ooe yofukuten & co. denim contest

[lance]

rkusmant - love the details, especially the pocket shape!

slugabed - tonal stitching and cinch look great! you guys did super with customizing! good luck to all

Edited August 25, 2012 by lance

[--simon--]

Rkusmant, i love what you've done there, good work.

Jyoni, you could try holding off on the soak and strech them out raw?

[aho]

rkus hands down for best details....but can't say any pair looks less than amazing...also, +1 to smitty for going 03 cut!

[jyoni]

Rkusmant, i love what you've done there, good work.

Jyoni, you could try holding off on the soak and strech them out raw?

I could try it, I just didn't want to tweak them before start photos. If nobody minds I could do it. The real work would be post-shrink anyway, after the start date.

Edited August 26, 2012 by jyoni

[rkusmant]

thanks fellas for the props, my inspiration is from the western style pocket that jack/knife used and the coin pocket I think from old miner jeans photos.

the coin pocket will be my stash money pocket, should be covered by belt just in case stupid arse try to rob me.

[Ignaurus]

Missed delivery by what must have been less than 10 minutes earlier today, brutal. I'll have to pick them up Monday morning. Good stuff happening in this thread, I love it.

[slugabed]

i was inspired by an idea on the web and decided to print dates with this.

i am thinking of printing the very first day and the days i put this pair into the washing machine.

[tsunamiboy85]

Looking good, all! I am honored to be part of a contest with enthusiastic people such as y'all! Just go easy on me starting next week, yeah?

Enough of the flattery though. Not sure if it has been mentioned, but I am curious about why Ryo and Hiro chose the 91 material for the contest. Anyone asked them, or have any ideas? If not, I'd probably drop them an email.

[--simon--]

My guess is that R&H only have small qantitys of each material, in some cases very small qauantitys or none at all. Bolts of denim in the collection that would yeald 20 pairs must have been verry limited. They have also said they really like the 'new' 91&92 denims.

[Flash]

Thet also talked about how reminded them of deadstock 50's denim ( iirc they sent me photos of a book made with 50's demim , think i posted it near the start of the thread )

[Maynard Friedman]

I think it's because they got a huge amount of it really cheap from China!

[slugabed]

Yes, ryo and hiro did tell me that the 91 and 92 fabric were their top favorites at this moment.

Ryo also showed me the sample of 50's deadstock fabric.

And as flash has mentioned above, 91 was the closest to the fabric out of all the stocks at their studio.

Our pairs were made out of the third lot since ooe has introduced the 91fabric.

And look at the pair worn by ryo, it shows the high quality of 91 material.

[Flash]

Sorry for the neg rep slugabed , damn ipad

Someone fix this for me

[SLAB]

fixed

[slugabed]

No worries flash.

Sufu often times is buggy.

I have done the same thing in the past.

And thanks for the help slab.

[--simon--]

Time for some pics of mine:

I've gone for a 1940's repro on the 03 cut, I've mixed Levis & Lee details.

Details include olive drab herring bone pocket bags, painted arcs, laurel wreath top button, iron fly buttons with the late addition of an Ooe bottom button, selvage fly finishing, pocket label, all 100% cotton lemon yellow stitching throughout, Lee style pocket reinforcement including single watch pocket cross, flat rivets.

[--simon--]

To give some idea of size and raw colour here are some comparisons.

Here they are on top of the standard Iron Heart 21oz denim

Under my well worn 4x wash Ooe 9202

R&H have assured me these will end up the same size as my 9202, there's going to need to be some serious shrinkage!

[Flash]

I think this is my favourite pair so far , realy nice details and the lee style bartacks look great

[slugabed]

since everbody is posting details on the jeans, i might as well go on the trend.

the basic is 01XX cut with S03XX details.

the rivets are "ooe" engraved silver.

coin pocket with no rivets and the selvedge exposed like KMW.

the bottons are all plain black doughtnut.

i did consider switching to the new ooe button, but S03XX details made me stay with this one.

i added on belt loop to make a V-shape.

and i lowered the back pocket about an inch from the original position.

my basic idea was to bring back the good details of the jeans in the 30's and the 40's.

but i wanted to blend some comtemporary theme.

it might be a nerdy jeans, but i am liking what ooe has brought up with my broad ideas.

Huge respect to R&H!!

Edited August 26, 2012 by slugabed

[--simon--]

I think this is my favourite pair so far , realy nice details and the lee style bartacks look great

Cheers Flash

[--simon--]

I like the stealth details there Slugabed, sticking with the black buttons was the right choice, nice.

[slugabed]

I like the stealth details there Slugabed, sticking with the black buttons was the right choice, nice.

thanks a lot simon.

i like the combination of WWII and lee details.

i have chosen my cinch back to be lee style.

[redragon]

+repping everything I am seeing in this thread, too much awesomeness already....!

[rayw44]

My pair arrived yesterday, and figured I better check in. Went 02 cut with 03xx details, but I swapped in the Ooe branded buttons and a cinch back. They fit pretty well pre-soak, and I'm hoping the extra inch in waist I went with will keep the waist from being too small after all that extra shrinkage.

Edited August 26, 2012 by rayw44

[jyoni]

Great stuff. I'm loving how all the secret custom plans are all coming out...these are all some beautiful pairs.

Not nerdy at all, slugabed. I can't think of another jeansmaker who could do an amalgam of homage to such broad concepts.

[Skeese]

Very nice details on these guys, keep it coming! Reminds me, I need to wear my Ooes

[aho]

btw, by participating in this contest, we all indirectly agree to keep this thread at the top of sufu (ie: this thread should never hit the second page, or the bottom of our screens on the first pg)

[Ignaurus]

Picked up my pair this morning, then they rode shotgun with me on a 6 hour car ride. I did my best to focus on the road and not the jeans...

[jyoni]

Picked mine up on my way to lunch at a dive bar. I couldn't resist bringing them with to open, amid the curious and bleary stares of all the mid-day drunks.

[Max Power]

This thread is fantastic and just what Sufu needed. MAkes me sad not being part of this, but I'll lurk... Have fun!