overdue) haircut. Keeping watching during playtime. I've got a bunch of fancy sneakers but somehow I always end up back in these ones from Catchball. Seen a guy at one of our local coffee shops wearing some wide FH's and Paraboots.

Doing slides on the playground helps with back pocket evolution

+ Two days later Meanwhile, the season’s wildflowers are starting to really take off up in the hills, with trillium making the first strong appearance as always feat. Union Special, Sun Surf / Oahu Garment Co. / Tezomeya / Duke / MOTO

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?

Should've put this in the 'Denim in film' thread but l don't know which film it's from unfortunately. I've seen plenty (if not all) of JW's black and white westerns from the 1930s and 40s but have never seen him in this shot and more importantly for me, never seen him wear a 506xx. The image was borrowed from Vintagebrotherhood on lg, simply titled 'mid 1930s'. The details in the pic plus the date adds weight to this jacket being the small button version (1927-35).

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.

Been gone from hele a long time - thought i'd post a picture of my old R00 i bought back in 2016... These have gotten so fragile so i use them only occasionally these days. Apologise for the low quality pic.