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Check WWD tomorrow (Thursday) for some interesting news.
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working on it, cheap. samples this week.
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Rivet Head - Just ran through your blog and noticed you're from or currently live in the Detroit area, where exactly? I grew up in Detroit with my family much like most moving progressively futher and further west over the years. Anyway, the Detroit connection explains a lot of the work wear connection/infatuation. 10-15 years ago the thrift stores in Detroit and the surronding burbs used to be so ripe for vintage work clothes.
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i think it's the other way around.
all-cotton thread is no doubt stronger/longer lasting than poly-core thread, b0 -
FYI - I'll be selling three KT&H shirts as soon as I can get around to posting the pictures.
SOLD!!!!http://www.e-workers.net/store/28/ia1.htmSOLD!!!
http://www.e-workers.net/store/28/ia5.htm
http://www.e-workers.net/store/30/eia2.htm
all size 16.5. check website for measurements.
all $150 each. Blue covert twill and yellow/blue flannel worn twice each. The red/white is unworn.
pm me if interested.
On KTH in general. He should have like a subscription. Kinda like a wine of the month club. You subscribe and every three months you get a nice shirt. I could settle for that. He could have a subscription price which is like retail minus 15% or something. Almost every shirt they produce I wouldn't mind having in my wardrobe.BTW Paul T, I am on your heels in rep points you better watch out man... Just a couple more WAYWT posts and your ass will be grass.
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wow, a well traveled geek. Pretty fascinating thread. I'm about 50 pages in and I think he has been to 25 countries before he hit 16 and probably the entire US. Very envious....of the US travel, who cares about the rest.
Jeans are still a mystery. Found a video where the single needle is evident but you can make out an offset belt loop and paper patch. I will go through the additional 300 pages of photos tomorrow.
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i get paid for this kind of thing...please pass the link and i'll spend the time
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just noticed the runoff stitch on the pocket...pre-war?? Very small size. This kid is featured in a few pictures from the last couple pages including one in the same post, can't tell much other than he is a total pimple-faced geek who was likely beat up a helluva lot
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looks like these lack the buckleback however they have a single needle stitch. Post war transitional jean??
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always happy to spark a little debate and fire to this thread which otherwise is way too many sizing questions. I mean how many times can you ask "what size would i be in the 1915"
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You have a Raleigh, tough guy.
All i'm saying is style the shot. You're not going to get the money, kent, if you can't see the whole picture.
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Temple of Jawnz would look better paired with the girls schwinn in the background. How can you take anything seriously with that name???
Kidding, right?
Alpha 'Repro' MA-1
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is the 333 denim really that great or is it a type of denim you're unfamiliar with from the LVC range. Looks like a dungaree, similar to what you find on low grade USN uniforms and barrack bags of the 20's - 40's. I appreciate Levi's bringing some diversity to the line but I don't know about the 333 denim being the best or close to it, however, the jeans do have some nice details
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I just sold an original ww2 Eddie bauer b-9, fit was perfect, however, it's far too bulky (think marshmallow) and heavy to be practical outside of the cargo hold of a bomber 8 miles high.
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what is everyone waiting for? this should have sold the first day.
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end of the weekend bump
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SOLD!!!!!! FS: 45rpm Dash Organic Flannel from the Fall 2008 collection. Amazingly soft organic cotton flannel using made using all organic dyes and natural tagua nut buttons. Single oversized button cuff, single shield shaped pocket on the left breast.
Worn about a dozen times, washed only in cold water and allowed to air dry.
$120ppd in the USA, $140ppd (express) overseas.
WILL NOT SHIP UNTIL Jan 4th.
PM me if interested.
Measurements
Chest (armpit to armpit) 21"
Shoulders 19.5
Sleeve 27"
Length (from bottom of the collar) 29.5"
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FS: E-Workers/K&TH Lot 3713 Flannel Shirt. Size 16 1/2 See measurements.
Styled after a 30's-40's Big Yank work shirt it features a mountain top cigarette pocket with metal K&TH Big Yank style embossed button on the left breast with a elongated tool/pencil pocket on the right. Dome buttons, arrow point collar, gussets on the side seam with chain stitch runoff, high back scalloped yoke, spaced cuff with single button closure. Amazingly reproduced, just a little too small for me.
Unworn, unwashed (pre-shrunk), unavailable anywhere else.
PM me if interested.
$200ppd in USA. $215ppd overseas. WILL NOT SHIP UNTIL Jan. 4th.
Measurements
Chest (armpit to armpit) 21"
Shoulders 17.5"
Sleeve 24"
Length (from bottom of the collar) 27.5"
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LVC Europe,Japan and USA will be aligned under the XX line based out of Amsterdam so look for an end to all the regional variations in product.
And if whats left (nothing) of LVC Japan starts using Cone denim why does that make the denim coming out of Japan inferior? Both the USA and Japan produce many different qualities of denim and a lot of factors play into what a brand chooses, highest quality isn't always one of them.
Does the grass just seem greener on the other side? (changing the subject a little).... It's my understanding that LVCjapan has begun using cone mill denim on their products. I assume that's for authenticity sake (not to mention that they offer a fine XX product). But up until recently there seemed to be the general concensous that the japanese denim was superior. Maybe it was just the details that were better regarding the japanese LVC but I thought the denim was also considered a step up from the US/EU models. Now especially since the introduction of the 1915s which tout a colaberation with Cone Mills, it seems that japanes denim greatness has tumbled a bit. I myself can't wait to get my own 1915s but I'm just asking is there a real change in the quality of the cone xx denim and what is it that makes it so?0 -
they shrink approx. 10% in the total length from yoke to the hem so it's not going to cause your "honeycombs" to be pushed up +3"s to your mid thigh.
The result of this is that if I were to wear them totally raw for a significant amount of time, the honeycombs would end up somewhere mid-thigh when I finally do get around to washing them.
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Sammler....
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Paul - No I think the offset belt loop coincides with the paper patch "every garment..." days. This would make that 1955 to 62 or 63. On vintage Levi's this is also the era you are most likely to see the coin pocket without the visable selvedge edge.
Thread color is tough because the orange thread after many washes can look yellow and both will eventually fade white. Wish this happened on the current LVC product, it's one of my favorite details on vintage Levi's along with those old curled up red tabs.
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Warehouse
in superdenim
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NEW YORK - J. Crew will have something to offer the most diehard of denim aficionados next month.
The retailer has collaborated with Japanese selvedge denim label Warehouse on an exclusive men's style that will sell for $300 on its Web site, and at its Men's Shop and Liquor Store locations here. The style's name, Lot 484 jean by Warehouse for J. Crew, is a nod to the address of the Men's Shop at 484 Broadway.
Frank Muytjens, J. Crew's head of men's design, said he discovered Warehouse denim while on a trip to Tokyo last year.
"I haven't been able to take them off since," said Muytjens of the pair he purchased.
The Lot 484 will be made using Warehouse's 14-ounce selvedge denim. The fabric is composed entirely of Memphis-grown cotton that has been woven and dyed in Japan. Muytjens described the fit as lying between J. Crew's 484 slim and a Levi's 501. The jeans will be nearly untreated, as well, having been given only a light rinse.
"It's just a rinse to take the shrink of it out," said Muytjens. "You have to do the work yourself. You have to wear it, but they fade really beautifully and quickly."
J. Crew is also making efforts to maintain the Warehouse DNA in the product. Details such as steel rivets and fly buttons that will eventually rust and are traditionally found on Warehouse jeans will remain on the Lot 484. As with Warehouse jeans, all Lot 484s will come in a 34-inch inseam. Stores will offer alterations but will take several days, because J. Crew plans to use a Union Special 43200 chain stitch machine, a rarely found machine developed expressly for altering denim.
"It's small and special," said Muytjens of the collaboration. "It definitely has a cult connotation to it. Not many people know Warehouse outside of Asia, so it's unique."