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I could go for something a bit oversized perhaps, but I’m not on IG and the prices of stuff I’m doubtful. I’ll keep a lazy eye on the this thread though.

Style being a forever subjective assessment means proving its existence will always be an impossibility. We are just bickering about tastes here. Aesthetic value is of course only opinion. Some possibly more widely agreed upon, but no less opinions and judgments and only that. What I will say about your offer of proof is that just imagine if the imprints of the W were missing. Everything can always be a smidge better, this is just one way here. I suppose we should move this over to nonsense though.

I'd sooner go to bat for the notion that Lee and Wrangler designs/detailed jeans should be left in the dustbins of history but we've all got our limiting opinions that won't find much common ground here. To be even further contrarian, I'd say bottom button is trickier than the top. I hold both of these views strongly for myself but lightly enough for others.

Why they feel the need to do this is a question for their therapist. But there is no rule. I’ve seen every iteration look fantastic and also look terrible, and it’s usually not primarily to do with what buttons have been done up or not.

Hahah I had been eyeing that pair, but did not do so with the aggression as you did- staying true to not buying (so far!) with wmj contest. But when it’s done I am going to revisit. I love the balmacan I was gifted and generally really like what I see from them. Glad to see you got them! Now…how are you gonna beat them up with all your other obligations?

Sounds unfortunately familiar. My wife usually escapes it because her immune system is almost bulletproof. This last round tho, influenza A followed 2 or days later by influenza B - had all three of us laid out for the same time - so that was a first - third round of viruses since the new year - madness!! Preschool is hardcore.

^ not sure I’ve ever agreed with anything more than the above statement.

I see jpy 84480 / usd760

Inis Meain/Kapital/Ooe Yofukuten/WMJ 611’s, Red Wing

Layers season here, for sure. Inis Meain/Kapital/Ooe Yofukuten/WMJ 611’s, Red Wing Slow start for me, been laid up with all the winter viruses lately!

^ you got a separate care routine for your hems? 😃

Late to this but happy birthdays to you both!

I’m not on instagram and so can’t really see anything. have they announced a preorder? Wish they would not use it as their only communication…oh well.

Sold my (motor) bike long ago but can’t bring myself to part with my Perfecto. Only other downside I would say is that these jackets are in danger of wearing the person. As opposed to the person wearing the jacket. They’re a bit of a statement. Though I think that’s been lessened over the years with how ubiquitous they’ve become. Much as I love mine I can’t pull it off every day, but some days hell yeah.

I sized mine not much expecting to use the cinch, and now they’re cinched all the way. Ha. At least til the next wash.

Most good tailors/alterations shops can replace a zipper, it’s not that uncommon.

Never! This is just a question of layering strategies, really.

Variations on the same ol’ Inis Meain / Peregrine / Kapital / WMJ / Oak St.

^ not as far along as you but definitely feeling like they'll be fast fasters, especially compared to the Ooe's I was just used to! Maybe reaching 18 months in a good state will require some well chosen breaks along the way.

Each person is different and I’m not a doctor (though for walking pain a visit may not hurt) - but I’ve found the long term benefits of avoiding excessive padding / structure have resulted in healthier and stronger feet. I also have high arches fwiw, though not criminally so. For people who have never taken that route easing in is generally recommended to avoid injury - but sort of like sitting a lot (without compensatory work) can lead to core atrophy can lead to back pain, that can happen with feet in a way. A lot of padding can help but probably better thought of a bandaid than addressing the root of the issue - and that’s fine and all but worth noting depending on your goals.

Not exactly in line with your request but for me, if I’m doing a day of 20-25k steps and I’m not running, and it’s not out in the woods (or it’s just all relatively flat surface) I will feel much better afterwards having done it in Birks or barefoot shoes than any Nike or whatever trainer I’ve ever tried.

^ this is the vibe the world needs. Love it @jkbrwn

This is a real long shot but if anyone has an Ooe Cossack jacket (moleskin, not leather) in a size 40 that they’re willing to part with shoot me a message.

I live a university town, I see a lot of it already haha.

Interesting the way this conversation has gone. In general, I don’t buy the concept of aging out of jeans. Aging out of particular ways to wear them or styles of fit, yes, yes. Yes, originally they were workwear, but we’re talking decades and decades since they leapt out of the factories and the mines and into the general population. I guess there are levels to this - and I suppose this is more specific to when and where I’ve grown up and lived - they’ve been the ultimate neutral and sort of signal flattener. They don’t really convey class or position on society one way or the other - but they do convey a basic sense of giving at least the tiniest of a shit in most cases - where sweats/tracks/pajamas are on much less stable territory here. They go at least as far in one direction as chinos or trousers do another direction. This might be a less popular opinion and really is just about my own sensibility but I find the attempts to formalize or “dress up” jeans to be misguided. A blazer with jeans - even dark jeans with tonal stitching - and dress shoes, for me, conveys a sense of a sort of conformist or an institutionalist who wants to be seen as a touch less serious in order to ingratiate themselves. If it’s a 5 pocket design, it should not be paired with a sport coat. I am painting with a broad brush here - but in the most basic sense, the gut reaction is to run the other direction - or to suggest putting on pants that don’t confuse the tone of the sport coat and probably the person wearing it. I think the only thing worse is sneakers with a sport coat and jeans, or those awful shoes that have dress style tops and fat rubber soles. As always, exceptions exist, and in the heritage world there are things like sack coats and chore coats that confuse this sort of assertion even more. I apologize if I’ve offended anyone’s general sensibility - take a free shot at me. Or, even better, wear it well and be in the world proving me wrong.