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Agreed its just hard to sell black denim. 

It would still have been cone mills. 

I don't own a pair of the 107s. But speaking on my experience with orSlow's other one wash denim. I would say that you should expect some further shrinkage although it will be minimal.

If you are really worried about it then I suggest cold machine wash. 

On 1/8/2018 at 4:07 AM, heavydoom said:

if you read his blogs on the happyjeans site you see sometimes how the tcb staff sandblast the crap out of some denim items and you can already deduct from that that tcb makes things for others.

They make a domestic fashion denim label as well. Hence the sandblasting. I forgot what its called. 

Supply and Advise and Jinji store

He mentioned that he already tried to contact them.

They will be extremely busy right now as its approaching market week and they will be at showings in Paris, NYC ect

Its also extremely unlikely that they will have any stock as everything is cut to order. 

I just checked the SS18 linesheet and they are doing the 105 Rigid for this season. I would wait until SS18 drops and then check your local stockist. Or then you could email orSlow and ask them which stores picked up the rigid model.

From what I know, they don't always offer a rigid 105.

I've only seen it come up once in the order sheets. 

Maybe try 3sixteens Slim Tapered cut?

The ST model comes in a few varieties of denim. The rise and thigh measurements for the 36" should be close to what you are looking for.

Check out the Knickerbocker tees. Made in NYC and retail lower than MF. 

https://knickerbockermfg.co/collections/athleticwear

They raised this topic in Weaving Shibusa.

The main issue is that the rate of pay is not very high compared to other industries so it does not attract younger people.

There is a very real issue that in the future there will be a skill shortage of people who know how to keep these machines running.

If you offer inseams at 34" you can serve everyone up to a 34" leg.

Any shorter and you start to exclude customers depending on your market base. Its easier to hem than adding length to a pair of jeans.

At a 30" inseam myself, I'm just used to double rolling.

Brands like orSlow have more Japanese orientated inseams ranging from 29"-31" depending on the waist size. 

Circa 2008 every 2nd person was walking around in a pair of true religion jeans. Now i rarely see them. They are as gross now as they where back then.

Thanks, @propellerbeanie If my mine shrink in line with yours they should be okay. 

How much did people's 66s shrink?

I got the same size as my 76s however I'm finding the waist feels a little smaller. Worried that I should have sized up one.

Just my opinion but if I'm paying $1k for a jacket I want to be able to zip it all the way up!  

@mememessenger Thanks for the heads up. Do you have a size chart of how they fit? Im a 36 chest, thinking I would need a small?

Some iPhone photos of my 76s in daylight.

One initial hot soak, one 30 degrees wash after about one month of wear. 

That's great news!  

Always regret not getting one of their outdoor vests in the brown canvas

Spoke to a Levis rep the other day and he said that there would be two more seasons of Cone Denim in the lineup. 

He wasn't sure what they were going to do after all that though.

Agree with @propellerbeanie After a hot soak it seems to bring the hairiness out.

im trying to decide wether to double down on the 76s after news of cone mills. Not sure if the wallet or girlfriend would like that though  

@Niro Yeah, I would say that next season would be the last if not this season. There might be stockpiles somewhere though.

Not sure what LVC will do though? half the selling point to me is made in USA with Cone Denim otherwise what are you paying for really?

2 hours ago, propellerbeanie said:

https://www.heddels.com/2017/10/cone-mills-close-white-oak-plant-last-american-selvedge-denim-mill/

Ummm... The White Oak plant is closing at the end of the year. What does this mean for LVC stuff?

I was thinking the same thing?! 

Also whats the future for brands like Railcar, Tellason and Rogue Territory isn't all their denim cone mills?

I would have thought they might band together and try to buy it. Unless the equity fund wants the actual land that cone mills are on? 

I never knew you were from Melbourne?! @propellerbeanie

You think they will actually get that import tax change through? Seems very unpopular, not to mention extremely hard to enforce.

Here in Sydney, we had two denim shops close. Great Southern Deim and New Vintage. So not sure how popular the whole heritage/denim thing is here. 

Globally it does seem that there is an oversaturation of brands and shops. 

I went true to size. However, this is the first pair of levis 501s I've had in years.

After one hot soak, they have shrunk around .5" in the waist but stretched back out again. I can tell you more after the first machine wash.

@propellerbeanie might be able to help more.