ande whall contest thread

[robotbox]

Woah, I used to be #30, but now I"m #16. Did that many people drop out?

March 1st can't get here fast enough!

I think you were #30 on the "potential" list, but you committed before other people, therefore moved up on the "confirmed" list.

Or I don't know what the fuck I am doing. Who knows

[Gold Soaked Afternoon]

wait, what contact info is needed exactly?

[aleopold]

everyone (on the list) should pm robot with their email address for the moment. he may ask you to give him your full name, but that would be it.

[kit99bar]

make sure your thighs will fit also

How much do you estimate for stretching Ande or is it the usual 1-1.5"?

When all is said and done, my best fitting pairs are about 35" waist when measuring flat. So I'm guessing tagged 34 would be appropriate?

[Crovax]

Well I did the measuring game and I was mistaken, my tight fitting pairs are tagged 31 waist but my fat ass has stretched them and they are pretty snug at 32.

So, I am going for Cougar cut in 32x34 for this contest. I'm so excited for this to get underway!

[nietenhosen]

hey,

great updates here so far.

timetable looking good, contest will start thereabout at first of april?

my grifters, witch i got early 2010, are very comfortable.

i will go with 32/34 once again (if ande make a 35 inseam i'll be lucky), but im going to change to the cougar cut.

curious about the final design of the jeans.

[Noodle36]

It may be jumping the gun...but what rules are we going to have? I know from other contests everyone starts wearing at a certain time. Or soaks on the same day, or the year starts by proof (newspaper). Obviously with the sanforized soaking isn't necessary, but those who like to soak can? Maybe premature but gives everybody something to talk about while we are waiting for our jeans.

[stresMaldo]

Only thing I can see us needing is a start/end date. Other than that, just wear them!

Sorry, you may have been looking for more.

I just dont think we should have a bunch of stipulations other than having a start date, and the confirmation that you will be wearing them hard, with updates.

[caid]

Updates with pictures. I think that's all it takes for a contest to work.

[Crovax]

I like the newspaper thing. I think it's a cool way to start a contest when you show a picture of the jeans still fresh with the newspaper to prove the date.

[stresMaldo]

I just dont understand what the newspaper thing is proving though? Being that these are all newly created pairs, there's not really any way that any of us could get a jump start on the rest of us.

For documentation purposes, pictures would be cool, though.

I'm up for pictures, lots of them.

[caid]

The fourth page is just too far back for this thread.

[theotherchrislewis]

To keep the thread going (and make sure people don't just want to get a 'limited pair' of AW's) I'm all for monthly updates minimum. How hard could it be to post some pics 12 times over the course of a year?

At this stage I'm leaning towards a 32/34 Miner cut (It is sizing down by 1 but I already own Slackers & Cougars with the same measurements and they seem to be working out fine).

Only other thing I would want to mention is the judging aspect & prizes? I don't feel strongly about either but think it is worth putting out there....

[caid]

I can't say I'm too bothered about prizes, and I guess I just assumed Ande would be judging?

I think I'm going for a pair of cougars. The only jeans I currently own from Ande are slackers, and I think the cougars will be just different enough.

[Crovax]

A small prize would be cool, but I wouldn't want to put Ande out too much (it's not like he came to us with this contest idea, we kind of blindsided him). Maybe like an Ande custom-made wallet or something?

I'm sure long term he will be making enough off the publicity from this contest to justify the time it took to do the custom jeans and deal with our patch drama. Once everyone starts seeing Ande's quality stuff and sweet fades then he will be even more popular.

Once a month updates aren't that hard; I was planning to do at least that. I want to have 12 shots from the day I started wearing them to the day the contest finished that show a real evolution. Even without the contest I'd love to have this progression to show my friends (who think I'm crazy for loving raw denim).

[aleopold]

ande doesn't make wallets.....? or am i missing something?

[Crovax]

ande doesn't make wallets.....? or am i missing something?

No you're not, but a small denim wallet or something might be easy for him to tinker around with.

I was mainly trying to get at: something small that is unique but wouldn't take much effort from Ande.

[aleopold]

i agree. we'll see what ande says.

[stresMaldo]

I was thinking we could all put an extra $5-$8 in, on top of the purchase price of the denim. Then, with that extra money, we can see if Ande is willing to make a 1/1 pair for the winner, with whatever bells and whistles the winner/Ande can come up with. that extra money would be to purchase the winners pair.

Or if we don't want to do a pair of denim for the winner, maybe the pooled money could go towards something else. a shiny new belt, or whatever else we can come up with.

just a thought...

[aleopold]

i have an idea. lets wear the jeans until dec. 21 2012. end of the world denim contest

[robotbox]

i have an idea. lets wear the jeans until dec. 21 2012. end of the world denim contest

hahaha! I really like this idea

[aleopold]

that would be close to 18 months. which is better than 12. by 6

[caid]

I wholeheartedly endorse this idea.

[Crovax]

Can we have that day be where we announce the winner? I want to die happy knowing that I had the sweetest fades.

[aleopold]

who cares who wins? lets end this sweet contest when we all die. till death do us part, concept, yadig?

[poly800rock]

I was thinking we could all put an extra $5-$8 in, on top of the purchase price of the denim. Then, with that extra money, we can see if Ande is willing to make a 1/1 pair for the winner, with whatever bells and whistles the winner/Ande can come up with. that extra money would be to purchase the winners pair.

Or if we don't want to do a pair of denim for the winner, maybe the pooled money could go towards something else. a shiny new belt, or whatever else we can come up with.

just a thought...

i think we should wear for wear, not prize.

[Gold Soaked Afternoon]

is the blue lasso sticking around for the contest? it seems like its gotten the boot for the standard indigos on ande's site.

[Crovax]

I hope the blue lasso is still there, or something equally cool. I intend to cuff mine and I always thought that looked pretty good.

[dawei69]

are you guys serious?! blue lasso is just a tone on tone stitching on the hems... you can get it in any colour (by default, most jeans have lime or orange lasso)., and you can eve change the colour if u go to the taylor...

rope line hems is a completely different thing thoo...

[Gold Soaked Afternoon]

^I think we both realize that....?