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10 hours ago, Pedro said:

Sweet.

That should result in some awsome crotch blow out!

Ever heard of Sebum?

Cotton and Sebum are not friends.

no signs of any blowouts at the moment, only the usual cuff fold minor blowout. I'm not much of a sweaty guy.. but any signs and they get washed. my Lee101z were washed at 183 days and could have gone longer I reckon. 

1955 501, 145 days. Baby fades shaping up nicely. Won’t consider washing before 210 days. 

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been wearing this 101J since May 1 2020. Very versatile jacket, layering things under and over it in winter, or as a light jacket in summer. I’ve managed to wear it on my walks practically every day. Did a bit of factory work in it, bit of carrying, a bit of sawdust in the arms and rolling in the dirt in the country here and there. 
it feels dirty to the touch now so I am preparing to wash it any day now

brand new “Lee 50s Rider”. European exclusive for this season.
 

Lee 101z lot 49, 214 wears, one bathtub wash at 183 wears with Mr. Black denim wash.
 

@crownzip many washes? 

1954 501's 20% off on levis UK.. 

only the "new rinse" and "fidget" pre washes though. WHY is it more expensive for jeans which have had literally nothing done to them as opposed ones which haven't? can somebody explain this... I mean I know the prewashed ones are made in Turkey or somewhere but they all start out from raw denim.... how can it be profitable to put more effort and resources into prewashed jeans which nobody wants, look fake and awful, and are always the ones in the sale or the cheap sellers on ebay? why not just sell raw?

just how I keep track of them

my favourites are the 1955s and the 1933s. I like the wide fit of those jeans. my 1955's are a 30W (my usual size) but they were a W31, my 1890s ended up a little too skinny for my liking. my 1955s in a size a little large, and a wide leg, turned me onto more roomy jeans. and the thing with the massive 1944's taught me that its alright if the jeans are an inch or too bigger. so no more buying W30 for me...

those modern ones I got just before I got into raw denim and vintage style jeans so I don't wear them, and those 2006 ones are just a relic in my drawer from my college days.. 

Cone 1890  

Cone 1933 ?? 1944 

Cone 1947Cone 1955  

Jap 19762006 era Levi's (prewash)

modern "premium" Levi 501  

I've just got the 1944's sent back to me. seller is messing me about I think. claims she moved house. I had to open a case just to get a refund. keeps bugging me saying have I got the jeans back for about a week.

what a fiasco. anyway... I contacted ebay and they said I don't have to return them again.. so free jeans

I think I will follow with a collection photo

the jeans shrunk as planned.. love the colour on these. The previous owner bought a size 34 leg and then hemmed them (why) so I stretched the hell out of them and hung them upside down in the airing cupboard and managed to claw back an inch so I could keep the cuffs. Hardly any fading for what was apparently a years worth of wear.. so I used a minimum of Mr. Black and tub washed them at 40°c for an hour with some mild. agitation. Lost little to no indigo. 
pleased with the result.. these are certainly the “cowboy jeans” In my collection now.

before fit, wash, dry, after:

1996 deadstock 555s just sold for £240.. therefore new LVC should be £170, no more.

That was my thinking, though maybe not the washing machine.. I’ll have a look at the fades and probably tub wash them at 40°.c

just bought some 1933 501s now.. These ones are raw but have been worn for “about a year” says the seller.

I decided to size up 2 inches on the waist so these will shrink down to my usual size (30”) as my taste has shifted to more roomy jeans (thanks to the 1955s).

Does anyone have experience with shrinking jeans that have been worn for a year, will they still shrink normally? Any advice, keeping in mind I need them to shrink some, but will be ok with a belt (those suspender buttons may have to go).. or maybe I’ll get them taken in, always an option. 

It says they were transitioning yes. But it didn’t  actually confirm if this model had selvage or not. They should have made it clear, not other sites.

I just realised that the 1984 jeans were in fact selvage. I assumed they weren’t, because of the wording in the description. 
 Is it any wonder, with wording like this?

• An exact reproduction of a pair of 501® jeans from the early '80s
• During this time, Levi's® was transitioning from selvedge to non-selvedge denim
• Made with our classic straight leg and button fly
• Twin needle Arcuate

no mention of selvage. Great wording, geniuses. That annoyed me because I would have bought a pair at the sale price but now my size is sold out.

Maybe you can give this a go.. from Aero Leathers website: 

The Savile Tweed Suit Method

This was a old favourite with the aristocracy when they still had estates, on taking delivery of a new Savile Row tweed suit, the Lords Of The Manor would give it to his gardener to wear for a couple of months so he could knock the newness out of it. His lordship then reclaimed the suit and wore it until it got too shabby for his tastes at which point, he gave it back to the gardener as a "keeper". This is a great method for breaking in a Horsehide jacket but does have a couple of minor drawbacks. Firstly this involves hiring a gardener that's the right size, and secondly, hiring one who is not going to abscond the second he gets a new Aero on his back.

I was just thinking.. are LVC really worth it anymore? £210 for the SAME Kaihara denim that Lee is using.. only Lee raw selvage jeans are £140. You can even get their new 21oz monsters for £140- £60 off the rrp of £200 on the Lee website. And you can always find bargain new with tags on eBay too. I got these Lee 101z lot 49s for £90. I love them. Also no messing around with shrinkage, and the unpredictability of the new Kaihara shrinkage.

202 days, one tub wash with Mr. Black at six months.

ahh.. cee.are.dee reposting stuff from LVC.. don't follow him, he will follow you, I followed back, then a week later he had unfollowed. slimy. 

Well I’ll be damned. I *knew* something was fishy with these things. I was scratching my head over why there was no evidence of there being any patch either, there should be at least a dark spot where it was. 
 

I can still return them.. I think I may do that... 

4420 on the top button. Those are legit. Same as on my USA 1890s and 1955s.

According to the description, there is no care tag.

I did call the seller out on these, He claimed they were “verified” by Bonhams of London yet offered no proof of this, claimed to be an expert on vintage clothing yet offers no detailed photos of the inside of the jeans.. 

then claimed to not know what a phone fade was. I wasn’t accusing him of them being fakes (particularly).. I was just curious as to how they got what is obviously to my eyes, a phone fade. Ah well.

and you are right, I didn’t want to let those 555s go.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/274259874697?ul_noapp=true

what's a phone fade doing on a "original" pair of 1947 Levi's?