What would happen if.......?

[Whodinihimself]

I've left a pair of brand new black Levis outside for a full year of Canadian weather...i think i might leave them out for another year...they looked totally fucked now..ill post pics eventually

[Yet Fung]

I gotta say this all reminds me of the icelandic delicacy, rotting shark meat; where they take a large chunk of raw shark meat and bury it in the ground for six months, and then tourists eat it. Only the tourists eat it, because it's tastes like shit.

Maybe if this experiment goes bust, we can pawn it off as the rotting shark meat of the denim world.

[Whodinihimself]

Here are those experimental black Levis Slim Fit overdyed 516's I mentioned earlier. Not raw but theyll have to do.

They've been hanging in the elements for over a year (from a clothes-line in the sun in the summer/fall and a bare tree branch in the winter/spring). Anyone familiar with the weather around Toronto can attest to the amount of rain, snow, sleet, sun, pollution, etc etc that these jeans endured. Theyve been frozen solid on many occaisions in the winter (had i known about this site then i wouldve taken pics for you guys, but I thought I was alone in my denim obsession)

Anyway, I machine-washed them yesterday. Lots of strange fading going on here. I dunno if I should hang them back up for another year to lighten them up even more..

[damnIam]

Off topic a bit...I put two vintage deadstock sweatshirts over the front seat backs of my car last summer and got a very cool sun fade to the neck and shoulders of them. I got the idea from one of the earlier LVC offerings.

[PG2G]

balut anyone???

for the pinoys/pinays out there...

I'm no pinoy, but I have enough pinoy/pinay friends to knwo what that is. EWW

[Chicken]

^ thank goodness i'm not a duck. i'd actually try it, though.

i love pork adobos.

[cultpop 0217]

The jeans i used are stone island dry denim.. before this experiment.. i damaged them with a dremel.. rubbed them in with car wax.. dragged them across the wood behind my tomos..

I buried them in my garden underneath some stones as you can se.. everyday we walk over these stones

How long should i leave them in there?

very interesting.

definately keep us updated. they will probably decay after too long. mostly, wear comes from abrasion and these will get relatively none lying in the earth. dont leave them too long. they will rot!

[poly800rock]

as opposed to putting dirt over them, you should have left them in contact with the concrete, that would put some marks on there.

[tweeds]

but being covered in humus is definitely going to have an effect on the indigo and the denim, that being covered in concrete wouldn't.

[masuerte]

we seriously gotta call the fades/stains on those buried pants "balut" hehe

"balut wear"

I gotta stop thinking about balut

[denimdestroyedmylife]

I gotta say this all reminds me of the icelandic delicacy, rotting shark meat; where they take a large chunk of raw shark meat and bury it in the ground for six months, and then tourists eat it. Only the tourists eat it, because it's tastes like shit.

Maybe if this experiment goes bust, we can pawn it off as the rotting shark meat of the denim world.

there's the chinese delicacy "century egg"

[Yet Fung]

Supplies! That juss a joke we pray on da gwei-lo, A-pill Foos!

[tweeds]

Supplies!

for the corner laundromat!

[ishboo]

there's the chinese delicacy "century egg"

you'd have to have balls to be the first guy to ever eat that thing.

[Yet Fung]

You'll also need some serious industrial mouthwash if you wanna get laid in the next century.

I've had rotting shark meat, and you can practically see the smell lines come off of your tongue.

[tweeds]

uh century eggs are fine...they aren't as bad as they sound.

[sarlo]

yesterday i dug up the jeans and washed them at 60c with some washingpowder..

it's quit funny.. the front wasn;t exposed to dirt and you see nothing.. the left side of the back was pressed by the pavement.. you see strange fading.. the right side was down pressed against the dirt and you see no funny kind of fading..

enough talk PICS

[sarlo]

[Whodinihimself]

this just goes to show that you dont need starch to get honeycombs ...

[cheapmuthafukr]

so are you gonna wear them?

[annacobra]

thanks, sarlo, absolutey fantastic!

they still smell? How weak did the denim get? I assume the mold must have weakened it a lot, both warp and weft yarns, so you can easily break your fingers through...

[sarlo]

dno i used them to experiment several things i think gonna wash them till they become very soft and lighter and then wear them

[denimdestroyedmylife]

interesting experiment. you are a curious specimen, mr. sarlo. i think you probably should have kept them buried for a little while longer, but i'm no scientist.

xoxoxo

[calatrava]

quite interesting results, but im surprised the indigo wasnt leached even more than what we see.

anyone else care to experiment?

[Corbin Law]

ive always been a fan of alternative washings

i washed my 7-9 month old apc in a stream. i tied them to a tree and let them sit with the water constantly flowing over them. check the evolution of denim thread.

ive always wanted to try an ocean wash, but glaveston beach is the worlds toilet, as is much of the gulf of mexico.

cliff diving anyone

?

those living in the austin area should give it a try.

[BrokenGlass]

Ya Corbin I live in Dallas and about two weeks ago me and some friends went down to Pace Bend for the cliff diving I think you're talking about... didn't bring my raws though, they are not ready.

We were also rock climbing there, you can climb up the cliffs, then jump down....

This is my first post so you know, my jeans are Rag&Bones RB11, I've had them since April and have started to wear them as much as possible and just recently started wearing them to the gym where I rock climb...I'm hoping I'll get some intense wear and maybe see what effect all that chalk will have... I'm going to try and post some current photots in the evo thread soon.

Cool sarlo... lets see them on when your done with them

[Corbin Law]

good to see some more ass kicking texans on this board

i am yet to try the cliff diving, next camping excursion i embarkupon however, im fitting it in mosdef.

[lil brown brother]

the jeans dont look tht bad