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The stores in Sweden that sell japanese denim like Second Sunrise, Meadow and Göteborg Manufaktur all charge very fair prices for the jeans imo, I'd gladly buy from them too to keep them in business. I believe I paid just over €200 each for my TCB and Sugar Cane jeans from Second Sunrise, hemming included, which is very fair imo. I remember the outcry when an old generational family-owned candy/fruit-store in my area had to close due to financial reasons, but yet I never saw anyone actually buy from them when they were still around. So I think it's pretty simple, if you want a business to remain: support them. But we are all pretty good at this on this forum probably, buying from small (mainly Japanese) clothing brands instead of fast fashion chains.

Incredible, this is just how I want my jeans to look.

I messaged Ryo abt a year ago on Instagram and they said that sadly they were not interested in doing an 80s redline repro. It’s a mystery to me though why almost no brands repro this model, only the LVC version comes to mind.

@AlientoyWorkmachine If TCB did a 90s 501 cut I would wear nothing else. That cut is so easy to size up and down and they still look good no matter what.

@CharlieMike The SC66 is a good pair of jeans I can recommend them, the top block and thighs however are quite roomy in comparison with the legs that taper slightly. I get the feeling comparing the measurements with real 60s pairs that the hem is slightly smaller in comparison with the top block/thighs. Also important to note as @beautiful_FrEaK said this is not a ”66” repro but a late 60s aka ”BigE” repro.

@dotcomzzz Also had the made in Turkey 1984 501s for a while, and yeah those were not the best. Not the worst either though. But I believe the made in Turkey stuff still use japanese denim.

Today I went to a small vintage store where amongst the Zara and H&M jeans there was a pair of unwashed, completely unworn 555 LVC 55 501s and a real pair of Big E 701s!! Super cool to actually find a pair of Big Es in the wild but of course I had to tell the elderly lady who owned the store what she had on her hands, because she had no idea. Also I'm finally the happy owner of a copy of What's The Story on vinyl. The jeans of today are my Sugar Cane 66s which I've been wearing a bit more lately, really easy to dress up and down.

@JohnM Interesting, thanks for great insight!

@vIGGiou riou Yes but that makes me wonder how accurate the LVC version is? My view of the true 66 cut is that it's slim straight rather than straight tapered based on the few times I've actually looked at real vintage pairs in real life. I still think the SC66 is a great pair of jeans with nice denim and details but there is just something about the cut that I find slightly unbalanced and inauthentic...

@crescent Yes this is true. To be honest I don't mind a smaller leg opening at all but since the thighs are quite roomy on the SC66 it makes the whole jean look a bit unbalanced compared to other 66 models from other brands, almost like a 90's dad jean. Even my TCB 505s which is supposed to be a tapered fit has a much more balanced appearance with a slim silhouette throughout.

What a day! And that album is a banger as well, often had it on repeat during my teenage years. His new stuff is really good too imo.

That’s a really good fit. Is that the 30 or 32 inseam option?

Got to meet some deer today on the Swedish/Norwegian border outside the town of Idre. -35 C is a personal record for me and I wore a Rocky Mountain jacket and Orslow painter pants (with lots of wool underneath).

That's awesome

Thanks! I love the 47 denim, it’s the gold standard for a good japanese denim imo.

New (micro)brand: Live's/517 Laboratory Someone is finally doing a 517 repro. I don't know why the 517 is so unpopular compared to the 505 which almost every repro brand has a model off. The only other 517 repro I'm aware of is one made by Denime during the Shins era. Apparently this repro is set to sell in February and from their insta I learned some interesting details about the earliest 517s which I hope will be featured. For example that some jeans had both selvedge and overlock stitch and that they were less flaired and more true straight during the big E era. If they'll come with a 34 inseam I'll likely get a pair. https://www.instagram.com/517_laboratory/

The last of the best: snagged these 501s made in the US for EU market in 2000 for around 20 bucks. Fit is of course immaculate, they also have some nice fades started and I'll continue to wear them. To think that just 10 years later I bought my first pair 501s but at that point they were paper thin and made in Bangladesh. Edit: it is possible to enhance image for better quality.

Looks like an amazing fit.

Beautiful jacket!

@Geeman Both my 40s and 505s has about an inch of shrinkage after several washes.

Today a friend brought me to a Jeanerica sample sale (Swedish fashion/denim brand). Thought I wouldn't buy anything since most of their jeans are pre-faded, but in a small pile were a couple of raw jeans reduced from $200 to $50 so there wasn't much to lose really. Would describe the cut as 66-ish (straight but with a slight taper), denim is about 12oz and made in Portugal. It's clear that these weren't made for a denim-enthusiast market but on a discount they're not bad, it can be nice to take a break from all the japanese stuff once in a while. Next to my TCB 505s.

@AlientoyWorkmachine Have you checked out the Brady Ariel? Not a pure camera bag but can probably be used as such.

In terms of denim it has to be TCB 40s (all the fades on the WWII contest are simply great), Resolute 710 and post redline 80s STFs (great compromise between thickness and softness).

Maybe Nasa should've put some vacuum sealed japanese denim on the Voyager instead of that golden disc.. show the aliens what's really important to us humans.

@LazyS Perfect blue jeans, what else can be said?