UES Official Contest 2014/1/1 - 2014/12/31

[beautiful_FrEaK]

Recently I have been in contact with LEE from UES again. You can’t say it often enough, great guy!
We also had some talk about a possible contest. He then told me, that UES is indeed holding a contest pretty soon!
Since UES isn’t that popular in Europe and America (yet), originally the contest had the main target area of Asia (China, Hong Kong and Taiwan). But I asked him if also people from outside that area are allowed to join and he said: â€œOf course!â€.
 
 
I am sure you guys want to know more about it. So what are the framework conditions?
 
Start Date / Duration:

• The official start date of the contest is 2014/01/01 and it will end on 2014/12/31.
• This makes 1 year

How Do I Join?

• Buy a pair of UES jeans from their official webshop or from Danny at Rivet&Hide
• They will brand the purchase date for their customer on the leather patches. The date should be from 10/15 to 12/31. 
• So, you can already buy a pair right now, get it branded, get it shipped to you and start wearing! LEE said that those few weeks won’t make a difference. 

Okay, I bought a pair and got it, what now?

• Please make at least monthly updates of your jeans, your experience with your jeans
• Send those pictures to LEE and he will upload them to the UES HP and also to WEIBO (a     Chinese version of Twitter, AFAIK)

What Can I Win? (I know this question will pop up   )

•  If I understood LEE correctly: A free pair of UES 23oz jeans!

If you got further question, feel free to contact me and I will talk to LEE. Please refer to the sizing charts you see on UES HP. As I don’t own a pair of UES yet, I CANNOT help you here.
 
 
If we get together a decent group of Superfuturianer, we might even start a little thread here on Sufu to also share our pictures and to discuss.
 
 
The possible jeans:
 
400T

 
400R

 
400S

 
and the
 
400E (Bush Pants)
400B (Bootcut)
and
400Z (Cinch and Suspender)
 
also qualify!
 
 
List of the interested Sufu crowd:
 
1. Obbigood 400Z ordered (32) - Singapore
2. Somar 400T ordered (33) - The Netherlands
3. geL- 400T ordered (34) - France
4. marti-mar 400Z ordered (36) - USA
5. llvlagline 400T ordered (34) - USA
6. beautiful_FrEaK 400T ordered (34) - Germany
7. MaxPower 400T ordered (34) - Germany
8. ThinFinn 400T ordered (34) - Switzerland
9. frank 400R ordered (30) - USA
10. Peter 400S ordered (31) - Hong Kong
11. LC_Miey 400S ordered (29) - 

12. whackedout 400T ordered (33) - 

 

 
Hey all ,thank you very much again for joining the denim contest.
The picture would be the first page of the denim web page.
So, first of all , i need your covering picture.
I think some guys have worn the jeans already , you can also send the 1month picture to me as well.
 
After i received the covering picture, i will make a detail page for you one by one.
The detail  page will show your jeans's evolution and your comment.
 
Here is my email address.
 
[email protected]
 
And what i need are
 
1. covering picture
2. 1 month picture if ready ( front and back side , some close up)
3. your comment, or anything you want to tell us
 
Please write the title as  Denim Contest.
 
Actually , it is just like a diary book. A book that shows how you enjoy your life with the jeans.
Any story ,photos, please feel free to send me and i will upload it for you.
 
Thank you.
 
Nice weekend!
 
Lee

Edited January 20, 2014 by beautiful_FrEaK

[beautiful_FrEaK]

Sounds like a cool idea , the denim looks really nice and the fit looks great from the fit pic's ive seen .would be nice to see a contest with a lesser known brand here on sufu

 

[beautiful_FrEaK]

 

Makes the already great cut on the 400 even more tempting. Something I will consider, even if I doubt I got the funds to make it on time...

 

 

Edited November 8, 2013 by beautiful_FrEaK

[beautiful_FrEaK]

 

that's very tempting.

I have a look on this 400t since a while.

Maybe if others dude are pulling the trigger i'll follow you.

 

[beautiful_FrEaK]

 

I will.

I'm thinking of buy a pair of 400T at the end of November so I could start on December 1st. Or so..I would need those 4 weeks more 

 

 

[beautiful_FrEaK]

 

I missed contest times   Definitely participating.

Thanks for the idea Tilmann!

 

[beautiful_FrEaK]

 

Maybe i will put the trigger with you then. 

Just keep me informed. In my opinion i will need a 34 in those 400t. 

And i also need those 4 weeks more. 

I just don't know yet which denim that i really want to be my next pair (SC hawaii / Stevenson 767 or this one) my favorite is the 767 or the 400t, i already have an Okinawa so the hawaii can wait but i always says that it can wait...

Anyway keep me informed i'll tell you late this november if i'll buy this or the stevenson.

 

[beautiful_FrEaK]

 

The cut of the 400t appeals to be but the brown weft puts me off. Hate that brown shade on my denim... Just my opinion obviously.

 

[beautiful_FrEaK]

 

I don't feel like it's that brown. The fades are beautiful and the catalogue I got from UES shows no particular brown weft or fadings.

 

@geL: I'd take 34 in the 400T. My Samurai size...

 

[beautiful_FrEaK]

 

 

I may take another look..... It's currently between these or the Fullcount 1101.

 

 

 

 

[beautiful_FrEaK]

 

@llvlaglne: as rayw44 quoted and from what LEE told me, the jeans have to be bought from their official webstore as they also have to be branded.

keep in mind those jeans qualify for free shipping. it's hard to beat their price. Of course, if you are from the UK and would like to take the advantage of trying on before buying, I can totally understand you why you asked about R&H!

 

@cmo: as Max said, I don't see a particular brown weft on those jeans. And he is right, the fades featured in their catalogue and on their HP are amazing and promising!

 

 

For the interested ones: I'll take a size 34 in the 400T

 

 

 

[beautiful_FrEaK]

 

For everyone who needs fade examples, just take a look here:

 

Official fading report

http://www.japaneseselvagejeans.com/rainbowcounty/indigojounal/index-en.html

 

100 Faces of Denim

http://www.ues.co.jp/faceofdenim/faceofdenim.htm

 

 

Anf the online version of the already mentioned catalogue, for those who doesn't own the hard copy 

http://issuu.com/049057/docs/ues_denim_book_en

 

[beautiful_FrEaK]

 

Ok ok..... Maybe I was wrong. Pics above of faded examples are great. I think the w34 would work for me. This is what I currently wear in Samurai 710's. Think I might go ahead as the price is pretty good too..

 

[beautiful_FrEaK]

 

Beautiful freak- thank you for being polite about it, I'm in with a 34. Will post pics when I get them

 

[beautiful_FrEaK]

 

damn, looking forward to this one, thanks for the heads up b_F! I won't be participating for obvious reasons (too many jeans) but will be watching with much anticipation...From what I've seen, this is tough denim to fade and built as jeans should be built so the results within a year will be interesting to see!

 

[beautiful_FrEaK]

 

If I decide that the sizing can work, I'm in on the contest with a pair of 400R. I have my first wedding anniversary at the start of December so it would be nice to mark the occasion with date-stamped jeans. I also really love the philosophy behind UES and obviously their denim results in impressive fading. 

 

[beautiful_FrEaK]

 

Short list of (possible) contestants:

 

1. James aka obbigood

2. Johnny aka Scasi

3. geL-

4. cmo

5. llvlagline

6. Sugar Mountain

7. me, myself and I aka b_F 

8. MaxPower

 

Those are the guys from Sufu that might or are interested. I think if the number of people stays at this amount or get even more, it would warrant an own thread on Sufu too 

 

[beautiful_FrEaK]

 

Sounds promising 

 

[beautiful_FrEaK]

 

i´m also interested!

 

[beautiful_FrEaK]

So, I decided it would be better for this contest and for the original UES thread to create an own "Contest Feeler" thread.

Feel free to discuss, voice your opinion and announce your participation

Edited November 8, 2013 by beautiful_FrEaK

[Max Power]

My opinion: if I get the funds together, I think I'll order my pair in december. Should be fine with the HDC, as I need a cleaner pair for work anyway and thus I'll split wearing them.

 

I can't believe how great the 400T measurements look, just what I heard many people ask for (regarding the IH 634 for example). I find it easy to get jeans that fit me in the waist and rise, but they usually come with small thighs with a too strong taper or feature giant leg openings. So this cut seems to be the perfect compromise.

Edited November 8, 2013 by Max Power

[Bill_e_jean]

does anybody know if ues is available in new york?

[beautiful_FrEaK]

I can't tell you but I don't think so.

 

Here is the official dealer lit:

http://www.ues.co.jp/information/dealer.htm

 

 

But it is not up-to-date since Rivet&Hide isn't mentioned (yet)

[bradl]

Same story as Max, if I can get some funds together by the end of the month, will be purchasing and joining in as well.

[louisbosco]

oh james and johnny are in???      

[llvlaglne]

Edited November 8, 2013 by llvlaglne

[HAZARDkid]

was just going to pull the trigger on a new pair of fc's but damn lol have me on the fence now. based on the 400t measurements i think tts should work out fine since the waist for a 32 measures around a 33.5 with a low rise. did they change the selvage on them? i rmb someone posting a pic and the 400t only had half selvage but the pics on the website are full.

[beautiful_FrEaK]

yes they changed the cut regarding the selvage. the 400T feature full selvage from now on and you will getthose if you order. UES noticed that the oversea customers prefer the full selvage

[llvlaglne]

For those of you about to pick up a pair of 400t. Wait til after danny from R&H has a meeting with lee. Let's hope something is in the works

[HAZARDkid]

^but stick with the webshop if you want the onewash version takes the hassle of you having to shrink it yourself