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12 washes in @ 8 months...

8 months in...12 washes, 1 soak.

It was ¥24k all up, and I honestly just looked at Bear's measurements and figured they'd shrink to those measurements with a warm/hot wash. I emailed him the link, but I'm sure Naoki will send the measurements if you request them.

Check out this pair of Boncouras, washed and dried every other day for a year or so. I should add, I meant different as far as my washing schedule. 🤘🏻

So is there a 220A and a 220A Offset XX?

I too am planning on trying something different this time around, going to wash once a week and probably dry in the dryer. Planning on sizing up accordingly to take this into account. Being that it's about 12oz (I estimate 13.25 post soak?) it wouldn't take much effort to stretch back out in high stress areas.

I want to vote for #2 purely because it has some Australian cotton in it but I'd down with what the majority chooses. Both look great to me!

We get to vote on choices of denim too? This is all time!

Provided WoM can make—and ship—the 25 pairs before then, which I assume is fairly doable? Personally, something in between 12–13.75oz sounds perfect to me FWIW.

I'm thinking the 311 for me. I will judge sizing when we know what denim and shrinkage to expect. 18 months for me (voted).

I'm super down for the same denim across different cuts. If another denim is chosen though, the shrinkage may differ entirely. Looking at b_F 's post-wash measurements, I'd be the next size up @ size 38. Interested in what denim Simone can get his hands on!

I propose a new cut:

Count me in!

Not to get ahead of ourselves but 18/24 month comp? We aiming for something between 12-14.5oz? If we thought 30 people were going to join, would January 1st 2025 sound reasonable?

You're so cheesy. Jokes aside, it feels good to have some excitement around the brand and cut. WoM, Rockets or Sakura would be my votes.

Or...Word of Mouth, long live PIZZA!

47s @youngofthesoonest?

The best contests are, for sure, the ones in which everyone wears the same jeans. There seems to be a subset of denim brands in a particular geographical location that design their denim to be exceptionally fast faders. I wonder if this encourages more people to buy said brands during these yearly anything-goes contests at the expense of longevity. Being in the IIY4, I have seen many pairs and thought how? I mean, I don't lose sleep over it. I keep plodding along, and, in the end, it's the eye of the beholder when it comes to judging. I'm not in it for the prizes; having an end goal with only one pair is just fun (especially when you have another four or five in rotation and six or seven unworn pairs sitting in your wardrobe, oops). The worst-case scenario is that I have a pretty nicely faded pair with a white tee that looks great, already. But in saying that, a one-year competition creates an almost daily anxiety about wearing the same pair for most of the day, every day. Eighteen months always felt like the sweet spot; you could change it up and not feel like you were missing some "fadez."

Assless chaps, no doubt. 😂

M to XL club checking in. 😂

That was quick, Naoki ships lightning fast! Pants Avenue rules. Eternal 811 in size 36 (pre-soak but no intention of soaking just yet) Waist 37.00 F Rise 12.25 R Rise17.00 Thigh 13,75 Knee 9.75 LO 9.00 Inseam 37.00 Forgot how good Eternal denim is. Very TFH 3XXX-esque.

The commitment to fades is undoubtedly admirable, but this sort of thing erks me the most about "fading denim." Fit—in my eyes—should be first; the fades come afterward. But when you are only trying to get the "coolest" fades, whatever that means, why would you buy a jacket that's way too tight and looks pretty ridiculous? It really just boils down to tight high contrast fadez, bruh? Not above, but throw in a chambray and a denim shirt underneath in +120-degree weather and 100% humidity to boot, and I gotta question your intelligence at this point. Rolling in mud, not washing the entire year while wearing them literally 24/7 is disgusting. We can ascertain they do not have a girlfriend around, I guess. SuFu has more distinguished tastes, but some people take it too far.

Some of the flat lays of fades I have seen as of late, had me wondering what on earth do the fits look like to achieve these fades. Now that I have seen some... Sorry, but does this look good?

I picked up a NW 811 in size 36 from Pants Avenue since I knew Eternal was going to restock at the end of this month. I'm not a huge fan of their new patch so figured I'd get an older pair. Naoki was awesome and super quick with shipping out. I will update the thread when I receive it.

Gen 4 is easy! A battery costs around $10. You just need to make sure to calibrate it a few times once it's installed. It charges a lot faster on a Firewire brick, which I found an old Foxconn testing cable for cheap on eBay. As far as Gen 2, a lot harder to find parts. You also need to have a computer that has Firewire to sync the music, which rules most people out unless you have an old iBook lying around. I really want a Gen 1 (same as Gen 2 basically) but it just has that old Apple Garamound iPod logo text on the back. They might not be "nice things" per se, as far as moneywise, but if I had a dollar for every time someone commented or stopped me after having this for 2 weeks, it would have paid for itself 😂