Light Jeans

[zehero]

So I'm getting a little bored with the whole dark raw denim thing. I'm looking for a pair of light reasonably distressed jeans in a low, slim, straight fit. Any ideas? I saw some straight legged true religions that fight this discription at Saks for 100, but the big back pockets ruined them. Looking for something under 200 preferably. Thanks

[tangerine]

Levis 514s, maybe?

[poly800rock]

So I'm getting a little bored with the whole dark raw denim thing. I'm looking for a pair of light reasonably distressed jeans in a low, slim, straight fit. Any ideas? I saw some straight legged true religions that fight this discription at Saks for 100, but the big back pockets ruined them. Looking for something under 200 preferably. Thanks

rag and bone have an awsome light denim

[lindt]

Check out some of Acne's washes. I have the Mic (straight leg) in a saltwater wash. Very light wash and very slim fitting.

[snugglepony]

what about those lighter blue cheap mondays (called "unwashed retro" i think)? raw, but a much lighter color... can't speak to the quality, but the price is likely right.

[zehero]

I can't find any of my size [28] acne or rag and bone online =(

But I'm looking for a wash similiar to this http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-MENS-TRUE-RELIGION-MICKY-BIG-T-JEANS-WILD-BILL-30_W0QQitemZ200020920839QQihZ010QQcategoryZ11483QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem without the ginormous pocket stiching. Do you think they'ed look okay if i tore out the stictching?

[minya]

yeah, Rag & Bone's light denim is very nice. As lindt mentions, Acne also pretty much has the nicest and most-well-done washes in the biz, except for perhaps Dior Homme.

oh, also: don't buy True Religions.

[keri]

Erik really likes the 796 wash from Diesel, he says it's his favortie he's ever seen on any pair of jeans, you might want to look at that.

[mr. shivers]

true religions fucking suck ass

[Konfucius]

I have a light pair of distressed thin finns, they're pretty nice

[youth_culture]

There's practically one high-end boutique in my area, and all they sell is True Religion and Rock & Republic. Lame, indeed.

I suggest going with a pair of Levi's 514. Of course, I'm a whore for that brand and fit.

[tweeds]

you could also try light raw denim, great summer jeans colour.

http://superfuture.com/city/supertalk/showthread.php?t=10961

otherwise my vote goes to diesel for inexpensive, nicely distressed and well-made jeans.

[Thorns]

i'm not sure why but i'm a fan of my ridiculous light jeans...

Made them sometime last year.

[Guest jeffvyain]

bah, light denim can wait for 5 years or so once all my raws turn that color

[zaha]

Everybody should have one pair of light jeans, for variation if nothing else. Take that with a grain of salt though, because I live in Texas where everyone wears very light and faded jeans.

[YoungPunch]

How about these japanese LVC's??

[BrokenGlass]

^those are disgusting

I'll second or third the acnes

Zaha, what jeans are those... and where in Texas, I've yet to run into one person in Dallas with raws, with the exception of my 2 friends that have them, on a side note, I found a place in Dallas that has a small selection of raw rag&bones and nudies today and another store that had some sweet looking Capital E raws, super skinny looking, and loooong

[zaha]

Zaha, what jeans are those... and where in Texas, I've yet to run into one person in Dallas with raws, with the exception of my 2 friends that have them, on a side note, I found a place in Dallas that has a small selection of raw rag&bones and nudies today and another store that had some sweet looking Capital E raws, super skinny looking, and loooong

Those are Slim Jims, and the wash is called broken super used, iirc. Ha, you're in Dallas? Same here. Well, actually I live in Lewisville. I've never seen anyone but myself wearing raw denim. I can't count the number of times I've had a chick tell me 'Those jeans sure are dark'. It's sad, the really 'fashionable' guys here are the ones who are wearing a pair of Zathans they picked up at Off 5th.

What store? Don't hold out on me, dude! I figured there had to be at least ONE plaace in the Dallas area carrying nicer shit. Now if I could just locate a store that carried a good selection of Japanese denim, and one that carried Dior...

[cheapmuthafukr]

you could always get some ebay redlines. these cost me 20$ with shipping.

[zehero]

Plainer light jeans look boring to me. The more heavily faded ones look good. I saw a pair of light wash Acne MicRyders in a 27 for 50 a while back. Damn, I shoulda hit that.

[beatle]

Nudie has Ralf in Original Selvage - I think for a prewashed jeans they really hit the jackpot

[poly800rock]

check activeendevors now, the rag and bone light are on sale, plus the other SF has a 15% off coupon. should be like close to $120

[sneakeraddict]

Those Ralfs are actually quite nice. Sometimes get a bit bored of the whole dark denim thing all the time myself.

I am selling some new 'vintage' effect repros that look pretty much like that. PM me if anyone's interested. Not for cheap prices though.

[watchman]

the Nudie Greycast is nice and light blue after the first wash

[zehero]

The wash looks nice on the Ralfs, but the saggy bpot cut + those shoes make everything below the knee look disgusting. I'm currently working on a pair of SJDG, but i'll have to wait a few more months to wash them. I spoted a pair of Rag and Bone dry on Ebay for 125, good deal?

Wow, looking for light jeans and the dry jeans just pull ya back.

[BrokenGlass]

Those are Slim Jims, and the wash is called broken super used, iirc. Ha, you're in Dallas? Same here. Well, actually I live in Lewisville. I've never seen anyone but myself wearing raw denim. I can't count the number of times I've had a chick tell me 'Those jeans sure are dark'. It's sad, the really 'fashionable' guys here are the ones who are wearing a pair of Zathans they picked up at Off 5th.

What store? Don't hold out on me, dude! I figured there had to be at least ONE plaace in the Dallas area carrying nicer shit. Now if I could just locate a store that carried a good selection of Japanese denim, and one that carried Dior...

The Shak in uptown and forty-five ten.

The Shak had the Rag&Bones and Nudies, raw and washed. smallest size in both were 30's though... they had alot of other hideous denim too. Then some John Varvatos stuff, Thom Browne, and such.

Forty-Five Ten had the capital e's along with some other really cool stuff from band of outsiders, nicole farhi, martin margiela, dsquared, dries van noten... all too expensive for me but nice to look at. The capital E's looked way cool. They have alot of ladies clothes and a small mens section.

Check those out.

Factory people in Austin, however, had a ton of raw denim last time I was there and thats where I picked up my Rag&Bone RB11's. They also had Nice collective and some other stuff, fredy perry, rest is slipping my mind andthe moment and their website is empty. If you're ever down there be sure to check them out and go to a concert too, always good shows in Austin.

[zehero]

I ended up getting these. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=006&item=160024840869&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

not slim, low, or straight, but i figure I have enough of that look.