oomslokop

geopolitical context: in the 60s indonesia's president sukarno apart from organizing the asia-africa conference and forming the non-aligned movement, withdrawing indo from the un because it did not reflect the new constellation of the world (decolonization, asian and african countries declaring independence from western colonial powers post ww2). creating his own olympics (games of new emerging forces – i still slow jog around the stadium he built for this), also banned the beatles, the rolling stones and other western "ngak-ngik-ngok" (onomatopoeic but also means whinge-whinge-whinge) pop/rock music and tried to create native indo pop music which he called "lenso" (ironically a loanword from the portuguese (also colonized indonesia in the 16th century) meaning a handkerchief but also denotes a popular dance)

i think u were summoned in the hats/caps/bonnets thread a couple of years ago

theyre not fragile for us run-o-the-mill (hurr2) denim people, were talking abt tee-destroyer 00

dont wanna trigger u anymore than u already r 00, but u mustve lost reams of records of yr nerdiness in the big denimbro thread pogrom... i can still smell the fresh south yorkshire air while hunting for wild mushrooms w/ mini00, the wood shavings in yr workshop (the shoe stretcher (?) was mad lit!), the bike grease burning instant potholes on yr rmc ww2...

thanks for the blast from the past 00. i did look alright 10kgs ago... which tezos r u getting? probably time for me to get some new ones, i'll probably hv to get the 75/80 on the normal tees now, being irreversibly more plump. i was a 70 for the longest time till the pandemic. ull probably destroy them in seconds tho, theyre not sturdy, especially the standard tees. even mine have disintegrated beyond sashiko repairs. and im as sedentary as they get. the 'shoulder patch' tee is more resilient, clearly thicker to the touch, but the sizing is weird. when they say it will stretch, it really does up to a size bigger. shrinks back after each wash. the colours also look more vibrant/saturated on the shoulder patch tee. here's one worn by my daughter – a hands down from the missus – after a dance performance (hence the yellow hair bow and work pants of many coiours), wd be at least 10 years old.

old woad square tail shirt during "black september" event w/ my fave indo hiphop crew homicide. talking to ucok the mc in the pic. im nearly the only person not wearing black 😛

i was always flabbergasted how sansome managed to write a book, on the forum he sounded lowkey illiterate

love you back 00! ❤️ at the end i was positively rooting for foxy to nick the leroy. unfortunately he was too much of a nice guy to do so

ta @aho for the template Overall Favorite: Tender. Great denim similar to SDA standard denim but heavier. Naturally shoddy-ish construction in the Levi's spirit which makes it feel natural to do one's own (even shoddier) mending. Take that CSF. Original construction with lots of imagination. Great patterning/cut (always feels loose, spacious, roomy, but always looks slimmer than it feels). Favorite Fabrics (in order): Tender 17oz blue line selvedge Fullcount 13.7oz standard denim (so soft but also full of character, probably whitens a bit too soon) SDA standard 15oz also blue line just like Tender's. Always wonder if they come from the same mill (veiny crinkle fades guaranteed) Brands I Recommend to non-Denimheads: Samurai: loud and full of frills, very Asiafied (i'm azn so i know) Kapital: my high fashion-adjacent choice. Century denim terrible for tripophobics but will make you feel a cut (hurrhurr) above the rest Iron Heart Beatle Buster 18oz (extinct): perfect modern cut, too bad it's no more Most Vintagelike Rising Sun. Regret not buying a second-hand but in good condition pair of 1st-gen Blacksmith from a Malaysian seller with bad rep on Grailed. Dude sounded dodgy af but the photos looked real (too good to be true?) and it was only 100 bucks fookin hell man Special Shoutouts: Tender: for @rodeo bill's imagination Rising Sun: wish the Pasadena "haberdashery" still exists and loved the super slow email back and forth with brendon and vu – what it must feel like to communicate long distance using ravens in Westeros SDA: only thing to make me wanna go back to my yoof so i can fit into my 103 again Samurai: just wild...can't wear heavy weight fabrics anymore but still much respect to that ethos lol (2)

contestants, let it be known the following are what i'll be looking for as a judge for maximum points and that my judgement will be objective and final. send any financial gratifications (min. amount price of a 411S non-ww2) to my paypal (f&f only) at oomslokop at gmail: 1. super stacks 2. diaper butt 3. patches at 6++ months (no sashiko mending please! such extravagance will merit -50 points) 4. super size up aho style 5. super size down à la slimane's 19cm dior homme circa 2005 6. ugliest tender cuff 7. jorts at 1 month in 8. no wash till end of comp 9. sanded "thai-style" lightning honeycomb 10. (+100 bonus points for those who remember fc contest thru indigo mist of time) gold painted jawnz hope that's clear. best of luck and break (in) a leg!

not so lil one anymore graduated from year 9 (smp – junior high) and off to senior high (sma). the fc 1108 is only 2 years younger than the kiddo. my trippen shoes are older than both. missus' carmina brogues around 10 yrs old.

seconding everyone re flagship denim. tender's standard 17oz denim is very similar down to the blue selvedge line. and youll definitely get massive rises on them!