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They need another wash soon. They are the perfect summer pair. Maybe because they ended up shorter than planned.

Been wearing these every day since 5/01

I often get out of the habit of posting outfits in warm weather, which is dumb because I think I have plenty of good summertime fits. Here's my TCB Late S40s jacket which I'm wearing part-time right now; the TFH Type II is currently hibernating after a wash. This jacket is amazing, I love the denim, fit, and details. It's a size 42, so I was pleasantly surprised that it's got a T-back design like a larger size Type I. The chinos are my second pair of Buzz Rickson Original Spec, I felt the top block on my original size 31 pair was too small, so I went up to size 33 and these fit perfect! Easily the best chinos I've worn. TCB Late S40s jacket, Lone Flag tee, Hollows Rail belt, Buzz Rickson Original Spec chinos, New Balance sneakers, MX73.

The button is a literal bootleg (living up to the name) of a vintage promo button: https://rockposters.com/collections/venue-winterland/products/auction-aor-2-53-bg-29-jefferson-airplanme-muddy-waters-1966-promo-button-near-mint?variant=44786115313943 The accompanying poster for that show:

Nothing exciting, but got my jeans back from getting some darning work done and gave them a wash. Light was perfectly flat this morning and these pictures feel probably more accurate than most I’ve posted. Happy to have them back. Tracks starting to appear, still not much in the way of marbling, I think I’m probably past the point of that happening much. Little tiny blowouts starting to happen on the back of each knee - usually when that happens the honeycombs are more prominent but on this pair barely visible. Hem and pocket update for fun.

Freewheelers, Columbia, Coronado Leather, LVC, Padmore & Barnes Last day cool enough to wear a jacket, as summer looks like it will rear its devilish head tomorrow. Saddest day of the year, every year.

Wash no. 4 or 5 I think, almost at the six-month mark Staring to see a little more in the way of whiskers, plus some nice oxidation on the rivets. The roping’s a little too intense for its own good; the hems are already wearing through at a few points!

22501XX fit

https://buyee.jp/item/jdirectitems/auction/h1168544331?conversionType=jdirectitems_auction_DirectSearch Bootleggers 601 in 32x34 for 46,000 yen

Not quite Resolute but still Hayashi-san: Far East Manufacturing will producing additional items. Jackets, pants https://www.instagram.com/p/DK_wkYWTfqA/ edit: The Baker pants look nice

The 'Last Resort' denim is very nice. Haven't handeld the heavier version, just the regular one. I have it on my rebuilt jeans and had it on the 301XX. The one-wash version from Jealdo was a lot softer than what my wash at home did to the fabric. I remember the fit on the 301XX to be pretty straight/slim in the top block. I was quite a bit lighter back then, so a W36 would probably my choice today. And yeah, Jelado seems to do well in Japan but is not as widespread in the West. Sometimes it's vague to know why some brands do better than others allthough they offering basically the "same" repro stuff.

As seen above, we spent the past week up at a friend’s cabin on a dammed lake in the mid-Sierra, fed by the south fork of the Stanislaus River. More on that later. As a little sneak peek, here are some shots from a lovely morning hike that I took on Friday, feat. contest jeans, Great Lakes hat + shirt, JK boots. The original idea was to make my way up to the peak of nearby mountain, center background in this shot: The approach to the ridge was scrambly, but before too long I hit a trail that seemed to be going in the right direction. Left the trail again before too long to follow the sound of water, which turned out to be (I think) the nearby Herring Creek Climbed back uphill to the path through a couple hundred feet of chest-high bramble… …and made my way to a spectacular vista point From this last perspective, the peak I was planning on hiking up is to the far left. The gorge to the right feeds the inlet to the lake, seen above. It’s straightforward to hike from the lake part way up the gorge, up to around the large pool seen near the bottom right of the gorge photo. In the past, I’ve made my way up far enough to see the first of the heavily wooded sections (slightly right of center), but have never managed to get there from below because of how steep the walls get to either side of the river. Looking down from above, it seemed like it might be plausible to work my way down to the wooded section by following the shoulder of the ridge (a.k.a. the Large Granite Slab). This seemed to align much more closely with my interests than waking the rest of the way up the mountain, so I scrapped the original plan and plotted a rough course into the gorge. This ^ was the final approach, around 4–500 vertical ft. down a ~80% incline slab of fully exposed granite. Intimidating, but Komperdell, JK, and lots of experience off trail in the Sierra were on my side. The oasis at the bottom was well worth the anxiety at the top. Some of the absolute prettiest water features I’ve ever seen. Stopped for lunch and a beer (ca. 10 am…time runs different in the mountains) and made my way back down to known territory.

The Vanishing West / Tezomeya / Roy / Russell

I couldn't get along with JDownloader i had to uninstall it.. A friend suggested this one https://ytmp3.fan/ which is just copy / paste / download It's foolproof

My Mitsubishi was an A6M Zero

It’s prime time for wildflowers in the mid-Sierra Nevada, and I’ve gone with a quantity over quality approach to photography Yarrow, lupine, pacific irises, columbine, mariposa lilies, fairies’ lanterns, shooting stars, Indian paintbrush, thimble berry, wild roses…what else can you spot?

FW shirt & pants, Tender belt, RDT boots The FW diamond cracker shirt has some of the most beautiful pearl buttons seen anywhere.

Sugarcane Indigo Madras Shirt • Engineered Garments

4th wash...

Would echo b_F that what they're doing is interesting and should be more popular outside of Japan, but for whatever reason (probably the age of the brand compared to the established Osaka 5 etc.) I haven't deep dived. Even when I visit Tokyo I always manage to skip the shop even though it's in one of the most accessible areas on one of the busier shopping streets 😅 I would say their work with shirting and jackets is particularly admired in Japan though

Mitsubishi runs from "incredibly sick, cool cars" like the Lancer Evo IX to "fiberboard economy box trash" like... well, unfortunately, mostly everything they make nowadays.

I’ve never handled a pair but they seem solid - just for whatever reason they tend to have not end up as the preferred repro brand for many. It’s hard to differentiate yourself in that market and, speaking only for myself, the arcs weren’t enough to make me go for it. I was eyeing a jacket for a long time but ultimately passed on it because it just didn’t seem to add much of anything I didn’t already have. I think a few people here have owned a pair, you just don’t generally see them taken the distance.

@harls hard to say about stretch because I always have to order 1-2 size bigger to accommodate thighs. From what I can tell about the fabric, not as stretchy as the 20s or 50s IMO. Regardless, I find the waist on any Jean will always give a little after a couple wears.

Got the 30s from Bears’ restock last month (indigo dyed pocket tab) and don’t really care for the fit in the hips and crotch area. Cinched slightly and wearing a belt, might have benefited from sizing down one. Size 30, inseam hemmed to 30”

@harls My 30’s

We all know Kojima, Okayama to be the main area for denim production in Japan, yet in Fukuyama (Hiroshima prefecture) apparently 80% of Japan's denim is made: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/satoyama-consortium/2023/02/21/satoyama-consortium/fukuyama-japans-city-denim-spins-surge-public-awareness/ Granted, it is directly next to Okayama prefecture. Companies like Sakamoto (dyeing) and big mills are located in Fukuyama. Another map with big names in it: https://www.japandenim.jp/supplier/

Cross-posting from the M-series thread

Anyone have any info on this ???

Warehouse and Cushman

Freewheelers Tweakers Racing hat. Freewheelers wwii type 1 Freewheelers 601RB Nicks Palouse cowboy boots

No explanation needed...

Great page of nicely fading jeans... well done gents!! Clearly I'm ages behind... as I whimsically flit across my jeans rail... I think my best chance is if you all burn out through overwear and overwashing leaving only threads in June 2026

Drying in the Texas heat. Still not seeing much marbling on my pair like some others have noticed.

Neat Style x Denim Bridge WWII / Equus / Sugar Cane 1942 / Nicks Trying uncuffed with the 42s for a change of pace

Three-wash measurements: Waist / 78.0 cm / 30.71 inches Front rise / 29.0 cm / 11.42 inches Back rise / 39.0 cm / 15.35 inches Thigh / 31.5 cm / 12.40 inches Knee / 25.0 cm / 9.84 inches Hem / 22.0 cm / 8.66 inches Inseam / 73.0 cm / 28.74 inches See I run the same washing program as bartles.

My first WAYWT of ‘25 WH DSB 1947 CMAN 22501XX

Tezo / Duke / Word of Mouth / Wearmasters

A little update on my LR01s, been wearing them most days since October and have given them three washes. They are starting to show some nice fades.

Have fun for the 22501xx scooby 😉

Snagged these 22501XX from @srudy last month, and by chance started wearing them on 5/01 day I love this denim and lucked out on the fit - they fit me as good as anything else ever has The cut is real good in contrast to the "22501" cut I had some years back - and at a tagged 34 they measure about 31" after a shrink That's barely 1" larger post shrink than the tagged 28 waist "22501" (a different cut but 6 tagged sizes smaller...) Not exactly an apples to apples comparison, but a WW2 501 jean under the same umbrella having such a massive disparity in sizing is... interesting!

1001XX 25th anniversary

Ono-san and I share some similarities in our musical tastes. Today, I’ll listen to an album by John Jenkins, the cover of which is clearly visible in the video.