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  1. Hey everyone! I wanted to show you guys a fit pic from a customer I helped out a few days ago, she's wearing the new Railcar Vixen X028 raw 12 ounce Japanese 2% stretch selvedge denim. Size 29. 

     

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    that makes me need my 2nd pair of raw denim   :D

    her shape is really similar to mine and it looks great. 

  2. Thanks...well, the reason I brought up the estimate is because I hoped someone who knows a lot about denim alterations might have an opinion on the number... like "yep, $160ish is a pretty normal price for moving back pockets" or "whoa, that is ridiculous, someone with the right equipment could do that a lot easier/cheaper." To me it seemed high but I don't have any sewing knowledge. If it truly is a $160 effort then that makes me love and accept all my pockets just the way they are! Except when I'm looking for the next pair of jeans. :)

    For this pair I agree perfect shouldn't be the enemy of good. I am enjoying my jeans. I love them actually :)

    Perfect pocket placement could inspire me to love a 2nd pair of jeans too though, so I'm going to hopefully-not-creepily watch this thread in hopes for seeing more real-life fit pictures from women with a similar size as me. :)

  3. ^ Thanks for belt recommendation! :)

    I got an estimate from a local tailor...4 hours and $40/hour to move jeans back pockets closer together. If it really is that much work then I'll just leave them alone. :) They really only look too far apart from a direct back view... normal from other angles.

  4. Having the back pockets so far apart and wide would annoy me so much. Anyways, really nice fit and it would be nice to see your fades down the line.  If you're looking for thick belts, check out Don't Mourn Organize.  They do custom belts that are very affordable and thick as hell, great bang for your  buck.  Highly recommended.  

     

    Thanks!  Do you know if they have a store online?  I searched but could only find a blog. 

     

    I hope to come back with some nice fade pictures in a year or so :)

     

    I think if I ever need to get the baldwin ten jeans waist taken in (if the waist stretches too much) then I might have the pockets moved at the same time.  They are a little farther apart than where I would like them to be, but not far enough to make me feel like I absolutely must fix it before I can wear them.  They are centered on the pocket zone, but I think my shape wants pockets to be closer to the back seam than the side seam, otherwise they don't look centered when I'm wearing it.  I'm mostly relieved that they are not as far apart as the 77bsp pockets.  On the 77bsp's the pockets were closer to the side seam than the back seam and that looked cringeworthy on me :)

  5. Thanks!  I see what you mean... I like the little bit of contrast in the pocket, but I would have been happy with them either way.  I feel like finding something that fits thighs/hips/waist all at the same time is the main holdup for me, so I'm happy :)  The only thing I would change is for my shape I think I'd like the back pockets to be just a wee bit closer together... but it doesn't scream "whoa, pockets too far apart!" like the other one did, so I'm not going to worry about that.  I might someday need to get the waist taken in if the waist stretches out a lot... or a belt might be enough by itself.  I want to find a wider belt because they have huge belt loops and I love wide belts ...I think I could fit a 2.25" wide belt in there.

  6. I believe the pocket sizing did change just over a year ago on the women's jeans. My GF has two pairs of the 99BSP and the differences between the pocket size / placement is easily seen.

     

    That makes sense.  Maybe I can give the 3sixteens another shot someday then. I hope the one with the straight belt loops & wider pockets is the newer one because I think that one looks so much better :)

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    Hey everyone,

     

    I have a pair of 3sixteen+ 77BSP in size 30 that I need to get rid of because they ended up being too tight for my girlfriend :(

     

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    Size 30
    Measurements:  
     
    Waist 33"  
    Front rise: 8.75"  
    Back rise: 13.75"  
    Thigh: 10.8"  
    Knee: 7.2"  
    Leg opening: 6.5"  
    Inseam: 29.5  

     

     

    I wonder why the 77bsp size 30 pockets look so much better than the size 29? Did they change their pocket style?

  8. Railcar sent me this picture of Railcar Vixen back pockets in size 29.  I think these back pockets look good too... symmetrical and proportional.  and they have been really helpful to figure out which size will work before I order it.

     

    http://imgur.com/a/eMNbA

     

    This one is next on my list to try if I don't like the Baldwin Tens.  

     

    Edit: or I will wait to try those...they were very helpful with sizing and they helped me notice that my thighs might not fit into these in size 29 or 30.  31 would definitely fit my thighs but looks like it would be too big in the hips.  I might try still try a 30 someday but not just yet.

  9. I ordered Baldwin The Ten Skinny next... I found photographic evidence that the back pockets look good in a size 28 and I like the style of the back pockets. Back pockets are so important. :)

    https://poshmark.com/listing/Baldwin-The-Ten-55501bb52cbedc1f4800aa71

    ^ That's not my size and not the one I bought, but it's close enough to my size that I can tell they adjusted pocket size fot different jeans sizes. I got size 29 from Brooklyn Denim Co again.

    I am hopeful about this one...I think it will work! :)

  10. M-L, email or call Samantha at AB-Fits. It's [email protected] She knows this stuff cold when it come to women's jeans, fits, denim, sizing etc. And, they have a lot of stuff for women. She helped me get a surprise pair for my girlfriend and it was dead-on perfect what she wanted.

     

    Thanks for the tip! I did not know about this store yet  :)

    It looks like she has a few skinny fit choices which is great, that's what I was hoping to find...something I can tuck into boots

  11. theres always apc and tellason bird, sucks that you cant try them on though 

     

    Yeah it sucks not being able to try them on.  I thought the only issue I could possibly need to deal with if I buy them online would be guessing the wrong size and/or taking in the waist.  but that pocket size/symmetry thing has me feeling really bummed about what else I could run into.  

     

    In a $200+ price range, how is weird pocket placement and an off-center back seam even possible?  :blink:  

     

    I might just stick to my $20 consignment store jeans that don't have "sick fades" but do at least fit me and they got the back pockets right.

  12. Has anyone tried Baldwin Ten Skinny in a size 29 or larger?  I'm curious if it has problems with back pocket size/placement and back seam symmetry like the 3sixteen jeans did.

     

    http://brooklyndenimco.com/collections/womens-raw-denim/products/baldwin-the-ten-skinny

     

    Meh... I might just stop looking though since I am not close enough to NYC or CA to swing by and try things on in person.  I seem to have better luck buying clothes if I can try them on in person first.

  13. Return them and just buy my w27 PBJ's. ;)

     

    Haha, I don't think I could squeeze my 41" hips into a size 27 anything.  But thanks :)

     

    i think it would be pretty weird if you got them resized with different denim in my opinion.

     

    I agree....

     

     

    Well, I decided I must return them instead of getting the pockets fixed.  In my first picture of the back view, it looked like one pocket was farther away from the center back seam than the other.  I thought that might just be my camera angle, so I put them on one more time and took more pictures from different angles...it wasn't the camera angle.  I took them off and measured the back in a few different places...one of the butt cheeks is actually cut larger than the other.  It's a small amount, less than half an inch... but if I'm going to wear the same pair of jeans every day for a year or more then stuff like that would bug me.  An off-center back seam seems like it would be hard to fix than pocket size.

     

    More pics added to the album so you can see what I mean with the off center back seam.

     

    Sigh, I wish I lived somewhere where I could try on a few different brands before I buy any of them.

  14. I think I'd need to get the pocket size fixed too though if I try to keep them and do alterations to make it work... If a tailor completely replaces the pockets with bigger pockets, would that make things weird over time with different fabrics?  (For example what if the pockets shrink more than the jeans or vice versa?)

     

    and just in case anyone lands here with google and wants more specific measurements: the 3sixteen 77bsp back pockets in size 29 are 4.5" wide at the top of the pocket (the widest part).  On me that looks like a teeny tiny pocket near the side of a huge sea of butt...lol not the look I was going for.  I also measured two pairs of jeans whose back pockets look more proportional and more centered on me - those have 6" wide and 6.5" wide back pockets.

     

     

  15. Trying to find my first raw denim but this might be a project since I don't live near NYC or SF to try stuff on in person.

     

    The first thing I tried is 3sixteen 77bsp because Brooklyn Denim Co allows returns, and I loved the well-aged pictures on 3sixteen's website.  I loved the quality...I tried them on and amazingly I think I guessed right on the size (size 29 - I have 27" waist and 41" hips). They were very tight but not uncomfortably tight...so I was very hopeful up to that point. 

     

    Then I took pictures of the back view... and my heart sank because the back pockets look so strange :(   The pockets are way too far apart, and I think the back pockets are also too small for me.  I wish the pockets were slightly larger, with less space between them.

     

    Can I post links?

    http://imgur.com/a/t9aos

     

    It's a bummer because I really loved the pictures of 77bsp back pockets on selfedge.com and brooklyndenimco.com ... maybe 3sixteen didn't adjust the pocket sizing/placement for larger sizes.

     

    I have a 14-day window to return them, but everything seemed perfect except for the pocket placement and pocket size.  Unless someone knows of a way to fix the pocket size ... I am guessing a tailor could fix the pocket placement easily but not the pocket size. 

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