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^ that's a beautiful pair of frankenpants

This is the power of marketing for me. Do I collect pants? Yea, apparently I do to some extent. Do I think of myself as someone who collects pants? No. Pants are for wearing. I buy them to wear (eventually), not to admire, stockpile, etc. ”Super Denim Collectibles” makes it an easy pass! I guess I should thank SC, really. Otherwise I might end up with more jeans.

I don’t want to get silly about it, but it’s possible FC keeps tabs on this thread, or maybe the other site as I would wager a not totally insignificant number of international sales are driven from a few specific corners of the internet. The price thing is ridiculous to me, but the good news is that it means my FC collection is definitely complete!

That's got to be wrong. Otherwise my FC binge this year was particularly well timed.

I just washed my 01’s - no idea the amount of wear, but it’s got to be close to 3 months (I first wore them over a year ago). I thought some fades would show more than they did because the creases were really, really set. Nothing much to show right now though. A tiny bit of whiskering, the coin pocket fade is the most visible. I think some creases will move due to more shrinkage? Ultimately this pair is going to get washed a lot, my preference these days, so it’s all good. But yes, it seems a little stubborn.

Gone

Recently gambled and lost on one of these at size 38, though I suspected as much I had to try, they’re so tough to track down. They’re beautiful jackets, and I’ve got one that’s just barely worn and just too small in the shoulders for me, and has relatively small arm holes for a type 2. The denim is stiffer and courser than their recent jeans. Because of the pattern it’s realistically more like a 36, so if anyone is that size and interested drop me a line. It’s about a size too small for me and a size too big for my wife. I’ll eventually list it if I can’t find someone I know will appreciate for it to go to. Meanwhile I’ll go back to hoping one day they will do this again!

@Hopethisoneisnttaken that’s true enough, but it’s a lot more visible.

Take my bias into account - I'm not one for extra pockets. No painters or cargos or anything like that for me. It's all 5 pocket jeans or 4/5 pocket trousers for me. So I'm for the first ones. Unless you're actually going to need that pocket for work.

^ Less enjoyable. Less burning coal! That said, I don't want to think of the cost of my jackets and how I am currently saving for solar installation.

I don’t, I just like them more. I’ve really only got even halfway decent fades on probably 4-5 of them. That said, I probably wear a jacket more than like…95% of the people out there. My partner gives me (good natured) grief about it all the time.

I'll just move this over here and also I missed a few: 1. Sugar Cane - SC15210 Wool Lined 1953 type 2 (38) - * 2. Mister Freedom Ranch Blouse Midnight Denim (38) - * 3. Tender Type 900 Indian Black (sz 3) - * 4. Tender Type 900 19oz cross weave denim, also Indian Black (sz 3) - * 5. Tender Type 933 (Zoetrope Coat, plain weave indigo/walnut, size 3) - * 6. Freewheelers 507xx 1951 (40) - ! 7. Freewheelers Lot S516XX1946 (40) - * 8. Freewheelers Lot 506 XX 1922 (40) - * 9. Freewheelers 507 RB (40) - ! 10. Fullcount 2107 (40) - ! 11. Fullcount 2107 SS (40) - ! 12. Companion Denim - Cone Tribute Jacket (M) * 13. Companion Denim - Cone Tribute Jacket (S) - X 14. Companion Denim - overdyed natural indigo (M) - ! 15. Companion Denim - French Work Jacket in Indigo HBT (M) * I'm currently favoring the FW '22, SC 15210, and Companion Denim French Work Jacket. Related, non denim jackets. - SC15463 - Flannel lined, Beige Corduroy 1953 (38) - Kapital Tri-P Coat (Beige), M - Tender Co. Type 961 (Baste jacket, velvet, sz 3) - Blue Blue Japan Indigo Sashiko Stand up Collar Chore Coat (sz 2) Awaiting 17. OOE Yufukuten type 2 (38) - although I have a suspicion this may be end up too small I had to snatch it up at auction to see. 16. Freewheelers 507B (38) 18. Warehouse S2161 WW2 Tailor Style Denim Jacket

@julian-wolf I’ve never been one for upscale T shirts but the dyeing on the tezos really looks nice. How do you find their sizing? Runs a little small tells me to go for an M. More true to size makes it more complicated.

@beautiful_FrEaK the 47's look good on everyone. If there is a disagreement, the wearer is the problem, not the jeans. I'm sure you understand this deep down.

@MJF9 and your denim jackets?

Could the weight discrepancy just be between raw and one wash? Denime’s XX denim is 14.5 oz raw - so that would be about 15.5-16 oz after a wash I’d imagine.

@Hopethisoneisnttaken that's been my hang up. I am not a shirt tuck in sort of guy. I can do short in length pullovers/sweatshirts and jackets, but tucking in...haven't been able to find comfort in it. I'll do it when the situation calls for it, but in my life that's fairly rare. I may revisit come winter because wool was what I thought about.

Not here. Vests in general hold little interest to me. There's a dividing line somewhere in the workwear spectrum that is hard for me to define, but I know that when something is on the other side of it, it's not for me. Even if I liked vests, this would fall on the other side of that line. Kudos to anyone who rocks it though.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/28/style/benjamin-talley-smith-denim-jeans.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare This guy annoys the heck out of me. He thinks he "made" jeans in nearly everyone's closet. Aside from his language stripping the actual garment workers of what they did, I'm quite happy there's nothing in my closet he's had anything to do with. I don't tend to follow a lot of fashion journalism but Vanessa Friedman in particular always seems a little out to lunch with her columns, especially when it comes to denim, and apparently her guests too.

Those look great. What has your washing schedule been like? I have a whole slew of 0105's just waiting to really get started on - I love the cut, but I also have some jeans I want to get through first. Problems.

Thanks for posting. I’ve definitely considered their trousers a few times, so I wouldn’t mind knowing more.

I’ve gone on a run these past 18 months and need to tone it down. Excuse my arcane signifying system. I’m too tired to think of something better. Haven’t sold hardly anything and really don’t want to, though this may change at some point. I think I have a bigger problem with jackets. * = active rotation, ! = in storage closet, X = well worn, mostly dormant Tender 129 (Woad, size 2)- X Tender 132 (Achilles Heel, size 3)- ! Freewheelers 601xx 1951 (30) - * Freewheelers s601xx 1944/45, (30) BNWT - ! TCB 20’s (31) - * TCB 30’s, black, BNWT, (31) - ! Indigofera Kirk, Gunpowder (29), - X Warehouse 1003xx 1946 (29), - * Sugar Cane, Edo Ai (30),- x MFSC - Lot 64 Midnight Denim (29) - * MFSC - Lot 64 Midnight Denim (30) - ! Ooe Yufukuten OA01XX-0522 (31) - * and most worn currently Ooe Yufukuten SOA03XXD-0823, BNWT (32) - ! Fullcount 0105 (30) - ! Fullcount 0105bk (30) - * Fullcount 0105xx (30) - ! Fullcount 0105SS (29) - * Awaiting Freewheelers lot 601xx RB (30)

I’ll keep an eye on this as I’m going to be out near Edinburgh for a week or so in late June. Visiting family but still might be able to steal off to see a site or three. For me, bonus if it’s friendly for a three year old.

The xx4 denim in my 01’s is soft, but not more than FC’s. It also has formed creases quite well and held them - actually more than almost anything I’ve worn in recent years. Not that I’m usually wearing stuff known for that. I’m probably just at about 2-3 months of total wear on them and only ever did the initial hot soak and hand wash with a good bit of hand agitation. We’ll see what the second wash does, we’re not there yet.

I spent five years in NC and I’m never living south again if I can help it. Even DC is further than I’d go haha. (But, better!) I know some people love it. We get 4 real seasons here and it’s one of my favorite things in life. Housing, coming from Austin, would probably seem pretty reasonable too! Winters do get some people down - the sun can go away for a good while. You’ve got to get outside. For me, I like that. Lots of chances to wear all those great jackets.