MileHighEvertonian

well, that explains it. zany.

^winning bid exceeded $30,000! What am I missing? The bidders knew that Roy himself didn't actually come with the pants, right? Tell me this was some sort of charity auction.

Thanks, all, for the hat sizing input!

Do any of you out there have the 30s hat yet? I mostly wear fitted baseball caps with a tagged 58.7cm circumference. TCB lists the medium at 58 and the large at 60cm after washing. What do you all think? Is a centimeter of stretch more likely than hoping for additional shrinkage from the large?

Admittedly, it took me quite a while before I finally agreed to get my pair with suspender buttons. As this contest gets closer to kicking off, I'm curious how folks are approaching a suspenders/braces purchase. I haven't the first idea of what to look for in terms of materials, style, brand, place of manufacture, etc. Any thoughts while we wait?

phew! good catch! let's save TCB's SDA-style "triple crazy jeans" contest for another time. 

On 5/31/2017 at 5:44 PM, volvo240thebest said:

 

• special pocket bag fabric, selvedge indigo duck fabric weaved on old looms. Inoue's own words: "indigo canvas can also enjoy discoloration"

When I double checked my invoice against the master list on page 1 (good call, nycsurfer), I discovered that I had forgotten about this little wrinkle. Good stuff.

Paid up...

Anybody get a paypal invoice yet? Just curious.

Alright Volvo, I'm going to go whole hog and get suspender buttons after all.

Thanks for administering all these contest orders and details. Cheers. 

^great. I'll pm you in just a bit...

Volvo, Before I pm you with details, I'm wondering (and bet others might be as well) if we have any clear sense of when the jeans will ship? Depending on the timeline I'll need to provide you different shipping addresses. Thanks.

^I'm not gonna lie. It's a pretty compelling argument. I may well rethink my decision before we reach the deadline...

I just want to register my support for the first arc option (OG-inspired) alongside others who've already chimed in.

On 6/15/2017 at 9:50 AM, volvo240thebest said:

Meanwhile I must say I am surprised and slightly disappointed by the number of orders without braces buttons... They hardly make any difference as far as comfort is concerned, unless you size it too tight or unless you're a soft sissy like Ed.

Also, I can appreciate Volvo's sentiment & disappointment about those of us who are going without suspender buttons. For me, the choice was all about making sure I won't even hesitate to wear my pair regularly. Buttons & braces would be fun as a novelty for me, but I somehow find the buttons to be the one thing that make me feel a shade or two too costume-y; as such, I just worry that I would pull my 60s or SC 47s on too often instead of the 20s. Truth be told, until the no-buttons option was confirmed, I was just going to buy a pair of 50s and sit the contest out. So, I'm quite pleased with Inoue's flexibility on this and happy to be on board for the contest. Also, I'm about to move from Denver, Colorado to Charleston, South Carolina and think that such a significant change of scenery and lifestyle should pair really well with the contest. Cheers. 

I'm not likely to be in the market for overalls anytime soon (a house with a garden and yard work is still a few years off), but I can't help but love this picture:

1 hour ago, nycsurfer530 said:

I'm curious what kind of "arcs" Inoue will create 

Hopefully, he'll look to adopt the slight asymmetry and higher pitch (?) of the originals he's working with.

Nice collection, Bobbo. You've probably already read this elsewhere, while the 60s don't stretch a ton, the stretch they do have comes pretty quickly. Mine easily stretch out in a day or two. I find this makes me all the more comfortable with regular washing. 

A slight tangent from the preceding comments: but I've gotta say that this funky little back pocket stitch that Inoue has reproduced is among my favorite details. 

{On a Swedish automobiling note: my silver 1983 Saab 900s (the "Slaab") came runner-up to my friend's '84 Volvo 240DL for "ugliest car" in our high school class yearbook back in 1997--a proud moment for sure}.

I'm in.  

Pocket fabric & patch look great. Excited to see how the arcs turn out.

Size 36, no suspender buttons.

Ideally, I'd like the inseam to end up at the same length as my stock one-wash 60s (size 36). I think that's 84cm, right?

grazie mille, volvo.

On 5/18/2017 at 2:00 AM, volvo240thebest said:

No problem to order a pair with no suspender buttons

Exactly what I've been hoping to hear...

Here are my 60s (in rotation w/SC Okis & 47s since September):

On 4/11/2017 at 6:46 AM, P_K said:

Thanks P_K. We need to see more worn hawaiis here....especially if I'm going to add a pair to my 47s & Okis rotation sooner than later. 

So, what then is the chance participants in the 20s contest could order a pair without suspender buttons?

On 1/30/2017 at 11:54 AM, cusswords said:

More Duck Digger products have hit the Warehouse site including a new jacket made with the banner denim and 1943 and 45 models made with the 14.5oz denim.

http://info.ware-house.co.jp/newitem/dd2/

Just a passing question (I'm not in the market for these, but everyone's excitement is a bit infectious): why the heck did they totally fry the leather patches? My google translation suggests something about "daring to get vintage texture." But wouldn't you get an aged leather patch the same way as the denim, but wearing and washing and using them. It strikes me as odd to pre-distress the patch like that. Just curious.

I wouldn't be surprised if you could get a bit more shrinkage out of them. My Okis were unwashed and took a number of hot washes to finish shrinking and my one wash 47s still shrank a bit over the first few hot washes. It's just my impression, but I don't think SC fries their one wash pairs as much as some others seem too. 

Good stuff, IH. Especially, the twisting waistband and the puckering between the yoke and the pockets. I'm surprised the buttons have made such a distinct impression on the fly.