jake431

I think the point was to show the "slim jean" characteristics of the 47's, as compared to other 501's. You can disregard the tagged size and just go by measure, but you can also argue that comparing the cut of the same size jeans can easily show fit differences between models.

-Jake

As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.

-Albert Einstein

Allen,

Nice pics - and a good visual explaination. One last detail about them, were all pairs washed and dried the same? Is the shrinkage complete for all pairs?

-Jake

As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.

-Albert Einstein

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I totally forgot you can order stuff from Guitarwolf. They have some jeans made by Drybones. But they do ask you to send them a international money order. Not sure if Dry Bones is taking the orders or Guitarwolf.

Here's the site that I almost ordered from:

http://guitarwolf.shop-pro.jp/

--- Original message by digital_denim on Jun 7, 2006 01:55 PM

Can anyone comment (or post photos) on the fit and quality of these jeans - I really like the look of them from pictures - and at about $225 shipped to my door, the price, if the quality is good.

Thanks,

-Jake

As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.

-Albert Einstein

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I am into vintage flight jackets - A-2's, M-422A's, early nylon jackets - and they all look much better with some selvege denim. There's a cross pollination of jacket nerds and denim heads. A jacket nerd friend of mine got me hooked on LVC's and then I found this site. The rest (and my bank account balance), is history.

-Jake

--- Original message by jake431 on Jun 6, 2006 09:36 AM

that's true about the repro/vintage jacket freaks and denimheads----------and they share a love of chuck taylors.

--- Original message by denimdestroyedmylife on Jun 6, 2006 11:54 AM

Too true. My buddy Allen, he posts here - he's got a nice pair of reissue chucks that go well with various LVC jeans, and flight jackets. I'm looking into a pair of PF Flyers for the fall, myself.

-Jake

As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.

-Albert Einstein

I am into vintage flight jackets - A-2's, M-422A's, early nylon jackets - and they all look much better with some selvege denim. There's a cross pollination of jacket nerds and denim heads. A jacket nerd friend of mine got me hooked on LVC's and then I found this site. The rest (and my bank account balance), is history.

-Jake

As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.

-Albert Einstein

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jake, I hope you don't mind but I added your info on skull jeans in this thread:

http://www.superfuture.com/city/supertalk/index.cfm?page=topic&topicID=12014

--- Original message by digital_denim on Jun 2, 2006 10:54 AM

Not at all! I'm pleased to be able to do more than just ask questions all the time. I hope it helps all these companies see there's money to be made shipping outside Japan! And get me more jeans, of course.

-Jake

As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.

-Albert Einstein

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do you mean that skull's online shop ship internationally?

http://www.fabfour.co.jp/netshop/babe/showcase/list_btm001.html

goodie

--- Original message by horriblyjollyjinx on Jun 2, 2006 09:47 AM

Yep! I emailed them (and used the Google Translator to create the Japanese text) with both English and Japanese text, asking if they would ship internationally to the USA. They said they would; I should email them letting them know what jeans I wanted and they would send me via email an English language order form for said jeans. The only problem is due to my automatic email signature (the Albert Einstein quote below), they think my name is Albert Einstein.

-Jake

As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.

-Albert Einstein

Thanks for the opinion! I'm excited cause they will ship to the USA, which is handy. I really like them, from what I've seen. I hope to pick up a pair of Skull jeans, and possible a pair of Samurai jeans as well over the summer.

-Jake

As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.

-Albert Einstein

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ryu-

I was looking at your blog and saw that you had two pairs of skull jeans. How do you like them? What's the quality of the denim like? I was curious because now I'm rethinking whether I want to buy a levi's reproduction or something that's a little bit more fitted and I noticed that skull has some nice slim fit models (I'm also a fan of the natural leather patch)

--- Original message by jubei on May 31, 2006 06:04 AM

I'm also curious about Skull jeans - any opinions would be welcome.

-Jake

As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.

-Albert Einstein

How's the shrinkage on these - should I be looking to get my waist size (34) or should I be looking to get a pair marked 36 - and they'll shrink down to a 34?

-Jake

As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.

-Albert Einstein

I had seen their site but not that rakuten page; thanks!

-Jake

As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.

-Albert Einstein

Can anyone comment on how Ironheart jeans wear and how they fit, or look like when worn?

Thanks,

-Jake

As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.

-Albert Einstein

Thanks for the tip! I'll check out American Apparel tonight, maybe head over to Strange Cargo this weekend.

-Jake

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how come the '47 deadstock came out every season?

--- Original message by 925 on May 18, 2006 09:39 PM

From what I can tell, the '47's are one of their biggest sellers. Plus, you can argue that they are a slim jean, and slim jeans are in right now.

-Jake

So I was browsing the book "Rebel Style" last night, and I am obsessed on finding some plain t-shirts that are cut in the vintage style - looser crew neck, with shorter (also tighter?) sleeves than modern short sleeve t-shirts seem to have.

Anyone have some good recommendations as to where I can get those - online or a store? I'm a Chicagoan, so it's gotta be in Chi-town if I have a prayer of getting them in person.

Thanks all,

-Jake

If you walk along North from Ashland west to Damen, you'll have a few stores to check out (Untitled, Akira, to name two). Then walk down Milwaukee, heading South. On Division between Ashland and Damen you'll see more cool stores to take your money.

-Jake

So I should expect about 2 inches of shrinkage in the legs, correct? The stf sticker on them is alarming, but I've never heard of anyone lose a full three inches in inseam length on these bad boys.

-Jake

Anyone know anything about this brand?

http://www.grnappletree.com/

I bought a pair of their jeans in a raw (non-selvege) denim, and I was curious to hear other people's opinions...

-Jake

Buyer was a bum id so it's relisted:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8344845510

-Jake

I know they have cheap selvage jeans available in European H&M's - anyone see them available in the US? If so, any opinions/pics?

-Jake

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The contacts at the Levi's Store there in SanFran are Ben or Oscar, at 415.501.0100. They get 'small' shipments every now and then, but so far not many have been very long (36L or more) so I'm waiting the big shipment, hopefully arriving at the end of the month.

The cost quoted was $150.00 each, although when available, they run about $135.00 a pair from DecoDenim (877.505.3847). The problem at Deco right now is the LVC line doesn't seem to have been updated, and the DecoDenim folks weren't able to track down the new (dry) 1947s product number, to order from their distributor, as of yet.

For some reason there are some issues occuring with the LVC line and as a result, deliveries of the 1947s and others are spotty at best. The LVC link on their website hasn't been updated, either (it still shows the old Spring line-up) so maybe that's a clue of sorts.

Anyway...

Jim

--- Original message by Jim Cissell on Oct 12, 2005 08:50 AM

Thanks Jim - that's okay about the length, Ideally, I'd order a 36 waist, 34 length, I want them to wind up about 34W and as close to 30 inseam as possible.

-Jake

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Thanks for the heads-up, Paul T!

I am presently awaiting a new shipment of 1947s arriving at the SanFran Levi's store by the end of this month. I wanted to mail-order in a pair or two of those (dry) jeans, and I want to get the correct size, of course.

I ordered a pair of the 1947s (again, dry) a few years ago when they first introduced them on the (U.S.) LVC line-up. I received a pair of 36W-36L, to shrink to 33W-33L, and they did just that.

On this new pair, I'd like to get the 34W-36L to get a slighter snugger fit at the waist (32, hopefully).

With this revelation, it sounds like I should go just ahead and order-in another 36-36, doesn't it?

Thanks again,

Jim

--- Original message by Jim Cissell on Oct 12, 2005 07:43 AM

Jim,

How much are 1947 LVC's from the San Fran Levis store? And can you share the contact info?

Thanks.

-Jake

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34" tagsize 47 rigid are a full 2" smaller than LVC 2001 '33 rigid with a 34" tagsize. likewise the 1937 jeans seem to be 2" smaller than their predecessors.

--- Original message by Paul T on Oct 11, 2005 12:54 PM

Okay - if I get a pair of tagged 36, they'll shrink down to a 34 waist, yes? Or are they smaller even than that?

-Jake

Re LVC 47 sizing - ALOT SMALLER? Meaning what - are they like modern 501's?

Hands down Canes why?

Thanks,

-Jake

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go with what you can find, go with what you can afford, go with what looks good, and finally go with what's original: levi's.

--- Original message by giantreptile on Oct 11, 2005 08:41 AM

Ironically, I will be able to find the sugarcanes (http://historypreservation.com/hpassociates/detailpop.php?uniqnum=127) EASIER than the LVC 1947s. And most likely, at $179, they will be cheaper. But - are they as good? Better? Worse? That is my only real concern.

-Jake