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Lot 64 LHT Cone...very slow & subtle fades, but such a cool fabric.

Meanwhile, is the new Snipes chambray made with the same Buzz fabric as BR's own USN chambray? Nice details, but quite the premium price if it is the same fabric.

On 8/30/2020 at 2:23 AM, irual said:

1101 after their last wash so they can go have a rest in the shelves for the TCB contest. 

I had been saving a pair of 1101s w/arcs that I got about a year ago, thinking I'd keep them nice and only wear them for work events and social outings. Now that I'm working from the home office for the next 12 months minimum and no longer spending nights out on the town, that plan seems pointless. Thanks for the inspiration @irual, my 1101s are now officially in the weekly rotation!

@julian-wolf Some kind of lackadaisical free association psychology motif took me from your Avalanches track to Prince Paul's "Psychoanalysis: What Is It?" 

My 47s just about dry after some time in the sun:

There's only one article of clothing I own that's sure to outlast me no matter how long I live: this 19oz duck coat from SDA. I remember putting it on the first time--winter of '15-16, I believe--and thinking uh-oh this is actually going to hurt to break in. 

Favorite buttons of any item I own. Zinc laurels with copper shafts? (I'm not sure what that piece is called):

great info as always, @julian-wolf!

^Nice! Great pockets on those leepros...looks a lot like oki denim. 

On 5/15/2020 at 3:27 PM, Double 0 Soul said:

(I was actually drinking a carton of Kia-Ora while listening to Carpel Tunnel Syndrome by Kid Koala when i set up that account true story) so again i started afresh, and when i signed up this time around i was listening to Edwin Starr

@Double 0 Soul Kid Koala...what a blast from the past! Ninja tune and Warp artists came through Chicago often while I was in grad school in the early-mid 2000s. It was a great scene in those days. I'm fairly certain I permanently lost some hearing in my left ear at an inhumanely brutal and amazing Squarepusher show. I've got a million more old stubs here and there, but here's a few: 

^nice @ecsong187! I really envy the pocket bags on those midnight 64s. 

Not much noticeable happening with my LHTs yet, but I gave them a second soak the other day (warm this time) to see if there was any more shrinkage before hemming them and they actually shrank below/past the MF chart specs. Cone being cone everything stretched right back out after a day of wear. The inseam, though, is down to 33.5" so no hem needed, just a nice simple double cuff.

On 4/19/2020 at 10:28 AM, JDelage said:

Do people know anything about Shuttle Notes? Not sure if unknown or simply unknown *by me*. Among other things they make the MiJ clothes at Jinji in Paris: https://www.instagram.com/shuttlenotes/

 

On 4/19/2020 at 1:44 PM, dau said:

Standard&Strange carried them couple years ago (had one great shirt that I really wanted but they were out of my size)

 

Unionmade carried them and JCrew also carried Shuttle Notes shirts a year or two ago as part of their "in good company" / "brands we like" cross-brand offerings.

Nice list @Suitedupmon! 

We watch Eyes Without a Face a few times a year in our house. Halloween night usually comes down to that or The Innocents (dir. Jack Clayton). 

Have you seen Wenders' Until the End of the World? Criterion released it on blu ray recently with a 287-minute version. I've not seen it before, but it's on the list to buy.

19 minutes ago, Maynard Friedman said:

This week’s selection:

• Hero
• The Deer Hunter
• Clerks
• What We Do in the Shadows
• Get Carter (original)
• Guilty Pleasure - The Big Blue

+1 for Clerks from this 90s mallrat skater from New Jersey!

Some Faves:

• Le Cercle Rouge
• Paris, Texas
• Sunset Boulevard
• Eyes Without a Face (Les Yeux sans visage)
• The Royal Tenenbaums
• Safety Last!

Guilty-ish Pleasures:

• Harrison Ford action flicks (Indiana Jones, Patriot Games, The Fugitive, etc.)
• Roger Moore-era Bond

^ Duke's FW collection reminds me of the old Milton Berle male anatomy joke: he's going to pull out however much he needs to win.

The real question is when is @Duke Mantee going to give us his write-up of "The Petrified Forest?"

@Smallrod I think the fabric is terrific; soft, smooth, and super interesting without being showy. I found the MF size charts to be pretty accurate for both pre/post soak. I'm a size 36 in Canes, Momos, TCB, etc., but I sized down to a 34 with this pair based upon the charts. As long as there's an inch of stretch over time, a 35-inch waist usually works pretty good for me. I was betting that the Cone on these would stretch, which it has. Also, I have pretty big calves; I think the other Lot. 64s would have been too narrow at the knee for me, but this particular Lot was cut more generously. 

Pre-soak / Post-soak

W: 18.5" / 17.5"

FR: 13.25" / 12.5"

BR: 16.75" / 16"

Th: 13.25" / 13"

Kn: 10" / 9.5

Hem: 9/5" / 9.25"

Inseam: 36.5" / 34.5"

On 4/23/2020 at 11:26 AM, ecsong187 said:

Yea please post more photos! How’s The leg twist? 

Some more pics for you @ecsong187. There wasn't a tremendous amount of leg twist, but I soaked them in pretty tepid water. 

This photo is probably the best I can manage trying to capture the true color:

I'm betting there's going to be some serious tate-ochi, as the vertical character of the fabric is really pronounced after the soak:

I'm not sure what to think about the buttons that look more like they're dusted in pollen than oxidized.

1 hour ago, ecsong187 said:

That’s weird. Maybe you got a glitch. The discount doesn’t apply when I put them in my cart  

Hmmm. That's interesting. Maybe I did get lucky. Sorry to get your hopes up. 

@ecsong187 to be honest, I didn't pay attention to which season they came from because I kept thinking I was going to get the Lot 54 BB, but they are the "current" LHT with the indigo plaid pocket bags, etc. It looks like they might have been part of the Fall /Winter 2019. Hopefully this means you can compare away!

Thanks @Broark I've taken something of the budget traveller approach to my small denim collection (pretty max out at $250). The sale was the only way I really saw myself getting a pair of MFs. I like the look and details of the Lot 54 BB, but the rise on a 34 or 36 looked too tall. Meanwhile most of the other Lot 64s are too narrow at the knee for me. So these were in the goldilocks zone. I'll try to get a couple better fabric close-ups in the next day or two.

Californian Lot. 64 - 13oz. shrink-to-fit, left-hand twill Cone.

I wasn't particularly motivated to grab some Cone before it fully disappears, but this struck me as having a distinctive combination of traits (and the MF sale price was terrific). The fabric is soft and slightly hairy, and has a really interesting almost silvery cast that I have neither the vocabulary nor camera skills to properly capture. For visual comparison, I paired them with some FC 1101s that have been soaked, but only worn twice. 

Pre-soak

Post-soak

@ecsong187 Most of the Buzz shirts, including the mock twist chambrays @JDelage asked about a few lines above, are at or below $155 from HPA. 

10 hours ago, unders said:

The coral looks real nice in this photo. 

Here's a better look at the fabric and a couple details. The selvedge ticker on the gusset really complements the fabric and the shape of the buttons add some subtle flair. The color is more accurate in the first photo.

I don't have strong feelings on the accuracy of repros. However, as a nonsmoker, I'm happy to report that the cigarette pocket on the ELMC shirt actually fits my vintage iPhone 6 quite nicely. 

Grabbed the ELMC Workshirt made by John Lofgren from S&S a couple weeks ago. The mock twist/covert chambray fabric in coral is really something else:

PF Flyers (made in USA), SLP, Camper, NB "Johnny Appleseed" (made in USA)