Coolguyzack

Two years of my life...wasted!

LOL kidding, congrats to the winners! Its been a real pleasure keeping up with everyone's sweet lives, and jeans. Looking forward to the final showdown!

I can't think of many clothes that can hide this guy's big-biceps/masculine look lol

If you scroll really fast it's like a denim fade movie

Kind of dumb, but as my friend and I were leaving the bathroom today, he liked the sound of the trash can so much, that we made a video lol

Saw these on reddit. Are mad stacks still in??

Just curious, what do you all think of brands like Patagonia, who seem thoroughly committed to ethical manufacturing and worker's rights, but still choose to produce in those countries? I'm not sure what to think. When you consider all that's spent making sure it's "up to code" or whatever, couldn't that just be used to produce more locally? I guess there is a bottom line of profit being made, so I'm not sure if it's just a cleverly disguised marketing maneuver.

But at the same time, if they're actually ensuring living wages and safe working conditions to the employees who might not have a better option otherwise, is it really bad?

Also, how far down the rabbit hole of buying responsibly can one go? What if everything's ethical except say, that the metal smelted for rivets was done so unsafely? Is it OK to buy 95% ethical pants?

Actually from a few days ago, but a few of us ended up matching so well that we decided to take a picture lol. It's actually going to be used for a new advertisement about diversity for the conservatory.

Old tee

Ooe

Nike

1 hour ago, dudewuttheheck said:

Freewheelers

Freewheelers

Hollows Belt

Stevenson Overall Chinos

Clinch Engineers

WOAH! Crazy I live like less than 5 minutes away from there! I think the packing house is a glorified Hipster Cafeteria lol

3 hours ago, SuperJackle said:

Can anyone speak to astorflex quality and sizing? How's the width? I need something with a bit of room. 

 My Clark's are a US 11 and my Astorflex are EU 44

The quality is great, I haven't had a problem yet in the months I've owned it. They're much more comfortable than the Clarks too and they both fit my wide-ish feet pretty well.

If anyone knows where they're selling a full grain leather version please let me know!

Lol if anyone likes to collect ugly Evisus, I found this auction:

https://www.shopgoodwill.com/auctions/Evisu-Genes-Mens-Jeans-Sz-30-37256971.html

Dear God those are amazing.

Old Hoodie

Ooe OA02XX

Astorflex

From a thread on reddit:

"I disagree with those companies. Their jean blends just aren't as durable anymore because they've both stepped away from "raw denim." Find a company that supplies raw denim "selvedge" jeans instead. 100% cotton. 0% of that crap that all the major brands put in them. The minute synthetic fibers are mixed in, it weakens the jeans and takes years and years off their life. Dense fabric raw denim jeans with a selvedge finished seam should last you your whole life with infrequent use, or 6-10 years with daily use. It will be expensive for sure but too not much more than duluth or ll-bean. And it will be a much better use of your $$.

Check the company Naked & Famous for their raw denim jeans, otherwise /r/rawdenim has more info.

*Edit: changed APC to Naked & Famous after reading some negative testimony on /r/rawdenim. However, I currently have APC going on 3 years that look brand new.*"

Do you guys think this is a joke? It's almost like satire

Speaking of Levi's, I wonder if the 511 is going to become like a repro fit 40 years from now.

It's kind of funny that I'll be telling my grandkids "no, those were garbage compared to the stuff I wore"

^If one has an interest in social media, is it wrong to take different photos for different crowds though...would that be 'posing'?

I wouldn't say it's morally wrong, but it's annoying lol

I knew offensive click-bait reached critical mass when the Whopperito was spawned, but I never thought it would come to this!

I also don't think anyone on here has tried to project a lifestyle that they don't already live. I think we particularly loathe the posters/photos that are blatantly "in character" or failures at the attempt lol 

We see through that with our discerning eyes. Eyes trained through such close inspection of our own clothes

I'm not particularly bothered by RGT and the like, I just don't like that it's more of a bland "check all the bases" type pick, than a serious consideration. You know, "It's got the skinny instagram fit, and it's also the rugged-raw, super high-quality, fade-tastic denim I read about from the comments on reddit." 

But to be honest, I think it's better than someone becoming an instant expert and dropping serious $$$ on like 2 pairs from every store on rakuten lol

So while my Ooes are getting repaired, I bought a pair of Sugar Cane 1966s, specifically SC42966. It doesn't have the ugly star!

The fit:

Size: 30

This is the store I got them from:

http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/bears/item/sugarcane-sc42966/?s-id=borderless_browsehist_en

They fit and feel great, but does anyone know much about this release? It seems to be a different denim than the '47 since it's .5oz lighter, and I'm guessing is more of an inspired cut than an actual 66 repro cut? Still glad I got them and highly recommend them! 

Thanks; I've never kept track but it's probably been at least a dozen machine washes and no soaks. I've also run them through the dryer a few times.

Both you and Aho have inspired me to use the dryer. I'm convinced that's the secret to that denim magic you have

Just felt a little heartache seeing some of those places again! The UK is a hot destination this year! (Thanks Brexit?)

Dr. T grew a bit from the excitement at Stonehenge

We had to do an abbey road pic...sorry British drivers...

After that and more fun, we decided to have tea time! When in doubt, pinky out! Also, I don't know how you Brits can eat 5 scones so close to dinner time!

 Back at LAX after a miserable day of travel. They thought my tears were JUST from watching Lady in the Van! lol

Actual jeans nowStarting to get a little damage in the back left so I'm using that as an excuse to get new jeans to wear, while I get these repaired.

If you guys wanted to check out our sets at the Eisteddfod, check out here: http://www.llangollen.tv/ and look for Bob Cole Conservatory. 

Anyway I hope I didn't spam too many pictures, I took a lot so it was hard to narrow it down! I love the UK and I'm definitely going back sometime! 

More back by St Mary's Church where we had our evening concert University Church of St Mary's where our concert was heldThen we head out to London!

Somewhere around here we saw Prince Charles get a police escort (Sorry I think I mean Bobby)

A place with surprisingly terrible fish and chips

The Concert in St. Paul's was probably one of the best moments of my life. Incredible space to make music!

Decided to drop in on an old friend and see if she was home

Headed over to Salisbury for a bit of sightseeing