merzbot

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

On 8/31/2023 at 7:32 PM, Cold Summer said:

Love it. Great shot of one of my favorite worn denim details - faded, fluffy, lemon yellow cotton stitching. There's something I find incredibly pleasant about the aesthetic contrast of yellow cotton stitching on well faded denim.

Yeah it's a great colour combo. This newly released watch features a variation of it. 

Looking back through some archives, this is what they looked like eleven years ago

As Julian said, sizing is about the same as PNW boots in my experience.

This shop has some beauties for sale that all appear to have been made before the change in ownership:

https://cwoodcockandco.com/shop/ols/search?keywords=russell moccasin&sortOption=descend_by_match

Sizing is pretty limited sadly. Consider it your lucky day if you find your size there.

Here's a quick snap of my walking shoes (double vamp) and Art Carter chukkas (triple vamp):

On 8/12/2023 at 11:30 AM, willi said:

Do any other brands fall within this niche?

Post O'Alls?

If we include Post then we may as well include Engineered Garments. Though they do plenty of things that stray from simple clean classic cuts these days. 

Edit - Engineered Garments Workaday line fits in nicely with Workers. 

What a way to breathe new life into those jeans! I imagine it took some bravery to give such beautifully worn in pair another plunge in the indigo vat. The result is sublime.

With the turn of direction this thread has taken, I'm resisting the temptation to post a photo of Obama in his 'dad's jeans.' Instead I'll share this photo of what look to be 80s Orange Tabs by Wolfgang Tillmans:

1 hour ago, Dr_Heech said:

Coulda paired em with something better than black Oxfords.

 

What do you have against Jeans and Sheux?

On 1/19/2023 at 5:49 PM, Broark said:

These might not be everyone's cup of tea but I think the project seems pretty cool: https://andrewturriff.com/
Small operation making some functional outdoor shoes, I like the style but would prefer the finished product to be monotone as opposed to having multiple leathers.
If you're interested sign up for the newsletter, he doesn't send out too many updates (so it's not spammy at all) but when he does it's detailed and actually informative.



 

Thanks for posting these, I'll keeping an eye out for them.

I think Sachs and his crew should be in something like the above rather than the Nike trainers 

On 12/12/2022 at 5:02 PM, chicote said:

Thanks so much for the feedback, you guys. I am thinking of going the DIY boot polish route, at least to start. Three coats of Saphir Reno soaked nicely into the leather but didn’t make any noticeable difference in the colour of the abraded areas. I’ll look into the Collonil product that attractions carries; I’ve heard really good things about one of their leather care products in a green jar (called diamante something? Maybe?) but have no firsthand experience.

Gutted for you chicote, you did the hard part in nailing down the fit. Hopefully you can bring it back to a decent state.

On the bright side it's not nearly as bad as the Visvim offerings this year:

elmendorf.webp

101xx.webp

They look great! 

Three year old 132X's

Those nikes need to be swapped out with some Pantofola d'Oros (or Copas in a pinch), but aside from that it's a winner. 

Some snaps of my first run Mr Bathing Ape jeans made with the denim used for Warehouse 700's. They're a little over eight years old now, worn periodically. Wrangler style patch, left hand coin pocket, suspender buttons, all hardware is unmarked. (Last snap is an infrequently worn pair of 700's from BiG for colour comparison.)

That's looking really damn good to my eyes.

A hoodless Conduct Anorak? No problemo when you've got the bucket hat!

4 hours ago, mlwdp said:

Like these?

Not specifically those, more just the general philosophy behind the brand. To take an american classic and elevate it with nicer materials, and in some cases add a quirky detail here and there.

Those are pretty nice as well though. I didn't love the shape when I first saw em, but it's growing on me. 

22 hours ago, julian-wolf said:

If I get to choose between a classic and an improved version of a classic, why not go for the improved version? Isn't that what this hobby's all about? 

#visvim

The boots look great btw. I'm sure you'll have them looking more respectable in no time! ;-)

A sign of the tough times, both the Veilance and main Arc site are offering 25% off at the moment. 

On 6/28/2019 at 4:32 AM, WiseFool said:

That shade of plum is so lush. Any idea if the secant comp pants were a one time capsule release or will they be making a comeback every now and then? 

It's lovely. The mainline had a similar shade called Sultan's Palace -

Trying to curb my enthusiasm for the denim..!

These are probably better for the Old/Weird Snearks thread..

Adidas OAMC

The chlorophyll died jacket is a beauty!

Same one from these shots? - https://lineageofinfluence.wordpress.com/2014/02/10/tender-springsummer-2014-collection/

Go on then!

this was always a favourite of mine - 

23 hours ago, julian-wolf said:

Do you have a link to those, @snchz? This is the second time I've seen them mentioned, but I don't remember ever scrolling past them on the Tender website

I think Bill's instagram post mentioned he only did one run of them for snchz's shop.

They do look great snchz!

Cheers for the shipment William!

These are getting born on that Christian holiday while I do some mending on the 129's  : )