yung_flynn

Here’s an update on my Duck Digger 1947 in Banner Denim after about a year of my own ownership. I’ve rode them pretty hard all summer. Unfortunately I had to get a little less precious about drying so now I’m forced to wear them Hayashi-style. On the positive side though, it’s giving nice marbling

I’m a 38-40 in a blazer/sport coat and would buy a 42 in most TCB jackets

My 1890s are getting a very early wash today. A baby emergency made a different kind of No. 2 denim

I feel like this is what scuttled the TCB contest some, since the 1890s detail are pretty nice. It's a shame though because they're actually pretty nice and wearable. From the manufacturer/designer standpoint, I feel like the most value of a group contest comes when it partly functions as a group-funded sample run of a new model or fabric. This would be especially true for the smaller or newer makers since it effectively guarantees them X real world samples to publicize while still making a profit. Like some others, I'm not much for competing in these sorts of things, but I would consider it for the community aspect and as a way to help a smaller maker get things off the ground.

The WH 1947 is a bit weird because the top of the coin pocket has a lock stitch, while the standard 1001xx has a selvedge which probably explains their difference in puckering. The new Denime 1947 also appears to be a lockstitch at the top of the coin pocket, but I can't quite tell from stock photos. I think that for a given denim though, lightning fades might be more pronounced when the coin pocket denim shrinks in the direction perpendicular to the shrinkage in the underlying denim as this would place the coin pocket denim under the most stress. To your original point though, I think that you are right and that certain denims will show this effect more than others depending on yarn choice, weave tension, etc.

I agree that there are probably many contributing factors, but I do think that the relative denim direction in the coin pocket area is a key parameter particularly after accounting for the primary direction of shrinkage as a result of the difference in orientation. It's noticeable if you scroll through Warehouse's sample photos. Both the Duck Digger 1947 versions of the 1001xx and the standard 1001xx use the same denim. However, the 1947 version with its perpendicular coin pocket orientation almost always has a pronounced vertical coin pocket lightning fade, while the standard 1001xx with its parallel orientation does not (at least in the WH provided sample photos). The Denime 1947 seems to be oriented like the Duck Digger and has a similar lightning nbolt

This always has interested me with Warehouse denim. I'm pretty sure that it is due to the perpendicular orientation of the denim direction in the coin pocket relative to the underlying denim, which should give a lot of shear stress during the washing process

Thanks for the write-up! I really love my Warehouse 1947 pair, so I'm curious how these develop. Banner Denim is a fun textural journey over time. It's easy to forget how gritty and coarse the denim felt once they get much smoother over time