Freewheelers, Bootleggers Reunion, Bubo, etc.

[MJF9]

@shredwin_206 proper workwear!

[shredwin_206]

@MJF9 post up some photos of what you’ve been fading from FW. Feel like I’m the only one posting in here haha 

[Lorcan]

Colour balance is a bit off as I lost the daylight, but here's a couple shots of my 46-47 506XX to play along. Gave it another hand wash at the weekend.

 

[indigoeagle]

The puckering on this Union Special Army deck worker parka is great.

 

Also the 46/47 Lot 601 506XX

Edited October 20, 2025 by indigoeagle

[vlad_III]

8 hours ago, Lorcan said:

Colour balance is a bit off as I lost the daylight, but here's a couple shots of my 46-47 506XX to play along. Gave it another hand wash at the weekend.

 

How many years?

[Lorcan]

2 hours ago, vlad_III said:

How many years?

Around 3 years 

[vlad_III]

On 10/21/2025 at 5:19 PM, Lorcan said:

Around 3 years 

Looks amazing!

[MJF9]

Landed today...

[LazyS]

[Broark]

Crazy pair of Bootleggers here for an equally crazy price.
If daycare wasn't so damned expensive I might consider bidding. 

[Dr_Heech]

1 hour ago, Broark said:

Crazy pair of Bootleggers here for an equally crazy price.
If daycare wasn't so damned expensive I might consider bidding. 

The 'Guarantee' ticket alone is worth the bid, go on mate - They are positively psychedelic! 😂

[beautiful_FrEaK]

Yep, that flasher and ticket alone make it worthwile  

[Broark]

Honestly might be the closest I get to owning vintage with the way the market is today. 

[Double 0 Soul]

Looks like slugs have been nibbling the flasher 

[shredwin_206]

1937 and 601rb. The 1937 are too small for me now so I’ll be sending them off to @scooby to keep the brotherhood of the jeans alive. 

[shredwin_206]

[nick682]

My bill from UPS was $19.64 for a pair of 51s shipped from Hoosier.  Just a heads up to you other guys in the US wondering what the fees are. 

[beautiful_FrEaK]

On 10/9/2024 at 5:38 PM, Dr_Heech said:

 

 

Still the most awesome and vintage looking leather patch out there

[LazyS]

47

[reubensangwich]

I figured it was time to go for a proper "set up," as I've been getting sick of my LVC jeans. 

The Vanishing West 506XX 1946-47 and 601XX 1947

 

[Double 0 Soul]

Looking good Reuben.. everything fits perfectly!

If you're looking for a proper 'set up' you'll also need to up your accessories game, hand lasted leather boots for a start, socks so thick you can't get your handmade boots on without a struggle..  a handstitched leather belt, investment cast buckle obvs.. handstiched leather wallet, too big to fit in your pocket .. hand platted leather wallet chain with additional pricey dangly shit.. handmade leather and brass keychain, vintage biker rings, racist MiJ Native American jewelry, discharge print, vintage (trunk down) bandana, handmade Japanese glasses and a flashy watch.. it's what the fashion press call 'going the whole sufu' 

Edited November 6, 2025 by Double 0 Soul

[ATWM]

56 minutes ago, Double 0 Soul said:

Looking good Reuben.. everything fits perfectly!

If you're looking for a proper 'set up' you'll also need to up your accessories game, hand lasted leather boots for a start, socks so thick you can't get your handmade boots on without a struggle..  a handstitched leather belt, investment cast buckle obvs.. handstiched leather wallet, too big to fit in your pocket .. hand platted leather wallet chain with additional pricey dangly shit.. handmade leather and brass keychain, vintage biker rings, racist MiJ Native American jewelry, discharge print, vintage (trunk down) bandana, handmade Japanese glasses and a flashy watch.. it's what the fashion press call 'going the whole sufu' 

Not sure I’ve ever actually seen that all together here to be honest! Isn’t that full DB, or full IG? 

At any rate, thick wool socks are one of the greatest pleasures in life, I think I’d ditch my denim before I’d ditch the socks… so they do need to be part of the kit. But…I do live in Michigan. 

Far as set ups though, hard to beat the choices here. 

[Double 0 Soul]

You should have been here a decade ago.. boy howdy!  .. my wallet was so thick in 2008 i had to see a chiropractor for posture correction!

DB is the same but with suspenders, pocket watch and a Stetson  .. dunno about IG, nvr been on it.

[beautiful_FrEaK]

^ Is the Fedora Lounge still active?!

[Double 0 Soul]

I'm not backing it up if that's what you're wanting? 

It was a weird af place wasn't it.. some fantastic knowledge but it felt like you were a NPC in an episode of Poirot .. you'd get middle aged men with mommy issues going for a game of tennis for instance, period correct tennis whites, rackets with wooden frames, arriving on a motorbike and sidecar, wicker picnic basket, bottle of vintage wine.. then an argument would break out whether David Crystal imported LaCoste in 1952 or 1953.. 

[ATWM]

2 hours ago, Double 0 Soul said:

You should have been here a decade ago.. boy howdy!

Nah….i think I came at just the right time 😃 

But I’ll never pass up a chance to note that a chiropractor is not the way to go if you have a back issue! Unless you believe in psychics too….pick your poison! 

[Double 0 Soul]

I was only joking.. but many a true word spoken in jest.. I did actually have a very hefty SDA short wallet between 2008 and 2010, I’d be stood at the bar wearing SC-47s wriggling around like an escapologist in a straight jacket trying to extract it from my pocket to pay for drinks.. it went in/out of SC Oki’s no probs.. I found myself keeping a £20 note in my front pocket to avoid embarrassment.. so the wallet was just a hipster prop and it hurt to sit on!.  .. I couldn’t not take it out with me because I had perfect wallet fades in the back pockets of my jeans and the pocket would be a bit saggy without it.

I’ve been around the forums for most of my adult life and if I’ve made one observation, it’s that people change, fashions change, folks join forum-land (whatever forum that may be) who dress well, they post frequently, they become influential whether they like it or not and it can swing the entire look of a forum demographic.. the ‘sufu look’ was completely different in 2008 (weirdly so) and different again in 2012 and different again in 2018 and so on.. we’ve reached a happy medium over the last 5yrs because we have so few posters.. 

When I came to forum-land I exclusively wore Sugarcanes, 20yrs later I still wear Sugarcanes but I’ve tried allsorts of shit in the meantime.. life’s a rich tapestry 

[Cold Summer]

On 11/6/2025 at 4:48 AM, Double 0 Soul said:

...a handstitched leather belt, investment cast buckle obvs.. handstiched leather wallet, too big to fit in your pocket .. hand platted leather wallet chain with additional pricey dangly shit.. handmade leather and brass keychain, vintage biker rings, racist MiJ Native American jewelry, discharge print, vintage (trunk down) bandana, handmade Japanese glasses and a flashy watch.. it's what the fashion press call 'going the whole sufu' 

To me this sounds more like the Lightning/Clutch/Japanese Amekaji dude aesthetic more than anything you ever see outside of Japan or maybe a Take 5 store elsewhere in Asia. I like this look, but it's harder to pull off outside Asia without looking like you're wearing a costume, and it can get a bit exhausting over time.

I actually really like the circa-2008 SuFu look which was much more streetwear-inspired, I felt that combination of streetwear with Amekaji aspects has aged surprisingly well. If you go back and see those Sidney Lo WAYWT fits from 2007-2008, a lot of them still look good today.

I feel the general SuFu look today is a nicely toned-down, though not quite minimalist take on the streetwear-meets-Amekaji style, with a stronger emphasis on 30s-WWII-era adjacent aspects. @Flash is, perhaps, the most influential member in contributing to this particular look (possibly even the most low-key influential SuFu poster ever?!) My own style has always been pretty influenced by the particularly Japanese Amekaji synthesis of various vintage aspects, although even I've toned it down in recent times (for example, ditching big cuffs for a proper hem and no cuff, no stuff in my pockets, etc.)

Edited November 11, 2025 by Cold Summer

[Double 0 Soul]

Ha! Yes.. flash was first and foremost a denim nerd.. everything else was secondary, he’d be wearing a fantastic pair of Miura-46s and you’d say.. “where did you get the down vest” and he’d be like.. oh? erm.. I think my wife bought it for me from Next 

[smoothsailor]

It’s a journey , to come back where it started