Niro

12 hours ago, Inimitable N! said:

-reposted from DB-

shamefully it's indicative of an ever increasing corporate desire for money. generally these "acquisition clubs" see what the business looks like on paper and figure that they know best about how to streamline the process and drive more profits. I doubt that when Platinum Equity had any clue about Cone Mills' White Oak plant when they acquired International Textile Group but when you look at Cone in Mexico and China they're not making selvedge and they're surely creating more profit based on what we know about the denim industry. Platinum's business is to generate more capital and they're going through the process of lightening up their portfolio in order to do so. I doubt they even give a damn about the significance of White Oak historically or otherwise, it's a numbers game. Potentially they could be trying to shift selvedge production to either of the other two plants simply because it would be less expensive, but without any real facts other than what's already out there we just don't know.

the whole thing just reeks of the resurgence of "Gordon Gecko, greed is good" American profiteering. if you force the masses into near poverty, so much so that they believe that $20 is expensive for a pair of jeans at any discount retailer, it's no wonder that a plant manufacturing higher quality materials that are used in a higher priced (albeit longer lasting) product is seen as being "not profitable".

I'm just sickened by the whole thing, not just because it hits close to home but because the historical relevance of something uniquely American just seems to be brushed aside in lieu of bigger numbers in someone's book.

Just another sad example of extreme american capitalism

Yup, i'm gonna be getting myself a pair of 66 501s. Not gonna wait for a sale, just in case what i want is not available when sales come round

yea I was going to ask, what will happen to the LVC range? Will it cease to exist or a change of denim and passed off as a new label?

sad news!

I guess I should finally buy a pair of cone denim LVC before I can't

@mikecch when is BFs review on the D1755 going up? 

ha, me included!

Think people have more interest in seeing fade progress of jeans rarely seen.

Sent payment.

Will be entering a pair of Iron Heart PIH5DCT (25 oz indigo/indigo). There's a few people going with this pair.

fucking harry potter sneaking into superfuture denim...is nothing sacred anymore!

What's with this stupid new rep system

Do we paypal the $20 as a gift?

22 minutes ago, volvo240thebest said:

ok lads. I will probably do it with Inoue after the end of the 20s contest, in the meanwhile most of you will buy another dozen of pair of jeans I guess! So, unless there's an army of 120 denim enthusiast that need this pair right now we'll just do it in 18 months.

I would join that contest 

Fit looks good!

ah that's interesting. I actually really liked the look of the 4001SP. I regret not trying them but from measurements i've seen at 2nd, they seem ridiculously slim through the leg

nah it was the central world one

24 minutes ago, Geeman said:

Who has the D1755?

beautiful_freak

I have been comtemplating it, but haven't bought cos I recently bought the D1728. Depending on his review, I might just get it

When I was in Bangkok back in April/May, I visited all of the Pronto stores. This was on a weekday late afternoon/early evening, but whole area was packed with shoppers. Apart from one, they were all empty. That one had several people (non-staff) in it, all wearing Imperial jeans and in that corner of the store for Imperial.

Anyway, they had tons of flat head jeans. The 4001sp for example had almost a whole shelving square for it, and that's from about 2 years ago isn't it?

that is a great colourway! I don't like most of their colourways, but they do come up with a few amazing ones. I have my eye on an orange/blue colourway coming out shortly apparently

Nice fit pic. Looking forward to the review!

As long as they are not as tight as the RJB rivet&Hide collab, then that's good for me

UES make shirts with shorter length compared to other brands, which is great for me. I only have 1 UES shirt, but that will change over time I think.

Thanks Bobbo.

From sounds of it, he sounds more enthusiastic about the 01 denim. I also prefer the look of the 01 denim, gives it a more vintage appeal.

I'll buy a pair of 3rd bridge some day (added to my ever growing list)

Nice blog posts @Bobbo

Do you know what's the difference between the number 1 and number 2 denim?

2 hours ago, edmond said:

where ot buy denim bridge? whats the cut?

You can buy direct: http://denimbridge.jp/overseas

43 minutes ago, lance said:

Lookin good, Niro, nice jacket!

Thanks

My High Large Leathers Stillwater:

I liked it cos I considered buying it, but I much prefer western style of shirts. If I had bought the workshirt, I couldn't have justified buying the western as well.

@lance Those are looking great!