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I've been cutting my own hair for the 12-13 years now. I used to have it short. Since I grew it long I only cut it about once every 4 months. I used to use clippers now I only use scissors. Getting used to cutting the back is the hardest part.

I'm in at this price

I was bummed I missed out on the Samurai contest (I was travelling at the time) I most definitely want to get in on the Sugarcane, or the Samurai one. Sign me up.

40oz: They actually fit perfect again. I guess the wash shrunk them back, before washing them they were about a size looser. I haven't worn them since I washed them over the weekend. I'm sure they'll loosen up again. I bought a size 30 and I normally wear a 32

New Standards, wore them 2-3 times a week for two years. One soak, this is the first wash.

I've had them since November 06, I have about 3-4 wears a week on average. I haven't startch this pair. On the outside the color is still really dark only in bright daylight you can see some of the slight fading.

I don't have any dramatic fades on my nando's. I flipped my them inside out and I found some honeycomb fades on the inside.

Man me and a few of my friends used to wear Sjobeck hoodies all the time. Dang this brings me back.

thought I'd post my Sugarcane chore coat

Trees, the jeans are based, designed, and manufactured in mighty Canada.

As for the extra samples, I'm afraid I got all the extra protos. I have three pairs of his jeans right now in two different fits and in three different types of denim. I have one pair that's unworn.

Tweedles, Thanks for the kind comments. I'm not exactly sure where he got his denim from. He has a bunch of protos made from 4 or 5 different types of denim, I believe most of them are from China.

Poly, I think that the back patch is going to left plain. I'm not sure though. I suggested raw untreated leather. I think he's leaning towards the vintage repo style and use some sort of hair.

What do you guys think he should use for the back patch?

He started checking out this thread, so any ideas or suggestions you guys have feel free to post them.

I asked to tag along with him when he gets the jeans made at the factory, so that I can document the process better. I'll continue take more pics of different denim and hardware that he is sourcing.

As for time lines I think that the jeans will go into production within the next few months.

Here are some close up images of the denim.

As promised here are the pics of me wearing them.

In terms of protos, I think there were a half dozen made up in 3 different fabrics and 2 different fits. I think there's only a couple pairs floating around as wear samples and the rest are kept as samples.

Hey Ande I'm a huge fan of your denim.

Just to let you guys know, I pretty much have no real part in his business. Besides getting a pair to wear down, and offering whatever help I can, I pretty much just give my opinion on his jeans. With that being said anything you guys want to add in terms of comments is greatly appreciated. Initially when he told me about his project, he really wanted to make a jean that's for the people. Make a high quality selvage denim jean at a reasonable price.

Next post I'll put up some close up images of the denim.

I'm not sure when the first run is going to be made, hopefully before the summer.

I got an e-mail from him this morning, he said in his wash testing there was zero shrinkage. After my soak I think the only thing I noticed was the waist shrunk one inch. The length and the leg opening seem to be the same.

My only change I think he should make is to make the inseam longer, right now the inseam is 33" which is perfect for me, but I think making it a 34" inseam for a size 32 would be better.

I'm wearing them right now, still a bit damp.

Here are some pics of the hardware that he's going to put on the jean, I tried scratching a button and it shows copper underneath. I think that with some wear the hardware should change color.

What do you guys think, X bartacking on the pockets, external rivets, or hidden rivets? I think he's leaning towards hidden rivets. I like external rivets or the X bartacks.

Here are some images as promised

Right now the only thing that is set is the denim, and the fit. He said he still needs to get the pattern graded. As far as everything else like the back patch, pocket lining, rivets and etc that's still open.

The jean is suppose to be a modern fit but with some repo detailing. He's a big fan of LVC's

I think he was ready to give it up a few months ago. It was starting to eat at his savings and I think that doing this jean thing while working full time with a family is hard on him. But the last time I talked to him it seemed like he's going to progress with what he's got. He has a great relationship with the manufacturer and that goes a long way. Maybe this post will help push him in the right direction.

They're drying right now, I'll get some pics of me wearing them tomorrow. I also got some hardware that he's going to use for the jean that I gotta take pictures of. I also got another proto that has never been worn with slightly different styling that I should take pictures of also.

A friend of mine is starting a denim line on his own. I'm helping him out by testing a few pairs of his proto's. I found my experiences with meeting with him and talking about his progress of his denim line interesting. I figured that I some people on Superfuture might find it interesting also.

We both used to work for a denim company a couple years ago. I was a graphic designer and he worked as a merchandiser for the company. We had access to denim development as the company had it's own wash house, sewing floor and embroidery machines. We both ended up leaving the company but we're still in the garment industry (I work in a lifestyle apparel company and he works for an active apparel company). When I found out that he was starting his own denim company on the side. I sent him an e-mail to ask if he needed a hand with anything. Right now I'm going to start wearing his second proto, the fit is right now, it just needs the right hardware and styling.

The patterns are professionally made through a pattern maker we both worked with. Right now he's getting his samples made up by a factory in Canada.

He's going to get them manufactured in Canada also.

It's a slow process it's been almost a year now I think he's going to get his first run of jeans made up pretty soon. Because he is doing this on his own pretty much and he's doing it while working at a full time job, it's a slow process. It's interesting being a part of the process, checking out the hardware that he's planning to put on the jean and what not. It's an ambitious side project as he put a lot of money into development already and has enough fabric to make 200 pairs of jeans. With sourcing out fabric, to talking to manufacturers sounded like it can be quite a lot of work.

The fit is pretty damn good. I have 2 of his newer proto's one in a redline 14oz selvage denim. It has a few wears on it right now, I'm cold soaking it to check out the shrinkage. It's measuring at 33" waist and 7.75" leg opening pre soak. I'll update with photos next post.

went to Richard Kidd the other day, they had some nice white thermals made of cashmere

here's a close up of the selvage, I got a half a dozen wears on them already

here's how they compared to my Uniqlo black skinny fits, the flash on my camera makes them look lighter then they are in real life

45rpm Nando x Nando's

DRKSHDW berlin cut

yo Montreal, were you the dude wearing the beige jacket, black boots and Nudies?

Anybody give me some info on the brand?

I saw a pair of black Jean Shop denim at Beams in Shibuya. Its a really dark denim it like the black Cheap Mondays denim, with a solid black selvage line.

man all that's missing is the Klan logo.

they have a slim fit women's jean that is non selvage, It's about $180. My girlfriend tried a pair on. It's also in the nando x nando color.

I just got my pair today, the girl helping us remembered us from our first visit. Got a free calender too. I'll take some pics when I fly home, in a week or so.

these are not overdyed. overdyeing is a type of garment dyeing where pieces of the whole garment or the whole garment itself are dipped in a dye. On the nandoxnando both the warp and weft are thread dyed and then the two are weaved together making the denim. Price for the nandoxnando is $348.

I actually wrote that they are not overdyed. I know the process I used to work in a jean company with an it's own wash house.