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Macpac from that era was a nice thing. They were an innovative company that did loads of R&D, prioritized repair over replace. Sometime in the 2000s they were bought out by the founder of Kathmandu, and she turned it into just another mass market made elsewhere, cheaper to replace than repair. (still better quality and design than Kathmandu stuff IMO, but not the great NZ product it used to be)

My typical kiwi yeah nah yeahs Size down craze..yeah but only for APCs Slept in jeans.. yeah but only because of too much alcohol Diors.. nah, but I did by some for someone Fancy wallet.. nah Engineer boots.. yeah, but nah. A fashion version, not very durable Ocean wash.. yeah, because it was my birthday and I was hungover Resolute washing / fit having previously not.. Nah Never washing.. yeah nah, but wash infrequently unless they need it Coffee wash.. nah, tried it on some scrap denim to make an apron for someone but it was a bit meh Slubby or streaky.. slubby yeah for our bedroom curtains, great light blocking. Heavy oz denimz.. yeah my green samurai Joined a contest.. yeah , Roy and CircleAbrand Joined a tour.. Yeah Dirtydozen+1 Evisu and Flathead which travelled with the e-peen t with everyone’s signatures on the back APC.. yeah had a few cause they were comfy and yeah Fancy detergent .. yeah Worn denim while raw.. yeah, but only for 48ish hours while travelling as they were too heavy to pack. (My old samurai) Paid for an expensive repair.. Nah Wallet jewelry.. yeah but nah I put my keys on a chunky chain from take 5 so I can find them, it must be getting close to 20 years old now Numerous pairs of very expensive boots.. yeah, and I never wear them, same as my expensive sneakers Numerous pairs of identical jeans.. yeah , I think there are 7 pairs of andewhalls in the house, but nah cause different sizes and colours but all the same cut. Numerous fancy leather belts.. yeah Native American Japanese jewelry.. nah Jacket suitable for the Arctic.. nah Unreadable Japanese language magazines.. yeah Dressed like a sailor.. yeah nah, got the jacket but not the rest of the look (freezing in Fremantle non Sufu approved tight jeans with Urgh stretch) Dressed like a miner.. nah Dressed like an urban lumberjack.. yeah nah, not even when I am chainsawing etc Mil repro.. nah maybe in part Dressed like a railway worker.. nah except as a kid with my great grandfathers actual train driver uniform Dressed like a teenage delinquent or hot rodder from the 40's/50's.. nah Stacked.. yeah Starch..yeah I think I did on my APC and they do have sick fades Freezer.. Nah Fancy socks.. Yeah Handmade English shoes.. nah Whites Semi Dress.. Nah Discharge print.. yeah Own less than 10% of the clothing you bought since joining.. yeah have had a couple of good clear outs, down to 3 wardrobes full these days Photo of jeans in bathtub.. yeah, gotta share how grubby they were Wore jeans wet.. yeah but only after they were worn caving and had to hike out again in them (did+1) £2000 leather jacket.. Nah Numerous repro denim jackets all from same era.. nah Colored weft denim: yeah nah only ecru Has at least a decade's worth of denim in the closet, unworn? Yeah nah all worn at least once Bought jeans nobody else owned.. yeah. Yamanes Barf / Man stain / Shit oneself in jeans.. Nah Denim meet up - yeah London and LA and loads of random meetups with 1 or 2 people .. here’s me and fade hanging out at a dodgy bar in Hong Kong Used a proxy/Google-translated email to buy something from a Japanese shop…nah Worn triple denim…nah Posted photos of myself wearing denim-related clothing to a bunch of strangers on a public forum… yeah, great way to make new friends but also creepy as fuck when randoms come up to you and know stuff about you, happened lots in London, only once in NZ

Nice! Love his work, He's done a few murals down in Dunedin, I visit them every time I head south, I'll go take the same photos I take every time when I'm down there in a few weeks

back when i went to work.. students used to ask me why I was allowed to wear track pants, wasn't I meant to dress like a teacher I was wearing my baggy Byborre Miffy pants, best answer I could come up with was "actually they are pyjamas"

remember back in the olden days when sufu was like the wild west and people used sarcasm brackets so people didnt get confuddled by tone, it was great (4)

here's some fades printed in a more Margiela way (a random uni students work) Way back when The DD+1 Evisu touring jeans thing happened, Evisu took the pair the 13 of us had worn and reproduced our fades for a limited release. Funnily enough we all opted for a raw pair. Woke up this morning trying to remember who the 13 were, got stuck after 9 people. Going to search it now. Gotta love a procrastinating trip down memory lane Also on the crowd funding thing.. I put money into a Chuck Palahniuk - Choke, movie crowd funding, got a t shirt hat, signed book, and some other stuff, but looks like the movie is never going to happen. Sad as I had put my late cats name to go in the credits and that would have been great to see. Her name was Sausage. edit: popped up on my bookface memories this morning, Sausage in the top right with my Choke pledge merchandise in amongst the other pledgers

I may have given my contact details to some of them, just incase they need me. I’m going to miss them more than they miss me though probably.

I think it was only for the contest. 20 pairs. The hand written note had an apology for them taking so long, think he was a busy guy. I loved my pair, look forward to fitting them again soon. First bike ride of 'I will fit my old clothes again' done today. Other Denimbro thing I found is a LVC bandana I won for writing something to go with a photo or something. 1 year off work, being creative and riding my bike. I might be more active round here too.

Russell.. looks like he works here https://www.diamondbrandgear.com/about/

Having a tidy up to sort my work room out so I can actually work in it not just dump stuff. Found some Sufu linked relics in one box of treasures.

Here they are. Quite different to what is up on the yamane site now. The free tote bag I got with them has been well used, it’s been around the world and up and down NZ several times. Gotta go iron the brim of my hat so it’s safer to go outside.

and I chopped mine off into shorts and turned the legs into a bucket hat They are lovely denim, the opposite to my Samurais... really soft and pliable, the Indigo had lots of depth, has faded well, would still wear them except i got old and fat. I got mine about 17 or 18 years ago. Its summer here now so I will be wearing the hat. Semi-active, that's me in general. Wish I had kept my EVISU we were gifted for doing the DD+1 traveling pants way back