killer b

levis did, i guess. the info on the patch is all worn off, so i'm not sure what size they were originally.

no, mine have been tapered by removing the back pockets, cutting up the back and then sewing back together again, then sewing the pockets back on. they've done something similar with the rise as well... odd looking jeans, and the indigo's been mostly washed out. 15 quid in the asos sale last year though, so i'm not grumbling - and i like 'em....

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LVC 505s (67 model i think)

custom LVC 501s (again a 60s cut)

grey lee gold labels

early 70s vintage 501s

blue blood skinnies

cheap monday skinnies

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ben sherman hoodie

mr scruff t-shirt

levis cord jacket

lvc 501s

diesel sneakers

the patch on one of my pair of lvc's says made in usa, but made in turkey inside... bought from asos, so i'm fairly sure they aren't fake.

I'm looking for a pair of LVC Jeans that have a buckle back and a slimmer leg. Any particular years that come to mind, and where to cop? thanks all.

those new 1878 pantaloons are your best bet, i'd say - all the other cinch back LVCs i've ever seen have been very roomy, but they look fairly figure hugging...

keyone cap

short sleeve button down shirt (junk deluxe)

type 3 levis jacket

LVC custom 501s

tretorn sneakers

must say, i'd be surprised if you found anything but the most passing of mentions in the actual news articles - does the search function bring any results up in the adverts?

two separate people by the looks of it.

no, just an occasional lurker... i also love the pics, but lack the necessary cojones and available free time to get involved... there is a magnificent old asylum round here i've been meaning to have a nose around at some point. maybe this summer will be the one.

Cool. We could play 'killer' to see who buys the next round.

i'm a bit rubbish at darts tbh...

sansome - one thing that occurred to me: the whole of the northwest is littered with derelict cotton mills that have closed down and remained empty since the cotton industry moved out - loads have been redeveloped into offices, flats & other uses (I work in one...), but there's many still lying empty. probably death traps, but some of them will still have old stock & machinery in.

some years ago i went for a wander round an old embroidery mill near where i lived at the time, and it was full of rusted old looms, gold & silver thread and the like, as well as room after room of old records & samples.

that particular mill has long been redeveloped into flats, and i've sadly lost the souveniers i kept...

there's quite a culture of 'urban exploration' of derelict buildings in the uk at the moment, and while most keep their favourite sites jealously guarded, it might be worth asking around on an urban exploration forum - the main british one is 28 days later - there's loads of reports of industrial/mill sites here...

main british coal mining areas (now mainly ex-mining areas - long story there...) are yorkshire & the north east, the midlands (also known as 'the black country' for obvious reasons...) and wales. most are shut down now. wales also has significant slate mines.

i guess you know the climate here is not going to have been kind to old jeans, so it's very unlikely you'll find any 'in the wild'. also, access to the mines could be very problematic (although i think some of the cornish tin mines might be easier to get into).

i'm wearing a pair of the 67 505s now, and can vouch for the cut. bang on.

he seemed really happy, but who knows? i'm touched by your concern either way. thanks.

there's a three-year old just out of shot too...

have you tried schlepping round town with an 18 month old? they aren't that mobile...

i think the pattern the wife made that with is good for up to age 5, so he's ok.

is it babies day today?

levi's type 3

2k tshirt

ralph lauren sweat

blue blood jeans

baby (killer b autumn/winter 2009 collection)

home made denim sling

perhaps, but they do say it's from the last batch of british denim made in lancashire 'several years ago' - there may be some small cottage producers elsewhere, i guess. nice togs, mind.

cheers - although you seem to have proved me at least a bit wrong with that link...

btw, at least until the 1980s (when i think british denim production ceased), a substantial percentage of british weaved denim was made in preston. not sure when they started making it though...

oh, and one thing you might find interesting for late victorian workwear (fashion in general for that matter) is the films of mitchell & kenyon - these were found in an attic in Blackburn a few years ago - hundreds of films of everyday streetscenes, made around the turn of the 19th/20th century. they mostly focus on the northwest, and there's plenty of mill footage - check out this one from oldham in 1901 -

hi, new here...

there will have been small newspapers in cornwall in the 1800s, but no chance of any of them having a significant digital archive. same everywhere in the country tbh.

the only papers with any serious digital archives available are the national broadsheets (the times, the telegraph & the guardian, although the mail & express may have something), and certainly when i was studying a few years ago it was text only, and on disk - so no photos, and no adverts. I can't see this changing much, as all the papers are primarily motivated by profit and there hasn't been much of that around in the newspaper world lately... I would imagine most universities & big libraries would have access to these, although how much use they'd be, I don't know.

museum and research-wise, the V&A is definitely a good place to start, but the local museums also do a lot of research - I live in Preston, which was build on cotton like much of the north-west of england (in fact, the house i live in was built as housing for the cotton industry, and the biggest mill in town stood just behind my house). Richard Arkwright invented the water frame in preston, and cotton was produced in quantity since the 1770s. the local cotton business, while now defunct, is something the historians take very seriously round here, as almost all of the town's history for the past 300 years is directly built on it... so there is a significant amount of published work available locally, and the local museum is constantly having new exhibitions about the victorian cotton trade.

I was having a trawl around it's website last night, and found this for example - a proect looking at 1860s indian fabric, including a 600 piece sample book). I'm fairly sure if there was any way of linking cotton manufacture in the north-west with the development of such an iconic material as denim, the historians of preston would grasp it with both hands... i reckon it might be worthwhile getting in touch with the harris museum in preston, as they have the biggest local interest in clothes & cloth - probably the person mentioned in the link above will be able to point you in the direction of who to talk to.

sorry if that's a bit rambling... great thread anyway. I keep finding myself wasting hours looking through the pics & stories.