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Freewheelers 1922 / Sassafras / Whitesville / @Duke Mantee / Warehouse from @Geeman

temporarily retiring this for now to focus on other pair, needless to say… incredible fabric!

my 129s washed and going away for the summer

Trying to dissuade myself from getting another pair of jeans by telling myself to keep up with wearing my 50s. Had these for 4 months worn for average 3 days a week. The 13.5 oz is definitely a welcome weight for the warmer weather.

We needed some sea air and Saltburn-by-the-Sea is about the closest coastal 'resort' near us at an 80 minute drive The funicular was open again Fish n Chips (killer calorie and gut overload I now regret!) WoM 5150, FW 1937, Tezomeya, Duke belt, MiJ Cons from Gee, Mrs MJF9's Topo bag

thanks @Le Clown Bleu- you can find some things at Goodies Oxford, Peggs & Son Brighton, and The Bureau Belfast. A couple of images of these went out in the newsletter I just sent out, but here are some more details. The best-worn pair of Weaver's Blanket Denim trews I've seen, very kindly brought in by a long-time customer and great friend of the brand. Note the twill switching at various points:

Paging @Dr_Heech July 12th, 2002, Chicago Illinois. I had just seen The White Stripes at Cabaret Metro in Chicago and I was high on life and I noticed some young punk out front was wearing a faded two sided vintage Scientifically Treated Petroleum t shirt. In 2002 The White Stripes had just began their meteoric rise to super stardom and I had just seen the greatest live rock and roll show of my life. The crowd was buzzing. We all knew we had just witnessed greatness. Seven Nation Army would come out the following year and for a brief time TWS would become the biggest band on the planet. And it would decades before Jack White would return to the Metro. Without hesitation I asked him how much he wanted for the t shirt. You see years earlier I had become enamored with the STP logo because my grandfather wore a quilted blue winter puffer coat that had some patches on it. Like many folks from his generation he kept everything until it was used and in tatters. This jacket was faded and dirty and I loved it. My grandma HATED it and that just made it more valuable to me. The punk kid said $5. I gave him a ten dollar bill. He took it right off his back and walked off. It became a reminder of that great night of music and it helped that STP was a nice abbreviation of STRIPES. (It also became the night I bounced my drunken best friend from the bar next door which led to him deciding to get sober but that's a different story.) Fast forward two decades and I found two NOS in mint condition on Velva Sheen tees for sale. They had lower quality transfers instead of the beautiful discharge print my OG had but the tees themselves were identical so obviously I couldn't pass them up. One has about a half dozen wears and the other is staying fresh for now. You can see the difference between the prints below: All three shirts together below. You can see how much the transfer on the newer shirt has degraded with just two washes. The OG shirt below. Those pit stains need attention and OXY. Paper thin And the newer shirt. All of the tees are printed on 60s/70s era Velva Sheen. Back print comparison

After second wash This pair will be a nice contrast to my matching jacket I unfortunately can only wear them a couple days each week - will likely be washing them a lot more

Jumped the gun Great Lakes / Tender Co. / Union Special / Duke / Word of Mouth / Frank’s

Freewheelers tee Freewheelers 1947

I just couldn’t let these 30s contest jeans sit! @theguywhoknewthatguy had these listed in the sale section for a few months and thought someone else would join us, so I waited patiently. No one snapped them up! So I guess I have a 2nd pair of contest jeans-hope I’m not doing anything illegal! Cant imagine wearing them as much as my original pair, but we’ll see. #192

Quick update on my old s506. Such an excellent jacket.

Hi Carl, I have the exact same issue and i had the same conversation with b_F only a few weeks ago.. i might be able to help, the reason i persuaded him to try Japan Rabbit was.. around a year ago, i found these frames by Hakusan Megane. They're the T-Jerry's (or Jerry's) ..but they're not cheap at around £5-600 on the auction sites (they haven't been in production for many years so it's worth waiting for a good pair) .. meaning they would hit the UK border at £800, i'd struggle to get my money back should i not be entirely happy with them.. I'm in a health scheme so i get my cost of optical back.. therefore i can buy a pair of fancy frames and my health scheme covers the cost of an eye test and replacement lenses every 12mths... i've been wearing the same frames for the last 7yrs so over that time.. it spreads the cost. They have the wired cushions at the nose.. ..which i need for all frames, for one it stops them constantly slipping down my face but for me.. i have a slightly wonky nose therefore, to enable me to sit the glasses symmetrically on my face, i have to move one cushion slightly in and one cushion out.. i can't do this with most acetate frames so i don't but them for reading glasses. I found a similar looking pair at our local opticians without the wired nose cushions.. and took all the sizes.. measuring them up accordingly to see if they would suit me.. but if you want to wait for actual dimensions.. the glasses should land here at some point next week.

@Dr_Heech that’s a great idea! I’m going to do that and treat them very differently!

One of my favs in my collection. YOT print is on the inside of a Mickey Mouse shirt. Bought it from my friends resale shop for like $15 cos I don't think he knew just how cool of a piece he had.

1947 601xx and Freewheelers tee

Does anyone else feel like shoe/boot brands should regularly post the insole length and width to help costumers choose the correct sizing, similarly to how clothing brands post measurements? I feel like with shoes I bought with the knowledge of the insole length I was way less prone to sizing mistakes.

Missing posters for a pair of Big E 517's and a pair of suede Red Wing Pecos from Japanese magazine Huge, 2004 (...Can anyone date those levi's from detail pictures alone? lol)

Vintage bootleg tee Levis Vans Crocketts

Nonnative Laguna tshirt Phigvel 302 Vans

More of the same (I promise I’ve still been wearing the contest jeans more often than not) Union Special / Tezomeya / Tender Co. x2 / Hollows / Russell

^ Hell yes! Top top notch I was wearing mine last night too—although I’m thinking about graduating these from climbing pants into the regular rotation, and switching to climbing in the M41059 Bad pic feat. Bootleggers chalk bag, Django Atour tee

I really enjoy wearing these Two Moon 530. They are surprisingly rigid for long staple cotton but that's nice.

^ yea - I’m way less enthused about shoe buying over the internet in general. A good fit is a lot less open to interpretation than with jeans.

Switch from one to another on alternate days, then hand in the best looking pair at the end of the contest.

Yesterday's pre 4th fit. All vintage, all made in U.S.A. Destroyed bandana 1970s Velva Sheen STP tee Painted leather belt 1990 Levis 501 1960s ACME boots Happy Independence Day.

Perhaps worthwhile to have a pair in your current dimensions? We all go up and down a bit.

Scored a Necchi BU Mira off FB marketplace for $50 the other day. Needs some cleaning but I'm excited to get it running. Been hunting for a Necchi for over a year now and finally came across one that wasn't some ridiculous price or in another state.

Always tough to post after a Maynard-post! But here’s some worn in 101’s.

Thoroughly enjoyed wearing these 220’s. Faded too quickly though, this is from 1 year with a bit of other jeans in rotation.

It looks like the weather is going to turn to shit this weekend so i took today off.. God damn neighbours put this Furby under their tree before they moved back to Holland.. it's been out through the winter yet, 2yrs later and it still speaks, it scares the shit out of me! ..early game of tennis.. my kid has been working on the allotments this week, doing all the jobs the old folks don't want to do.. digging, strimming, removing brambles and such, he starts at 12.30.. one of the neighbours kids used to do it but he's on a gap year in Bali. I rode through Burbage Through Longshaw ..and past White Edge Lodge, you can rent this joint as a holiday let, It was in the TV adaptation of Jane Eyre White Edge Blacka Moor It's a great year for bilberries.. When i was a kid, my folks would take me, my friends and cousins out bilberry picking, we'd all have a bucket or a Wall's Icecream tub.. there would be a gang of kids on th hillside, our hands stained purple for the week.. they'd make bilberry jam, bilberry cheesecake, bilberry wine.. we'd live off them through the autumn, yet cost of living crisis and the bilberries are going to waste.. ? ..stopped for a pint of Absolution at the Norfolk Arms ..and home

601xx rude black & 1900 pullover getting abused on work duty. Such good fades though. trying to get those @Double 0 Soul level of fades

D.C. White • Pherrows • Superga

In other news, a long overdue garden update: I think the first of my sunflowers are going to open today!! For reference, the wall is just a bit under 6’ high

I stopped consistently working farmers’ markets around a year and a half ago, but I still like showing up on Tuesday evenings to get my (and the contest jeans’) weekly workout packing up my friends’ produce truck for them

I got these a few weeks ago and have hardly had them off long enough to get good pictures, but here are a few. Size 29 M41057, at this point my favorite pair of M-Series jeans that I’ve gotten so far. The fit is perfect! A couple pics from a hike to an alpine lake earlier:

Nonnative Laguna tshirt just came in. has a picture of a Laguna from the Transit magazine on the back.

Uniqlo, TCB 50, Clarks

I did a bit of research, and it seems likely that Levi's purchased fabric for T-shirts in the 1950s rather than producing them themselves. Moreover, these T-shirts were comparatively simple and, in the interest of cost-effective production, weren't loop-wheeled (like T-shirts from Sears or Champion). So probably a good (authentic) reproduction of a simple and lower quality Tee for an outrageous price. I‘ve paid 16€ on a sale- that‘s fair.

Cooled down enough to be back in a 506 Neat Style x Denim Bridge WWII / ON tee / Joe McCoy belt / Freewheelers trackwalker / Nicks

I bought these 5-6 years ago. They stayed in a drawer and rarely got worn until a year ago, where they’ve since been my daily drivers. I’d buy these again if I could.

Sorry to be posting more of the same, but here's some more shots taken indoors which show the denim colour and texture a bit better. Will have to get some nice shots using a proper camera one day. Like l said before, Love these. The 506XX jacket has got hardly any wear when compared to the jeans but does share some of the nice puckering... First post with pics that haven't been Sufu'd. I'm having a beer!

Morrissey

TCB?

Some years ago in my favorite true religion jeans. I memissed this so much 😢🥺