denim in the wilderness...

[mopar_jj]

Pair of Vintage Levi 646 I got on Ebay, I bought 2 pair and was going to sell the other, but I decided to hang them outside

Put these out on 08-01. In an area with excessive wind, rain, sun, etc.

Any input on:

How long to leave them out

What to do with them etc

They are at a remote location so I will update every few weeks

Mjj

P.S Sorry bout the size of the pics

[greentea]

damn,where do you live?

[Akura]

I don't think those two sticks are gonna be able to hold the jeans up if a strong storm comes.

[Yet Fung]

If I was wandering in the woods and saw that, I would think I was in The Blair Witch Prioject. I'm sure the jeans will turn out really cool though.

[vee_dub]

Nice nice..is it a private property?? or just public?

wouldnt ppl will just steal ur jeans??

put it out for 1year, wear them on a special occasion...and hang it back out for another year...so on and so forth until 10 years later

[damnIam]

They are just going to fade to a real light blue and probably get eaten through by some bugs. Might look cool though. Kind of like a scarecrow.

[mickawes]

You need some abrasion on em. Throw shit at it!

[mopar_jj]

They are in a remote area, I dont expect there will be anyone to bother them, its a semi-private area. I am hoping the sticks and twigs around will give some abrasion.

There is also a stream located nearby. I was thinking about putting them in the water for a while.

[Chicken]

you know i was thinking, maybe it's better to put the jeans over a mannequin or something when you're trying things like this. that way, you might actually get a more interesting wear than just an overall fade like damnlam said.

[Corbin Law]

yeah

i agree, sure it would look cool with a bunch of random fades. but if it was on a manequin you would get sort of random fades to fit an actual leg. then after you wash them you can actually wear them.

i have a feeling they might just turn out like those burried jeans if you just leave them there hanging

my vote MANEQUIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mopar_jj]

Thats why I was thinking leaving them in the water. The movement of the water would probably be the same. I will be checking on them often enough so that I can effect the turnout

[LIVENUDEGIRLS]

hey mopar,

Off topic, but just out of curiosity, were you able to date those 517's? I was always curious as to how old they were.

[masuerte]

damn,where do you live?

I wanna know too... so I can steal those jeans.

[rome1]

What size are those jeans? I really hope that Bigfoot doesn't like denim.

[thelion1856]

so a random denim freak is walkin in the woods and comes upon this what would he think?.......

"the denim gods have showed me a sign!"

he goes back every week to praise it and then one day he finds out its some denim nerd from superfuture trying to do a project and about 6 months into it he jacks them and gots a really cool fade on the jeans for free.

[mopar_jj]

LNG: those 517s you are talking about are about 10 y old, only diff with those is they were made in japan

These jeans are size 36, and are located in somwehere in Canada!

I tried this a long time ago with a pair of cutoffs, but they were already faded and got more of a bleached look than if they had still had color

[airfrogusmc]

Hey I gotta an idea; how 'bout just wear'm?

[mopar_jj]

I got an identical pair for that,

and besides,

wheres the fun and mystery in that!

[__3xL]

I can only imagine the posse of racoons that will piss on the bellbottoms for shits n giggles ..

like " oh this is what humans wear - here's our chance to chrissen <sp> deez joints "

[mopar_jj]

no raccons native to the area!

[mopar_jj]

Hey all -

Going on inspection possibly tomorrow. Need some advice:

The jeans have been hanging out in the elements for 9 days now, and I am thinking about throwing them in the stream that is nearby. Its a small stream and I can tie them to a tree or something and let them float in the current. I am debating on whether or not to do it. There is little possibility of losing them so thats not an issue

Comments/Suggestions?

PS I am also considering towing them behind an ATV on a gravel road for a couple miles, but that will be after I get some of the color bled.

[greentea]

hell, might as well try that too.

[darkanimal]

I'm guessing some escape convict is gonna stumble upon your jeans, discover it's a perfect size, and be the coolest styish motherfuckin fugitive on the run. Then he'd be like into boots now.

[greentea]

yeah, with the jeans he goes rob a bank to get money for CCP boots.

[mopar_jj]

you guys have no idea how remote a site this is.....LOL

nearest town 28kms away straight line

60kms away via road

[greentea]

i beleive you from the pics you posted, place is deep in the woods.

[jun187]

find a big rock and have them sink to the bottom of the water

or

put some stakes in the ground and tie the jeans face down in the dirt

but the thing is you wont have any wear marks or anything so the fading will just look random

[Circanineteen85]

you should go buy mannequin legs to stick inside the jeans when you drag them behind the ATV to try and get wear on them that makes sense... of course they're probably jsut get ripped to shreds but it'd be interesting to see.

[JesseJB]

You know those 'messing with bigfoot' commericials? How about messing with bigfoot with those jeans. But really, when he gets close, realizes that they are Pelle Pelle jeans whilst the three guys from the commercials are laughing in the bushes. Bigfoot proceeds to flailing in anger.

[Airdrian23]

AHHHH requesting update pics!!!