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Really good to know, thanks. Yeah, that inch makes it or breaks or for me—gonna have to do some thinking about these

My Ballpark thermal from Joe McCoy is my current favorite & has lasted very well

Thinking seriously about picking a light indigo one up from Buaisou, but that fits a pretty different niche

Hey @Broark, how much did the deadstock blues shrink in length? Looking more closely at them for the first time, and Hinoya's measurements have them a good chunk longer in the leg than most modern Warehouse jeans—wondering if they might work for me after all

^ Which are those, the recent miusa version?

I’ve Probably Worn This Exact Same Outfit a Dozen Times

Sun Surf / Merz B. Schwanen / Hollows / Leroy’s / John Lofgren

^ In his and the shops’ defence, it has been 7+ years…

Looking forward to the moment of truth when we find out how the neck openings have been scaled…

Two days in & the waist is sitting at a comfortable 33 1/2" : )

I’ve never seen streaking caused by a dryer—that’s always felt more like a spin cycle / agitator rod sorta phenomenon

@Thanks_M8 yeah, I work in an atomic physics lab / run an experiment looking at cavity qed / optomechanics / spin optodynamics—I don’t really like most of the swag shirts (except SRS; theirs are 100% cotton, comfortable, & hold up well), but I also don’t like letting things go to waste, so…

@Mtvare after most of a day of wear the front and rear rises measure 11.75” and 15.5”, respectively. @all, the waist now measures 33” on the dot, but I’ll keep updating that.

I really like the fabric on these. Everything about them besides the construction & detailing, actually, reminds me heavily of the black Wranglers my dad used to wear (maybe still wears?), and I think on some subconscious level that’s what I’ve been looking for in black jeans this whole time

Haha the leg twist on these is wild

^ I've only ever machine-washed my flannel shirts

^ I just got my pair in today, and am wearing them now. The size 34 once-washed measured 32" across the waist, and it feels like it's started to stretch a bit in just the last couple hours. Got the same info from Ryo: seems like their pair in W34 measured 82 cm fresh from the wash & had stretched to 84.5 cm after a few days' wear. I'd like a little more stretch than this (ideally to an 86 or 86.5 cm final waist measurement), but would be fine with 84.5 if that's where they ended up. Will keep y'all updated, of course!

The jeans themselves look really great—just what I was hoping for. Finding good lighting to photograph them will be tough, but I'll try to some time this week. Overall, assuming some waist stretch, the cut's perfect for me. There's very little, if any, taper in towards the waist, but the top block still feels plenty roomy; the thighs are slim and the legs are straight. This is probably already known to anyone who's worn the standard '50s, but the cut's totally new to me, and I think I'm really gonna like it. My only preference would be for a slightly higher rise, but even that's nitpicking.

No one reimagines Blue Note like Madlib

I'd been going back and forth for a while on what to use for the ear straps / neck straps of the masks I've been making—hollow cotton shoe laces work well, but they don't have much stretch to them, which makes non-bespoke sizing tough; elastic bands, meanwhile, give out over time (as already discussed in the last couple of pages) and often irritate the backs of my ears.

Ordinarily, I really don't like working with jersey—largely because of how much it pulls / stretches without the aid of interfacing, but also because of how readily the edges curl due to the tensioning of the knit. Here, though, the curling would mean that strips could be cut and left unfinished without too much worry of the raw edges fraying away, and the stretchiness would make fitting easy. I had some scraps of 100% merino jersey laying around and gave it a go, and I've been really pleased with the results.

The merino is comfortable behind my ears, and this particular knit stretches to around 170% against the grain, which is really great here. At around $40 / yard, it's also much cheaper than either shoelaces or elastic bands (especially in this case, since I already have enough scrap around for at least a couple dozen masks…). Would definitely recommend for anyone who's been making their own masks.

Pictured: brazilwood-dyed raw silk herringbone x basketweave with merino jersey ear straps & a makeshift nose wire fashioned from an old keyring

More of the same

Turmeric mask / Tender Co. / Tezomeya / Hollows / Cane's / Red Wing

Autumn kinda week

Brazilwood mask / Ooe cossack / Tezo tee / Hollows / Cane’s / Lofgren

I've had a few standard TFH workshirts (HN-52W, CO-30W) that fit pretty well besides being too big in the neck, and I have one 7104 Western shirt (Long Horn style tag) that fits great everywhere

Looking now at the standard TFH Western shirts (F-DS101 or similar—standard TFH style tag, not Long Horn): to which of the above do they fit more similarly? Any insight?

48 minutes ago, Duodequinquagesimus said:

I don’t own any pairs but I checked their site and many pics in here and I don’t like the fits at all 

To be fair, you really still haven’t shown us any of what you do like

How goes the old adage? Talk shit, post fit

^ Whoa, those measurements have the sleeves way longer than I’ve seen on any other sites, even accounting for shrinkage

^ Thanks much. Those measurements are with the jacket still rigid?

Really looking forward to this, but 24” pre-soak sleeves are pretty scary, even with the oversized shoulders…gonna have to poke through some old fit pics to get a better idea of how it’s likely to drape

Would anyone who has a size 4 or 5 from the original run of the Type 900 mind posting measurements? Interested in shoulders & sleeves, in particular

I generally wear a 4 in Tender shirts, but sleeve length is a common limiting factor; I’ve tried other jackets on in the past and found that a 5 has worked best, but it does seem like these may be cut wide…

^ Looks like the standard 50/50 Okinawa denim