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Looking very nice @DC2020 Rockets have been very helpful and chatty. Regarding sizing, they said "501XX(1947) has a front rise of 32cm and a rear rise of 42cm. Our company has made the back rise 1.5-2cm shallower than the 501XX(1947)." So it could be inferred Rockets have tweaked the measurements based on the vintage references they had in hand for fit purposes. Definitely the opposite end of back rise scale to Freewheelers which is markedly high - can't remember if they based theirs on a WW2 original - can anyone recall? Rockets also said they have previously done a 37 model using the same measurements as the WW2. They plan to have a run again. Pics are of their 37s - liking the denim

Got them from Rockets - for a size 34 one wash waist/87.5cm crossing width /33.5cm front rise/32cm hem width/23cm length/81cm back rise 40cm (I had to ask specifically for this) Rockets back rise is on the lower end of the spectrum to the Freewheelers WW2 jeans. Just measured mine at a whopping 49cm. Would there have been that much difference in measurements for jeans actually made during WW2? Repro'ing the features (buttons, pocket bags et al) obviously matters but so does proportion. Maybe the repro's we're seeing now do represent the range of proportion at the time; or maybe they don't and there is some artistic license. Anyone know?

@DC2020 the Rockets look really good from afar and you landed at solid fit to boot. I noticed the measurements don't include the back rise... how is that? If you have time, would be interested in back rise measurement / waist for comparison

Buaisou

So I'm going to post a new sweatshirt but have not worked out which thread Vintage sweatshirts won't do as it's not vintage Unknown Japanese brands - can't find it, plus they are not unknown Do we have a New Sweatshirts thread? If not, should I open one up? Calling resident Sufu librarian @Maynard Friedman for input on existing threads!!

Nice pick ups... surely some dungaree fit pics are in order!!

Not today but quite recently... A Cape Town post deserves the mesmerising, omnipresent Table Mountain Street art in the Woodstock district... Hendrik Verwoerd, ex-South Africa Prime Minister, the architect of apartheid. Stabbed to death in parliament in 1966. One piece of art showing two faces depending where you view it from. Disgraceful that apartheid is still thriving elsewhere. And some denim… Modern day Cape Town on a Saturday afternoon at the Old Biscuit Mill

Do Austrian's not match their belt and shoes then??

Home truths...surely this dude is even pushing germanic boundaries!!

Matey socks and Birks ftw! A quintessential German look, nicht war??

^ yeah agreed... noting that after the 40C wash the 22 is now a touch snugger Ooms. However I've been wearing the 37 jeans (same denim) for a few days and it expands quite a bit so, with enough wear, both the 22 and 33 jackets should do that too. The factory wash seemed to maximise shrink on the 33 - presumably the 'wash' version is actually a 'wash and industrial dry' job.

I haven't washed my washed version. My sense was the factory did the job and I wouldn't expect more shrink at 40C. @Duke Mantee @Broark may know more?

+ pics after a 40C wash and line dry yesterday... subtle differences... Measurement: Raw - 30C - 40C P2P: 64 - 61 - 60 (-4cm from raw) Shoulders: 59.5 - 56.5 - 56 (-3.5cm) Arm: 62 - 58 - 57.5 (-4.5cm) Length: 67 - 62 - 61.25 (-5.75cm) I'll just get on with wearing it - I suspect this denim expands quite a bit (sure Austin confirmed this)... will keep you posted

Freewheelers 1933 / 1937 beltless / Powerwear / Buckweat...

A Tender recreation of this then Bill

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) ... with 1937 jeans - just hemmed by Seiichiro whose service is brilliant, surpassing my retail service expectations I'm wearing a belt with the 37s... but I think I prefer them beltless... or may even give the FHUTT suspenders a whirl All the same denim - clearly all fresh and new... and needing some wear and shaping

Haha... though imo there are only winners in a denim jacket 'competition'!! I like them both faded and unfaded! The 30s denim is very nice unfaded - it has a rich blue hue

It's a good jacket. I picked one up recently too. Will get some pics up eventually

I had to reread the words in bold

SoaS are putting the Lee on sale on 21st September

I can indeed say the new 1922 jacket is using the 30s denim

At Last Co / Warehouse / Canes / Birks... not today, last month

@chicote BOOM!

@rodeo bill lovely... I'm looking forward to seeing them continue to develop

Mine are on the way back from being hemmed... Seiichiro twisted my arm with the promise of the right thread and right hemming!! It'd have been rude not to ask him to put a Powerwear henley in there with them