MileHighEvertonian

Here's a front/full length from 2.5 years.

@Pedro I thought I had a front pic and full length to go with this shot from February, but I guess not. A tad over 3 years in rotation with 1 or 2 other pairs.

No, no, no, Volvo. Don't use a patch to hide the drain cleaner stain...hide the stain in plain sight with a DIY denim bleaching project!

Overdue update...crazy spring shifting into a crazy-but-exciting summer...moving back to the Rockies (Salt Lake City) at the end of May after a couple of less than joyous years in South Carolina... Here's the 20s...

"wagyu" denim

So, has anyone picked up a pair of the catboy jeans yet? I'm considering getting a pair of catboys to start on when the 20s contest finishes. However, I take a 36, and since they're leepros, I'm worried that they'll have that super wide spread between the back pockets. Here's a post from Inoue's instagram that's got me nervous about this: https://www.instagram.com/p/BsnqiJ7lu5p/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

I appreciate how comfortable Zizou is showing off his dainty ankles.

bravo, volvo! Those 60s almost look stonewashed at this point.

@Cold Summer The first thing I thought of upon reading your post was...William Gibson. I think he occupies the two degrees of separation between the superdenim world and the supertechwear world. The techwear crowd could be running around in his sci-fi/cyberpunk world just as easily as in the Matrix. Meanwhile, some of us are running around in his line of Buzz Rickson's gear (which, as you probably know, emerged alongside a character in Pattern Recognition that wore a fictional black Buzz MA-1). In fact, you could probably make an pretty reasonable argument that the military repro stuff, especially deck jackets and flight jackets are techwear's forbearers, in a way. Also, I really enjoy seeing how insanely expensive all that acronym and veilance stuff is and feeling much much better about the relative cost of my humble denim and workwear collection.

@Geeman the white chambray (it's more of a natural un-dyed off-white) behaves just like the indigo one in my experience.

I also wash and dry mine. No problems whatsoever. I've got my 3-year old indigo one (patching the elbow now/pics soon), a new indigo one, and the natural/white one. I know I'm a lot cheaper than other folks in these parts, but these shirts are hands down the best bang for buck items in my entire wardrobe.

@lance Brilliant! The sashiko stitching on the back pocket looks really cool so faded out. But that poor patch...it look like a potato chip or a dog's chew toy.

These cuts aren't appealing or feasible for me either; even with a 36" waist something with a more gentle taper like an Orslow 105 is too small at the knee and below to fit my lower legs comfortably. So, quite a lot of fit trends haven't ever worked: slim straight, skinny, carrot, relaxed tapered. I sometimes get frustrated when U.S. retailers carry brands I want, but follow the fit trends and offer none of the fits I'd buy (e.g., if only SE would carry an SD-101 now that they stock SDA or Blue Owl carry a Momo 0901 to go along with the 17 other Momo variations...). But then I just acknowledge that I'm just not their main customer base; I'll buy select items from them when I can, but I won't feel bad about not supporting them when I turn elsewhere. Since buying direct from Japan has become easier and more reliable (and often significantly cheaper), I simply go elsewhere to get 101s or 0901s.

^Usually only a handkerchief in my back left pocket. I always pull my wallet out when I sit otherwise I end up with hip/back pain.

Nice updates everybody. My 20s are getting much more wear since I pulled the suspender buttons, but there's still some serious catching up to do. Cat ears are hanging on for now, but starting to look mangy.