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Dior 21cm's - size down one (what I do for most dry jeans) or stay with my regular size? Not going for a super skinny look as I want more of a slim straight leg.

definitely size down at least one. remember dior raws measure about 1.5" larger than marked in the waist, and still stretch. if you can get them from a source that accepts returns/exchanges then feel free to experiment.

kind of a dumb one. i'm hoping to snag this jacket but i'm admittedly unsure of its gender based on the length of the sleeves... appears to be a lee riders from the 80s based on the denim collar. measurements check out but still... wanted to make sure. this doesn't look like a girl's jacket right?

6 months (till we bump this)

written six months ago to the day. well, seven. updated pics please.

magic thanks... not sure what happened with the black tag text. it's been like that since day one. perhaps the heat got to it in shipping?

coo coo cachoo... these are my contest skulls at the end of the second month

it rained for pretty much all of october so i spent the month inside playing orange box. very sorry if these are too big, i will resize them and reupload them.

We MIGHT have one left in that size.. Call the store to order one or check on stock.

415 558-0658

excellent, thanks! however humorously enough, my car seems to have started chewing through antifreeze as i drove home after making that post... so god knows what potentially needs a tune-up. financial situation withstanding afterwards, i'll call asap and try to pick one up.

We've got the houndstooth in stock at Self Edge in limited sizes..

Call us up..

http://www.selfedge.com

curious, do you still happen to have any of the black/white in stock? i'm looking to pick up a size 38 and am having a hard time finding it online. there's one in the supermarket but it's 42.

would you suggest i wear them while i soak them? also, i'm worried that the legs will shrink in so that they will be tighter. will that happen?

as long as the thigh isn't skin tight currently, you don't need to worry about it... the 6x6 denim has familiar shrinkage... 1 - 2" in the inseam, about 1" in rise and waist, 0.5" or less in the thigh/leg. regardless they are sanforized so they won't permanently shrink very far past their original measurements at all. nothing that can't easily be stretched back out.

what magic said; if they are still raw (not the one wash model or anything like that) the inseam will shrink about 2" with the first wash or long hot soak.

new cures

great work for 4 months. what on earth do you do to the knees though?! just be a bit more loving on them in the future and you shouldn't have any problems; APC is unusually tough for its light weight.

growing up... jnco and "tommy hil" turned into polo sport and nautica for the skateboarding scene... wasn't too big on denim in high school, a few pairs of american eagle jeans and a pair of second hand diesels that fit like shit. fastforward 6 years...

pre-sufu: APC, nudie

post-sufu: skull, flat head, samurai (next)

never owned a pair of levi's in my life... weird. those polo sport jeans were the shit and bought at ross (or marshalls or some similar chain) for like $20 a piece.

I have had my Skulls for about 6 months now, and have had many areas start to come unstiched. What I have done, and it works very well actually, is cut the loop of the thread, and then inside the jeans, get some super glue and glue the inside stich. I have done this to many parts of the jeans, including the front and back pockets, crotch and thighs. I will try to post pictures later if anyone wants.

that's pretty clever, and yeah, sounds like it would work really well without having any adverse effects since superglue doesn't run or melt or anything like that.

Dr. Bronners...Okay bad joke. Anyway thanks for the replies, most of the fading was done when I was working on my car or when I was spending time at the beach with the lady.

Time to start working on Flatheads. Another year for another post.

Ben

out of curiousity, what dr. bronners is used for washing jeans? just the liquid soap? or, is there a detergent available somewhere? i'd like to try this out with my current pair before i begin washing them.

My new size 29 skulls are up on the supermarket for anyone interested...

http://www.superfuture.com/supertalk/showthread.php?t=38714

good call, hope you sell these quickly and pick up a size 30. you'll like those a lot more. they'll still be plenty slim but definitely more comfortable in the first month. mine were pretty tight in the beginning and breaking them in was really rough.

I loved my grey skull 5010. Until they started turning pink . I'm wearing them less and less because its doesnt really go with anything or suit the use I had for them previously!

this happened to ruach too. quite the phenomenon... i don't know what makes grey turn to pink but it's happening. have you washed them yet?

Ringo's sister here.

Here's some tips:

1. When buying denim, always try them on first. the cuts could be different and you may need a bigger or smaller size. Always get a size smaller so that when it stretches out, it fits perfect.

2. try not to have bulky cellphones or ipods in your front pockets; it ruins the slimming effect and makes your thighs look bigger. keep them in the back pockets if you must, but becareful if you sit on them =]. i recommend hot messenger bags, even if you're only carrying two things. x)

the whole point of stacking is to even out the thigh to calf proportion.

get the dukes! someone of your bodyshape would look good in them!

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agreed, if you couldn't button them at all at first, that is simply too small for this particular jean. the 6x6 is tough texas denim that really doesn't stretch all that much, and stays stiff for a long time. in combination with the 100% cotton thread, you're asking for trouble with a stretch of that magnitude! in the 5010xx contest, we've already had at least one person rip the stitching in their fly doing this.

paging trouser king cobra to the thread.

So i did a search and i don't find a consensus.

So i decided to start a thread.

What do you think about cycling in jeans?

How do you avoid crotch rips?

ETC.

I'm thinking about using my bike for my commute, but i don't want any crotch rips.

cycling will naturally put lots of friction and strain into the crotch and the seat of your pants. i'm not sure there's a whole lot you can do to prevent it when your legs are moving back and forth so many times per minute. this isn't to say that your crotch will automatically blow out the second you sit on a bike though. i bike in my jeans often, and while the crotches of them are noticably more worn than other parts, i haven't had any issues yet.

im not sure if this is in the thread or not.. but i see the measurements from skull's official's site and selfedge's site to be very different... eg. the thigh measurements of a pair of 5507 for w33 is 30cm, where for selfedge 12.5 inch( 32 cm)...

who's should i go with?? caus if i go w/ selfedge's measurement, 5010 seems to fit better, where if i go w/ skull's measurements, 5507 is a better choice... sooooo confusing.. (wait... is selfedge's measurements on a pair of RAW ??)

skull's method of measuring thigh is kinda strange, too tired to explain it right now but it's on their website. it is NOT straight across the leg from the yoke. i'd use the self edge measurements as a guide if i were you.

that is quite the huge shongalong you've got there.....

okay, is it really too tight of a fit if i size down 1?

i wear a sz 29 in APC NS, and I'm a true waist size 31.

i know the concensus is to buy true waist size, but theres a sz 30 on the marketplace and a sz 31 has not popped up anywhere in a long time. i think im just going to nab these

if i like sit in them while they soak, or put a hanger in the wasit, it still would be way too tight?

thanks

-and i've tried to ask this question, but never got a clear answer: how much does the hem shrink after soak?

(I know i've been a pain but I can't justify spending 200+ on jeans without being sure)

feel free to press your luck sizing down 1, but you'd probably be better off going true to size. flat head denim shrinks a pretty decent amount

i'd grab this if i could afford it right now, good luck with the sale. also the nudie stitching on the back can be plucked but it's going to take you a while hah

can do $18 shipped for a black, good?

the 5010xx maintains a pretty narrow profile until you get to the upper sizes, then the leg starts widening out (like 33-34+) definitely a bit slimmer than your flat heads but not drastically so. those look more along the lines of skull's 5507 cut.

an update on my s5000BKs (size 28, sized down 2 from 30)...

those look really great now, thanks much for the "before" pic from a few pages ago so they could be compared.