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and @tjsma here we are!: The straps are all adjustable- the satchel and pouch here are both shortened quite a bit, they could both hang at waist height if preferred

Couple more one from the very underrated Walpier Buttero Rocky leather … and one from the very much overrated Horween CXL

Looking forward to breaking in these LVC Japan 1944's.

Haven’t popped in here in a while but I gotta say, E looks good in the hat/gloves lol. Better than the cat eyes glasses and pointy balenciaga shoes … his overall look has more of that dystopian usps deliverer vibe which I would take over tacky graphics/ neon/ weirdo balenciaga stuff. Unfortunately, the latter still seems to be the main direction he’s going.

This pair became workshop work jeans. Bought them from aero leather back in 2013 or so. Worn them for a bit but never really like them. The lack of belt loops and the taper is what I don’t like. The prong of the cinch broke off, so I sowed the cinch fixed. I believe it’s a 1901

Nearly there.. The clover is sprouting ..i used slate to cover up the peagravel/drainage behind the oak Like a lot of houses in Sheffield they're built on a hill so the weight of the land above is pushing my outside wonky toilet away from the wall ...the floor stays where it is but the further up you go.. the more lean you have, i wanted to keep the door square and parallel so it opened/closed properly so i tapered the frame from this ..to this .. i'm keeping my bike in there now i've put a new ceiling up and got rid of the toilet, i've kept some airflow top and bottom so it doesn't get damp and got creative with the tapered lintel reclaimed brass fittings Beehive escutcheon ..this was falling down in April ..boxed in the new tap (pipe from the cistern feed) and stuffed if full of sheeps wool so hopefully it doesn't freeze/burst pipe again.. .. finally got those flip down seats fitted after a 22yr hiatus ..used some poppy green oak .. brass cabin hooks to hold the bin storage lids open ..and some old carabinars which i've attached to a lifting eye with cord.. so when you open the lid and attach to the cabin hook.. your bin lid opens too ..JMC and we all lived happily ever after...

experimenting and creating art is great! Telling someone their art or experiments are not very good, if you think they're not very good, is also fine. This modern mindset that you need to live in a rubber room where everybody tells you everything is great, is stupid. Grow up. Hope that's not too offensive! Personally, I don't really care about the shoes. It's a cool concept, but not a very good execution.

here you go. I'll try to get some action shots this week!

I’d like to see them pasted over adverts for Range Rovers but hey... still a great guerilla poster campaign on Netherthorpe Rd Sheffield

Some updates to the LB 40s jeans, worn for about 3 months so far. Denim is starting to show some signs of life, really enjoying them so far. There's a nice grain starting to develop. My complaints are minimal, the selvedge ID is a little wide and I wish the front pocket openings were a little bigger.

Yes, it's an innovative way to implement the Acronym feature on Nike, from another point of view they don't want to let you spend 400 retail but get the same feature with acr, so they made this sling which is implementing the acr feature but poorly functional lol. J115 is not the only item that they cue the design from the Nike collab, I think they do the same thing on P53-DS also (FW2324).

Yeah you are right, the execution is very poorly done, I see these more like a mock-up. If these will perform I may invest some more time and will try to get this idea executed more professionally. But most importantly it was fun to make, thanks for all the input, I will keep that in mind.

Amazing. I’ve got a few of the OCBDs. The quality is some of the best I’ve seen in any garment. Fits regular without being 90s boxy. The collar roll is also supreme. I’ve got one of their chore jackets and a mariner sweater also and it’s just next level. Although pricey, I think their shirts represent the best value for money across their range. Whilst it’s not a style I’d fully commit to, their look books are incredible. Especially their Perennials 2022, absolute perfection in my opinion. The way they mix casual tailoring, borderline sportswear and workwear really shows how not sticking to one formula can look great. https://us.drakes.com/blogs/news/drakes-perennials-22-lookbook

@AlientoyWorkmachine I think your post highlights the point that really style comes down to dressing comfortably and relies on what looks good on the individual. I’ve always felt that looking good and dressing to fit a sub-culture or particular look are quite often different. I frequently see people dressing in the 50s style, rockabilly etc and they’ve nailed the look, period correct, but still it just doesn’t really suit them. Perhaps that doesn’t matter, who knows. But at that point it’s more of a costume, I think. There are fits that look horrendous on me, and I’ve bought things over the years that I’ve had to accept just don’t look good. This also changes as I get older and seemingly less able to keep the weight off. I was a super lanky, scrawny guy in my 20s and even slim leg jeans looked fairly regular on me. Again, just whatever looks good on the wearer. That pic I posted in the white shirt is Drakes (British Ivy/Prep brand) with military repro pants, and some English Derby shoes. An odd combo on paper but it seems to work. It’s about buying what looks good on the wearer, not on the model or in the store. There’s a difference between great looking items and looking great in them.

Some fit pics. Went up a size to factor my concealed carry... Way more comfortable now.

Been a minute since I've been on here... Had to rebuy one of my favorite pairs of jeans as they were literally starting to fall apart after three years of on and off use. Don't really see myself getting any other kind of jeans., these are a perfect fit for me and material quality is unmatched. IH-777-XHS

wwii jeans and Neal chambray. The working man blues!

They've been notifying for all exclusives, and doing single-item drops quite often, so I would assume nothing.

i think that its awesome that instead of throwing away old shoes you turned them into a project. it’s a learning process and we should all strive to be so creative but also sustainable!

Errolson once said "copy the process, not the result" in that interview Race Service put on YouTube. I think you missed the mark on doing something inspired by the Blazers versus just making a very crude replica of them imo

love the concept. would add 40% more finesse and streamlining before id wear it. cool overall

man you guys are miserable. leave the guy alone for experimenting or at least explain why you don't like it instead of just trashrepping and memeing... isn't art and experimenting with it why we like acronym?

Got another delivery of Manchester's finest.. I completely forgot i'd sprinkled some some Carolina Reaper Salt until i rubbed my eyes in bed.. then had to go wash my face in the sink .. like the dream warriors.. ouch! Chucky dust

FYI the insulator is J77-HL

the return of dark back ground product pics like around 2010? interesting change

This is pretty much the same sling found on the Nike x Acronym jacket from earlier this year. I thought that design cue from Nike was to cut on costs, plus for Nike, it was an innovative way to implement an Acronym feature. This feels like a step backwards for Acronym, using that sling, rather than the traditional one. Also, is it just me, or is that collar ridiculously huge? or did Errolson's head get smaller?

J115-GT is just throwing me off at this point, i’m shocked at this new jacket sling design choice in all honesty. The best part about the jacket sling is usually being able to decide if you want to wear it on the outside or inside of the jacket, or just not at all. Also i’ve always very much enjoyed the visual aesthetic of the jacket sling when positioned on the outside….this just seems unnecessary to me. Why change something that already works so well???

Amazing detail you’ve crammed into that little 6x4” diorama

Cracking job OO... brick and stone delights and hours of gazing pleasure

drake's OCBDs are amazing, but the pricing is absolutely insane (even for MiE). i personally can't stomach paying rrp for them.

@81FXR Good to know, a great OCBD is a staple in any men’s wardrobe. Will probably be a Drake’s then when I buy a new one.

@81FXR Yes agreed on all. You’ve got to do what works for you, on you, first. I do think you’ve got your arrangements down well - they seem to suit. Same tbh with most of the wides I see on this forum - but outside of it, it’s a different story. It’s just as hard to sell a complete 50’s look (no interest in that here) - well, maybe harder out in public these days since the wider stuff is pretty much the norm for the student crowd.

@81FXR I agree with this completely — for me, a wide leg is second to a high rise in my list of priorities. Granted, I am 5’9” / about 176cm tall, so maybe the effect is more pronounced on you because of your height, but I do really like jeans that sit at about my belly button, or slightly above my true waist, and feel consistently a bit disappointed with “medium-high rise” jeans that end up 3cm below my waist, even with a belt, after a day of wear. The TCB 40s, for example, which had a notably (and sometimes uncomfortably, if I recall some others’ experiences correctly) high rise, were almost perfect for me, and honestly if I could find a pair with a 4-5cm wider leg and 2-3cm higher front and back rise, I’d be happy to call that an ideal pair of wide-leg trousers. Perhaps that fruitless search is what’s motivated my interest in overalls lately… they’re always plenty wide, and you never have a problem holding them up!

At 1:50 E kept his bag on while using the zip. Seemed useful to me if you're a bike messenger.

Which is essentially useless

Just to clarify Maynard, I was suggesting that the sc-47 (a more or less “straight” cut imo) is playing the middle of the road role today that slim straight cuts had played ten years ago, as a benchmark fit to which things like “wide” or “narrow” are measured against. What do you consider the sc66 to be? I have only worn one pair of sc66 and they fit me relatively slim compared to my sc47, so that’s my basis for comparison. I appreciate the conversation in this thread because i think it’s been some time since we have had a broader discussion about the sorts of fits people are after in this community as of late. To me, there is less of an orthodoxy than there was when I first joined sufu; people wear a somewhat wider (lol) range of cuts, even though we are still largely confined to a handful of the same brands. I see looser cuts with higher rises becoming the trend over the last few years, not just in our community but in the fashion world more broadly, and of course that’s to an extent dictated by the trends within the denim manufacturers themselves (one year everyone makes a 20s repro, then a 37, then 46, etc). So a thread that’s sort of reflecting on this movement towards wider fits in general I think is poignant and interesting, even if it veers a bit outside of its original purpose. Also, just wanted to add the tender 132 as a wide fit option — again, just my experience wearing a size 2 (roughly 1 inch oversized on me) which I felt like I was swimming in years ago!

Three years of on and off use. Had to retire them and robocop a new pair as the knee blow out and crotch blow out were getting out of hand, otherwise I'd keep wearing them. IH-777-XHS

None of SC’s current lineup reads as true straight (let alone wide), to me Plenty of the old M-series did…more recently, I guess the 1099 comes to mind? but even then it’s been a few years since they produced those

Ooe / Buaisou / At Last / Viberg

Exactly right. Those are also so obviously the ring/OE Denim - which actually isn't bad and has that lovely stripey colour when new. A lot of work went into those jeans, a new fabric, and they retooled to try to get back to the right shape pocket etc. The main factory was Whitburn. And at the time, wherever in the world they were made, the fabric was always Cone from White Oak. Then in the 90s, Cone was only exclusive to raw denim and the die was cast . Phil Marineau, who joined from Pepsi, closed Whitburn around the time he closed Battery street , and got a $25m pay check for the year.

My orSlow fatigue pants (wide) are in constant use, I think I wear them more often than any other pants...

In other news- bags! These have been a while in development, a project with a good friend in Glasgow. It started out like this: an outer heavy wool 'sling' folds over itself at the corners (forming Elephant Ears), and contains a separate cotton bag, which is supported in the sling and yet is free to expand at the sides. Here is the eventual family of three sizes, a backpack, satchel and pouch, all made up in ecru wool woven for tennis balls. I've been wearing the backpack since the early in the year, and it's been great- I've stuffed it under plane seats, on train luggage wracks, used it for food shopping and as a weekend bag.

Picked up a pair of the new cord trousers, really excited Still need to give them a hem, but turning them up a few inches to the inside is doing fine in the meantime Also feat. my favorite Bridge Pocket shirt

Not today, not even yesterday, but I gues I’ve been wearing cuffed jeans since the late 1970,s And some sort of basketball sneakers

And another small, new maker. Denimheads https://instagram.com/denimheads2023?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

Solid brass buckle and keeper (and extra leather keeper) on Sedgwick London Tan (not Laandaan Taan) bridle, 7 holes in ¾” grouping and beeswax finish

current rotation Thrifted apc new standards from early 2020... they had some bad marbling that washed out with a lot of washes... the fit is actually pretty nice... I usually just use these for hiking with the dog and working in the yard. Warehouse 800xx from Ebay from spring 2020... the fit is really nice, but I have to repair some of the stitching after every wash... the denim has a little too much texture for my liking... I wish they would have washed out more... I babied them when they were new but now treat them as a nicer pair of beaters. Lee 101 70s riders from fall 2020... These were always too big... lots of dog walks and yard work... many washes and and trips through the dryer... I like the color they faded to Levi's 551tm Z cotton/hemp from 2020... always beaters and washed a lot... sometimes after every wear if they got dirty enough Freewheelers 601xxc from 2022 ... still mostly babying these... I should stop so I can catch up to Shredwin's pair Since it's been so hot I'm going like 3-5 days between washing them, a little longer with the 37s