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Excellent news Ed! Look forward to it. I am on a work trip abroad atm and I'll be back for a few days early next week, then I'll be off for holidays til the end of the month. Unless the shipping is ultra quick I will get the jeans at the end of September, don't wear them too hard in the meanwhile!!!

Alrighty.. Volvo's 60's, 10 to 11 months of effective wear, circa 20 washes, lots of love.. iPhone pics, sorry I have no camera.

beautiful pics, they're so different from mine, have you been washing often?

I'll post a few photos soon too. I am too wondering on the whereabouts of our contest jeans. are they still stuck at the customs in Manila? if they're still there then Filippine's custom's suck even more than Italian's customs.

Oh yess! Congrats Stephan!!!

Here's an interview with the man behind Bob Dong, all written in Chinese for your fine understanding ; )

http://www.33oz.com/retro-special-topic/20130826-46b64f45333da5e1

Quality is good, stitching done fine nice hefty denim, lovely cut. I haven't worn yet a lot the jeans because the rise it's too high to use them with tucked-in shirts and also because during the summer I prefer to wear thinner/well broken in pairs.

If you're familiar with red cloud (I think so) I have to say that I find RC to be better quality.

I've buying lots of stuff through taobao (not only clothing) and it' good and cheap as long as you're fine with waiting a lot of time. A proxy is needed and I've yet to find a good a service on par with Japanese proxy. It usually takes a month between the order an the parcel delivered to my door!

Yeah only through Taobao afaik. I have a pair of their 47 model and it's good.

I wish they will move more towards original designs in the future as their craftsmanship is good and I'd like to buy more from them. Personally I'm a little drawn back by some of their stuff which looks to be a blatant copy of other brands designs.

Any news yet? Are jeans still stuck at customs? I had to temporarily retire my 60's, don't want to ruin too much the crotch and my denim tailor is closed for vacation til sept 14th : (

slighty on the smaller size, get a size up or go tts for a trimmer fit. the shirt it's not intended to be slim fit, I went slighty up to a 17.5, which I think it's the bigger size they make. Chinese sizing works a treat for myself as the bigger sizes are not intended for very tall guys, a euro 17.5 shirt would be definitely too long for me to be worn untucked (I'm 178 cm) and sleeves would be too long too!

red cloud shirt

UES 400T

chucks

first day wearing the red cloud shirt and I love it lots already! it's going to be a big favourite of mine in the next months..

mega, that leather jacket is the bees knees!

My TCB 60's are in dire need of repairs (crotch and pocket) I am planning to hold on til I receive the 50's. Hurry up PLEASE ahahah!

Thanks for all the compliments, folks. I'm holding off on posting any more pix until other people get theirs, to avoid driving people crazy! But you'll be pleased to know I did the first tv interview (nothing too glamorous, only local) for my forthcoming book wearing these beasties. Wednesday I'll be off camping in the Volvo and probabyl in the British rain...

Paul, photos of you, the TCB's and your beautiful P1800 floating in the British mud are mandatory! ahah! I wish you find some glorious British weather!

Beautiful pics! And the German pizza looks almost proper ahahah!!!!

Red wings are tempting, could u give me the the overall outsold length?

I'll probably take delivery of the jeans when the heat is over, which is good!

Here's a 50's perfect fit just posted on happyjeans blog, just to whet your appetites!

Beautiful photos and perfect fit there Paul!

great blog Bobbo!

Hi there the contest pair will be the 50's only. If you want to join scroll back the thread, you must get in touch with Ed @ the lost found shop in Manila. Dunno if you could still join the contest but you could still give it a try.

Excellent! I am counting the days now!!

Love those sda's fades!

Yeah I want them badly too! Meanwhile I've been trashing the 60, I have missed only one day of wear since June 1st. Many washes too (5 in the last two months). Now that they are lived in they're quite thin and they're great as a summer pair, and shit weather helps too! They will soon need some little repairs and I'll wait to take delivery of the 50's before bringing them to the tailor.

I'll post some pics soon in the evo topic..

TCB dressed up with sanders loafers

TCB dressed down with Chucks

Fuck yeah!!!

http://happyjeans.jp/tcb/2014/07/24/6605