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  1. Cold Summer
    Flat Head western chambray / JCrew fair isle sweater / Warehouse x Rocky Mountain vest / Flat Head 3003xx / Wesco 7500… inside of a caboose.
  2. Cold Summer
    Flat Head houndstooth flannel, Real McCoys A-2 jacket, Hollows Rail belt, Flat Head 3003xx jeans, Viberg Service Boots.
  3. Cold Summer
    My comments were probably more tongue-in-cheek that I managed to communicate there in written form, as someone who is skeptical of the notion of "progress" in all sorts of different contexts, I don't think we really need totally new concepts from denim brands. But I guess I would like to see interesting ideas in enthusiast jeans beyond crazy fabrics or hyper-specific repros, whatever form that might end up taking. I do like the idea of incorporating subtle design/sewing/construction aspects into jeans inspired by the quirks of WWII pairs, for instance, though I'm sure I'm not the first to have this idea.
  4. Cold Summer
    I have changed my tune since this series of posts almost (gulp) five years ago, I've really fallen in love with the WWII jeans, not necessarily because I've become super invested in vintage denim, though I surely have a greater appreciation than before for nicely-aged vintage jeans. It's probably more because of the vibes, these wonky WWII-era jeans are weird and I find this fun and compelling, moreso than gimmicky over-engineered slubmaster denim. Also, somewhat to my surprise, I have found that at least some variations of the WWII fit work quite well on me. Seeing WH, Sugar Cane, and TCB try to tackle the task of reproducing obscure and rare permutations of particular jeans is also rather fascinating. I do think these are often past the point of diminishing returns for me, but the price-to-quirkiness ratio of the TCB Late S40s is right on point... hence, why I just bought a pair. I have to think that within a year or two Sugar Cane will have made a Super Denim Collectible for every obscure variation of 1940s 501xx, which raises the question: where do we go from there? "Reproductions" of fictitious World War Three jeans with ever stranger and wonkier features? Again, I'd take it over neon pink weft slublord 28 oz denim. Will we eventually spend $1000 for Japanese jeans that look like they were sewn by Pablo Picasso on acid? I suppose only time will tell.
  5. Cold Summer
    The Late S40s jeans just landed at Bears, along with the corresponding Type I jacket. Between the appealing price with free shipping, and measurements comparable to my favorite pairs I wear, I couldn't resist and ordered a pair. These should be a nice complement to the more conventional wartime features on my TFH 3003xx. Amazingly, this is my first pair of TCB jeans. (Though back in 2017, I briefly had their 50s jacket. I loved the denim on it, but it was too small for me.) I'd be really curious to hear from somebody who's had several of the specific wartime repros that have come out in the last couple years from other brands like Sugar Cane and Warehouse, and how they compare to TCB's attempt.
  6. Cold Summer
    Deluxeware thermal tee, Flat Head jacquard sweater, Flat Head 3003xx, Wesco Mister Lou
  7. Cold Summer
    Awesome jacket! I much prefer the Storm Rider design to the more common Type III. From looking at TFH's product page it looks like it's made from the same left-hand twill Zimbabwe denim as Young's jeans posted above.
  8. Cold Summer
    Flat Head denim shirt / Flat Head single riders jacket / Buzz Rickson 1930s chinos / Hollows Rail belt / Wesco Mister Lou
  9. Cold Summer
    Freenote flannel, Warehouse x Rocky Mountain down vest, Flat Head 3003xx, John Lofgren Steadfast boots
  10. Cold Summer
    I get that, I usually just make one mug of coffee per day (usually 21g coffee/340 ml of water) and that hits the sweet spot for me. I used to drink two or three mugs per day but I had the same issue with feeling anxious and weird.
  11. Cold Summer
    Flat Head merino scarf, 3Sixteen crosscut shirt, Real McCoy’s A-2 jacket, Porter Yoshida shoulder bag, Stevenson trousers, Viberg service boots
  12. Cold Summer
    I'm a bit of a coffee nerd. I brew mostly with a Hario V60 but sometimes Chemex, using a Fellow Stagg kettle and a 1ZPresso K-Max grinder. It's a pretty simple setup, but gets tasty results without much effort. Thank goodness I've never been particularly into espresso. My go-to roasters here on the east coast US are George Howell (Boston) and Black And White (North Carolina.) Currently drinking Howell's Dota, a Costa Rican light roast I've gone back to over and over. I tend to prefer washed or natural process coffees with some combination of chocolatey, berry, or wine flavor notes. I'm not a big fan of the various wacky and weird anaerobic process flavors that are in vogue for the last few years, to me this is like the coffee equivalent of 25 oz hyper-slub rainbow weft gimmick denim.
  13. Cold Summer
    Freenote flannel, Flat Head jacket, Flat Head 3003xx, Wesco Mister Lou
  14. Cold Summer
    Strike Gold flannel Flat Head 6002W jacket Buzz Rickson 1930s chinos Hollows Rail belt Wesco 7500
  15. Cold Summer
    Heh. I bought a pair of Wesco 7500 in 2019, they're very well stitched and have no particular cosmetic issues. My Mister Lou boots I bought in mid 2023 are comparatively sloppy, by far most noticeable on the stitchdown stitching. I found the uneven SPI so irritating that I ended up using black shoe polish to black out those white stitches, now the irregularity is practically invisible and I'm much happier with them, which is nice since beside that sloppy stitchdown work I love everything about the boots. That seems pretty minor compared to the disparity above.
  16. Cold Summer
    Different category of clothing, but I like my Deluxeware thermal tees. Very solid and well made, for a good price. The garment quality and vibe reminds me of Flat Head, which is always a good thing.
  17. Cold Summer
    I'm interested in getting a green jacket. I'm looking at styles including the M-65 1st, like those made by RMC and Buzz Rickson, as well as the Runabout Overland jacket. I'd love more suggestions, especially if it's something I could plausibly find on Yahoo Auctions or Mercari for a good deal. Thanks!
  18. Cold Summer
    Flat Head snow zip sweatshirt, Deluxeware thermal tee, Flat Head 3003xx, John Lofgren Steadfast boots
  19. Cold Summer
    3Sixteen cotton/linen crosscut shirt Porter Yoshida shoulder bag Hollows Rail belt Flat Head 3003xx Wesco Mister Lou
  20. Cold Summer
    I think it's just the lighting, but the shirt's color may be slightly more purple-y than the average blue chambray. Cheers!
  21. Cold Summer
    Been a while since I posted a fit, here’s one from yesterday. The Viberg boots are new and I’m seriously liking them. Flat Head chambray western shirt Real McCoys A-2 jacket Sid Mashburn bridle belt Buzz Rickson 1930s chinos Viberg Service Boots
  22. Cold Summer
    Here’s my dad and myself, December 1989. He appears to be doing some work on the front door frame in a well faded pair of 501s. Good fit on these.
  23. Cold Summer
    The new Late 40s jeans look great. Is it the same denim as the other 40s jeans? I've never been real crazy about how that denim faded, based on most of the examples I've seen, but some of that could be chalked up preferences in washing frequency.
  24. Cold Summer
    I get that, but I always read that as sort of tongue-in-cheek ribbing, which to me at least is all in good fun. They call us uncouth mouth-breathing burger-chompers, we call them cheese-eating surrender monkeys, everybody has a good laugh and goes home at the end of the day. Or something like that. 100%. America is really more like an empire of a centralized government sometimes strongly, sometimes loosely uniting various disparate nations and cultures within its borders. Early in the nation's history this was all a lot less defined, but since the end of the Civil War, for better or worse, the Empire model won out. A united political entity in the borders of what we call the USA has made a lot of us pretty wealthy and comfortable by historical standards, but oftentimes at the expense of factors that can't be so readily quantified, like community and cultural cohesion. Plenty of interesting questions to consider surrounding it all.
  25. Cold Summer
    I saw that before I made my post, but my eyes must be failing me because I thought LazyS's arcs were stitched rather than painted 😅
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