slowdownarthur

Hi all,

Can anyone advise how I'd go about getting additional rivets in a pair of jeans? I have a pair of Albam classic slims that i'd like to customise by perhaps sticking in a crotch rivet, or something on a back pocket perhaps.

Is this easily done? I'm based in London so if anyone could suggest a supplier for getting this done....?

Hi Mr. Black,

You can use a rivet hole punch tool and hammer - I found a photo of one on this Bridle making page(!) to put the rivets in.

http://ilaria.veltri.tripod.com/bridles/hole_punch.jpg

There used to be a really good haberdashery/ironmonger on Earlam St, just off Seven Dials in Covent Garden - I imagine you could get one there.

Hope that helps

dropped prices on the LVC 66 limited edition and the 505s....

Very nice looking 201s!

Thanks Mr Black - for supplying them!

I'm really stoked to have found some Valencia Street 201s.

now, about those 37s you mentioned...No, I gotta take it a day at a time!

Just want to register my love for this show. Only discovered it when I read an article on Snoop in the press. I went out and bought Season 3 (thinking she was in that season mostly).I was hooked from there on in.

Got to stay away from this thread to avoid spoilers...I just saw one about Omar. No!!!!

The Sugar Cane 47s are 34/34. £100

LVC 501XX '66 Limited edition '190 of 1210' (from 2005 I think) £140

Denime (black, raw) 31/35 £100

Denime 32/35 £80

Full Count 32/33 £80 SOLD

Levis 505s 34/32 £60

Lee 101b (1934) 35/36 £140

plus postage.

I've had to withdraw the Evis Lees. Had an offer I can't turn down. Thanks for all the interest.

I can post photos of all the above if you are interested.

Please get back if you have any more questions.

gahh, need more pictures of those Evis lee riders.

These are the evis lees.

(I had the legs shortened one summer. I had a very 'they're just jeans' attitude, also boil washed them. After that they haven't been worn much (!)

big clearout on these; looking for offers.

waist sizes around 32-34 except the (raw) black denime which are 30

The Sugar Cane 47s are 34/34. £100

PRICE DROP!!!!

LVC 501XX '66 Limited edition '190 of 1210' (from 2005 I think) £140

Denime (black, raw) 31/35 £100

Denime 32/35 £80

Full Count 32/33 £80 SOLD

PRICE DROP!!! Levis 505s 34/32 £60

Lee 101b (1934) 35/36 £140

plus postage

Denime, Sugar Cane, limited wear

Blue Japan, LVC 66, waist is tagged at 34 but measures 32.

(these are raw) PRICE DROP

Denim,raw, waist size is 30 on these

Full Count, well worn in SOLD

505s, barely worn PRICE DROP

Lee 101b, tagged 34, waist measures 35', one soak, barely worn

just got these 555 201s and I'm really looking forward to wearing them

..spent the summer in Nevadas and Katos and thought I'd post a bunch of mostly old jeans most of which are going to supermarket just to feed my habit. Some of these date back from the 90s.

Evis Lee Riders mid 90s

505s

big paint Evis and Full Count

raw black Denime and black 501s moded YMC

Denime, Sugar Canes

Blue Japan, LVC 66

Great pics of your 201s Paul, thanks for posting...

now I'm jonesing for a pair (even though I just started breaking in a pair of Lee 101 1934s)

Really interested to see more, I hadn't realised Levis Red was so innovative

Thanks to Crackerhead and Renn for the pics

...please post when you have time horriblyjollyjinx

What a great post and photos - thanks for adding them to the thread. I am eager to hear more about this exhibition.

-Jake

Thanks Jake.

There are plans for the show to go to Portsmouth, UK in January and there are some photos of the exhibits at thehubcentre on Flickr.com. If you'd like more info maybe I can help or pass you on to someone else who can.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thehubcentre/sets/72157604637083467/

This is a great idea for a thread Cotton.

These are a few photographs from the exhibition 'Denim; the fabric of our lives'.

'The prevalence of denim in military clothing had become so pervasive by the mid C20 that it featured in popular terminology. Beale's Dictionary of Slang states that the Durham Light Infantry fighting in Tunisia in 1943 was known as the 'Denim Light Infantry'.

Newly introduced uniforms were often made of denim as an economic expedient, such as the first British Home Guard Air Raid Precautions uniforms that consisted of overalls made from 'Bluette No.T.500, a denim fabric that repelled dirt and oil...

...The Danish army replaced their woolen uniforms with denim - as evidence of Danish modernity perhaps?...'

Pennie Alfrey (School of Art and Design, Loughborough University 2008)

Ladies Civil Air Guard Overall, 1930, similar to the 'Bluette No.T500' worn by Air Raid Precautions Guard (ARP) in WW11.

Grey lightweight denim dress, St John's Ambulance Uniform, 1950-60.

Navy denim pieces...

Royal Navy Jersey Tunic (' regulation issue dark blue oiled wool') with pale blue denim epaulettes. Mid C20

Thanks for the encouragement Cotton. I'm still figuring out how to post multiple pics!

...starting to get it now...I think...

I'll post some shots of other Evis and Denime, Pure Blue Japan,Fullcount and others from the 90s in another thread.

I've taken a few photos of my Evis Lee Riders. I got these in the mid 90s and just unpacked them to take a few photos if anyone is interested.

They've been in retirement for a while along with a lot of other denim from that period which I'm planning to supermarket soon.

The red painted arcuates have disappeared due to some harsh treatment and a boil wash (!)

The detailing on these jeans is really nice and the denim has a very soft, smooth feel.

anyone like the way gordon pronounced persimmon?

yeah, nice ennunciation. It's a great dye colour but I've always fought shy of daring to speak its name.

45 canes are looking good, but just thought id throw out warehouse duckdiggers for the hell of it, really intereseting denim and nice cut, although of course price would be higher (220-250?)

I like the Duckdiggers too, Hysteric. I also got my eye on the Real McCoy S600 Bronco Buster. They're look interesting too ;I'm hooked on cinchbacks. Also, they just got them in at superdenim.co.uk which makes them easier for me to get hold of.

This thread has been quiet for a while and I'm pretty new here but I just discovered something and want to pass it on.

superdenim at:

http://www.superdenim.co.uk/

are now doing Real McCoys, the S600s, S613 and S614 plus a whole lot of other stuff - Studio D'Artisan, Kato etc.

Worth checking.

Hi Sympathy,

I'm no expert but I remember seeing them for the first time around the end of '86, in London. In a 501 style.

Around then a whole lot of companies started bringing out black jeans. Flip had been doing some black jeans in the early 80s.

Like I said, that just a personal memory and black jeans were certainly around in the seventies but I don't remember them being Levis.

Hope that helps or a least prompts a more informed reply

Does anyone know where i can get 1966 501 rigid in a 32/34 preferably in the uk ? I've searched online and eveywhere is sold out

modual, I have a pair of 66s I bought from American Classics 2 or 3 yrs ago. Theyre limited edition, a run of 1210, labeled as 34' but actually 32'. I tried wearing them a couple of times but they've always been too tight. Still raw. I'd be interested in selling.

Wow, sounds fantastic! Have a great one!

Currently really liking LVC 1880s ( and searching for some raw 90s) and some Kato...

...this is the story of an obsession: dating from early 90s:

semi-retired: Edwin, very well worn, Evis Big Paint jeans,extra pockets on front, very worn, no paint left, Holmes ( pre Silas, much loved,nice fade) 2 x Denime, rotated, nice fades, Lee 101Bs, worn to nothing...

must get around to selling so I can buy more jeans

...Evis Lee copies - never seen many of these around,

Japan Blue, Full Count, great fade but too small now, some Blue Blood,...2 pairs of skinny Japanese Levis... LVC 66 (optimistically downsized and really too small!), SugarCane 47s...

There's a big 'Denim;the fabric of our lives' exhibition at 'the hub' , the National Design Centre in Sleaford, England starting 28th June 2008. (thehubcentre.org) I have a list of questions which will form part of the show and I'd appreciate if anyone would like to contribute. Please mail them to me at [email protected]. Thanks!

List six words you associate with denim.

What made you fall in love with denim and what is it about it

that fascinates you?

Name your favourite piece of denim, or brand/designer that

works with denim, and explain why this is so.

Why is denim the most widely used and popular clothing

fabric in current use across the world?

Why is indigo the most popular dye for denim?

What’s your favourite song title or lyric that refers directly to

denim (e.g. Venus in Blue Jeans)?

Which movie best sums up what denims are in popular

culture?

What do you consider a denim crime?