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To compare, I've only got the Freewheelers 1944-45 type 1 and WW2 jeans and the Connors 1946 first part jacket, not strictly WW2 but it uses WW2 denim... and the book. I've never handled any jeans from WW2 era or had a forensic look at the Sugar Cane details yet. After that disclaimer ... a few quick observations... Immediately obvious is the Sugar Cane have no red tab. Not sure why unless the original they copied from had the red tab missing... answers on a postcard please All the denims have grainy character. Different but all nice. Connors is superb denim that fades amazingly well; FW excellent vertical character; Sugar Cane is very irregular, dark and looks very promising (like it a lot). From what I've read, this character is expected. I don't know which is closer to WW2 standard; irrespective I'm not sure Mavis on the till at Waitrose supermarket does either and not one person had has commented... yet!! On the jacket, the fits are interesting to me. The Freewheelers is a jacket - longer and more spacious. The Connors and Sugar Cane are blouses imo - both nice and short. The Connors slimmer through the body, relatively, and the Sugar Cane boxier. They all have their different uses. The Sugar Cane sewing is most wonky by far with loose ends all over the place (which I've cut off). Freewheelers the cleanest and doesn't have that made-by-inexperienced-machinists feel. Sugar Cane have aged the buttons (laurel wreath and donut) on both jeans and blouse compared to the clean and shinier Freewheelers, and they feel slightly less substantial but still sound. Freewheelers hardware (in my experience) is top-notch sturdy. Both are very nice. Callin b_F for a proper jeans comparison 😉 Like my children, I love them all... though they are similar yet different

You wouldn't be the first to do a similar thing: https://fromsqualortoballer.com/product-review-orslow-107-jeans/

For comparison on the SC tux Japan retail: Blouse 52000 Yen = ~£272 Jeans 42000 Yen = ~£220 Total 94000 Yen = ~£492 Versus UK retail: £649 £599 Total £1248 Massive difference... not even close... and therefore harder to rationalise through import costs, taxes and overheads... as Japan aint exactly a low cost retail centre either I'm all for supporting 'local' businesses and I've bought previously from CC et al - and would again - but there are limits to that

WW2 denim tux - 1944-45 jeans and 1945-46 flannel lined type 1 / Ironalls shirt / Trailblazer

Had lunch with my lad in the seated area near Hibiscus Rising, a sculpture I’d read about and wanted to see close up. It’s touted as ‘Leeds first public artwork to reflect the cultural diversity of the city’. That’s nice language to describe the abhorrent police racism and brutality in the late 1960s against David Oluwale which is at the root of this. Then a wander around what they’re calling the South Bank end of Leeds. I can see the city is being opened up and this old part of town regenerated and linked into the city centre. A mixture of old red brick and new multi-coloured gaudy blocks whichever way you look. The Teletley's Brewery building... brewers long gone The front of Salem Chapel, dated 1906 The original chapel buildings from 1791, with the city centre in the background I never knew until today Leeds United football club was founded here in 1919 Modern city centre living Love this building

Giant mega post incoming. Variations on a theme this week... 1. Starting with today, Easter Sunday Barlesoni Homburg Late 50s Vanderbilt Wool Coat Fuzzy pink thrifted cardigan Vintage bandana and ring bolo Vintage Lucky rabbit tee Vintage tooled belt with silver buckle Sized up 501 STF Vintage Justin Boots w/ inlays Wool fisherman's cap Lightweight wool cardigan 2005 Culture Pop RIP tee Vintage painted belt with brass buckle Turquoise pin Left Field NYC x Blackblue Vintage Chippewa boots 3. Denim Fishermen's cap Wood bead necklace Orphaned vest R.CRUMB Robert Johnson tee @chicote Vintage polyester slacks Vintage Justin King Features x Bloomingdales Popeye tote 4. Future Monsters x Ebbets Field Vintage Embellished Twin Peaks FWWM tee H&M loose black jeans Vintage Laredo boots with inlays

The lack of a red tab on your jeans or any Sugar Cane items manufactured post-2006ish is almost certainly for ‘other’ reasons. I’m sure you’re playing with us here @MJF9 😆

The original pair that Sugarcane copied are featured in the Vintage denim thread (wasn't aware when l originally posted the pics but have since amended the post) and they indeed have a red tab.

I’m actually surprised there’s no interest (so far) in the Steamrollers and USN Work Trousers. The Steamrollers are brilliantly made and the USN trews are one of the best repros I’ve seen. Both from when FW really focused on making the factories work for their money

It’s up there (for me) with rating jeans based on how well they dress up. If you throw a blazer on with jeans you’re dressing down the blazer (imo), not the other way around. The whole concept to me is still a bit misdirected - if you’re going to dress up, just own it. It’s not that I don’t think jeans can look nice and clean but there are better options if that’s the point. It’s like those Cole Haan “dress” shoes with sneaker soles. They look confused. I mean do what makes you happy but that is not any sort of positive development to my mind. But I agree it’s not an actual issue with quality. It’s never bothered me at all.

Buy them, then focus on slimming down until they fit! Plus then you can sell me one of your csf bucklebacks as they will be too big 😅

90 days in ...

… and the Steamrollers - size 32x34. 10oz denim - washed, never worn

Bootleggers Reunion jeans SOLD

TOKYO TRIP

Nonnative Nonnative Phigvel Vans

Freewheelers 30s tux / Warehouse / Russell / Duke Mantee and Rototo (not visible)

Mister freedom/ armorlux/ mister freedom/ clarks edit: also prototype tanner belt from like 2010

Yeah I think that this is a great way to put things. Any time that I've ever worn a blazer with jeans it is to dress down the blazer and not dress up the jeans, so things like the leg twist and paper patch fulfill that goal well. If I want to dress up a blazer, I'd be better off in chinos or wool flannels in my mind. The comments on the article that bF linked are interesting though. Several people complaining about the "cheap" paper patch and "poor" QC of the leg twist and misaligned back yoke seams on a $300 pair of jeans (another huge US markup vs. Japanese domestic at $150). A pair of CSF would probably send them into palpitations.

I am too fat

@Maynard Friedman I have too many jeans and my 1943 are already shredded I do like the bootleggers tho

Who bought the 43s then? Shredwin?

Surprised that @silencejoe hasn't snapped these up yet 😁

Sorry my bad. I’ll fix it man.

There are repros where it is done on purpose, e.g. the Sugar Cane 1946 or also TCB's 40s model. Could be the case here as well. Could also just be the normal human error (especially when we talk about 1/4")

USN Work Trousers SOLD

Well l don't know for sure if these are based on "historical facts" but l would certainly take any info from them with a huge pinch of salt after hearing that the 'one piece sleeve' model of their s406xxx (506xx repro) that was based on a model made in 1946 only, is in fact just a production quirk and many 506XX models made between 1946 and 1950 (and probably pre 1946) have this feature. Tbh it's probably just their 'fun way' to distinguish between the range of product quality during WW2 for marketing purposes.

fc1108 since 2011 in honour of early sufu hv been wearing em stacked recently. the 1108 has almost the perfect shape for stacking, maybe a tiny bit more taper wdve made it 10/10.

By the way: "Grailed prices" are unrealistic attempts of scalpers. Buying items just to make a quick buck. That's why those listing just sit there for months/years on end. I bought these pants to wear, and did. I put them up for sale, because of financial necessity, not because I wanted to get rid of them. The price I asked was clearly very realistic, because I sold them within 2 hours, to a gentleman who will be very happy with them next week and is clearly financially able enough to instantly buy a pair of pants at that price point. Also if you had looked at the pictures, you would have seen the pants are in absolute immaculate condition. Negativity is a disease that slowly eats you from the inside and quickly spreads to all of those around you. I hope you get better soon, for the sake of everyone. Happy Easter

I don’t see you. I only see worn pants posted at grailed prices

Shout out to the whole one man brand thing and all that, but those are really ugly, like I-wouldn’t-wear-them-if-they-were-free ugly

Alpa / Carhartt / Tender x2 / Hoka

Roman Pro/ Mister Freedom/ vintage/ Samurai/ Ireland wallabies

adidas marathon cap qor scholler jacket bob dong 21 oz footscape miss my denim buddies here❤️

Northface National Park Service vest FW 504xx FW s601xx Puma

Not so good iPhone pics 1001 banner denim

Freewheelers x 2 / Sugar Cane 1943 / Hollows / Lofgren / Rototo (not visible)

New old coat and boots found on local marketplace for a steal. Wool Fisherman's Cap Vintage Vanderbilt wool/cotton coat with western yokes 90s COOP tee Cheap belt Silver pin Mister Freedom Outlaw Vintage Justin Boots with inlay

My Hadal green overdyed 125's are slowly getting more difficult to pass off as black jeans. I'm alright with it though!

This one is from last week but I’m going to share anyway because I really like this rugby. It’s a vintage Rugged Wear rugby from the 80s or 90s with big Rubber buttons that reminds me of vintage climbing rugbies. Chinos are Buzz WW2 (complete 180 from the TCB pair I wore yesterday in terms of fit). Shoes are Rancourt ranger Mocs

Warehouse 1001xx. 9+ months of wear. 3~4 washes.

Vtg Tony Lama Vtg Levis 517

still not so much to show... see you next month.. .

RMC/WH Work Uniform

Blackhorse Lane E5 Japanese denim, 3yo vs Brand New. I really like the fit of these.