Thanks_M8

Am at my parents place dogsitting, so I get to listen to the bigger part of my vinyl-collection. May have a problem here  

^^ I might Maynard, if I'm motivated enough for it  cut-off works for the time being and doesn't look bad imo.

Finally got around to visiting my parents again and picking up my jeans. Feeling like skinny jeans, compared to my canes.
Repair work is amazing!! Can't recommend Goteborg Manufaktur enough, did everything I asked for and the repairs are barely even visible in person. Cheers to these guys!
 

'Bout a month in, cinch cut off @Maynard Friedman
Fell down my bike and slid on the ground yesterday after my frontwheel got caught in the tram-tracks, which explains the weirdly contrasty fades on the right knee and the right backpocket. The denim saved my knee, but my shoes are kinda trashed. Good thing chucks look better trashed  

^Thanks maynard! Went ahead and cut if off and unpicked the, stitching on the cut off parts. Tiny patches and stuff. If someone wants the buckle hmu

Anybody have experience with cutting of the cinch on a pair of cinch-back-jeans? Thinking of cutting the cinch of my 90s Canes, 'cause they keep on stretching and I'm tired of tightening the cinch every two days..

^about an hour from the kraichgau a little less from the mosel region to saarbrücken, yes. You should try wine from, the kaiserstuhl and from durbach once, they produce great stuff!

U mean freiburg, the ortenau, kraichgau and the alsace @Duke Mantee? 

1 hour ago, Double 0 Soul said:

It was a trend around the early 2000's in the UK, the BBC are not exactly 'cutting edge' and this article was written in 2005, think the trend has long past now..

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4421282.stm

..aside from what is written in the article, it was an era of counterfeit brands so i always assumed 'label wearing' was down to folks proving their cap was legit.. but im sure aunty beeb knows more about youth culture than i ever will...

Counterfeit caps were a huge thing back then, gotta prove you got the real thing and so on.

Still have mist of my collection from back then, but once you're in for a bit, you don't care about it as much

^Perfect fot that preppy hayashi san look, that's all the rave lately, me included.

Tru that volvo! Just my personal opinion on the matter.

4 minutes ago, volvo240thebest said:

Here's the pro of starch glue at work

So the dramatic train tracks are achieved by applying the starch glue after wash and before tossing the jeans in the dryer.

I don't know about this whole starch thing, looks exaggerated and a little off to me. Couldn't you just achieve something similar washing and drying right side out?

Vintage, canes, birks

Lookin great lads!

Bad mirror pic for sundaze

It's a shame the fit on these doesn't work out...
shameless bump
https://www.grailed.com/listings/14294163-denime-denime-orizzonti-white-66
hmu for sufu-price  
 

Selfmade, canes, birks

Just now, MJF9 said:

@Thanks_M8 haha pre-emptive patch planning... you know you’ll need them

True that! At least with contest jeans I'm motivated to repair them

Just confirmed with ryo he'll send the hemming scraps from my jeans with them for patches and about 8% shrinkage lengthwise, so going for a small break 80cm inseam, or worst case small cuff, with a rigid 88cm inseam.

4 minutes ago, bartlebyyphonics said:

great to see you too sir paul!

part-time might mean you give us some of a chance! 

torn between 36 and 38 waist: the gods of stretch will be a deciding factor in choice; oh what gifts must I sacrifice for an augur...

(or to think of different wearing strategies; low wash, hand stretching waist if needed w. clean fit across hips vs. multi-wash and comfort but possible bag ... my old tcb 50s tagged w.36 worn/washed/stretched few years wear now measure 46/92cm waist but def feel too trim these days ... but if the 38 end up stretching back to original that won't be good neither... [processing...] )

If you sometimes work in the yard, and get them filthy and so on, sizing up is better imo, takes a lot of guesswork and risk of shrinking them too much out  Worst case is you'll have to wear a belt, I guess.

Alright, ordered a 31 Rigid right now, will see about the jacket, don't really wear enough denim jackets to be honest.
Can I just shoot them a mail regarding hemming and the contest? Haven't seen a comment function while ordering.

I'm in from germany

Praise to you @volvo240thebest and the TCB crew!

Bumping this thread.

Should have started wearing these right when i got them. The denim is insane!