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He's being sarcastic. This was 5 years ago, I ordered a pair of S710 a year or two ago from 2nd with a proxy, had no issues, and they didn't cut off the tab and remove the arcs or anything like that

Blue in green in America, hinoya on rakuten. Hinoya has a more complete range

Full custom back online, with even more options

For the zipper option, what kind of zipper is used?

It's nice to see he's gone back to full custom, for a while the only options were a limited number of fabrics and two or three fits

How much do the RS04s shrink in the thigh? On SE's website, it says they shrink by .3" but in some of the pre and post soak fits, it looks like the shrinkage is significantly more

They don't have to smell like shit for you to wash your jeans. If you find that you don't like the smell coming from them, just wash them. When people say "omg just your jeans if they smell that bad" what they mean is if you're not comfortable with the smell coming from them, then it's time to wash.

If you sized properly instead of sizing down 3, you could even fit into some pretty slim size 34 or 36 jeans

How breathable are fullcount's 13.75 and 15.5oz denims? I'm considering getting a pair for summer

pants shop avenue i believe

any news on Sun Time? that was supposed to happen around now, wasn't it?

I am also going to recommend Steven for this. I sent mine out last tuesday, got them back just now. The fit is now just right. He did a great job on them. He is also cheaper than either Schaeffer's garment hotel or denim doctors, and has better service too. I emailed them both weeks ago and they're super slow to respond. Steven responds extremely quickly.

I find inseam measurement can be subjective as it can vary depending on who's doing the measuring - is the leg straight/is it to the first seam of the crotch or the second/is the tape measure taut, etc - I find the safest way, when having jeans hemmed (as a customer) is to measure them myself, then state how much I want removed. That way there isnt really room for error.

I agree. I personally quote how much i want removed from the outseam because it's straighter

I keep looking at the 55-cut Ironheart UK is selling, but I can't pull the trigger on $400 plus hemming

should have got them when they were on sale a week ago

I thought the freezing thing had been debunked a while ago. The fact is that some bacteria will have random mutations that allow them to survive the cold, and then they'll be the only ones that survive, and then they'll quickly repopulate your jeans. But seriously, they're just jeans. Soak (if unsanforized/if you want to get rid of starch). Then wear, wash, and repeat. If you want maximum contrast, take some sand paper, sand them in the places where you'd see wear until they're totally white, and you've maxed it out. Freeze them if you want, even though it won't do much. Get some radioactive waste, sterilize them (it'll be much more effective than freezing). But that's a lot of trouble to go through just to keep your jeans from touching water.

I'm not sure if it matters much, but I would uncuff if hanging upside down

Sometimes tapering is your only option if you want a certain denim (like Sugar Cane or Oni's denim) and a slimmer cut. You could just buy a different pair, or you could get the first pair and taper them, and then be happy with both the denim and the cut, rather than one or the other

Hi — I had it done in Chatswood, Sydney, and the cost for tapering was $50 I think. That included adjusting the hem, though they didn't need to be chainstitched afresh, just rejoined.

I mean't that I want them to be shorted as well as tapered. In which case, I think a new chainstitch is probably necessary, given that hemming includes cutting off the bottom portion of the legs

is it cheaper ^ ? I agree it doesn't look too bad makes it stand out more, but 50 for a taper and chainstitched hem? what if I do not want a chainstitched hem?

Well for me I'm asking they be hemmed as well. It would probably be cheaper if you wanted to keep it at the same length. If you want like a regular, non chainstitched hem, I doubt that would cost much less. He has the machine in his shop, so getting another machine to do a regular hem wouldn't be any cheaper. I was just pointing out it was a chainstitched hem so that if there was someone who wanted to keep the chainstitch, they would know Steven can do both the tapering and the hem

Can I suggest you try the refrigeration thing. It works for all clothes — but is particularly effective on that sweat smell on tee shirts etc (because that smell is generated by bacteria and nothing else). Refrigerated clothes smell so much better than washed clothing. I do it a lot now, and it saves water.

As to why treat denim jeans different. Well, I believe that indigo and the way it fades is magic. That high contrast look is a living work of art to me. Indigo can look good in many different states so I don't say that there is just one way to make it look good. I saw a girl an hour ago in well faded Lee jeans and they looked great. But for me the high-contrast fades are the pinnacle. (I also love the look of the blue and white in Giotto's Padua chapel paintings — which have a similarly distressed aesthetic.)

Sure, but the fades are supposed to reflect your lifestyle and what you've done in them. Why would you change what you do just for better fades? That (to me at least) is as unnatural as sandpapering it. Refrigerating them and never washing them are really unnecessary steps for what are supposed to just be heavy duty workwear.

edit: Also i'm not going to try the refrigeration thing. When my clothes get dirty, then go in the washing machine, not the fridge. They don't need to be frozen, they're just clothes. Might as well get some radioactive waste and use the radiation to sterilize them, the way they do it for medical equipment

Sure, you could do that. But why bother? They're just a pair of pants. they're supposed to be shrunk before wearing, so shrink them. Then wear them. Wash them when they look dirty/smell dirty/when you think they need to be washed. There's quite a few pairs that look really great, even though they were washed regularly, so there's no need to treat water like it's going to destroy your jeans. Refrigerating your jeans is pretty ridiculous in my opinion, I don't refrigerate any of my other clothes when I think they smell bad, I throw them in the washing machine or handwash them. Don't see why you need to treat denim any differently

If the waist is loose, soak the waist. If the whole thing feels loose, cold soak it for a little shrinkage, hot soak it for more. You should have soaked all of it as soon as you got it. You can't keep them from touching water forever (unless you plan to just wear them until they're unwearable, but they'll smell like shit long before then).

Steven at railcar quoted me $50 for tapering, a chainstitched hem and shipping back to me

The best thing to do would be either be something that measures about the size of what you want the waist to be (if you want it down to thirty - a hanger measuring 15 inches side to side would be perfect) You could also sit in which is somewhat preferable. Because these are sanforized (afaik) you may not get very much shrinkage - the higher heat = more shrinkage. So you'll want it pretty hot. The length of time people do is somewhat variable. Lots of people just take a hot bath in the denim. Others force it under the water and leave for thirty minutes. If you aren't wearing they have to be forced under the water by some method.

Hang dry after. Some wear dry but on a tight fit like yours thats usually not a great idea because you'll get some killer kneebags.

You will get some bleeding. You've already loosened some of the indigo through wear - so while most high quality denim won't bleed (and imperial is high quality) the areas that have wear will release indigo. However, the final effect on the contrast of your fades will be fairly minimal so don't worry about it too much. Fit is more important that ultra high contrast sufu fades anyways.

Pretty sure the sexi14's are unsanforized and would shrink quite a bit when soaked

since they were never soaked or washed, you could give them a hot soak right now to shrink them a bit (which you probably should have done at the beginning since they are unsanforized)

beware though, they should shrink lengthwise too, although it looks like you've got enough stacking so that they will be long enough even after shrinkage