ooe yofukuten & co. denim contest

[redragon]

Thanks guys!!

Taking a break from posting the trips pics in place of some evo pics @ 4 months

Backpocket really taking the beating

Front might not look much but under the sunlight can see some fades going on already

Cheers!

Edited January 5, 2013 by redragon

[SLAB]

loving the Japan trip pictures Red

cheers

[redragon]

^

Its a pleasure...

Now onto Osaka, 1st night

More train ride, really thankful that Japan's public transport is really easy...

Target reached

Hitting the street for some food!

The famous crab of Sinsaibashi

(The Glico man is very hard to get a decent shot )

Okonomiyaki in the making

You cannot get wrong with more Mayo

Cheers!

[Flash]

Weather has been rough here the past few days so no evo pics but i found this pic on my phone from a few dats ago

[aho]

my denim updates seem moot at this point but i'll post for future comparisons...

[redragon]

More stuff from the trip...

Did a small walk around Kobe

Come across this nice Starbucks "house" along the way....

Did not do much photograph here as it rains pretty fiercely

The famed beef

Tummy = Happy

[redragon]

First encounter with temptation

Another last shot of Sinsaibashi

Another shot of the denim and a train ride to Tokyo.

Cheers!

[--simon--]

I've just noticed that the stitching has started to blow between the legs on my pair. This is quite common with 100% cotton thread, but if you don't catch it, it can run as its a chain stitch.

So I've sewn over the original stitching in the effected area. Hopefully this should hold for a bit, I've used 100% cotton again, to match the original.

Done using a Singer 201K

While I'm in repair mode, I've darned up the heal bite as I don't want to loose the original hem.

Edited January 7, 2013 by --simon--

[aho]

^Very cool updates! Haven't noticed any loose threads etc. yet but I'll have to keep an eye out...

[SLAB]

that Kobe beef is so good...

[NewStandard]

nice Singer Simon.

[rayw44]

I have been swamped at work lately, so I haven't been getting out much. I've only been wearing the jeans nights and weekends, but I'm still surprised at how these are already crocking. Here's a few macro shots just to contribute.

The yoke is starting to pucker quite a bit after the first hot wash.

Rivets starting to make their mark on the back pockets.

The whiskers are much more "set" in real life, but here's an idea of how they currently look.

Buttons starting to show.

I love the wear on the patch, especially how the red ink for my name is fading away quicker than the blue ink. It's also looking pretty good despite a hot wash and full dryer cycle. I thought for sure that would kill it.

The pocket bags are by far my favorite part of my pair.

There is so much detail in this fabric, and the blue dyed portions may be indigo based on some early color loss.

Also, kudos to everyone on the updates so far. I especially loved Redragon's Japan pics. I've never been, but it's pretty clear I need to get there.

[redragon]

^

Thank you

Its an awesome place to visit...!

@simon

great job on patching the troubled area!

Unravelling pretty fast eh?

Hopefully mine will stay strong as long as possible....

Into last part...

Got to Tokyo and hit the street of Shibuya crossing

The crossing is pretty crazy place, too much people crossing at once

Rice inside Omelette (Omu-rice) some of the best Japan fusion dish.

View of the crossing from Starbucks (which only sold Tall size to discourage people sitting for too long)

What it used to look like....

Edited January 8, 2013 by redragon

[redragon]

Tried to get into the new Tokyo Skytree, rain and fog just not cooperating...

So switching place to Asakusa Temple

Did some pretty fast walk-around there as there is too many people + rain

Got tempted......

[redragon]

The other outfit: Red Cloud Chore Jacket with Ooe

Salvation Army performing on the street of Ginza

Ginza @ night on the 31st

Pretty cool light by Bulgari building (this is the reflection of the light)

This is what it looks like

Edited January 8, 2013 by redragon

[redragon]

Wander around into this store...

Hint: definitely not coffee

new year dinner

(Pretty confused where to dine for new year...)

First sunrise of 2013

Train to Narita Airport and back home....

And thats the end...

Thank you for your attention guys!

Cheers!

[Flash]

Looks like you had a great time mate , peen planing to go to Japan for the past 5 years but it never works out something allways comes up

Edited January 8, 2013 by Flash

[beautiful_FrEaK]

like a wedding

[Flash]

Something like that

[Maynard Friedman]

Something like that

Civil partnership?

[aho]

thanks again for the jpn pics...making me all natsukashii'd out...one of my favorite times of the year is New Year's in Japan, everything feels so magical and warm!

[redragon]

Thank you guys for the kind word.

Its a great destination for sure, will be back there someday I hope....

[SLAB]

well, those pictures are really tempting me to visit Japan again since my wife and kids will be staying at family this summer. My wife was quick to point out that with the price of my plane ticket she could bring me back mucho denimz. I feel really conflicted haha

[Ignaurus]

Cell photo dump...

Last Sunday was one of the biggest days for me in recent years as fan of pro football, things didn't turn out as I had hoped though. There were many more empty bottles on the coffee table by game's end.

Doing some shopping, about as close as I'll be to Asia any time soon.

And made a trip to the beach early in the morning with my girlfriend and dog.

I've lived relatively close to the ocean for the majority of my life and have never once spotted a shell of this kind is such perfect condition. Totally complete all the way around.

It looks like my jeans will be in need of a similar repair as the kind Simon did pretty soon, I'm probably coming up on another wash in the next week or so as well.

Edited January 10, 2013 by Ignaurus

[rayw44]

So I take it you're a Redskins fan? Where do you stand on Shanahan not taking RGIII out when he was clearly, to anyone with working eyeballs, limping like his leg was going to fall off?

I think it's insane. He risks the future of his franchise to win one game, even though he likely couldn't play next week if they won anyway. I hope, for the sake of good football, that he fully recovers by week one of next year.

[movingslow]

first of all this thread is one of my favorite things to look at over the past few weeks. So thank you all for making my work day easier!

second of all shanahan was so dumb to not pull RG3. Cousins could have handled the rest of the game after the two initial TDs and RG3 becoming obviously hurting.

I hope football doesnt derail this thread (even though I just added to the derailment...)

[Ignaurus]

So I take it you're a Redskins fan? Where do you stand on Shanahan not taking RGIII out when he was clearly, to anyone with working eyeballs, limping like his leg was going to fall off?

I think it's insane. He risks the future of his franchise to win one game, even though he likely couldn't play next week if they won anyway. I hope, for the sake of good football, that he fully recovers by week one of next year.

Yeah, just like you said, the risk Shanahan took pretty much had no upside. What bothers me more than anything is that if you are going to keep RG3 in, just keep running the ball. Morris should have finished that game with well above 25+ carries, the fact that he only had 18 is ridiculous. Yes, Seattle's defense tightened up after the first quarter, they were one starting O-linemen down with Lichtensteiger out, and with RG3 hurt the read-option wasn't going to be as effective to get Morris yards but still, everything considered, you've gotta keep getting Morris the ball. Over the past three years I have been willing to give the entire organization the benefit of the doubt, be it with larger scale personnel decisions or more specific in-game decisions, they lost me on Sunday though. Fingers crossed for a quick recovery. Thread officially derailed.

[rayw44]

Agreed, he's run the ball so well all year long and they were up 14 in about five minutes. It made no sense.

I think Shanahan may be an idiot. I mean his winning percentage with Elway and RGIII under center is like .750, and with anyone else it's like .250. Having a phenomenal QB does not make you a good coach.

I feel bad for Redskins fans. You've had years of garbage, and now you have possibly the next great QB, but will the organization handle him properly and surround him with some talent?

I could talk about this for far too log so I'll stop now rather than going on forever.

[aho]

^haha I can picture Ryo and Hiro being so lost right now...

[Ignaurus]

Oh god don't even remind me of that winning percentage, it's worried me since before he was hired. It definitely leads to some doubts about him as a coach but I feel pretty good about the entire staff in Washington right now. The coaching staff has a clear idea of what they want to do and they finally began executing it fairly well this year on both sides of the ball. The front office has totally turned around the personnel side of things too. Out of the 50+ players cut over the past three years only Carlos Rogers and Laron Landry are starting on another team (they might actually be the only players on a roster period) so I do feel confident they can surround RG3 with talent. Dan Snyder has retreated into the shadows and that makes me happier than anything.

Alright, sorry dudes, all done. Back to denim.