Alec Leamas

@indigoeagle I did yes! Fit wise, they’re very similar, comfy high rise and top block, then quite a pronounced taper (in Sufu terms anyway). Lovely fit, and road-proven through the DD-1947! I hoped and kind of expected them to be similar, and was right on that one. The DD banner denim I would say is marginally softer, and a bit more characterful, grainy etc. The Denime banner denim is smoother, and like I said has that brown cotton coming through, giving the faded areas a warmer hue. I too am looking forward to seeing how they compare, I went for the same size (34) in the 54’s…which could have been an error given how different the waist measurement is! We shall see. Gone the same route getting a one wash pair from warehouse direct, with their own hem too of course! I will of course share details when they arrive (probably mid-late next week given past experience)

This is exciting! The likelihood of a mid-December start crossed my mind again earlier this week actually (probably while I was contemplating buying some new jeans - which I did, in the end, never mind). Is this still anticipated? Or is it more end of Dec / early Jan now? I am 100% okay with either and ready to go when he is!

I have a couple off the back of my recent OCBD spree (that you kindly imparted some advice on) - I can check some of the lengths of mine - I now have a couple Kamakura and BB to compare...I'll come back to you with some measurements soon!

@PrettyBoyTony - Good question, it's probably: 1. I have fallen on Warehouse as my brand of choice for jeans (keeps things simpler, and I can obsess deeply about one brand rather than many, for now at least!) 2. I like jeans to look worn/lived in quickly - this fabric fades fast (and is lighter than the 220A denim - ideal for me, I found the 220A to be a touch too thick) 3. You can see the brown cotton coming through, giving the faded areas a richer tone than what I have seen in previous pairs with white cotton 4. Beyond that, I don't know honestly, I just like it - I also jumped on the chance to have "collected" the 220XX series I suppose, depending on how the WW2 edition looks when it comes out (could be any time soon) I may grab that too

Haha! Yes, the lightning fade was there from day 1 pretty much, being one washed from Warehouse, they arrived to me with the coin pocket crease already going on. Dad life and a fair few diy jobs have worn the thighs, plus the additional fade on the right knee haha!

220XX-47's fresh out of the wash - I'll do some more details when they're properly dry tomorrow.

@PrettyBoyTony if this is anything to go by, I like the 220XX-47's so much I cracked and ordered a pair of the 54's from Warehouse yesterday as well (same denim different cut)

Just had a look and they sure do! 👀 Also nice to see some Timeworn stuff listed on their site

Thanks @scooby for the info!!

Definitely keep! Fit looks great. What a thing to have stashed away!! Haha

It’s tricky with Warehouse as they have no publicised production schedule to speak of. Most retailers will tell you when asked “it arrives when it arrives”. That said, they do seem to be re-releasing the dead stock blue series bit by bit. The Denime 220XX 47 or 54 would substitute very well, as to all intents and purposes they are just warehouse jeans really!

Cheers! Good info!

@yung_flynn actually neither! There are some remaining pairs with the gents at Signet: https://thesignetstore.com/collections/warehouse/products/cowboy-pants-ww2-model-1002

Those of us who grabbed the WW2 cowboy jeans (WH1002) back when they came out….did you take your regular Warehouse size? I’m looking at you @scooby, @shredwin_206 given the recent passing on of the jeans post between you both! My earlier proclamations about “no more jeans until WOMCON” are teetering on a precarious edge, as I knew they probably would! 🙄

Quite right! If we can collectively find the shop with the Goldilocks hem, they would have a tonne of business from us no?! Answers (and photographic evidence!!) on a postcard please!

Interesting to hear everyone’s views. And reassuring to hear the level of obsession throughout. @bod this is intriguing, I shall make a note of them and potentially use in future. @willi I’m way too short to go the same route. And with the obsession with the hem comes the need to have it on show, either uncuffed completely, or cuffed once. Another perfect example would be TCB, they’ve got it 100% nailed. From my somewhat basic research (and hours of obsession), I believe it to be a combination of the size of the folder on the machine, and how well the machine is actually maintained and run. I think with Inoue san having worked on the machines for so many years, TCB’s are very well “tuned” (please excuse the non expert terminology!!) This is getting way off thread topic sorry mods!

@tooth I've reflected on and obsessed over this for an undue amount of time given how little time I've actually been invested in repro denim / Americana / MiJ stuff in general. To the point though now that I know what I like and where to get that - and it's always direct from the makers of the jeans themselves, either the factory hem or the hemming provided by the maker of the jeans when ordering. The best examples of this being Fullcount and Warehouse. I've found that the hems I have had from other places, while still good, have not been rolled as tight, or at that goldilocks width. Having had what I see as the perfect hem, it's hard to be satisfied with anything else.

For what it's worth, and this is probably not much now given you already have them in hand - Full Count hem pairs bought direct from them and their hemming matches the factory hems very closely. @beautiful_FrEaK I did not know that! Thank you for the info!

@space_cowboy just to add further intrigue, but also to possibly solve the mystery, those 2 pairs are different inseam lengths! (something I actually didn't know FC did!!)...so they likely will be from two different production runs. All FC jeans are one-wash processed now, or mostly anyway, so I imagine it's hard to control the outcome of that. Sticking a tonne of pairs of jeans into an industrial washer and washing and spinning them must produce a really wide variety of outcomes. I admit though that is a drastic difference! My 0105s came with a patch more like your top example there.

Felco are a brand stocked by All Blues near me and their quarter zips (actually called half zips by the brand) look pretty good: https://allbluescostore.com/product/felco-half-zip-collar-sweat-12oz-french-terry-pigment-navy/ This faded blue one looks good, but there's a few different colours in stock. Having held them they seem pretty robust!

Those Beckmans look lovely!

I missed this! Someone else actually linked me to their site as well in the end. I do love the look of these, the thing that put me off from grabbing some (I was virtually there!) was the shipping cost. If I was more in the market for a pair at this point it would need to be via proxy, which wouldn't probably end up much less to be fair.

Buzz Rickson Uniqlo jumper Warehouse 1001XX 25th Anniversary John Lofgren M43

@AlientoyWorkmachine they're looking great!! Despite all the shortcomings with robustness etc, I still prefer a well worn Warehouse pair over any other!!

@Jared_Lee haha wow - I spent a chunk of my youth collecting reggae vinyl and attending reggae dance's, inspired very much by a close friend's older brother who was a reggae DJ (eventually I and my closer friends all got into DJing - such a wonderful time). Anyway - these 3 were obviously some of our favourites (notwithstanding the questionable politics/views) - seems like Capleton still has it very much locked down, not so sure about Sizzla or Barrington though! Thanks for sharing, you've encouraged a huge wave of nostalgia!