Maynard Friedman

To really get into the spirit, I think you should wash after every 47 wears.

Bradl,

You could hot soak them with some wood in the waistband to stop them shrinking or wear them in the bath - they won't shrink smaller than your waist while you have them on! After the soak you can pull the waist for extra stretch too.

I have a grey m old style buzz for sale, worn less than 10 times and washed twice, good condition. I also have a brand new unworn blue in a m for sale. Let me know if you're interested.

That's The Wakefield Hotel in Cuba Street, Wellington.

Otherchrislewis - great updates! I spent 5 months in Wellington last year and looking at those pictures makes me feel almost homesick. I hope to get back there some day.

Chaps,

When I jokingly mentioned in an earlier post that you should use Blue in Green's measurements, I didn't actually mean it! I've just looked at your Studio D'artisan products and there's some uncanny similarities with BiG in terms of product descriptions. Let's see a bit of originality here and avoid a repeat of the past week.

Good luck with the venture!

willclarke,

Just take some time to read the forums properly rather than asking questions of this nature, then decide what you want to do. I'll attribute your naivety to extreme youthfulness!

Last remaining raw 44s and 47s at LN-CC are now £82.

http://www.ln-cc.com/men/levis-vintage-clothing/icat/levisvintageclothing/

Sporting some underwear may also spare Ruedi's colleagues from embarrassment, especially with those crotch rips!

Crat, is that the actual length or are you cuffing them on the inside?

Yeah, a usability problem... Or the fact that I am lying on my back and using my thumbs...

Oh yeah, unorthodox!... and what does that have to do with denim?

Edit: repped slab (correctly) for you

tell me more about this "works burger combo". I'm more interested in that than Ande Whall jeans.

That surprises me Kiya. As a supposed denim aficionado, I thought you'd be interested in a small artisan like Ande Whall, in a similar way to say, Roy Slaper.

You know what they say - "you pay peanuts, you get denim-clad monkeys..."

Ande,

I know you're still getting back on your feet right now but do you have any plans to work with naturally dyed indigo in the future? I'd like to get some natural indigos at some stage (no rush though) and would hold out for a pair in your buffalo cut.

Cheers

This thread is steadily gaining momentum. Still needs some slackers (no pun intended) to check in though.

Killer b, is your opinion based on watching 'The Young Ones'?!

I wasn't referring to Oni or Kamikaze.

What i was referring to was this (copy, spec list, and size charts are identical):

Relax Kiya, at least they didn't copy the price. T&Y's seems to be slightly lower...

Are you Kiya's echo?

I say we kick those Quaker kids our of their school and take back the Valencia St. factory!!!

Just install some old sewing machines in that school and teach those kids to make jeans. I'm sure they'll benefit more from the vocational training than religious education. Oh hang on, they're just children, I'm sure Levi's wouldn't want to exploit cheap labour or break any employment legislation...

The use of Self Edge's copy is not good practice, I doubt it's malicious, just cutting corners at a busy period, as another poster said. I'm not sure how the size chart similarities are bad though - why couldn't T&Y's measurements be the same as SE? Wouldn't that be expected?

However, Kiya's reaction, although partially justified, does him no justice either and is likely driven by the perceived loss of business to a competitor.

Hint to T&Y - if you're after jeans sizing charts, I find that BiG are much more accurate than SE!

I've given up with LVC and going back to my Lois, FU's and Liberto!

Iron heart or iron lung?

Probably varied with whatever colour paint was handy.

The sign is begging for someone like me to walk in, see that sign, get pissed about it, pay a buck to use the toilet and shit all over the fucking place.

Kind of like what you do here for free.

Although the 70s proved quite a challenge, as some periodicals from that era attest.

I think the bald truth is that it's popularity has been on a downward spiral during the course of the 21st century.

Perhaps that person may be affected by the recently announced restructure and subsequently isn't too bothered!