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RIP Roy This Heavy Denim shirt is approaching 10 years. I tried not to bother him too much since he was always so generous with his time, but I thought I might send him an email with a photo to mark that occasion in January 2027. I wish I had done it sooner. These are the Test Lot pair he gave me when he saw my post here looking for them. I just recently moved back into them when my R01 Leroy Test Lot pair started to fail. This is the R01 Leroy Test Lot pair that needs to be repaired or retired. My sister has helped me keep them going with repairs over the years. I started wearing them when the pandemic started, in April 2020. This is an RT2 pair that suffered an early blow out. This is another pair of R01s that I believe I bought through Roy in one of his last direct sales that hopefully have quite a bit of life left.. Family shots, with a cool elbow repair a friend did on the shirt. I still have a pair of XX20s ready to move into.

Blurry candid @ the market Tilley + Colimbo + Sassafras + Birks

I think the only non-Japanese folks still buying RMC are those that were sold something bigger than the product itself Quality is in a way subjective, but when you are charging double the price of your competitors, you’re asking to be scrutinized — Sort of related, but there is a subset of consumers who seem to gravitate towards the more/most expensive options by default. They walk through the grocery store and when presented with multiple choices refuse to purchase the product that costs the least - even if it were recommended to them. It’s not marketing, but it is maybe a symptom of what marketing has done to their brains I had a conversation years ago with a friend who visited Self Edge here in San Francisco for the first time. They asked me which brands I thought were the best, or worth checking out. They were very surprised when I said Sugar Cane/Buzz, because the products weren’t as expensive as the other options. They initially dismissed the product because the price tag told them it wasn’t as good and just to clarify, I’m not referring to those who want to be seen expensive/luxury products for status. But those who want the “best”, just don’t know or even care what that actually means

Not me! But since the contest is over my 01s are back in rotation at least, though not everyday. Repost of old pics of said pair against an unworn pair of 02s in the same xx4 denim. That top pic is the iPhone being a little dramatic w the contrast.

First wash after 6 days…. Kids are messy. the jeans shrank slightly more, which i don’t mind. the denim have turned slight more blueish from the dark blue/grey at the start and it’s interesting with the brown hues. they are still a bit starchy

@PartTimeBarista Both LH just sold- updating the original post when I get back to a computer. @MJF9 Thank you for the welcome. Also LH7. Hot soak, hot wash low spin and warm dried to get as much shrink out as possible. Didn’t capture original measurements but definitely will when my 34 Wide arrive. Will have to send some fit pics too. Fit pics of 35 Wide below. Lighting not great but not used to taking fit pics

@TheEscapist I’ll admit that ROY jeans don’t do much for me until they’ve reached the state of that shirt and the most faded jeans. Truly beautiful collection. I wish I had bought more ROY stuff. Seeing all the flippers on eBay trying to sell shit for thousands pisses me off.

Round up of SuFu relevant fits from the past month: PRL TCB 50’s + birks xtra krispy Levi’s Japan type 2 from 1994 PRL + Alden’s Helmut lang square pocket produced in 1997, same year as my birthday :+) + testing my new therapy table in those ooe’s that were sitting on barnstormers (now I get to wear suspenders)

Beautiful collection @TheEscapist. It's great to see so many pairs in various states of wear.

@ATWM yep the softness is something I’m not used to. I like to have my jeans with some crunch or rigidity to them. That’s probably the one thing I don’t love. But nothing a light starching couldn’t fix.

I like them a lot, but the denim is notably soft, so I expect them to fade more gently with time. It’s not apples to apples because of the era each pair mimics, and these are a size down (31 aka 29) but I like the cut on my WOM 30s jeans better. The pair behind them patiently waits with others, ha.

Nice, please share photos when you get them

Looks good! I've got some Ishikawadai 66 ordered. Looking forward to trying Denime/warehouse again. Hoping for some fuzzy denim

@GF305 Welcome… … that’s some shrink on the LH… what denim? I got this on w36 in the LH7 denim, wide WW2 fit Raw - 30C wash 800 spin measured wet, hang dry - after about 7 days wear Waist 45 - 44 - 45.5 FR 34 - 32.5 - 33 BR 45.5 - 43 - 46 Thigh 37 - 34.5 - 35 Inside leg 85 - 80 Hem 25 - 24

Pleased to make a comeback to judge these fantastically faded jeans, well played all!

A couple of days shy of the monthly wash but as they were disgustingly grimey, into the washing machine they went for a good 60° cycle - not much change, I guess they will just wash out I’ve not measured them since I sent them for hemming last year (30”) but they’ve shortened by an inch and the thigh has lost a good quarter too which is contributing to the seat beginning to blow out Measurements Size 32: Waist: 15.5” / Inseam: 29” / Rise: 11.5” / B Rise: 15.5” / Thigh: 12.25” / Knee: 9” / Hem: 8”

I’m obviously not a big dude at all, so my lifts are nothing to mention, but I would note that I did barbells for years - not super intensely or anything but I would go through cycles to try to notch up my lifts and then I didn’t touch one for like 5 years when I was focused on kettlebells. When I went back to a barbell all of my main lifts (dead, squat, bench / overhead press) were basically the same or only slightly lower, but my capacity for reps was better. At this point I’m mostly just fighting to maintain due to age, but I felt like barbell isn’t necessary after that. Weight is weight. Just depends on what you want out of it.

Inspired by Dan John - I was doing 400 swings a day starting at 16kg and when that became light l went up to 24kg, (big jump I know!)

Sad news indeed. I live near where Roy lived, knew him a bit, and own quite a few pairs of his beautifully sewn jeans. Without going into detail, we had friendly exchanges and one that was less so. He was direct and brutally honest with me one day. Thankfully, I resisted the temptation to defend myself and asked him to elaborate on my fault. He did exactly that, closing by saying that he's anything but perfect himself. I learned a lot from this exchange, appreciated his directness and honesty, and will carry this with me for years to come. We all get a sea of advice in our lifetimes, most of which we ignore or take lightly. Every once in a while someone says something that is spot on. That was Roy for me. Regarding how he died, I'm torn. First, it's none of my business and his family should honor his wishes, or their own. On the other hand, not knowing leads to unnecessary speculation. My wife has always said that none of us want to be remembered for how we died but, rather, how we lived. In that spirit, Roy was incredibly talented, interesting, curious, direct, honest, and lived his life the way he wanted. He didn't run with the pack, and while his way was not everyone's way, we can't help but appreciate and respect both the man and the work he left behind.

First Pride March, 1970

Maybe not the right the topic, but i think it is a nice thing. I’ve had this man-tle shirt for a year now. i like it and it is in an interesting waxed cotton fabric. The nice thing, which i wanted to share, is how it is sewn. it is sewn so nicely (i think) that the inside looks like the out side, i’ve not seen this before in a piece of clothing i’ve owned. The shirt: the outside back shoulder: the inside of the shoulder:

No denim today. Bound shirt, vintage Hilfigure chinos, fake birks

Two Moon Warehouse New Balance

Tender / Tezomeya / Canes / Russell Mocs / @Duke Mantee… 3am eternal 🥱

I think this is the third piece of clothing (shirt) I bought this year. MF, Sams, Moutain Flowers. Rare moment. Been to warm for me to dress up in much more then jogging shorts and string vest.