WAYWT? [Denim Version] 2013

[chicote]

Thanks lance! I'm working here as a travelling caretaker in a Western Cape township (a post-Apartheid colored community, basically). Been here a month and I have a week more to go, then I'm headed to Jaipur for a cross-country trip through India, picking up odd jobs along the way. Eventually I'm making stops in Thailand, Cambodia, Ecuador and Peru before coming back to the States late next April. And hey, it's not an unreachable dream you've got, you're only a plane ticket away! I found that travelling in the past, escaping the monotony of life in America, has been the most liberating thing I've ever done. If you have a couple grand to spare and can stand to fully immerse yourself in a new culture, living by their means, you have the world at your fingertips.

[lance]

Sounds like a wonderful itinerary and good advice. Oh, and the ocean wash, go right ahead, if I had the opportunity to wash my jeans off the Cape of Good Hope or in the Indian Ocean, I wouldn't hesitate. As for the less than stellar comment, roll with it!

[bradl]

Why do you say that? I've heard good and awful things about ocean washing, and I know it's not in line with most of the "purist" ideology but with these jeans I figured why not? I'm going to be travelling in them for the next seven months and they will be beaten to dust regardless! Plus I've just ordered a pair of Red Clouds that I'm planning on taking good care of, so until then I figure I can have fun with these. Anyway, what drives the negative consensus on ocean washing here?

I mean if you want your jeans to reek, and be dirtier than they were before you put them in the ocean, then this is the route for you.

[Aries]

I mean if you want your jeans to reek, and be dirtier than they were before you put them in the ocean, then this is the route for you.

Was going to reply but this is sums it up exactly.

[chicote]

^^Thanks for the input guys! My jeans are just finishing drying right now. I was worried about the smell so I took great liberty in handwashing them in fresh water when I got back. So far, they actually smell okay, but I have no doubt they're still as dirty as they were before. There are a few very sharp whiskers coming in, as well as some less pronounced combs and a bit of seat fading. Oh well, I had fun!

[lance]

chicote, don't forget to post pics after they dry with some scenic shots

[chicote]

To avoid derailing this thread any more than I already have, here's a quick link to an album with post-wash fits and a few pictures from my time in South Africa.

 

http://imgur.com/a/HikE0

Edited October 19, 2013 by chicote

[the shivman]

 

Rising Sun

Buzz Rickson

Vermilyea Pelle

Tellason made Filson black selvedge jeans

White's SD

Edited October 19, 2013 by the shivman

[zendeen]

[Mich]

Real McCoy's 37J1B / Freewheelers henley (non vis) / Fullcount 0105C / White's SD

[ThinFinn]

forvert / ihsh-33 / tfh-t / ihsi-02 / selfedge feather ring / ihb-02 / ih-555-03 / viberg

after that brutal 1st anniversary party @ los pinguinos last night (sankt gallen, switzerland), my mood today was all like...

[Crat]

 

 

[Naoto]

Real McCoy's 37J1B / Freewheelers henley (non vis) / Fullcount 0105C / White's SD

 

Oh, guv!!!!! :blink: :blink: :blink: :blink:

[Gilangaditya]

hello

 

 

NBHD

Warehouse 660

Conv

[bod]

Shit Gil i just negged u by accident! 

[shoreman]

^ I got you.

[louisbosco]

CRAT AND FINN, stylish as usual!

[Planetarium]

whoa no schoeller fabric in sight

[vinchenzo]

[jsihotang]

My first post, greetings from Aberdeen

 

 

Superdry

Nudie Lab

RW 

[ThinFinn]

from yesterday:

Conte of Florence, TWSH-02, IHB-02, IHSI-02, IH-816, Viberg shell

[xrevengex]

 

Epaulet

Vintage

LVC

Old Levi's

Carmina

[Obbigood]

MF Pique jeans

RW oxford

[Planetarium]

 

vis

am appy

flat head

vis

[seafinch]

It's been awhile...

 

 

 

Veilance (Ordessa)

EG Bedford

Unilqo

Iron Heart

Viberg

[Piddan]

^great shoes..

 

/Peter

[louisbosco]

IN BKK FOR PRONTO DENIM CARNIVAL!!

 

[Geeman]

LB make sure you put some pics up, give my regards to BKK!

[shoreman]

Seafinch, is that the insulated version of the Field Jacket or the Ordessa SV?

[seafinch]

Tres, it's the Ordessa SV. I've got a couple layers on underneath.