Maynard Friedman

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Laurel wreath donut buttons and painted arcs are my favourite features of WW2 jeans but sadly, unless it’s LVC, the latter are increasingly difficult to come by.

@bartlebyyphonics I’m still walking around in (denim) shorts, t-shirt and Birkenstocks. Is SE London significantly colder than NW?

I think you may like a looser fit. What I meant about the v-insert is that it is a different fabric but simply overlaid on the sweatshirt fabric. Other sweatshirts have a v-insert that is a different fabric and sewn into a v-shaped gap in the neck of the sweatshirt. I’m glad you like yours but I would probably take anything over mine.

I voted in the poll on this thread and I’m not even in the contest 🤣

@NilsLW are you speaking about the old Buzz sweatshirts or the newer style (which have probably been around for 10 years now!). My experience is that the older style were shorter, boxier and smaller all round for that vintage style fit but in reality, sizing up is advisable. I had 2 in size M but sold them as they were a bit too small. The fabric seemed good though iirc. I’ve had the newer style in olive in size L for about 10 years and it seems loose and shapeless, I should’ve sized down to a M. The neck v-insert is sewn on to the fabric rather than a separate piece inserted into the space and the fabric seems a bit thin and stretchy. I wouldn’t recommend them at all and I sold a red one I had. I have a number of Deluxeware sweats, which are far superior in fabric and fit and unless these were to change, I wouldn’t buy anything else.

So that the curtains will match the cuffs (of the jeans)?

Smoking in a denim tux in a tiny bath… what a hobby! 😂

Slightly better value than these 1922s with all labels, buttons, tags, etc in Japanese (they did this on another pair a couple of years ago) for a mere £495!

That would be Shinya Mills c/o: Paul T interview with Full Count’s Miki-san

WoM website

Looks good Charlie and he’s caught the sunset on those (sandstone?) walls very nicely. The second photo is a proper 1980s catalogue pose. Straight outta Freemans!

Flairs are a no-no, we want straight legs.

I can’t see anything else topping that

Agreed, not everyone is the same shape or likes the same fit. I always thought a good contest would’ve been an SDA 10* one where the participants could choose a fit from say 101, 103 or 106 (wide -> slim). I’ve excluded the less common models such as 102, etc for simplicity.

I simply heard about them via word of mouth

Unboxing is a subset of the denim-fading event. It’s how it begins when competitors receive their new IOC approved jeans at the starting line and rush to the nearest watercourse to soak them.

I heard they’re going to have a denim-fading event in the next Olympics, at the expense of boxing.

@bod my 1955s from 2007 have a blank top button and as you can see above, the flasher says 1996, so hopefully that will set your mind at ease. They have no pocket bag print either. I also have a 2009 pair of 55s in the stash (raw with tags) that I can pull out and check at some point.

Looks like something Houdini would escape from

Is it a little lighter there?

Nice write-up. If you want to really pucker those hems, just dip them in boiling water for a few minutes and watch the roping accelerate.

I think it’s probably been posted numerous times on this thread as it’s a great photo. If anyone cares to read from the beginning and count, please verify 😆

If 40cm across is what you’re looking for, then the 31s should probably stretch out 2” in total (from 37.5cm) to that. If you were hoping for a pair that’d start at 40cm and then stretch beyond that, then the 31s will probably be too small. Either way, the 34s are likely to be too big.

^ Probably those or Sugar Cane 47s.