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Jeans came in, same dark denim & pink-selvedge line as my jacket - LF44 I believe @Broark? Seller had washed pretty gently but I needed a fair bit more shrinkage for a size 34 to work, so chucked them in a 40 wash / 1600 rpm spin-cycle and a short run through the dryer on low heat. Definitely brought them to life (making me tempted to give the jacket the same treatment but don't need the shrinkage with it). Fit is good now and not too short in the inseam luckily. Looking through old Mercari listings (trying to gauge what shrinkage other people might have gotten) I spotted the same lot number visible on an older listing for a still raw pair, so I'm actually the third owner it seems 😅. Some before and after washing (with a day's wearing in): With the jacket (which is tub soaked only). It's the only matching denim tux I own but still doesn't look like it matches 😂. Well at least for now anyway.

I think you are in danger of overthinking things (I wouldn't worry about it bleeding through for example). If the fit is good just wear it and it'll break-in, even if it's a bit stiff at first. A soak will still leave it feeling stiff. If you need extra shrinkage for best fit beyond the one wash dimensions then try a machine wash to start with.

Unworn/unwashed pair in a size 36, in NP01 denim, popped up on mercari

Texas Tux does sound good, but Canadian Tux has the fun origin story involving Bing Crosby at a Vancouver Hotel and a literal denim tuxedo by Levi's

Yeah I noticed one of the stockists for the Cushman x Rebuilt 1937 Jeans was talking this up - (google translate from Junk House West) https://item.rakuten.co.jp/junkhousewest/003208/

Freewheelers 1922 506 / Andersen Andersen boatsman / Codina x Rite Stuff belt / Sugar Cane 1946 / Nicks

Haha yeah I feel like Freewheelers are good at finding vintage stuff that looks very Freewheelers-y if that makes sense, and then they have some original designs. Sometimes hard to tell which is which. I forget which jacket design but there was one where I assumed oh all those extra elaborations of stitching and pockets on top of pockets must be a FW exaggeration of period design... then saw the exact vintage piece on Fake Alpha or somewhere and was like ohhh

Chopper Builders looking good! Came across these 1950s vintage Carter's denim which I presume form most of the inspiration. They did bib overalls with the same layered front pockets and double knee as well.

Don't know. I have noticed quite a few stores that used to have Buyee as the pop-up recommended proxy service integrated on their websites have switched to Zenmarket now. Not sure the reason. Jeans are also up at Raze

Awesome. Nice to see the comparison between the different denims. I have a pair of the jeans on the way that I found on Mercari - I'm hoping they're the same denim as my S06 jacket (which I think is LF44) but I'm not sure.

This guy's blog has some decent images of some late 90s Joe McCoy stuff. The era Atsushi was involved with pre-Bootleggers/Freewheelers if I'm not mistaken.

Going through jeanspavilion it looks like the Bootleggers guys weren’t the only Deadheads on the repro scene back in the day 😆 710 (as in 710 Haight Ashbury) for the lot number was well played

I do enjoy how Ueki's on the red tab looks like it reads something else 😅

1990s version of the copper king jacket they reissued with the 1943 jeans https://www.fromjapan.co.jp/japan/en/special/order/confirm/https%3A%2F%2Fjp.mercari.com%2Fitem%2Fm90085840817/13_1/

I was looking at this Jett Rink storm rider repro recently but didn’t know anything about them. Looks good https://www.fromjapan.co.jp/japan/en/auction/yahoo/input/r1141693364/

Yeah I feel the same, the one on my FW 1946-47 is pretty frayed and curled up at this point but it's like another little ageing thing to enjoy. The SCSC 1946 one (and its vintage counterpart) look longer than I've seen on other repros. I still need the Vintage Denim Jacket book.

I think the button reinforcement is a Freewheelers artistic licence thing? It's not something I've ever seen highlighted on vintage jackets eg. on denimarchieves.com The FW Ironalls chore jacket has extra backing on the ring-back buttons inside the front placket I believe (I don't own one...yet), at least Iceclimber's photo's look like they show this. The size tag above the leather patch is definitely repro'd by other makers- my Neat Style x Denim Bridge has it, BoT and CSF have done it too. Sugar Cane SCSC 1946 has it, but the 1943/1945 don't because the vintage jackets they based it off didn't.

The run of cinch back jeans he made for Silver & Gold are still available in a few sizes: https://store.silver-and-gold.com/?pid=155995484 https://www.instagram.com/p/CnLmeU7v09x/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

I think they had a big sale of their older stuff, like 6 months ago maybe? I remember individual sizes of the wide leg jeans being listed on the website discounted like they were clearing stock. They used to sell a nice looking gansey knit, made in Suffolk I remember being tempted by. Feel like things have been on the slide for a while now though.

Thanks...think it was last year 2024. I got it from Hoosier last May, I was in Kyoto and got some stuff from there in person -some of which was old season but that was a new arrival. Cool store to visit IRL lots of crazy older FW and Barnstormers pieces, pretty sure I saw that Lee Marvin belt the Duke made for him hanging up in there too.

Slash Overalls S06XX / Freewheelers tee / Joe McCoy belt / Sugar Cane S1943 / Nicks

This is the slogan I need printed on a T-shirt TBH

Sugar Cane 1945 / Muji / Joe McCoy / Sugar Cane 1942 / Nicks

The 1922 jeans on the other hand were un-hammered and a danger to leather seats everywhere 😂

Hard-wearing with generous thighs is generally what I look for