Miles

Have you checked n+1? Or is that not what you're looking for?

Fitting for this conversation that you'd have a sig quoting VD-Supreme.

These are my SC002's that have been worn on and off for maybe 4 months. Not crazy wear, but coming along very nicely. Love the cut on this jean.

Excellent. Shit deserves a bump. Is the color really that electric, or is the light making it seem brigher?

The element of quality is also fairly arbitrary.

A lot of the selvage jeans bought by members of this board also have rivets (instead of bartacks), heavy denim from high quality cotton, chainstiched hems, and solid hardware (buttons, zippers).

What hasn't been stated is that most of the folks here are students or people with deskjobs. Sure, you'll find exceptions, but by and large we're not working in mines or on construction sites and shit. So all this "quality" is not exactly being put to the use that it was originally intended for.

I would say, for the most part, that we (and the brands that make the jeans) are into the craftsmanship. While high craftsmanship typically manifests into quality, I think we're very much into the idea of time-honored traditions moreso than the all the bells and whistles. But that's just me...

The no-shower thing is a definite no-go.

Ya'll are some picky eaters.

Sweaty pussy is something you have to learn to love. I mean, you're not always going to get a girl straight out of the shower. Sometimes you have to go down after you've both gotten a little slippery. Sometimes you want to go down after a long day.

Whenever the mood strikes, you know?

Seize Sur Vingt, next level on next level shit.

I've actually heard horrible things about SSV shirts. Notably with them fading color very quickly when laundered. I can't speak from my own experience, and I personally love their more casual line (Group 16 sur 20), but I figured it was worth throwing out the caution flag.

Haha, I suffer from the same vertical challenge. 5'8" myself. It seems, from your pictures at least, that you have a pretty wide chest too, which probably isn't helping things either, huh?

There are some brands which make more fitted button-ups: I pretty much completely rely on Steven Alan and Troglodyte Homonculus (the casual line of Seize sur Vingt). I'm sure there's a slew of others. If you can't find your fit, bringing whatever you need altered to a tailor is the way to go. I've had to do it with shirts and even cotton sweaters before, with success.

As far as flannels go, those Flathead shirts seem short. Pure Blue Japan makes shortish flannels as well.

Hope some of that comes in handy...

Tangerine, I noticed your shirts (button-ups and tee-shirts alike) tend to be a bit oversized -- especially when it comes to length. I'd venture to suggest that it's throwing your overall look off a bit because:

a) the rest of your clothing is well fitted

the rest of your look is appropriately "mature" -- especially the boots

c) like many of us, you're beyond your college years, and the oversized shirt comes off as somewhat sophomoric

That's just me though...

Dave Chapelle did his set at my college in 2001 (pre-Chappelle's Show, but after his first HBO special). Since I went to school in Western New York, it was curious when my buddy saw him aimlessly strolling around our piece of shit town the next day. They're conversation goes something like;

Buddy: "Hey, you were amazing. What the hell are you still doing here?"

Chappelle: "Just chilling...(pause)...Actually, I'm looking for weed."

Buddy: "Sure. Yeah, we have plenty at my place if you want to swing by."

Chappelle: "Nah, that's cool. I'm set."

Buddy: "Okay. But, yeah, we really do have plenty."

Chappelle: "Yeah, okay. I'll be there in a bit."

Weird -- you'd think Chappelle tour bus or whatever would be fully stocked. So anyway, Chappelle swings by like 10 minutes later with his bodyguard -- this big Russian dude named Moose, and we're all (like 14 of us) getting high Dave Chapelle. Including Moose.

Moose is calling us pussies because we use water in our bongs, not vodka. Meanwhile, Chappelle is being weirdly quiet. I kind of assumed he was freaked out by 14 white kids all trying to make him laugh, and hanging onto everyword he said. I also think, and I know this is heresy, that Chappelle was a bit of lightweight. Like 45 minutes in, and it becomes clear that Chappelle's nodded off. I really don't think we were that boring. Anyway, Moose becomes the life of the party, and despite being responsible for Dave's safety, doesn't seem to mind getting completely wasted. Dave's only out for a bit, wakes up, decides he's hungry, and slowly leaves our place. Wanting to extend the fun, we let Dave know what bar we're going to later, and tell him to join, knowing that there's no chance in hell we'll be seeing him again.

Or not. Because 10 minutes before the bar's closing time, Chappelle shows up and follows us back to our place to smoke some more. By this time, word's gotten out that Chappelle is still in town smoking with us, and everybody we know, like, hate, and don't know is basically on our porch trying to get in. Before the scene turns into a full on mob, a slightly sketched out Chappelle finally bounces for good.

Trodlodyte Homunculus passport shirt

Marc Jacobs "WHY THE FUCK ARE WE IN IRAQ?" tee

Studio D'Artisan jeans

Chucks

Fairly certain I saw these at Odin. I generally can't tell the difference between these and PRPS. The pocket detailing is damn near identical. Don't think they use the purple selvage though.

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APC corduroy blazer

Troglodyte Homunculus passport shirt

American Apparel thermal

Vintage belt

Studio D'Artisan jeans

Barney's Co-op boots

Girlfriend's Valentine's cookies

i remember talking to gordon and he said he tumble dried all the jeans he owns.

I recall one of the other guys telling me Gordon also washes his jeans every two weeks or some shit. In the same conversation, guy also told me that he buys his shit so small that he can't button the top-2 buttons pre-soak.

Typing this shit, it all sounds pretty dubious. Then again, I was buying $400 of (properly sized) merchandise, so why would he lie???

Needless to say, I didn't hear this from Gordon's mouth, so take it with a grain of salt. Point being: there's a lot of ways to do this, but I've got a distinct feeling most people here don't approach denim the same way Gordon does.

How did you treat for the SDA patch?

high rise = pull them up and wear a belt

Quoted for truth. These are meant to sit higher than the modern cut of jean you are probably more used to.

Thanks for the earlier reply about your reasoning for getting these. It sounds like you've really entered the world of selvage denim headfirst.

Interesting choice for your first pair of heavyweight jeans. Might I ask why you went such an unorthodox route?

Gorgeous pictures, by the way.

Agreed with most of what's been said above (sans CdG). In fact, the number of shops I frequent has dwindled in the past 2-3 years to the point that I don't even see Diesel, Prada, Gucci, etc.

If there's one brand that sticks out to me that hasn't been mentioned it's probably Trovata. There's been times when I've seen pieces that, at first glance, seem interesting. Then when I realize it's Trovata, I see it as a gaudy interpretation of Paul Smith (i.e., the secret details).

am wearing my SD-103's right now, to set creases, and they fit perfectly.. but they are still a little bit wet...

will i get a nasty shock tomorrow and find them shrunken a lot more than now if i just let them dry out now.?

How wet are they?

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If you glean anything from this conversation it is:

1) All denim is different. Kiya or Gordon I'm sure can reel off times when people have tried on the same exact jeans (size, model), and they fit completely different. So to the poster above, "definite' is not a word that should be used here.

2) LVC 1947 seems to run small. For me, it was by about 2.5 sizes. Most people say 1-2 sizes. I've had success in LVC 1947 shipped from with What Comes Around Goes Around (in New York). You can always have them mail you what you think will work best, and then send it back if it doesn't work out. Of course, I'm sure most places that sell LVCs would carry the same policy.

Coachella would be a truly great experience if they only allowed to walk around with a beer in your hand. Instead they confine alcoholic beverages to these cages that are too far from the stages to actually see the shows. That alone made the experience feel more like a chaperoned event, as opposed to a musical festival.

Oh, and I highly recommend staying at a hotel, or as my friends did, rent a house with a pool. We'd wake up around 10ish, bake by the pool for hours, and then roll up the show around 5pm as the temperature was getting somewhat bearable, and the better acts were coming on.

The idea of camping out in 110+ degree weather is unthinkable.

Paul Smith has great stripes which brighten up a subdued lower half. I had a 50% off discount just after Christmas, and idiotically forgot to purchase a handful at $14/per.

In the cold months, I typically sport cashmere blend socks from J. Crew or Banana Republic until I wear holes through them (about 1-2 years).

Have to echo Denim Phantom and CMF here.

I comfortably wear a 30 in SD-103, and recall some serious ball burstage trying to squeeze into 32s in the LVC-47 -- pre-shrink. It would seem the LVC 1947 runs very, very small.

depends on the thickness, of course, but the leather sole on my fryes lasted about two years with fairly regular wear.

As Snugglepony mentions, it's all about thickness and quality of the leather, which is to say that there's a pretty wide range of how long soles will last.

A few years ago, I was wearing my Prada chelsea boots literally everyday. First off, that wasn't wasn't a great idea for preserving the quality. That said, the original soles probably lasted me about 8 months or so. Besides the frequency, they just saw regular NYC wear (e.g., lots of concrete sidewalks).

When it came time to re-sole, I took them to really pedestrian cobbler. The replacement soles the cobbler used were a fairly poor quality, and from then on I'd typically wear them out in about 3-4 months (still daily use).

Lately, I've been wearing Barney's Co-op boots that I purchased in October 2005. They came with Il Cuoio soles, which are considered some of the best around. I actually just had them replaced today, after fairly regular wear, but nothing like the daily use my Pradas saw.

Net: Timing totally fucking depends, I guess.