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I have been washing laundry at a very upscale laundramat in a college town partime for over a year now and I have not seen a single pair of selvage jeans yet. I wash and fold about 300 to 400 pounds of laundry every weekend. Most of the people that drop their stuff off are college kids and they have VERY specific instructions for their stuff. I have seen every other brand you can imagine. Just how rare is it to actually own and wear selvage denim in the United States? There is a school of fashion at the local state college UNT ( just north of Dallas) here and I have asked several of the students there if any of them know about selvage denim and to date not a single one has heard of it. They go on to explain to me what selvage on fabric is, but they have no clue about it as far as jeans go.

--- Original message by damnIam on May 15, 2006 06:21 AM

Maybe you never see it in the laundry because the people who have it aren't washing their jeans?

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supreme's done it before with the joy division/peter saville artwork. as far as i can tell that had permission. the supreme magazine/book they put out in the winter has a feature and interview with him. i don't know about the exploited tee though.

i look at the exploited shirt as pretty toungue in cheek as the exploited were a political punk band, anti- this anti- that, then a commercial company is using their artwork. at the same time i'm assuming its a tribute judging by what most of that scene listens to or used to listen to coming up. ... to show they are or were down with whatever back in the day. you know how it goes - people try to ride on longevity and og status. "i was into ____ while you were still in diapers." i don't think it makes anyone cooler, but i enjoy the interaction between the scenes -- punk vs hip hop fashion... two things that were like oil and water where i grew up.

all these people calling themselves "graphic designers" using someone else's logo and having it spell out something else is playing with the same tools - making the old new and bringing it into a new limelight. 95% of the time it's a straight rip, but at the same time its putting a now perspective on something old. everything's been done before, so the source of inspiration's going to find its way into the work.

for the thread:

yankees 7 3/4

iron cross tee (DC ...)

same old levi's

same old white slipons

Edited by mlproject on Jun 1, 2006 at 05:24 PM

--- Original message by mlproject on Jun 1, 2006 05:19 PM

Kids today, kids tomorrow.

On a related note, I like that Supreme Bad Brains shirt kinda.

Today was:

Brown AA zip hood

New Standards

Air Max 180

Great music on this page!

Quest for Certainty has been my Myspace song for a while, and I'm seeing Emperor in NYC in July.

Oh, today I wore.

Black Supreme Box Cap

Black vintage Lacoste

New Standards

AM90 IDs

I would have asked on Niketalk, but for some reason I cant get it to work.

Anyway, I picked up a pair of 180 samples today and Ive never seen them before. The upper is mostly a brownish orange like the curry am1s, the swoosh is a pastel bluish purple. The lining and plastic part are a darker purple and the midsole is white. The tongue has two people sitting on chairs and a bunch of trees and flowers.

Im not near my camera so dont have any pictures. Does anyone know anything about them?

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who here likes Dutch electronic hardcore(gabber)? Industrial harcore and darkcore is the SHIT!!!

--- Original message by doubletap on May 29, 2006 02:00 AM

I could be wrong, but I think those genres are unrelated to the hardcore we're talking about.

I'd say the Vans.

I post on b9 once in a while, and usually in clothes related threads. I'm glad I've never heard anyone say "backed hard balls deep oh wow" in real life. I hate that board.

Oh, and the FVK/Gut Instinct/Cold World show in Balt. was a blast for sure.

That one's not quite the same, jamie. I'd wear it though.

Nah, mine's not the original. A few years ago, Porcell was selling them on his site. I grabbed that and a Project X one in navy. My roommate, however, has like every shirt you could imagine. OG Schisms, Join the Fights, a billion Uniform Choice ones, and an amazing Turning Point hoodie in a good size that I wish he'd sell me. Among other things.

not pictured:

It's influenced me. When I first started seeing pre-distressed jeans years ago, I wasn't into it because it seemed pretty dumb to buy jeans that have been manufactured to look really broken in. However, in time I gave in and wore them, because they were a lot nicer than what I was seeing from Levis and Lee. When I discovered this site and began reading about raw denim and all of these labels I'd never seen, it clicked. My PDCs, Rogans, and Diesels have all been ebayed away to pay for new jeans. No regrets.

Yeah, that happens. To stop it, I think you just have to wear your pants baggier.

Mine was pretty clean, so I just wore it. I love the jacket, just wish it was a little more snug.

Good job with the sweatshirt, too. I'm always on the lookout for old reverse weaves.

Oh I understood you. I was agreeing.

Here are my LVC 47s thus far. When I first got them, I wore them in a warm bath for probably like an hour to hopefully get the shrinking out of the way, then continued to wear them as they dried. Since then (about two months) I've been wearing them most days while rotating with my New Standards occasionally.

Early on I starched pretty heavily to help set the creases, but have since stopped as it no longer seems necessary. Also, I do a lot of bike riding, which I think helps the breaking in process a lot.

Haha yeah the bottom button is a pretty bad move. Thanks!

Update on the Lee jacket. It's a little big, so I wear it with a hooded sweatshirt. Here's what it's looking like after I guess around 2 months, worn when weather permits.

Yeah, I started wearing it. It's a little bigger than I'd like, but looks pretty good and is in fact breaking in well.

Regarding size on the neck, it looks like they're may have been a white tag under the Lee one that was ripped off. Unless that was it, there's no size information.

I think to avoid that, you wash it with the hoodie zipped up. I guess it's a little late for that in your case.

fred perry

void

lvc 47

nike

Gorilla Biscuits last summer was one of the best times of my life. It was only like $15 I think, not $200. I had a blast.

Sorry, I didn't measure them when I got them. All I know is that they're labeled 30.I got them in late January I think. Maybe early February.

I got a 30 in New Standards, and they fit pretty well to start. The 29s were crushers, and I with a supreme effort I could button them all the way up, but opted for the 30s. In other jeans, I wear between a 29 and 32 for the most part, and usually a 30 works. I stand by what everyone says with APC, which is to try them on first.

Anyone have pictures of a pair broken in? Is there significant difference beyond the streakiness of the denim at the start?

Duh the Cro-Mags are one of the best bands ever.