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i recently picked up a buzz rickson a-2. it’s been hard to find any info online for it, i know it’s a dubow contract model from 1944 and that it’s been discontinued. it was brand new when i received it despite it being made quite some years ago. lot’s of cool texture happening across the different panels. pictured wearing it over a t shirt with my m43036 chinos. this jacket is pretty versatile for me and can layer a sweatshirt underneath which is great.

601rb Bridgeport vest

Orbit Gear TFH Tees TFH 3005 JDM Viberg 2030 Black CXL

The last of the best: snagged these 501s made in the US for EU market in 2000 for around 20 bucks. Fit is of course immaculate, they also have some nice fades started and I'll continue to wear them. To think that just 10 years later I bought my first pair 501s but at that point they were paper thin and made in Bangladesh. Edit: it is possible to enhance image for better quality.

JCrew cashmere top coat Flat Head houndstooth western flannel Iron Heart belt Flat Head 3005 Wesco Mister Lou

Jinji/Whitsville/TCB/Jim Green

Another brand, "The Revised Blue". Seems to focus on jackets: https://www.instagram.com/p/C0qBv4iLjmr/?img_index=1

I really love this way of thinking. I keep trying to set rules for myself that I think are too strict for practical life - like buy nothing all year - but this seems a little more attainable. I actually used to follow something closer to your rules more. My first pair (and second, and third) pairs of good jeans were Raleigh Denim, when I lived near the shop and met the owners and the producers multiple times. The problem is they started asking for stupid(er) sums of money, the cuts were stuck in 2010, and the brand, let's say, veered from my interests. Once they got past $300 before the crazy inflation hit, and the products didn't have the charm or the pattern of the Japanese makers I couldn't do it. My first pair (and second) pairs of good boots were Oak Street (still kicking, in good shape) because I met Nick (Horween) and toured the Horween Tannery in Chicago when I used to work in the city as a photographer for a good while. Didn't meet the boot makers but met the leather tanners and the bootmakers being in New England seemed pretty good. After the tour I decided to spent the money on boots - the most by far I'd ever thrown down for an article of clothing, only due to a good year (freelance is all over the place). Now living in Michigan my only option would really be Detroit Denim. I wish them well, but I don't love what they're doing. This past year was my worst in a long time in terms of purchases but I'm letting that go because the year began under incredibly trying circumstances and it was better than hitting the bottle, or any other number of ways people cope with traumatic stuff. The upside is that I have no good reason to buy really anything any time soon - other than business or formalwear - which I rarely need and do not at all enjoy. Maybe I'll give something like this a spin for 2024.

I love it now as a tourist in my own lands, its great having the time and money to head off and explore different parts. I'm in love with the south island and try and head there a couple of times a year. I let my passport lapse with all the COVID restrictions and haven't missed travelling too much, but I'm starting to look at get aways again. I don't spend much time in the bigger cities here anymore, find Auckland claustrophobic after living there for too long, Wellington is great for a long weekend, I've got family there so can bounce in and out to events. Where I am there are only 100,000 people over quite a large area, hated it here when i was little, love it as an adult. My last big purchase, which was three parts grief and one part union driven pay settlement, was a mainecoon kitten, decadent and stupid but the Band-Aid I needed at the time.

I've made good use of mine every year since I got it. It seems a bit thicker than their other insulators. My favourite part is how the snap closures look when layering. The sleeves on it are kind of pointless for warmth but rather they create a more flattering silhouette when it's worn underneath a shell. It can layer well with other insulators for more extreme cold temperatures.

God.. i hope he's intending to fabricate a perfect pair of jeans with hinged knees out of mild steel plate.. just as a final f*ck you to @shredwin_206 Wear these out m*ther fkr!

That cut was awful - they fit me like a glove from top to bottom. Not much relaxed about it. First pair of jeans I ever got from overseas - and the pair that inspired me to look to repro denim for better patterning.

I’ve heard from the source, many a times the other side of this story, and I got to say- it’s not so cut and dried, while I might have all the patience in the world for what some might consider a difficult customer- others may not.

True. PBJ 019 comes to mind. My waist size in those fit my legs like skinny jeans circa 2005 🤣

Priced to go before i drop them on grailed. P10-DS / black / 2020 / M SOLD P10-E / alpha / 2021 / M SOLD DS is 9/10 with very mild pilling near fly button. E is essentially unworn. Both come with bag, sheet, and biner. €400 each + shipping. Paypal only. No lowballs, no lurkers. Get both and get free tracked shipping to EU/US.

@dc2020 Do it! It's a pair of jeans I like so much, that I'm on my second pair (the first being far from destroyed or anything like that, but I opted for a different approach to this pair.) TFH flannel looks great on you too. Hopefully people are starting to remember how rad their shirts are. Speaking of which... Flat Head western flannel Flat Head down jacket Hollows belt Flat Head 3005 John Lofgren Steadfast boots Found one of my all-time favorite TFH shirts in my size on a Japanese site for cheap. Medium weight flannel. Almost like new condition. Perfect fit. Unique and awesome color. Hexagon buttons! It doesn't get much better than this.

The flat head 2cb for breakfast flannel Warehouse 1001xx Wesco Mister Lou

When to the local shop to re work on my 50s

@MJF9 Dr.sole oztrooper

I've been watching Rose Anvil for a couple of years. Weston Kay started out as a leather worker, making leather goods and accessories. Somehow he got into cutting footwear in half to see how they were made, and give his thoughts of the quality of materials, construction, marketing, and cost. At first, he didn't know much about footwear construction, but has educated himself considerably. From what I've seen, he's not affiliated or sponsored by any brand, including Thursday (he's done several reviews cutting them). He does do a lot of collaborations now, particularly with Nick's and recently White's. He gets footwear sent to him from many brands to cut in half and review, and he always discloses what has been sent to him and what he's bought. He's spent a considerable sum of his own funds, derived from the channel income, no doubt. Re: Alden Indy boots quality and cost - "cultural value" is a load of F'g BS. If someone finds their boots valuable enough to spend what they're currently asking, and enjoys them for what they are, then that's their choice. But when their materials are evaluated for cost and quality, and compared to other brands, they are vastly over priced. When I joined this forum 10 years ago and started learning more about footwear, the Indy's had just gone up in price considerably. Members hear were saying that not that long prior they were sub $300. At that time I recall they were $505. Now they're $655???!!! WTF???!!! F' that!!! Even with inflation, those boots still aren't worth the asking price, even if they are considered a refined "dress boot" and not a work boot. Grant Stone may be made in China, however they're made by some of the better shoe makers anywhere. The father of the brothers who founded Grant Stone used to work for Alden for decades, and was fundamental in their footwear designs (it's obvious as many details are almost exact copies of Alden's. Now, are they Alden's original details?). The quality of materials, details and craftsmanship of their Diesel boot is superior to the Indy, in my experience. Saying all that, what are other comparable brands, besides Grant Stone? Maybe Tricker's, or another UK maker? Thursday look like lower quality. There have to be others that I can't think of right now.

^ that’s great. I respect that a lot. there’s basically almost none or very little clothes made in here, and what we do have is not to my liking. I shop almost exclusively Japanese, directly almost always (so no sales anyways if we’re getting back to that discussion). But I really don’t buy that much clothes. I buy jeans when the current pair dies. Same for shoes/boots. I don’t buy jackets anymore as I have like 6 jackets and 6 weeks of jacket weather annually. New Zealand is awesome. I enjoyed it very much as a tourist (which is probably very different as a resident?).

yeah. I've never shopped Japanese anyway. I got my Skulls second hand from Minya, my Evisu were a gift from Evisu for the dirty dozen +1 . My sufu approved jeans (that dont fit me anymore) are Andewhall (met several times, drank beer ate pizza) Mr freedom (flew into LA on way home from UK) ROY and CircleA (both purchased as part of jeans challenges way back). Im hoping to head to Okinawa next year to visit an ex student that is working there now doing weaving and indigo dying.. I'm pretty sure as an almost 6' female I wont find many clothes that fit me.. too curvy these days to squeeze into mens jeans. Love being a slob in my Byborre X miffy pants (met Sam years ago, still talk about trexes on instachat occasionally). I pretty much buy NZ made now.

Back to doing some metal fabrication work, not full time, but it’s what he did for many years before he started making jeans.

did some hand repairs. Not the prettiest.

OA03 cut is very nice. Size 32. 33 would have also fit, but I'm liking the fit a lot. Gave them a 1-hour soak in the hottest water my bathtub provides, and then a warm machine wash on gentle with no detergent. They shrank to slightly below S&S's predicted measurements, so I'm confident they are fully shrunk at this point. Denim is really, really nice. I don't have anything similar to it in feel or appearance.

That sort of echoes something I've tried to be more deliberate about over time. Most of my career I've really lived pretty simply and I wouldn't have dreamed of spending $200 on jeans. Not before I'd saved for retirement, paid loans, rent, and made sure I was eating well first. There was more, but this was not a priority. I'm still certainly motivated by sales by I try not to be, and have been better at it the past few years. It's better to have one piece you really like than a bunch you're meh on. But also, on some level, the idea of loving a certain piece is a little silly, because you can learn to love them. Some pieces I have were sale pieces I felt meh about and over time they really grew on me. Nothing, or very little, is perfect. The more you know about what's out there, the less satisfied you are with what you have, too. I have better clothes than I'd ever dreamed of but very few of the pieces have reached the level of something that is really one of my favorite articles I've had. Some are getting there, with time, but I only got my first pair of nice jeans in 2016. When I was on less money my wardrobe was mostly stuff I felt "meh" about because that was all I really knew, it was affordable, and if I saved I was saving for travel, or other sorts of things, and it was totally fine. If clothes never go on sale we're gonna have to start making sure minimum wage is a living wage, otherwise we're taking an ideological stance that I think disproportionately affects the less well off, like many of these things often do. They sound good in theory but only work in a markedly remade society, imo. And I don't think that society is feasible for various reasons.

Meant to buy this over the summer. Kind of hard to find colors that aren’t black, white, or gray from Phigvel. Seems like they select a small few shops for the more colorful choices of Tshirts. From Anemoscope.

Sugar Cane Awa-Shoai Type I fresh out the washing machine and air dried. it's still pretty dark but is starting to show some nice color variation.

All from TWC

And here they are: https://www.ground-alls.com/shopdetail/000000000015/ct6/page1/order/ Not crazy about the arcs, but the jeans look nice overall.

My two cents on P30AL-DS Having worn the P30A-DS in Alpha Green extensively since its initial release, I'd like to focus this review strictly on the design differences of the P30AL. The most notable design difference is the replacement of the 3/4 length with the full-length leg. Initially, I wasn't a fan, as it reminded me too much of Balenciaga's oversized cargo pant design, which I owned but found cumbersome due to the inseam length. However, ACR expertly addressed this design flaw in the P30AL. Opting for my regular size Large, the pants fall perfectly at my feet, eliminating any dragging issues. The rapid adjust drawcord hem allows me to cinch the pant leg, creating a stylish look that pairs well with both sneakers and boots. Surprisingly, I've received more compliments on the P30AL in the last two weeks than I ever did on my P30A. Perhaps the shift to black from alpha green contributes to a more conservative appeal, but I appreciate having the best of both worlds. I’m not personally a fan of the new release tab addition so I removed it, while I understand its function I didn’t personally find it to be useful. I’ve included three photos, 1.) Open pant leg, 2.) Cinched pant leg, 3.) Open pant leg draped over my sneaker. I purchased these during HBX's sale, and while discounts may deepen with time and varying retailer stocks, I recommend the P30AL to anyone seeking a baggier ACR pants design.

The vertical falling of that WW denim is great… quite pronounced compared to other FW denim and I like that the density of the threads is quite tight / more evenly distributed giving a more cohesive appearance. Seems like other examples - from other brands - with strong vertical falling use various density threads and tend toward a more uneven / irregular fade pattern… can look great (ie: flathead), but with a lot of brands going overboard on ‘texture’ it can look distracting and ugly, IMO. In any case, these pairs are looking great. I’ve been wearing my Denime 220 for the past few months, but plan on getting back into my FW 47 / 51 here pretty soon to mix things up.

my WWII jeans got another wash today.

I like the detail of the difference in the direction of the denim in the pocket between the WW2 and 30s

farming sufu rep formula: 1. size down 2. complain it's not fitting right (damn wonder why?) 3. ??? 4. profit

Getting cooler as of late so back on the Sams.

My old Buzz jeans – straight 47 style cut – can’t remember the model

This isn't House of Balloons

While I understand reflective material’s function to clothing, I’ve never found it to be something E needed to benefit from with his concepts/designs. It’s actually something i’ve always considered him above until that one season with shadow project with the reveal coat. It was a great surprise to me, especially considering the “rainbow” reflective material was beyond tacky imo. Bk3 is cool, don’t get me wrong, I’ve always desired a balaclava, but it is far from what I expect from ACR. I’m not about the reflective material being incorporated and that alone in enough to be disgusted.