Pure Blue Japan

[Wolfteeth]

Very kool! Give us some specs on them.

[altemp]

New take5 10th anniversary collab, xx005 model. No word yet on the type/weight of denim, but it looks really really dark.

[Madder_Lake]

They ^^^ really do look deeply dyed.

[bjornlg]

Madder... so what does Cold Soaking actually do to the jeans then?

[liannesmiles]

Madder... so what does Cold Soaking actually do to the jeans then?

shrink and gets rid of some indigo, I just cold soaked today.

[bjornlg]

thanx Lianne.. so both cold and hot soaks would shrink the denim??

soak inside out or just normal?

[liannesmiles]

thanx Lianne.. so both cold and hot soaks would shrink the denim??

soak inside out or just normal?

Cold soak and turning it inside out loses less indigo so I did that. Hot soaking it makes it shrink more and lose more indigo from my past experiences.

[rjsavestheday]

^ yup, from my experience a cold soak will shrink it less than a hot soak, you do the hot soak to get most of the shrinking done

[liannesmiles]

^ yup, from my experience a cold soak will shrink it less than a hot soak, you do the hot soak to get most of the shrinking done

put green tea bags too.

[rjsavestheday]

put green tea bags too.

oh my, I totally forgot about that...

[PandaDenim]

Here's an update on my xx-011s.

Worn for about...6-7 months.

Washed around the same number of times.

Front.

Side.

Back.

The humidity in Taiwan is kinda making them stink...I'll give them a wash once I get back. Gonna hit up the Take5 in Taipei later today and hopefully pick up a pair of PBJ collabs...I just can't get enough pbj...

[bjornlg]

wow real nice stuff panda.

btw when u guys say wash, do u mean u chuck them in the washing machine or do u guys handwash with some washing powder and scrubbing the jeans?

[mister B]

Nice fades Panda but those are some sick leg twist

[madstaxbro]

PBJ x CCP mode twisting dang.

[rjsavestheday]

wow well done panda, they turned out great!

[liannesmiles]

nice Panda, convinced me to post my fit pictures of X-011's over holidays.

[rjsavestheday]

nice Panda, convinced me to post my fit pictures of X-011's over holidays.

haha he makes me want to put up pics of my 013's too, too bad my jeans don't look as cool *womp womp*

[liannesmiles]

haha he makes me want to put up pics of my 013's too, too bad my jeans don't look as cool *womp womp*

Do they fade the same way as 11's?

[rjsavestheday]

Do they fade the same way as 11's?

sort of, they're slubbier than the 011's but they also do the vertical fading, and ofcourse they're more bluish, same material as the 005's

[bjornlg]

rj.. pics of ur 13s pls!!!

how many mths?

[rjsavestheday]

i have some pics a bunch of pages back if u want to see those, and i think those were 6 months and 1 wash, i'm waiting for a sunny day to take some pics, they're about 10 months right now and still only 1 wash, been wearing them on and off with my bsp's, they look okayy... 0_0

[bjornlg]

Hey Rj, how do the bsp's compare with the 13s??

in terms of fit, slub and overall construction.?

[PandaDenim]

wow real nice stuff panda.

btw when u guys say wash, do u mean u chuck them in the washing machine or do u guys handwash with some washing powder and scrubbing the jeans?

I don't machine wash it mostly because, this is going to sound weird, I want to see how much dye/dirt comes out of it so I know how often to wash my jeans...I can't really stand wearing dirty jeans so I wash them pretty often and usually the water's not too bad...save for the couple times I went hiking/yardwork/etc.

Nice fades Panda but those are some sick leg twist

Yeah, I know...but what can you do. Also, they riveted one of my pockets weird, so I have this V shaped fade on my left leg pocket, but it's chill, I kinda like these random defects on my jeans. My other pair of PBJs also has some defects.

PBJ x CCP mode twisting dang.

Yeah, my other pairs didn't have an apparent leg twist when I bought them...but this one the left leg literally had the stitching running down the center of the leg, I thought it was kinda neat.

[PandaDenim]

nice Panda, convinced me to post my fit pictures of X-011's over holidays.

It both makes me sad, and happy, that a girl has the same pair of pants as me.

:(:confused:

[liannesmiles]

some really bad lighting pictures of my X-011's

but this just a preview so it's alright haha

full pictures next week with my boyfriend's camera.

[liannesmiles]

It both makes me sad, and happy, that a girl has the same pair of pants as me.

:(:confused:

They're way smaller though if that makes you feel any better.

[rjsavestheday]

Hey Rj, how do the bsp's compare with the 13s??

in terms of fit, slub and overall construction.?

the flatheads aren't slubby at all, they get some really nice contrast if you wear them out long enough, fit-wise the bsps are ofcourse tighter on the thighs and a lot more tapered on the leg, the pbjs stretch a lot more in the thigh and waist, they are both solid in construction but overall i prefer the pbjs

[bjornlg]

yay to pbjs rj.

lianne ur waistline looks like it stretched out heaps! really nice fit tho!

[liannesmiles]

yay to pbjs rj.

lianne ur waistline looks like it stretched out heaps! really nice fit tho!

Yeah, they're pretty loose. They're a size 27 and the size 26's didn't come out yet when I bought them in April. Gordon from BIG told me that 27 was the smallest pair at the time.

I bend over when I sit a lot so the top stretched out.

[mikecch]

That is some very nice ageing for 8 months liannesmiles, nice work.