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@beautiful_FrEaK That jacket is so lovely. Will you soak it or keep it raw?

@fresh1 Can’t speak for the 50s, but in both my 40s and 505s I’ve had maybe one extra inch of shrinkage. Usually wash at 40 C but I’ve washed them at 60 C and even thrown them into the dryer once or twice.

@Double 0 Soul No idea, but I presume BiG had/has some wacky way of measuring jeans?

Wow nice pair!

Amazing pair of jeans, easily my favorite era for denim. Out of curiosity, which of your repros would you say has the most similar fit to this pair?

Really sweet looking pair from their instagram: https://www.instagram.com/superstitchparis/

@mk3radial Thanks for the pictures, the jeans look really nice and I think the fading potential is great from what I've seen on the web. I'm also a fan of the lightning on the coin pocket, a detail which I know TCB deliberately avoided on their 60s jean. Did they shrink any in inseam after the first washes?

@Maynard Friedman A friend of mine is visiting Paris for easter so might have them pick up a pair for me!

Has anyone tried the LR-01 from Superstitch Paris? Apparently a 1972-74 501 repro and I'm honestly quite tempted to try these. https://www.superstitch.paris/product-page/denim-lr01?lang=en

Sweet pair! Contrast seem pretty high for such many washes, the marbling remind me a little of the kind of fades you see on Orslows.

@Dr_Heech Sounds probable. Five inches of shrinkage does seem quite a lot, I was wondering when they stopped doing chainstitched hems?

I've been waiting three months for my latest purchase to ship all the way from Oklahoma to me in Sweden, so pretty excited to show it. Finally found a pair of deep dark indigo vintage Levi's in my size, and this pair in particular are a pair of early 80s non-selvedge shrink to fits. They have several funny quirks as these transitional redlines often do, but notable is probably the funny placement of the back pockets. The stitching overall feels quite sloppy compared to more common 90s pairs but the fabric still has that super hairy, thick and soft feel. Someone must've washed and dried these really hot back in the day because the tagged 33x38 has shrunk down to my 30x33. The natural color and details of the fabric was quite hard to capture with my phone so hope these photos will do!

Looks like a good fit, very classic.

@Talan The AI is certainly quite sophisticated and interesting in some ways. However, it’s answers are always based on already existing information from the internet, it will never take any individual standpoints about anything. That’s why my interest wore off quite quickly. For example, if asked which reproduction is truer to a 1966 single stitch 501, the TCB 60s or the Resolute 710, it will simply state the specifications of each jean and leave no further analysis or more in depth comparison.

I tried talking to the AI over at Chatgtp about denim, here are some fun excerpts from our conversation. Overall, the standard is pretty high I'd say.