Sati

Yo!

I'm planning on buying a couple of Imperial Kings (indigo).. Again..

My ex stole my old pair, but I do remember that they were some BAMF-jeans. Long time ago though

Read some posts, what should I think about? Mainly wondering about sizing, if I'm a 32, should I size 32? Size up, size down?

By the way. The Kings don't get even half the attention that the Dukes get in this thread!

Note-to-self: Don't let your girlfriend borrow your jeans if you are to break up with her.

4. Shits when you have diarrhoea, so it sort of splashes around everywhere =/

etc..

beautiful man, beautiful!

I sized 1down (I'm usually a 31, ordered a 30). In the beginning I was kicking myself for not sizing normally or maybe one up but today, they fit very very nice.

I'm sorry for the very late answer, but I haven't had a stable internetconnection for a while(again...argh). I have only been online from Internetcafes and haven't been able to send photos. I send some now, I can take som better pictures... really

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please don't hate me, i took this photos in a hurry so and been too lazy to take new ones. if they aren't good enough i will simply take some better

hmm interesting(bout sizing up i mean). i thought these were pre-shrunk or sanforized.

Aren't they? I haven't worn mine yet but they sure don't look like they need soaking <.< and on the webpage they say "buy the smallest size you can possibly fit into"

allright.... just a little chocked.

200 AUD for those jeans would have been sweet

When I ordered the jeans I asked them about it and got this answer:

"

We are not sure where the figure 200AUD comes from. It could have been a

promotional transaction in the long past. Nowadays, they are 300AUD to USA

as well as Europe.

"

if anyone bother.

Here's my email and the reply from imperial...if anyone cares.

Edited by Handlethevibe on Jan 10, 2006 at 10:22 PM

Hey, they said that I'll have to pay 300AUD for getting them to europe, is it really such a big difference when shipping to europe instead of us?

Arrr, checked out these Imperial Denims for a while, and I decided to go with the raw indigo dukes .. or maybe the kings? Decisions decisions....

I wear my nudies 30, and 31 would be perfect. If they are to big i'll just soak them hot, right?

pictures coming up on the dukes/kings as soon as they arrive.

Would take around 3-4workingdays i guess(I live in Sweden)

^So how'd they turn out :confused:

great.. i will upload pics soon.

damn noobs don't know how to respeck their elders.

I respect you

what u guys seem to not understand what he is saying is that, They fit pretty tight on him already with NO soaks.

I think he is trying to ask what is the best way to shrink the legth of the jeans but not shrink the waist of the jeans since Samurai's shrink 2 inches in the waist once washed.

OH MY GOD. I think i've just seen the first sign for intelligent life on this forum!

Anyway, i have soaked them now.. I were in the bathtub for 2hours, it was torture... I changed the water after one hour to fresh new warm water, they shrinked alot as they should on length and i stretched them regularely every 15minutes on waist and but

I putted them on while still wet in the morning after I left them to drop dry over the night. and stretched them some more.

Now they fit fantastic, I don't even think i need to change the length anymore either!

Sati, Dick's got a point - you do realise the question has been asked many times, and the sticky post that supercrap mentioned is at the top of the superdenim forum, there's threads on washing, washing, washing, starching, and...plenty of things. even if you get fish sauce on your jeans, someone's already figured what to do with it. not that you would get fish sauce on your jeans, but well

good luck with your sammies!

I already read almost whole the sticky thread BEFORE posting this.. Maybe it is because i just missed something or my english is worse than i first thought.

I always search, look different stickies before posting a thread.

So quit your bitching and do something, apparently you're not throwing out $300+, not that it should matter.

I know it's hard to have your period but don't be a asshole because of that , buy some pills instead!

I sat in a warm tub for 2 hours. The length is now 34" and my legs didn't change color.

I sqatted a couple times to get the water out.. but now they're hang drying

Heh, good luck to you!

What jeans did you soak this time? first time?

bah! go hard or go home, i say! good choice with the jeans. soak them hot. long as you can get them on, you will have no other worries for quite some time. before you ask...don't bother with starch. the 5000s are stiff enough, and they'll wear prettier (though maybe a bit slower) without it anyway

Understood that But the jeans were tight as hell without soaking so, im going to sit in them all time or atleast wear them on and strech the waist from time to time to get no more waistshrinkage.

1) Putting them on in the tub with hot water in, to minimalize waistshrinkage. Giving the perfect fit! Let them drop dry after one hour in the hot water and then wear them and stretch them out a bit more.

2) Put them in hot (1hour) cold (2hour) wear them after they drop dry.

I think this will go smooth. I will buy some crapjeans to experiment on later

Thanks for all the help, even though I am a totall newbie on this subject. My first dry denim.

"Just wear the damn things. After all, they're jeans not your first born! "

Hahaha

Anyway.. Will this do good?

what he told you to do is not going to ruin anything. it's going to get most if not all of the length shrinkage out of the way.

[aside: i would've started out with some cheapo 501 STFs as your first dry denim, not a $300+ limited edition samurai...]

I know, but my friend got the wrong size on his and sold it to me cheaply. So why not ?

Warm/Hot water will cause more shrinking than cold. The reason timmy32 suggested warm is because you are going to want to get all the shrinking done in the length and in the legs, regardless of how the waist is. If you soak them with them on, the waist can only shrink to your waist size and no further.

Yeah, geting a hang on this...

Im going to lay them in the tub for 1hour with hot water, then put the jeans on after the dripping stops and sit around..

or i will just sit in the tub with them on for one hour with hot water , but with a chance that my legs are going to look african for a week or two..

Wish me luck

You don't have trust any one. You do need to wear the things, and eventually wash them, unless you want to attract flies.

This is what I did.

1. Open the box

2. Put on Raspberry Beret really loud

3. Run around the house in my underwear with my wife's panties on my head whilst playing air guitar

4. Put down the air guitar and pick up the jeans and play jeans guitar

5. Repeat

6. Using the hottest water I could get out of my tap I soaked the jeans until the water was cold

7. Hang until dry

8. Repeat 1-6

9. Hang until dripping stops and wear until dry

10. Found something important to worry about.

I dont know how your economy is but I can't just throw 2300skr away like that, im a student so, really. the money is short and the last thing i want to do is to ruin my jeans.

Where the hell are you guys sitting around with ur wet Jeans on ???

In a tub? ...

the worst problem is that I am getting so many different opinions on what I have to do..

Some say hot water, other say cold, some say 1 hours, others say 2. Some say that I have to wear them, others say don't.

Who should i trust? :confused:

Allright i do that tonight... hmm wait.. wont my skin be like blue or something

And isnt cold water better for nonshrinkage?

one more thing.

They are too long, i know that. Should I fix that before or after the soak or doesn't it matter?

Yeah...do a luke warm soak - 1 hour...hang outside - stretch waist while still wet (frequently...!!!) till they are dry...

And now be good and do as you're told to do....

Thanks for the help beatle.

Is there a thread that explains the difference between warm and cold soaks? What is best for them to not shrink, to shrink and so on.. a FAQ you know?

And btw, im so worried because i heard what happened to Ott with his jeans...

Supercrap, dont think so, or what do you mean

I hire people to hold them for me.

Okay - you really seem worried...

Step 1

Soak them - if they fit you loose right now - in warm water - maybe 2 - 4 hours

Inside out !

Hang outside to dry

Wear them

They aren't loose, they are tight, too tight..

I can still button them but it is a close call, should i stretch them out while they are wet for 20minutes? Just wear them . and then put them back in the water.. would that help? Or what do you think.

haha I actually laughed out loud there..

It isn't about the jeans like, I want to discuss THAT product, its about what I have to do to take care of these raw jeans.. I haven't bought or used any of these type of jeanse before..