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Is that the Buzz chambray? I don't think I've seen the short-sleeved version in the wild before—it looks good

What’s the model number on that seersucker shirt? I don’t think I’ve seen it online anywhere; it looks great

^ I think it’d be HOT WHEELS

We always talk about the old tabs as “big E” and the new as “small e”, but was it not just a shift from all caps to sentence case?

@wmb They're the 1001xx / 1000 in black x white denim. I think they're from around 2008 (although I can't remember what led me to this conclusion).

^ an excerpt from 00’s treatise on “Denim as Currency”, ca. 2020

Wait, are those numbers left to right?! I’ve had that wrong this whole time; I always thought the grey (4) was mud and the green (2) was tea…shows what I know

Meanwhile, yeah, as mentioned above the only other persimmon jeans I’ve seen come out that orange are the heavyweight Samurais from a few years ago—makes me wonder if the lot 302 I bought and sold a couple years ago were actually dried grass, or whether they were just a different run—I’ll have to look back at the photos later today

The brown ones you have listed as dried grass (1) look much more similar to the persimmon lot 285, and to other 100% cotton persimmon-dyed fabrics that Nihon Menpu has put out in the past…go figure

Yeah, makes sense re: heavier denims not laying flat no matter what. For what it’s worth, I don’t think the method currently pictured is totally without merit—for higher-rise jeans in particular, measuring across just the back of the waistband will generally give a number that’s closer to the natural waist of the wearer, which could be especially useful for first-time customers. I keep track of both measurements for most of my collection. I guess that’s why I never questioned, in the past, whether those photos might be unintentionally misleading on your site—always figured it was a conscious decision.

@youngofthesoonest if you’re pulling the waistband tight to remove all slack for your measurements maybe that’s what’s causing confusion? The How We Measure page on the SE site showed measurements being taken with the waistband lying naturally, front and back misaligned, which would always give a smaller number as compared to the standard method

^ Shouldn’t be too much of a bother, here, since the rivets are a mix of branded and unbranded to begin with—if anything, needing to add in a replacement from a third party would add to whole effect

The far left look like the standard persimmon

I have a slew of fabrics & papers dyed with kakishibu, and none of them are that orange (unless the light is playing tricks, as it does…)

@Foxy2 What are the ones second from the right? Never seen any that look that orange…

@BrownMetallic didn't change my mind, just forgot! I'm leaving my house more for work these days, so I'll try and scoop up a FedEx flat rate box this week and get them packed up—assuming you're still interested?

^^ A pair of deadstock lot 600, bag and all, went for sub-$400 just a few months ago; I was really tempted, I'll admit, but they were W36 and I try not to buy jeans just to collect

Meanwhile, those 400 and 500 are real beauts—have they seen much wear?

edit: Haven't seen any lot 701 with that little wear in at least a few years, either…jeez

I’ll keep saying it every time this comes up: Deluxeware sweats are great

36 minutes ago, Duke Mantee said:

Freewheelers ‘Westinghouse’ Sack Coat, Vintage Yarn-Dyed Oxford, Natural #1541094

What are the yarns dyed with then?

I’d pick a remote Scottish isle over a few extra pairs of jeans any day, but since I’m stuck here in California I suppose I could settle for taking a few of those old Cane’s off your hands if push came to shove…

^ Hard to beat Charlie Hunter when it comes to jazzy guitar (or hip hop guitar, for that matter)

No cinch, but the TCB Norma jeans seem like a really great option

Funny Doom should come up—I’m the same, these days, listening to a few albums on repeat for months at a time, and his Adult Swim-theme bit with Danger Mouse has been on the rotation pretty heavily recently

Top notch, through and through

Is this where we post WAYWT photos in band / label tee shirts? I think the only ones I own at this point are from Gomez…

or

I know it's a long-shot, but was anyone here on Oink or What? As far as I'm concerned, that was peak internet; it's all been downhill since 2016

^ Really? You get neg repped for trying to stir up shit and yet again your response is to go through and neg rep a slew of old, unrelated posts as some sort of revenge? This is like primary school all over again

@dudewuttheheck, last I checked there were still some available on their web shop, but it’s been some time—can’t hurt to poke around, anyhow

I know they also started selling through Denimio recently, but I’m not sure whether the remaining collaboration jeans were among those offered

edit: Looks like there’s stock available in all sizes (even up to w40!); I guess they must have done a second run at some point?