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31.25" to 31.5". These are a 36x32, and that's where the factory hem shrunk to (just over 3" of inseam loss).

Sugar mountain, gonna try and get some fit pics taken tomorrow.

they give you a quote on turn around time?

Disagree on one count - I think the 50s denim is great, as good as TCB for instance. The 47 is underwhelming though.

Started wearing my '47s after them sitting around for four or five years, and couldn't agree more. The denim used in them couldn't be more bland.   

Paul (or anyone else),

Obviously LVC have produced 1978 and 1983 models, with slightly different cuts - are the denims the same?

Also, were there any real differences between the 501s of those 2 periods (only 5 years apart), e.g. did the cut or details change in reality to justify an additional LVC model?

In the difference between the denims, are you referring to back in the day, or with LVC's most recent models?  They haven't made the 1983 in a few years, and I think the denim used in the current 1978 is a new denim made especially for it, so I would guess it's different at least for the two LVC models. 

That denim used in the '78 is IMO some of the best I've seen from LVC.  Too bad they blew the cut.  A friend of mine has a vintage pair to compare measurements to, and the rise on my size 38 LVC '78s is shorter than the rise on his vintage size 34 by nearly an inch IIRC.  

If you order direct from Warehouse, will they hem the jeans for you before shipping?

Was wondering the same thing, the 800s look quite a bit bigger than the 660s  

1002 is on the web store now with measurements.  

http://www.ware-house.co.jp/?pid=96421862

Duck 1004XX and a new 1105 on the staff tumblr blog.

http://warehouse-staff-blog.tumblr.com/

I think the main problem with all these fitpics is, that the Jeans are displayed in a wrong manner: unsoaked, not broken in. 

Having to cuff them five times to get a reasonable inseam doesn't help things either.

I'm sure most stores would prefer not to do it, but a washed and hemmed pair of jeans for their model to wear would be way more helpful than the mess some of them currently present. 

Then this leads me into the other issue where now you're asking the brand manufacturer to be a store as well. 

Good point I didn't consider.  Though don't most of the Japanese brands have their own store fronts too?  

I'm in the same boat as you, where it doesn't really effect me (yet) because the brands making these changes aren't ones I buy. 

How much is the proxy going to save you? $20 after paying their fees?  To me it seems beneficial (and convenient) as a customer to be able to contact RMC, IH, or any other brand and order any item in their catalog and have it shipped straight to me at an amount a bit higher than the current exchange, but lower than where the current US retail is.  

Seems like putting off the inevitable, that at some point a retail store won't matter.  To me the logical end will be a brand web store, and how much you pay depends on where the item is being shipped to.

I'll use my favorite brand of Warehouse as an example.  You log into the site, and want to buy a pair of model 800. They're currently 20,250 yen (roughly $178 as of today).  With the idea I have above, they'd ship to the US, but the US price would be something like $240 (not $178).  They'll go to the UK for 160 British Pounds (not 122). And if people want to run a retail store, they'll charge the same amount as the brand web store would for their particular country, and they're not allowed to ship to anyone outside their country.  This benefits everyone involved.  Brand controls the price, a store in the US wouldn't have to worry about competing with retailers in Japan and a weak yen, and consumers will have access to a brand's entire line without a retailer having to stock items there's minimal market for.  

Just one more question before I go ahead and order the jacket with a shorter body length:

I have the exact same height and weight as you, @holio, although I'm sure build and weight distribution is very different (me: less shoulders, more boobs). Do you think size 38 would work? I can fit a 37" chest measurement fine, and since the size 38 measures a little over 39" I should be ok, right? How much does it shrink? 

 

holio cornolio, on 17 Jul 2015 - 10:09 AM, said:

Not quite the same, but I've got a lot of rib cage, and not as much tone as a man should have.     I find a chest measurement of 2 to 3" over you actual chest measurement works for a slimmer fitting denim jacket. To comfortably wear a hoodie or other bulkier clothing, I need 4 to 5".   

I like 'em.  Will need to take that approach to a pair of jeans one of these days.

Thanks, I thought he was involved in the one blog.  

That, and the solid train tracks, and the wrinkling at the watch pocket.  

Look great!  I love seeing the variation in how the 1001 denim wears from person to person. Safe to assume these have had some warm or hot water and the drier applied to them?  

What are the Warehouse brothers names again?  

and is @masakifujili on instagram involved with Warehouse in some way?  

I like established brands with a core line, where they rotate special models in and out every few years, or there are slight variations in a model from season to season.  Perfect example being the Warehouse 1003 (WWII).  It was there in 2010 for the Anniversary, skipped a couple years, a has since floated in and out of the line up from season to season, usually with slight differences from year to year.  

What I don't like are the special editions that are basically just to get more excitable denim heads to open their wallets.  "A limited run denim with special buttons, only 100 pairs will be made.  $345".  Stick your hype up your ass.  

Thankfully that's pretty well died down here, but from what I can tell the growing denim (and other related expensive clothing items) market is in South East Asia.  They're sufu 2009, and more than willing to fork out the money for something special and limited.  That's why you see some stores churning out the collabs.   

As for sitting on limited items as collector's item rather than wearing them, that's not new. I can think of at least one member here who over the years has bought more jeans than he could wear in a life time.  And it's just going to lead to a bunch of dark starchy jeans in a closet or chest, that no one will give you retail for five years down the line.  You've got so many special editions made by so many brands or stores, they're in no way an investment or all that special anymore.         

If the size 38 800s are fine, I'd expect you wouldn't have any issue with the 1000. I'm afraid the lvc '44s I just sent you might be skin tight though. Rise won't be an issue, but the thighs will be narrow.

Josh, BiG listed the rise as 12.25" on the 36 and 38 1000, but on my size 36 1003XX from a couple years ago, which is identical in cut to the 1000, the front rise is 12.5". Ever had a pair of SC47s? In same tagged size, the 1000 will be a little wider in the waist and narrower in the leg than the Canes.

Sorry to post another jacket sale here, but I've got a sick setter running up vet bills and need to come up with some cash.

Size 46 Buzz L2.  According to HPA, they don't expect to make size 46s in these model jackets again.    

http://www.ebay.com/itm/262277270190?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

Gonna get them hemmed? IMO, a hem with minimal stack really suits the 1001.  Plus it makes us short legged guys look a little taller!   

Good fit!  Look a little roomier in the thigh than some of your other jeans, correct?  I think these are going to hold up better in the areas that are wearing fast on your other jeans (Ooe).