Maynard Friedman

At the water wheel of course!

Finally! You’ll now be able defy those sartorial critics and hold your head high on the streets of Pudsey.

@Heavy_blue - I’m not speaking from experience but I’m sure I’ve read (from comments on this thread) that some of those new Mk II LVC jeans that use Japanese denim shrink minimally at the waist. I’m not sure if it’s a model-specific thing but may be worth further investigation...

The denim does look a little light in colour although it’s hard to tell from a photo. That aside, they seem to have all the correct details and look genuine enough and appear to be from 2014.

This one’s in my daughter’s room

All my Warehouse jeans have that button patina too and they aged beautifully rust free on my Warrens, taking on a very dark, burnished effect after years of wear and washing.

I’m glad someone on here’s acquired a pair of those US-made 46s. It’d be interesting to see how they compare with 00’s Japanese-made pair.

If they were genuinely faded Valencia St ‘44s, then they would be made from shrink-to-fit denim, not sanforized. Only pre-distressed/faded ‘44s would use sanforized denim.

I would assume that an extremely faded/worn pair had more likely been washed at some point than not.

What made you think they would be raw, were no photos available? You may want to keep them though to look ‘on trend’ as LVC are revisiting the baggy Madchester scene of the late 80s for their new collection.

There used to be a lot of reproduction furniture makers on Hackney Road, my neighbour at my old flat in Bow was one. Have they all gone too?

Not in the same league as the tools above owned by you fine gentlemen but here’s my old school ruler from the 1980s - a stainless steel Rabone Chesterman. It took on all comers and reigned supreme in ruler fights and still has the remnants of my Tipp-Exed initials on the back.

Ahh, so he was the mastermind behind these..

as are words