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@beautiful_FrEaK what are your legs moving into?

Every time I see my Dad he makes some kind of remark re: my Merz zip hoodie and what it cost (luckily it’s the only thing in my closet he has any idea around) and how many of his sweatshirts he could have bought. But I love it and love wearing it. Isn’t a lot of this just where and in what we see value? The way we want to be perceived, or maybe fit in. This kind feels like a conversation around a $5k Chanel handbag, or spending some ungodly amount on a car.

I figured as much… I was just trying to put a little more meat around my response to sizing and my personal findings between FW and FC for @dada mafiosi

^ Yeah, you have much more experience with FW than I do and a lot more time and wear among various cuts / denim… no doubt about that… if I had questions around fit and asked your advice, I’d take it and get the size you’d recommend. Of the pairs of FW denim I have (‘42, ‘47, ‘51), they’ve all stretched, but not nearly as fast as FC denim - in particular. FC denim - to me - is like putting on sweatpants and after a day can feel too loose. FW denim just seems a bit more stubborn, but will stretch as all denim does. I’d also say that I prefer sizing to waist vs stretch-to-fit due to overall proportions and what I’m looking for (and out of - less contrast) in a pair of jeans.

@dada mafiosi I have multiple pairs by all those you listed (aside from Momotaro) and from personal experience FW denim is not as stretchy as any of those mentioned. I would definitely not use FC as a comparison as that denim (doesn’t matter which FC denim or weight we’re talking about) stretches far more easily and more than any other brand I’ve worn. I can wear a 31” in FC, Warehouse, STF OOE, which will all stretch to 32” (and beyond), but I can’t wear a 31” in FW - sizing has to be my actual waist at 32”.

I’ve had good experiences the few times I’ve ordered from Brogue. But from a communication perspective, I reached out recently via email (as stated on the site) re: a pair of TWC, but have not heard back… kind of a bummer. Agree with @fabes that their Alden make ups are very nice and seeing them displayed in store is awesome. I’d recommend checking the store out if you’re ever in SF, have a car and want to get out of the city.

Not sure if this is a rhetorical question, but it’s because the person setting up the machine has control over the width of the hem. There’s a shop in the town I live in that hems with a union special and they say they set their width to match Levi’s from such and such year (I forget what year / era in particular). The setting is a bit wide and in turn doesn’t provide as much tension so the roping, while still nice, is more open with larger spacing between the ‘ropes’. I prefer a tighter hem with closer ropes, which is how all the factory FC pairs (along with other factory hems from other makers) I’ve had have been. I’ve figured that having a wider hem setting on the machine allows for more lenience as the person hemming is working with more material and in turn is a bit easier to work, but this is all conjecture on my part as I’ve never hemmed anything.

@beautiful_FrEaK yeah, I think they require full payment now.

Super Denim Collectibles 1942 and s1945 jeans and the s1945 blouse are available for preorder from barnstormer. I’ve preordered from them before and was a very good experience. They mention expecting delivery in June 2025 (and that may be delayed)…

@rbeck I was just joking… some of the trucks you see on The 5 or The 10 in LA could be monster trucks they’re so jacked up.

@rbeck Is that picture of the 5 or 10 in LA?

Petrol-masculinity is a real thing here in the US.

My wife’s parents have a Volvo c40 and love it. I’ve driven it a few times and it’s great - very zippy and fun to drive. This is my electric, which I love… although, I still have range anxiety when driving up in the mountains especially in the winter (I’m in Colorado). I’ve had it a bit over a year and the range is pretty drastic between summer and winter. During the winter I also have a ski box on top so that doesn’t help at all. Audi Q8-Etron I like the Rivian @Broark. At first I wasn’t sold on it, but the more I see that model around the more I’ve grown to like it.

I have the 1101 30 anniversary, which I bought from their Harajuku store while on a trip to Japan, and can confirm that they do have the arcs and tab… I think they were trying to stay as true as possible to the original jeans. I forget if these were exported, but would be interesting to know if the denim included arcs and tab if they were. The book that came with the jeans is quite nice, but if I hadn’t been in store I would have passed. Pretty sure this is where the higher cost came from.

I find that preserving the leather patch depends on a couple things: leather used, stamped branding vs paint / ink branding. Obenauf’s (what I’ve used before) or some other leather preservative can work well with stamped patches (ie: iron heart), but can smear patches that are painted/inked. Keep in mind, a leather preservative will change the color of the leather. My advice - embrace the aging of the patch as that goes with the territory and don’t boil the patch and turn it into jerky… boiling water is the worst enemy to leather patches, IMO.