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Usually I need to be in pressed suits, & such on stage but occasionally I can get away with workwear. FW, Ooe (double knee chambray), CHUP, Paraboot.

Finally! I still carry 3-4 kg more with me than I'd like. @Duke Mantee bonus shot

Freewheelers x 3 / Hollows / Lofgren

Happened to get the Ooe jacket today once my contest jeans had dried. It may be a very denim 18 months!

Here’s the fit, so far is feeling great, and will only get better I’m sure! EDIT: Now I've confirmed they fit me after the wash - all my other pairs are vac packed and stashed away for the duration! Let's see how this goes. I do feel like they will show some real character quite quickly.

I have to say, loving these jeans so far. Sized it just right. There's plenty of room in the hips without dipping under the belt too badly. Stock room casual this morning doing grunt work.

#191 Lot.611 Pre soak fit. Featuring the first pair of Vans slip ons I’ve had in 20 years . With cuff as idea of length after shrinkage. Pocket ID Aiming to preserve the patch. Trying to keep it out of the hot 30min soak Bonus: Current fit for reference: Freewheelers 47’s

Checking in with pre/post and initial thoughts. I really like these jeans and cut. The roping is top notch. I’m still tripping out on the denim pockets bags It’s a weird feeling, but will only get better with wear. I didn’t get as much shrink in the waist as I wanted with the first wash, so I ran them through again as well as a trip through the dryer. Think we’re fully shrunk now - waist snug, but has loosened to what I was wanting and inseam hit requested post-shrink exactly. I ended up with some marbling with the initial soak/wash/hang dry that was probably intensified with the second wash/dryer. My typical machine wash/dry usually doesn’t marble like this, but it did this time. No worries - I’m choosing to see the squiggles as ‘freshly grated mozzarella’ for my pizza pants. Pre Post initial wash, hang dry

Just groceries and the dentist today, but it's damn cold out. Oh, and the chainstitch settings are wild. The hems are taught and twisted after a single wash unlike anything I've ever experienced. Iron Heart/Mister Freedom/SDA/Tanner/WoM/Chippewa

Good walk with the pups this afternoon, now waiting for burgers from my favorite local

Further reminder that this denim hobby is a slow game (not that we need it) The reason the worn-in pic looks totally staged is because it is 😃 My 'photographer' teenage son landed a massive fluke, I mean deliberate picture with near identical foot position and jacket bluster due to the right to left wind in the park (no, it's not a trial for Instagram 😉 and no idea what app you use to collate 2 pictures)!! Same kit, except the jeans have been hemmed and the chambray is different Oh and the people on the bench... they'd gone and we couldn't find them 3 years (and a bit) apart, Dec 2021 to Jan 2025... slow game indeed... OK ok I hear you... I'll go back to standing in front of a wall again next time 😉

Pardon the hasty work-restroom photo, I'll get some with better lighting later. Fit is what I was looking for, slimmer than I thought it'd be though. Hopefully the waist stretches back out 0.5-1 inch for comfort.

Pre Post

& After their soak… They shrunk quite a bit! The waist is tight for now, but I have a feeling they’ll fit very well after a few days’ wear. Anyway, I needed an excuse to get my waist line back to where it was a year or two ago…

They fit perfect as-is, but I don’t think I’ll mind them slimmed down some, either Anyway, doing something I haven’t in a few years and just giving them a hot hot bath to start things off!

Don’t have a proper setup, so iPhone in the Levi’s dressing room fit pics it is 👍 This is my ideal fit! Glad I went up to size 40. Paired with FullCount Type 1 (15.5oz)

Chore coats have always been my most practical choice. TCB/ motor / Jim green

Tezomeya / Word of Mouth / Birks

Inis Meain / Polar / Kapital / WMJ / Oak Street + snow (finally, my favorite part) Also for @Hopethisoneisnttaken a few throwbacks from 4 years ago. 2 diff Tender coats ( + tender jeans) + newborn.

#208 Got mine today! Looks like I’ll be a week behind the rest of you, but I’ll have 17 3/4 months to catch up. Love the denim, great details, and the presoak fit looks pretty spot on. I’ll post more once I get them soaked and dried.

IT’s TIME ! !

Colimbo Bear Country Lumberjack Pants (Paraffin duck)

Tender Co. jacket & shades Deluxeware Hollows Word of Mouth 411S Russell Zephyr

A rare snow storm in Houston.

Great Lakes x3, Hollows, Word of Mouth, JK

I’m happy with the fit

Preview

Staying with un-soaked for now. Time will tell how long I can keep that going.

Joining in on the Texas snow, we didn't get it nearly as bad as Houston. Thinking I might actually end up wearing these uncuffed.

They shrank perfectly. -3" in the waist to a 32" waist. Leg opening came down to 8.5" from 9". There's a bit of a pattern issue in the seat shape and pockets as I've seen in others' photos as well as my fit, but nothing that ruins the fit. Just a little pattern issue that could be addressed going forward with WoM. Edit: pocket bags are also ~1" too shallow for my liking. Again, small issue, but worth noting.

OA01XX-0522 XX4 update 8 to 10 months of usage approximately

Deluxeware thermal tee, Flat Head jacquard sweater, Flat Head 3003xx, Wesco Mister Lou

Nearly dry. Did some trimming. Lost 3.5" both in waist and inseam after the wash. The rest shrunk nicely as well. Fit pics tomorrow 🤪

My girlfriend got me the Flat Head FN-OJ-D102 blanket lined jacket while we were in Japan. I previously had the Momotaro x Okayama Denim "Frost" type II blanket lined jacket and never liked how it fit. I put this one on in the Jingumae shop and fell in love, fits absolutely perfect. I've been wearing it almost every day since November, its been nice since we've had a dry & cold winter in the Pacific Northwest. Only gripe is no side pockets but I can get over that, I've been wearing gloves instead

I’ve been wearing these D111 LHT jeans most days the last 3-4 months. It’s got a lot of vertical lines forming and fades are coming pretty quickly.

Apologies in advance for the crappy pictures, my lighting isn't so good and the sun isn't as plentiful as it was in LA . I got these last Wednesday and was really impressed with the little details, mainly the patch and the Pizza red tab. I was initially worried that they would be too small post soak, however, they ended up fitting pretty nicely! They were given a soak and were then machine dried (couldn't wait on the air dry) to avoid any further shrinkage. Simo really got all the post soak shrinkage right, especailly with the inseam! I'll try to post more pictures as I get more wear in, I just tend to forget to take pictures 😅 Patch got pretty faded post wash.

Bummed that I missed out on the Word of Mouth contest so I bought a pair of 50s to cheer me up I have a old pair in size 34 but this time I went with 36. Fits so good imo! Here combined with and old tcb chore jk.

Another Texan snow post. Took the girls out for some exploration!

411S plus Union Special cap, Tender Co. shades, Great Lakes bag, Power Wear hoodie, Wearmasters kicks

Post soak fit. Very happy overall.

Grabbing some breakfast tacos this morning.

1003XX buckle back. Putting these away for a while in anticipation of some new, comfier Full Count's. A few washes. Worn since mid September. But not often till October cause it was too freakin hot in SoCal.

Flat Head houndstooth flannel, Real McCoys A-2 jacket, Hollows Rail belt, Flat Head 3003xx jeans, Viberg Service Boots.

My 311s arrived the day after I left the country for a few days so I didn't get them till Tuesday. Soaked and then washed at 30 degrees on Wednesday. Raw fit in first pic, post-wash in second (obviously). Fit is slightly slimmer than I anticipated in the leg but not too slim (I hope - thighs might get bigger again once I get over my patellar tendinitis). And I bought them to be a slim pair anyway. I think the waist will be spot on. If it stretches further than I'd like it won't matter too much cos I also went for a shortish inseam. Long term I see these as jeans for the summer.

Finally gave these a piping hot wash and machine dry, the puckering/roping is crazy and the leather seems to have held up well enough. I did rub a little Obenauf's on it which I haven't done to patches in almost 20 years. Plus, I got two belt loops with selvedge which was a nice little surprise.

Day One

Checking in!