lophophora

@youngofthesoonest looks to be the Heavy Shirt (c.2017) without the tab & tags… can’t wait to see you thrash it!! 

just picked up a pair of the Yuketen Bostonians- as a religious Birk wearer, the finish of them is certainly an upgrade, but their “shape” is narrower. Not a 1:1 remake, but same “vibe.” Wish the birks aged as well. Curious to see these FW in person. 

editorial content is really killer, kiya. you and the SE team are gifted raconteurs. 

tore a bigger hole in the seat of the R01s so they’re now off to S&S Oakland for some darning. Faster turnaround than SE, I was hearing. 

my old pair of time machine OA02s, which i encountered tonight hanging in S&S NYC’s window…. best place for them!

some general wear updates and pictures of the repair. Haphazard, yes, but it works! always a first time for everything. 

settled for a nice ~12oz indigo HBT from an old (very small) pair of visvim fatigues. 

6 minutes ago, julian-wolf said:

^ don’t patch the crotch of your jeans w/ an extra 18 oz. of fabric; they’ll be too stiff to ever drape right again

Use a muslin or a light chambray or similar

i’d not considered that, thank you for the callout!

would it be more sensible to bring to SENY for darning work? I have some lighter fabric scraps available to me for a patch, but curious your thoughts. 

going to be attempting a sashiko repair on a weakened seat of the R01 indigolovers. pic attached is the area. one patch each side, likely 18 oz fabric from a pair of the ecru samurai natural denim. 

interesting seeing a mister freedom shirt in the wild on public figures…tyler the creator wearing this aloha out recently. had no idea he was a MF guy!!

a curious thing i’d not noticed until now- on the inside of the Indigolovers’ pockets, the red of the indigo canvas selvedge has worn off onto the denim’s selvedge somewhat…there is only about two inches of the IC selvedge present due to the pocket shape and, yet, it was thoughtfully sewn and included. 
beauty in the little details, always.

I've got a pair of the RT1002 and the R01 Indigolovers, as well as the Duck-1s, a Baja Shirt, and the Heavy Shirt. Like others, I'd have bought more items if I had more legs or torsos to fit them onto. 

The patterning is funky, I agree- measurement charts are a great way to get an idea of the fit, but trying the garments on properly lends a concreteness to the ineffability that the fits have. And for that reason, I really dig his products. 

As someone who is certainly neurodivergent, I can see why the comparison would be drawn. At the end of the day, we're all folks doing our best to communicate with others well enough to get by and there will (inevitably) be a level of strangeness to our worldly interactions that's unavoidable! 

I've always enjoyed my conversations with Roy, especially as a feckless youth trying to understand what it's like to have a real drive to do something. He gave me some good advice and I'm grateful for that. 

At the end of the day, his body of work is immense and it's crazy we're all here at the same time as a craftsman like Roy, but he's still just a guy. We've all got our faults. I am sympathetic where communication is concerned. In my experience, I've got nothing but nice things to say, but I can see how one could be 'rubbed the wrong way.' 

anyone a size 30? considering selling a lightly used pair of RT1002 (hemmed to 29) , pics to follow  if we are in the mood

Final sale price of 1,450 on the jacket....sheesh! Congrats to whomever is taking it home, regardless, but man numbers like that make my head spin. 

put an offer on those “all ducks” that were relisted on grailed, looks like someone got to them right under my nose! shoot! 

anyone else offloading some size 30 ducks??

per roy's instagram post- "Anyway, in #denimnews, I'm starting a batch of jeans, and yes, they're a fricken #slimtaper #mediumrise" 

this feels like good news to those who've been clamoring for a return to those fits... do we think they'll stick around the $430 high water mark? 

looks like there’s a pair of the Black ‘N Blues up on Grailed right now, size 31. Seller says he’s open to trades of roy stuff size 32 and above. could be a good snag for someone! 

link here

@Broark “Favourite Pair of All Time” is a weighty saying for someone with some of the all-time GOAT denim... Looking fantastic though. 

To all who’ve had the fortune to receive the new pairs, I am envious. They look fantastic. Are there inner pocket details at all? Besides the Leroy, of course. If someone could DM me a photo of the patch, I’d love to see... Was the detail I was looking forward to most. 

Also- a little late, but the Indigolovers had full size rivets for the coin pocket. Did the  “Very Nice Pocket” jeans have them at full size as well? 

Holy hell I take a nap, wake up, and they're GONE... I was expecting these to be like the Indigolovers where I'd have some time...looks like I'll have to wait until the next round. If anyone has xx20 in size 30 that they're feeling like getting rid of, I'll be waiting eagerly to hear. 

if the lighter denim is the one we think we've found, 100% those 

On 6/27/2020 at 1:13 PM, Spiraltoy said:

’37s had another wash. Rally like this stage and the different blues of the fabric. The roping ain’t half bad for an lvc either.

 

This was the post that got me thinking about the 37s @Broark these might be the same in the photo you linked? If that's the case, I am fully sold on this pair. Beautiful. 

re: the lighter color denim w/the selvedge next to the indigo... do we think this is similar to the LVC '37 denim? I am really curious to see what the deal is here, because "XX STF" leads me to think LVC used off-label and from the photos i've seen the '37 denim ticks those boxes

really just speculating w/no basis but i'm curious what you more educated folk think

super stoked to see in however many (2-3?) weeks what comes of the Leroys... new fabric & new details seem especially groovy. I feel like the cut has to err on the side of tapered(?) since it would be hard to go straighter and wider without becoming a pseudo-farmer. At least, that's what I'd look like. Pocketbags look like they're returning to a natural undyed fabric as opposed to the duck of late... time to speculate wildly i guess

30 minutes ago, eeejayaich said:

@lophophora, Mine is losing indigo at about the same rate. I’ll post some barely faded pics when I get a chance. We can commiserate over our still new looking denim. Haha. 

new-looking is right...slow evolution is rewarding when you’re watching other people but hard when it’s all up to you! it’s time i transition this from a “date night” shirt to something i wear all the time