On the verge of Buying a BS United ONI Denim

[john11f]

Anyone who has extensive knowledge on these jeans? Any help is much appreciated. Thanks!

http://www.rakuten.co.jp/hinoya/119698/185591/

[Mongolian]

Dude, good luck. It seems like either no one knows anything or no one cares. Several in the past have tried to ask - zippo response. I have had a japanese colleague email hinoya and from their response it seems like the most similar cut is the Levi's 1944 and that the leg is very straight. I don't know about the weight of the denim or how high the rise is. Nor do I know how much wider the 1944s are compared to the 47s. If you do get them please post a description.

[choice_genes]

Hey John,

I went to Hinoya while I was in Tokyo about 6 months ago. I remember these jeans. If I'm thinking of the right ones, the denim is medium-weight (maybe like 13 or 14oz) and incredibly coarse/grainy. Kinda like an extreme version of the denim they have used on the LVC 47s in the past.

These jeans are mad if you can dig the old-school 501 replica cuts.

Good luck with them.

Oscar

Keep the Funk alive

EDIT: oh yeah I just looked at the photos again. The laurel wreath on the top waist button might suggest that these are levis 1944 replicas (I'm pretty sure they used the same style button on the 44), as Mongolian said above.

Edited by choice_genes on May 18, 2006 at 03:58 AM

[ringring]

I don't have extensive knowledge, but the denim reminds me of the fabric used by Warehouse in their mighty Duck Diggers. And that, is a very good thing .

Buy them.

[Mongolian]

Ringring, do you know how slim (or not slim) the cut is or how high the rise is?

[ringring]

I reckon the front rise will be around 11.5" and the cut is just a 'regular' cut. Not too slim, not baggy either.

[john11f]

thanks ringring, it's now on its way. i saw these jeans in Hinoya and its fabric really struck me the most among the dozens of jeans in those stores. unfortunately, they ran out of my size. i wasn't able to try to them on them but the denim was the best i've seen.

[greentea]

buy them.

Julian Red Cali 32x32 *USED* 2 1/2 weeks. 130$ shipped -U.S only.

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[wild_whiskey]

The denim is very nice. I like it when the weft threads show as much variation in size as the warp threads.

[Geowu]

beautiful. except for the high rise.

[john11f]

as long as it's not 1947 repro high rise, i'm fine with it.