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ive bought rising sun in stockholm, mister freedom in copenhagen, fullcount in shanghai — all bad "business" decisions, all caused by a pleasant browsing/buying/customer experience, and despite walking into the stores not expecting to buy anything — but have walked out of soas, cc, and vintage showroom without buying anything even though they had what i wanted (esp. at last/timeworn in vs) because of typical lukewarm/borderline hostile london customer service. (r&h is very welcoming and pleasant, kudos, but they didnt have anything i wanted. did get a nice and super quick hem job from them tho). 

fc1108 since 2011

in honour of early sufu hv been wearing em stacked recently. the 1108 has almost the perfect shape for stacking, maybe a tiny bit more taper wdve made it 10/10. 

On 3/23/2024 at 2:49 PM, 81FXR said:

I don’t mind the marbling really it’s the long vertical wash lines you get down random parts of the leg which look bad to me as it’s very clearly a washing mishap and not a naturally formed crease.

this used to happen a lot with my cone denim even though they're lighter ounces when washed right side out but the lines eventually fade out anyway

rest in peace idiosyncratic genius

tender wallaby, sda champloo

welcome back @volvo240thebest! straight to the lcbo i see  

no!no!yes! origami wallet after 10-11 yearsish

9 hours ago, Maynard Friedman said:

I agree with this (especially as I am one) and am thinking of having ACOAB tattooed across my knuckles.

i'll be on the lookout for a denim-clad man with six fingers in one hand next time i'm in london tawn. 

1. tender 129: perfect loose-ish cut on me (i take a 4 for 34-35 waist), love the lower rise, great denim that marbles easily (similar to the sda standard denim down to the blue selvedge line but heavier, not your standard five-pocket construction resulting in interesting puckerings (eg, on the front pocket opening) and fades in non-standard spots. 

2. rising sun blacksmith: good cut for me too, actually not too loose at size 32 which has an actual waist of around 34. also offers quirky puckerings and fades because of the almost baroque construction (eg, on the waistband where the duck lining doesn't seem to shrink as much as the denim resulting in extreme puckering on the outside (denim side)). good example of the (eventual) beauty of old cone denim. especially love how the faded spots don't go directly from blue to white like on many japanese denim. less contrasty, but produces a cool, beautiful blue. 

3. sda 103: at bigger waist size (34), the cut is nearly perfect for me for a slimmish pair of jeans. lowish rise, nearly straight stovepipe legs. the denim is probably my favourite ever. super dark blue, crinkles and marbles easily, feels luxurious and thick for 15oz, but doesn't feel too heavy. 

(in this order)

thanks @Double 0 Soul would be interesting to see them do dagenham dave.

and stop me oh oh stop me if you think you've heard this one before:

well deserved, shazzas

19 hours ago, Broark said:

BiG style these measure 36.25 in. (so, just over 18in. flat aligned). Let me know if you're interested in full measurements.

thanks b. a bit too big for me. glws!

@Broark what's the waist measurement on the at last 147? (big style)

22 hours ago, Broark said:

Champloo?

good eye @Broark do u have a 35/36 i can take off yr hands?

first time accidentally jerkifying a leather patch have a guess on what jawnz?

since june?

they say it wasn't only the hardware that got "truncated" on one's jeans during the war, but also the dyeing of the denim. there were restrictions, too, in the production of the denim fabric is what they were saying. but they didn't reveal the deets. they practically claimed this new "dull" denim was produced using the same restrictions to replicate the nature of og ww2 denim (comparable in principle to using fewer rivets to put together ww2 repro jeans). i read this in one of their ig posts, but can't remember if it was originally written in english or google translated. 

i love them. perfect proportion for my asian physique, length that just touches the top of my jeans' back pocket (a lot of western-sized tees are way too long for me), not too narrow in the body, and thin but not bicep-hugging sleeves. perfect all around except for my big head. the neck is indeed very narrow, so much so that the neck band in one of them eventually rips out of the fabric in its entirety (the neck band itself is practically indestructible) pretty sure from having had to be stretched to fit my head too many times. that said, this happened only after more than 10 years of pretty much constant wear so i'm not mad. also, all my t-shirts (i have several) have slightly different measurements (the one where the neck band detached has the narrowest neck ever), the fabrics feel a bit different according to the year i bought them (it got softer through the years? my oldest one from circa 2011 is still so stiff after a wash), and they also use different materials for the graphics (i have some special artist collab editions that use water-based paint (?), and the graphics on those rub out quicker than the graphics on the normal tees, which don't even crack). the new plain turquoise ones on self edge look good!

On 7/15/2023 at 5:55 PM, MJF9 said:

1933 jacket - one-wash version

v

1922 jacket - came raw, only washed once at 30C, I will wash it again at 30C / maybe 40C... there is some shrink and a better fit coming methinks

(both size 44)

actually think the once washed 22 has the better fit on you. 

i don't know the answer but i always make sure i button up my jeans before i wear them. 

On 7/11/2023 at 1:51 AM, Dr_Heech said:

One of 3 current wearers atm, my WW2 CSF s409xxx which have recently been hemmed, at Soas by Mr Black (remember him??) and he did a nice job too. I'm really happy to have them back in rotation again. Love the denim on these!

mr black! tell him i said hi! 

On 6/17/2023 at 2:04 PM, mstax said:

Does anyone have experience with Worldshopping? Considering ordering something from the Times Are Changing website and it automatically sends me to Worldshopping proxy.

i have a couple of times and encountered no problem

cone fadez can also be vein-y (on my rising sun blacksmith)