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That’s a member requirement for this forum. Don’t be too tough on yourself.

Rare non denim day. Inis Meain/Cottle/Tender/Samurai - and blundstones for the mud.

These are probably my size, but I'm not interested. But if I were, especially for something high priced I would definitely want measurements, not guesstimates, fwiw.

happy birthday! To you both!

There’s very possibly a discrepancy in the way of measuring the thighs between TCB and FW. I’ve got a pair of black 30’s in size 31 from TCB. I sized up for a loose fit, and they are loose, but the thigh isn’t crazy. 11” for a size 30 is straight up skinny jean style and one reason I went to repro fits - (I guess I squat just enough for this to matter). Usually repro cuts are > 11.5”(on the slimmer side) or more for a size 30 and this is measured directly from the crotch. It could be TCB is doing it this way and the FW measurement is 10cm down, or something. I just checked my Freewheelers ‘51 30x30 and they are slightly greater than 12” on the thigh, and that should definitely be a slimmer model than a 30’s model.

@JMS a shop called Klaxon. They only had one left but fortunately it was my size. I didn't dive too aggressively but cursory searches didn't turn up anything else for me in Japan that was still in stock. I saw a few in Europe but they were about $100 more.

It may seem obvious but Rome is a fascinating city and while I would also prefer to spend the majority of my time on the coast I can't imagine a trip that long without a few days there.

I’ve been wearing my blanket lined 1953 pretty consistently lately and had to see if I could find my size in the corduroy SC15463. I found one left and got a deal so I couldn’t pass it up and as soon as I put it on I absolutely do not regret it. For me this is pure nostalgia as I used to wear a much crappier Sherpa corduroy type 3 in college. I told myself no new denim this year, still going strong!

That’s actually just how the world is oriented now.

Not sure when you were last here but Hyperion (started in Ypsi) is what I prefer - granted I haven’t tried their decaf. Madcap (GR) and Higher Ground (TC) both have a spot in our home too (Higher Ground’s half caf blend makes a decent shot, surprisingly). Will have to circle back around to Comet, it’s been awhile and when I first went it didn’t make much impression on me…but I’ve got a toddler, so I don’t get out to local cafe’s all that often since we moved here. The trick with all of them is finding a decaf that is a medium or light roast, so even more reason to scope Newport. My wife and I met at Intelligentsia (original location) back in the day so I’ve been partial to them whenever I’m in the area even though there are so many good options in Chicago.

Do you pull shots from it? How's it go if so? I take a caffeine break usually 2x a year for a good month or sometimes even a few, so I'm always on the lookout for good decaf. My go to so far is Counter Culture's Urcunina Decaf, which I find pulls a pretty nice shot. It's still decaf but the first week isn't quite as dispiriting if I splurge for this one.

It should be possible to bottle them and wait 90 years and sell them as the raw vintage tears of a (sort of) pre apocalyptic landscape.

To think these are going to waste in some display or trunk when they could be put to good use by any number of this forum’s members. @shredwin_206 aren’t they your size?

Pacific Gas and Electric would like a word.

I’m glad it got below freezing for you to test it out! Haha meanwhile I’ve had sub zero windchills the past 10 days or so and am busy layering merino base, and lined denim jackets under a cheap old everlane parka. Still works but maybe not as stylish I’ll admit. But actually today we’re above freezing so I’ll go the same route sans parka.

Oof. To be honest I'd feel almost unkind criticizing this whole thing. It feels entirely desperate. I really hope this dude finds whatever he is looking for but I have my doubts the answer is in ... whatever this whole project is and the mentality that seems to go with it. If you took an ill equipped motorcycle ride for the supposed enjoyment of being unencumbered with the dredges of contemporary society and you didn't film it to sell jeans did you even ride?

I’m generally a 30, and have the 01’s in 31. You can scroll up to see the last photo I posted wearing them - they have room in the top and the waist is the only thing that needed to stretch, but it did need to stretch more than anything else I’ve got - it came up smaller than my 29’s from Warehouse, for instance. The denim does stretch pretty easily. I’m used to having the hips/thighs be too tight for my waist, and while I haven’t tried Resolutes that’s one reason why (last I checked the measurements they put me off). That said, I opted to take my next pair in 32.

Indeed. I avoid this problem by essentially avoiding button down shirts altogether! Exceptions made for dressier settings but then there are no jeans and no type 1s there. @shredwin_206 it’s as good an excuse as any and I’d do it if I did that work.

I declare the real problem is tucking a shirt into jeans. I mean, what are these, trousers? No 47’s here but my 51’s present no such issue. That said, nary a button down shirt has ever been tucked into them (and never, ever will be).

Yea, I think this is very true, and in speaks to the income inequality problem in a lot of ways. But, for my (fortunate) life, I can get better, healthier vegetable dishes way more easily from the local dining options. Better meat dishes too. Better n/a drink options. Better coffee. It’s not something everyone has access to, absolutely - and our family elects to pay for these things instead of other things (we don’t travel much at all, for instance). But when I grew up most restaurants were more or less just pub food (tasty at the right time, but I’d rather not it be my main fare nor would my doctor). @yung_flynn I have complicated feelings about a lot of post-modern canonical works - including Society of the Spectacle - but I do think a lot of it is a useful framework. (For some background I did an MFA years ago, which in most universities is actually sort of like an amateur philosophy grad degree with professors who maybe aren’t the best at interpreting works of philosophy and oh then maybe some art stuff sprinkled in). @Cold Summer a good friend of mine in college wore a robe and pajama pants nearly every day to class. Shoulder length hair he rarely if ever cut, unkempt beard. This could be seen as a statement, and I suppose in some way it was - something along the lines of “fuck the idea of dressing in a way that makes other people comfortable” - but as subversive as it was it was also about convenience, comfort and simplicity for him. The robed dude is one of the most good humans I’ve ever known and to this day devotes his life to advocating for homeless people to get rights and resources in the city of Chicago earning a meager wage doing so - and he could be making a lot more. I’m sure he wears a version of a khaki mid level manager uniform to work now in order to be able to do the work he wants to. I’m not sure people in PJ’s in public should make us uncomfortable - I know the world would be a better place with more of that dude even if everyone were in bathrobes.

Eh - we're all part of a culture (and more) inherently. (see Althusser!) The culture is just different and transcends physical boundaries because of the internet. I think what we're lamenting here is essentially what happens when the world is more connected. There are no whims out of thin air - people are acculturated from the day they are born. None of us on sufu are different, really! I mean - to the outside world we have the wardrobe diversity of these coffee shops - each with their own little local flair if you travel enough. As for the misremembered 90's thing - our generation did the same shit (in the 90's) of the 60's and 70's. I think we should all look at each other a little more generously. I'm around these kids quite often now and they're trying to make sense of a more fucked up landscape than I was - if they like how a Sublime shirt looks who am I to judge. I'm not sure any of them are trying to look like Daria, Kurt, or Claire Daines. They're just taking stuff they like and mashing it with other stuff, so of course it will be a bit different. Any time we cringe at an LFO or Abercrombie resurgence someone else cringes at a denim tuxedo from any time period. I mean, I know that one denim tux is totally, wildly different from another but to the general landscape there's really no difference between some Levi's outlet cheap labor tux and the finest '46 collectible set Sugar Cane wants to make. As I've said before - even with the problems, I'd no more live in any time other than right now. Last I checked here in the U.S., nearly 500 of every 1000 children born died before the age of 5 two centuries ago. To that end, every boring ass brick and window coffee shop reliably has much better coffee than I could get almost anywhere fifteen years ago. Shit was brutal. Do I wish they incorporated more local idiosyncrasies? Do I miss being able to find weird shit? Sure, there are some cultural and lifestyle elements that current western culture has jettisoned and we are worse off for, and we should work hard to recognize and restore them - but there was never a better time in any comprehensive or meaningful way. And at least where I live, there's still plenty of charming and weird shit around but more importantly most kids have a better than 50% chance of getting past kindergarten. On top of that I have better food and coffee more easily available to me than my parents could have dreamed of. Sure, the decor isn't so good. I do enjoy thinking about a world that was not designed to be photographed for Instagram, but like also, a lot of people love that stuff. Sorry if I'm a little blunt, there are weird crossovers between the denim world (which obviously I have affinity for) and a sort nostalgic... a romanticizing of a different life - that has just never in any way I've ever seen really answered the core question of why now isn't a better time to be alive strictly based off of the infant mortality rate alone. I even checked in with my old book friend Mr. Kingsnorth (who I see converted), and while I always appreciate his insight doesn't seem to be answering this now either. (I'll probably forever prefer his pre conversion writings, but hey maybe not, I will keep an open mind). I'm not some sort of techno futurist by any stretch, there is much about a richer life that I perceive as being more accessible in past Western culture, or perhaps present other cultures but as a whole, I think it's sort of folly to think too fondly to the times before. At best, we simply miss what is good and valuable about being here, now. Should I just piss off to tech wear now? 😃

@vlad_III I too am very turned off by that sort of ordering experience but as stated, going thru barnstormer it just wasn’t like that at all. I just like the variations in cut and denim from my FW. I haven’t put in the work on my OAs yet but for me the charm isn’t in some perfect stitch work but to each their own. I got the 03s because a pair of 01s basically landed on my lap, (again, no hype order - I got them raw for Japanese price off someone who mis-sized) and the cut and denim were both some of my favorite from new. Of course time will tell. I'm also not into repros per se, I have no concern about historical accuracy or whatever - I just find that most of my favorites fall under that category these days because the things to appreciate are subtler.

That was quick (well, also took a long time). 03's arrived today. These are 32's. Good bit of play in the waist raw still. Gonna go for maximum shrinkage on these straight away (whenever that is - honestly probably 2025 or even later). Denim seems a touch grayer and a touch more irregular than on my recent 01's. Lovely details in the stitching compared to my 01's, pocket bags are nice too. Last photo are my 01's in size 31 which I love the fit of in general and are completely comfortable now but I really had to stretch the waist out - which happened in about a few hours of wear. 0A's denim seem to stretch pretty forgivingly - can't be sure with the 03's but it feels similar enough to the 01 that I wouldn't be surprised. I've only worn the 01's a handful of times so far too and I think they will fade relatively quickly...but even these I'm not sure will be in regular rotation until next summer or fall. These are more just to show fit, the light isn't good for showing the denim. In general, this patterning feels a notch above a lot of repro's I've encountered - at least for my frame. We'll see how it all wears with time though.

Yea I picked up some 132’s as well! And a pair of De Bonne Facture cords - technically I made all orders last year but it’s a bad start. In the past I’ve been decent about changing habits in the new year (aside from last year, which I’m giving myself a pass on because of some stress I’ve never known before). But this one has been hard to kick. Part of it is that I’ve gotten sort of bored by a lot of contemporary photography and I used to collect photo books a good bit more than I do now. The year before last I allowed myself one pair and stuck to it. What should help is that I set automatic saving contributions to be more a good bit more aggressive (so I will feel more broke) and my wife finally is like “dude, isn’t that enough?” … I was like to be be honest I thought you’d say that like five or six pairs ago. Two or three years ago I had nothing on ice and never had. Now I’ve got something like five pairs waiting in the wings and about as many in the closet getting some wear. It feels a little silly. This doesn’t even touch on jackets…

Almost forgot about these but apparently Barnstormer is now shipping out the preorders, just got notified that Buyee has my pair. Looking forward to seeing them but realistically probably not to wearing them for like...2-3 years.