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Cooler temps in the mountains is a nice break from the oppressive heat back home. Lovely weather today! FW army shirt, tezomeya t, duke belt, wom jeans

Taking some days off in the rocky mountains. Started the day with a trail ride and spent the afternoon hiking around taking photos.

Shrunk my SC 1945 jacket and gave it a test fit. SC 1945, power wear, wom jeans, birks

I recognize that jacket @MJF9 looking good!

Gave my 33 jacket its second wash today. Coming along slowly but I’m starting to see some progress.

I appreciate the responses. I’ve liked the look of the N1s for a bit now, but this one might be best to admire from a distance. If I’m out in the cold for any duration I’m typically doing something active and the layering approach works just fine. I could see a reason for it at a sporting event or something minimally active. Not in a rush and wanted to see how other people liked or didn’t like them.

For those with N-1 jackets, do you still wear them or do they end up collecting dust in your closet?

I resonate with this strongly. In the last 5 yrs or so I’ve been getting really picky about what records I buy. I don’t really want to buy an album if I only like one song. So it better be really good, or I’ll seek out a compilation or better yet 45 single since they take up less space. Bonus is the 45s (styrene excepted) generally sound better than the same song from an LP. Yeah, albums give that different listening experience that can be nice. I’ve ended up with a significant collection of singles as Soul is my favorite genre. Too many cuts that were only ever available as a single. Lately, I’ve been enjoying sticking to what I can find locally or when traveling rather than buying records online. Kind of a fun limitation that rewards patience with serendipity. I’ll counter @Double 0 Soul by saying that most albums suck. Or to word differently, it’s a small percentage of albums that deliver a great front to back listening experience. I think albums are worth listening to front to back at least once, but I’m not going to force myself to listen to 7 or 8 filler tracks when I just want to hear the best 2 or 3 off the album. The beauty of truly great albums is the nuance that is revealed with multiple listens over multiple years. “De la Soul is Dead” is one of those albums for me.

The side-eye from the pup is too good

Looks good @Jared_Lee are you doing the laundromat wash + dryer with these? And I agree these seemed to knock off a chunk of indigo with the shrink wash and first week of wear, then settled in to neither fast nor slow fading.

Sorry for your loss @bartlebyyphonics

Quick update pic from a couple weeks ago. I’ve worn these pretty consistently since the start. They have seen a variety of activities from light hikes, weekend trips, walks around town, several skateparks, and plenty of office & car sitting. I think I might give them their first proper wash in a couple more weeks. Whiskers looking good so far. The fit/cut is still very enjoyable.

I made a very impromptu trip down to Santa Fe (from Denver) on Friday. Apologies to the group I didn’t even think to give a heads up until I was already heading back home. The 10th anniversary S&S/OOE pair they have for pre-order is black unsanforized denim with some loosely interpreted 20s-ish details; black warp white weft, cinch, suspender buttons (metal), belt loops, crotch rivet, exposed back pocket rivets, and white cloth patch. The patch was blank, so who knows what that will end up looking like. They told me the cut was more/less a modified 03 with same-ish top block (hip ever so slightly narrower) and still has the straight leg, but ever so slightly narrower from the knee down than standard 03. I neglected to take photos of them, but here’s a snip from the S&S SF IG

Looks great @beautiful_FrEaK If you get time, do you mind sharing measurements for your jacket? I ended up picking up the 45 jacket in non-wash. Curious how close your jacket shrunk compared to the one wash chart.

Hat + sunglasses a must here in the higher elevation. It’s still a trip needing sunglasses early in the morning, but the sun is aggressive. However, I can’t stand sunglasses with a beanie. Looks absolutely awful and I’m not about that.