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  1. I see they still have those funky elevated gas pipes through the town -- kind of like street sculpture; I rather liked them. Did you go to the Stasi museum by any chance? Quite something...

    Leipzig has a kind of street-energy which Dresden lacks, wouldn't you agree?

  2. They are skinheads -- I guess you might charitably say they were anarchists, but in reality most were basically facists of the ugliest sort. The location is Piccadilly Circus; I will guess mid-to-late 1970s (judging by the fact that Swan & Edgar is still extant -- later there was a Virgin Megastore there)

  3. I cannot say much about Japanese identity (no-one talks about American identity in such terms whenever some people in US appropriate something from somewhere else, which is all the time and throughout their whole history).

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    Lol --- that’s true: when Starbucks first started slavishly copying Milan-style espresso and cappucino and ‘introducing’ it to the American market (and indeed to the world), it didn’t prompt any deep analysis about the derivative and immitative nature of American culture. But yet when the Japanese do it --- “oh those clever monkeys -- must be something about their identity.”

    Interesting stuff about Studio D' btw.

  4. I am about 95% sure that this is low library at Columbia. I've spent many many hours sitting in that exact same place in that exact same way. It's really strange to see that it hasnt changed except there's more hedges now.

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    Ivy League students were obviously a lot cooler in those days...

  5. Mmm... if it were me I would just not wash it. It's a jacket... they don't get smelly like jeans. I have a 101J which is now about three years old, and has never been washed -- it looks great. If you really need to wash it, you could try cold water, or maybe an organic dry cleaner (who use petroleum solvents rather than perchlorethylene)

  6. I think the Edwin-made Lee repros are great value for money, in Japan at least- these jeans are capable of excellent fades. But watch out for the sizing, it's all over the place - and AFAIK the so-called Sanforized models do shrink.

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    Agreed. Here are my 101Z, about 3 years old, washed three times (no flash, no contrast or colour adjustment).

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  7. It is pink, but it doesn't really stay pink --- it soon darkens as the indigo runs across it.

    The Vintage 901 model shown above is the looser 55 type cut. The Vintage '201' model is the slim tapered version (slimmer than 66). There is a '701' model also, but I'm not sure what it is.

    Anyway, they are class jeans. I sized down 1 and am happy with the fit.

  8. ^ True in theory, but in practice a small amount water often gets into the dry-cleaining fluid, which needs to be carefully filtered to be got rid of. As you know, in dry-cleaning the same chemicals are used over and over again, simply being filtered in between, and, when necessary, topped up as the fluid evaporates. Perchlorethelyne (and its close cousins) are "hydro-phylic" and gradually absorb water from the atmosphere, and also from the clothes put into it (which are often not completely dry to begin with). Also, garments are usually pre-treated ("spotted") with water-containing fluids to remove various water-based stains. If the dry-cleaner is not careful, or lazy, or just trying to save money, he or she will not change the filters or not bother to monitor the water content. If the water content gets high enough, you will see some shrinkage in cotton clothes, typically puckering along the seams. This is less a problem in modern systems, which are completely sealed and self-monitor, than it is with older ones.

    The alternative to "perc" is hydrocarbon (petroleum) based fluid, which is actually a throw-back the 19th century when drycleaning was invented. When you see signs advertising "organic" dry-cleaning, this is generally the chemical they are using. This is a bit disingenuous, in my opinion, since it is based on the notion that petroleum, being a hydrocarbon, is an "organic" chemical in the strict sense of the word.

    I used to work in a dry-cleaner as a summer job when I was a teenager. Not terribly entertaining work, I can tell you...

  9. Mmm.. what about

    - Real McCoy [ 613XH or 614 or Lee repro ]

    - Denime [ 66 or XX ]

    - FOB Factory [ F151, assuming we could get longer inseams }

    There is already a Pherrows contest going on in another forum, so I won't add those

  10. I must say after the negative review it received a few pages back, I was in quite a state of trepidation, as I had just ordered a pair the day before. However, they've arrived and I am quite pleased with them. I can only conclude the previous reviewer had unfortunately got a badly-made pair --- it must happen some time, no doubt the result of Red Wing Minnesota hangovers --- and such pairs are probably best returned. Mine displayed none of the stitching and alignment faults the reviewer so carefully documented. (Although to be fair, some of the 'faults' were not really faults at all but simply consistent with the finish on a $200 pair of boots --- you can't really expect the same level of fit, lining, and finish as on a pair of $800 Edward Greens after all). I will get a decent Spenco insole for them and eventually re-fit them with Cat's Paws or Vibram.

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  11. Just got back from NYC/BIG weekend trip. Chainstitch is now $30 for jeans not purchased from them and free otherwise. Just a little incentive to buy your jeans from them:). Gordon is doing the sewing work along with Jonny as well (cool guy). Asked about getting my crotch preemptively reinforced, and was told that it may take a while, as they currently have a pile of denim from people waiting for the same request. Lastly, Japanese woman that works there (didn't catch her name) is awesome. She knew everything about every model I asked about, even knew every size they had in stock for every pair without even checking the list. I love that place, and my new SD-103's.

    NIce SD's. And her name is Noriko, by the way. ("Noriko-san" if you want to be polite..)

  12. Jeans is really only a small part of what they do -- it's really a whole fashion line based on natural fibers and dyes. You might try the uptown store (71st or 72nd iirrc) for something a bit more 'temple'-like.

  13. You are right about this, although I can't quite figure out whether it's because the pocket lining shrinks or doesn't shrink. I wonder if the McCoy repros do this as well?

    I have to say the effect is most pronounced immediately after washing and somewhat ameliorates with wear. I'm wondering if removing the lining altogether (possibly quite a difficult job, giving that it's woven into the 'lazy S') would cure the problem.

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    frideswide, who makes those oxblood-colored shoes on the left side? those edward green, too?

    Yes, sorry.. I should have said they are all Edward Greens. Bought over the course of many years (I can't even remember how much they cost...). As I live in Oxfordshire, I occasionally go up to Northampton to pick up a new pair or have some old ones re-soled at the factory.

  15. On the right shoe, is that a metal toe tap? And do you have any rubber inserts in the heel at all?

    Hello Greg. Yes, metal toe taps, and -- a regrettable concession to modernity -- rubber inset at the back of the heel.

    Here are some others from the same stable, the oldest (oxblood ones on the left) over ten years old, re-soled three times:

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