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First new pair of jeans in over 4 years! Alpha Industries, MF Chambray, Indigofera T-Shirt, SOC Encinitas, 70s

A quick running errands fit. No cool SUFU shit on the top half but the bottoms are a pair of the 17oz Ironheart 888’s that I just got and a pair of Solovair boots that I really like ✌️

Cherry trees are blooming here... SDA pants (45th anniversary kakishibu, super slubby fabric - maybe too much), Andersen-Andersen sweater, Cordings Portobello coat (maybe my best purchase of the year).

Went to a modded car show at Peddlers with the boy, he's all about cars now he's nearly 17 Over the river from work Peddler Market This NSX belongs to one of our neighbours.. ..as it came to an end, the boy and his friend were stood on the street filming them leave.. but there are only so many cars one can see nailing it down a street before you get bored (for me that was 3 maybe 4) .. plus t'was fking freezing so i went to peruse the new graff.. ..went to look at some house plants, some record shops (evn tho i don't have a record player) and some junk shops Old tools 😍 ..walked back to Peddlers ..on the way home we called at M.eat ..a new smoke house on Sharrowvale Rd (you'd like it here @MJF9 there are no plates of food as such.. just portions of meat with sides) they fire up the smokers at 5am, fill them with meat.. open the doors at 5pm (ish) and when it's gone, its gone. It was fking rammed, the only seats we could get were at the bar, they don't serve booze and a soft drink / soda was £8. Ouch! I had short rib with marrowbone gravy and a side of pit-slaw Yum 😋

Weekend away in Wellington Bit of art before heading out of the city light house at Cape Palliser, a few steps, easy as seal colony dozers lake bonus time as flights got cancelled. Extra 24 hours to mooch around with friends that luckily live nearby. wearing my mr freedom jacket even though it’s not cold enough yet. Car eating cat

some fit pictures of the Dad's. Gave it a short/cold machine rinse cycle, lost another 0.5-1cm on the back, sleeves and shoulders, chest stayed the same.

Going back a while here. With regard to the weirdly labelled Lee 1101-LJ which seemed to replace the earlier, separate blanket-lined Lee 101-LJ, as in the above post, l've wanted to find out a bit more about it. From what l can gather, the separate liner 101-LJ model, not including any housemark-labelled prototypes, ran from c.1948 until c.1950 or 1951 at the latest, after which it was then briefly superseded by the attached liner model labelled 1101-LJ. The jacket below is a 40 Regular, unlike the label in the previous post, showing the added 'long' label underneath - I think the label above was then briefly superseded by the ribbon tag, which was common among the Lee coats and jackets of the 1950's. I think this was to keep costs down by incorporating the word 'regular' or 'long' onto the ribbon rather than an added separate embroidered label. Below is an example, although l believe it to be a repro; Still demonstrates it well enough - The type of colour coded liner used on these short lived models, with its distinctive wide yellow band with red bands either side and a thinner blue line either side of those, was used on Lee 101-LJ Stormrider jackets from c.1953 until c.1960 before the next colour code change by Troy Mills, which is where my Lee 101-LJ Stormrider jacket comes in. My Lee jacket has the next type of colour coded liner which was introduced around 1959. So it seems that these two models, both 1101-LJ, despite having that odd lot number with an added '1' prefix are actually the missing link between the 1948 separate liner 101-LJ and the 1954 Stormrider 101-LJ models. Anyway, carry on ..

Superstitch is developing a documentary on his travels to Japan to ultimately learn how to operate a shuttle loom himself (?!) back in France. Neat trailer here, looking forward to seeing the entire film.

Fullcount 0105 & Cons

Kapital / Freewheelers / Samurai / Brother Bridge / @Duke Mantee, Rototo, American Optical not visible

Yessir, my connection to BiG runs back to 2008. Pretty amazing that Naoki is still there and we still find cause to come together. He knows Fullcount are my favorite jeans so when they have a collaboration or lookbooks, he'll ask me to model. There's one more BiG 20th anniversary collaboration set coming that I'm very excited for.

Another acquisition yesterday:

I love wearing a cinch with a thin belt that doesn’t fold over it, the cinch fastened just above the belt loop. That’s how I wear my Warehouse 1004 and TCB 20s. best of both worlds I think. On another note, I’m about to bring back into rotation my early pair of Rebuilt 20s I picked up years ago from @Broark. They used to fit quite loose, but I recently got a dryer and decided to give them a run, just to see what might happen. They shrank a lot — pretty much a perfect fit now, aside from the leather patch.. It's a nice pair, only thing that leaves a bit to be desired is the quality of the chainstitch hem, it's a big chunky hem that will show very little roping, but anyway I will have to hem them again, or just chop them off...

Surplus, Carhartt, buzz rickson, vans

Lazy Saturday roman pro/engineered garments/samurai/clarks

So many of the cars look like Japanese anime caricatures. The NSX is the best car there, props to the neighbor. Air suspension has gone a long way but still, unless it's a slow 'truck, I don't know why people hamper their Porsches with terrible suspension. Don't even get me started on stretched tires. Did your son get any crashes from anyone leaving? If not, I guess the folks with Mustangs didn't go 😄

I’ve got a jacket in the cross weave. It’s just a matter of preference I suppose. I like them both. The crossweave is certainly heavier and thicker, and it has a lighter overall appearance. Fades will be a little less pronounced because the face of the fabric is not as consistently dark. Then again, that is the case already with the over dyed pairs, and for me sort of a secondary thing. The standard denim alone is a substantial and very dark one. Probably not a lot is posted here of the crossweave because there aren’t a lot of pairs in circulation, I think it was a sort of limited run whereas the normal jeans are continuously produced. As for why anyone would want to wear them I’ve seen other worn and beat up pairs of jeans that look maybe just as great but probably none that are actually better. Tender’s some of the most rewarding stuff to wear over time IMO, it can be stubborn but is also unique and does get better and better.

Wasted how?.. because the cars have become almost undriveable cartoon exaggerations of themselves? The center of gravity is so low even Tiger Woods couldn't flip them!.. They are on air-ride so they do lift before driving away but the roads are in such a shocking state over here.. for every 1mile stretch there is no less than 20 massive pot holes.. (some are so big you have to be pulled out by tractor) ..as they left the venue, sparks were flying as the exhaust hit the floor

Danton / Hansen / Wonder Looper / duke (non-vis) / SC66 / Paraboot

LVC 1950s hoody

Mail order - TIMEWORN CLOTHING

Thanks! It took a while to remember the url

@Cucoo welcome back!

Yes. Mine too. I haven't examined them in a while but I recall it being some pretty nice denim.

Looks like a great day out on the town, but truly sad to see so much wasted potential in that garage…I’ll bet @reallypeacedoff would’ve loved it

@julian-wolf - Indeed! I was wondering if it went to you. Glad to see you wearing it!

I think for a fee, both were optional. My LVC 1915 (that year they switched back to Cone or signed some long term contract, I think) has got no belt loops but suspender buttons.

Looks like @Jared_Lee is doing a spot of modelling for BiG

Pretty good deep dive into Uchida Housei

TCB 50s & FOB

Feaw / Tender / Tezo / Tricker’s

Same old same old. Been sick all week with a chest cold. Thrift watch cap Old Navy! Denim jacket Vtg Batman tee Fresh pair of Bronson Lee 1936 Cowboy Buckleback repro (Sized up) Acme Phoenix Cowboy boots

TCB / Orslow / Vans

Got up this morning.. ate some hot-cross buns with a cup of tea Went for a game of tennis.. after 40 days of rain, the moss is so thick, it's like playing on grass courts Set off for a bike ride Burbage Surprise View Down into Hathersage Stopped at Adventure Cafe so my bike could socialise.. cake was great, iced-coffee less so. Insecure men with small penisus and surgically enhanced wifes drove past in a line.. Brum Brum! Edale Mam Tor.. where those twangy bits behind your knee started to hurt like fk. Broken Road.. forgot all about the pain First tadpoles of spring 😍 Crushing Circle.. this dates back to the Romans on their quest for lead.. Ores were crushed and washed.. there would have been a wooden pole at the center, an axle into the square hole which was pulled around the iron circle by a horse. Some serious shit / climbing accident must have occured today, i was sitting outside Alpkit getting my shit together before the mega-climb.. 3 ambulances wizzed past, then 3x Edale Mountain Rescue Landrovers.. all with blue lights flashing. Riding up the devils elbow on the way home.. the furthest hill you can see in the distance is where ive just been Up the back of Burbage / the other side of the hills seen in photo #4 ..and home where i'm icing a torn calf muscle. .. the twangy bits seem fine tho!

Morning was a nice 13 C and raining. Perfect weather for a nice v60 at local coffee place later on it cleared, so had a nice walk and saw some spring flowers

When I said I was hemmed in before, I was wrong. My jeans have spent 3-4 hours shoveling since yesterday as we received almost 30 inches of snow the last 30 hours.

Buy fancy Japanese mudguards they said.. they'll last forever they said.. metal fatigue?.. Pfft Na! I noticed an annoying rattle on the way to work.. ut-oh Cut 2x pieces of aluminium plate Made a hardwood former, the same profile as the mudguards.. Peened the 2x pieces of plate over the former Set the internal piece on epoxy External Painted it.. Good as new.. Just got to put the bolts through 30min 'made do and mend' work bike ghetto fix

Denim-free post. Coos Bay, Oregon for a small jazz-ish festival.

Build a new workbench in my workshop. the floor is all crooked and I design as I go. Bought a bunch of 4x4,s and used board we have lying around. it seems solid, and had fun building it

Enjoying such nice weather with my brother in Oceanside. Vanishing West 1947 on me and my brother’s got on a TAG Heuer Carrera CS3110. Crazy hair on both of us from the wind

We have a deep love of electronic noise here in Sheffield.. for a pure experience you need to forget about Cabaret Voltaire and get yourself down to the Co-Op.. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/feb/18/the-sheffield-supermarket-going-viral-for-the-symphonic-sound-of-its-freezers ..walked down Rustlings Road.. ..past the tennis club ..micro bar ..pizza joint ..to the Co-Op ..freezer department wearing SC-47s and Odd Future Vans ..some folks say it's a C-sharp minor.. some folks say it's a C-sharp major .. It certainly puts Philip Glass's minimalism to shame

My boy shopped in my wardrobe again. he starts to get interest in denim, wore my old Lee archives from 2008 to my workshop when he noticed it. today he asked , if he could wear it. again suits him better than me