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

[Max Power]

Did another handwash and found some more pics from home. Gonna go there next week again.

[maikeru320]

Did another handwash and found some more pics from home. Gonna go there next week again.

 

Amazing progress Max Power, the honeycombs are literally unaffected by the wash...

Did you hang dry like pictured straight after the wash or lay them flat first?

[Max Power]

I did hang them as shown, but a handwash doesn't affect the creases much.

[beautiful_FrEaK]

Couple of days ago I was at the German Panzer Museum with my 2 brothers. Just some random pics

 

 

The first German tank from the Great War

 

 

Moszt tanks were from WWII

 

Pz IV

 

The mighty Tiger

 

Panther

 

For our American friends, a Sherman

 

I think that is a T-34

[Somar]

Oh man... you guys eat denim for breakfast? Nice updates everybody!

[geL-]

Shitty pics, after the 3rd wash:

 

[Max Power]

Awesome fades! How long have you been waering them? (I hope since November, that would make me feel better).

[geL-]

Thanks Max, yes since November i wear them almost daily.

[ThinFinn]

dope progress so far mate!

[volvo240thebest]

great job gents, some amazing fades already there!

I have way too much job ahead to catch up with you guys. Anyway I am sidetracking the contest atm!

been wearing mostly the UES over the last two weeks, here's a random, non competitive (!),  waywt

 

Edited May 5, 2014 by volvo240thebest

[Max Power]

My sunday: A hike to that castle near my hometown

[exaptavist]

Jeez Flo those are some extraordinary images, you must spend as much on camera equipment as denim!

[Max Power]

In fact - no. It's the cheapest Sony DSLR that fell in to the sea twice, once down a table tennis plate (hand repaired) and is three years old. I just use a polarisation filter in direct sunlight to make the colours pop. As I can't use photoshop or the like, that's my old fashioned way. But thank you :-)

[exaptavist]

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Edited October 10, 2015 by hoggreaser

[frank]

^^ Wow, that's gorgeous. Did you sing "The Sound of Music" when you took that second picture? Because I wouldn't blame you if you did.

[Max Power]

 Didn't know that so far, only the sound of muzak. And that's a great song.

 

Post first machine wash fit:

Edited May 6, 2014 by Max Power

[Maynard Friedman]

^^ Wow, that's gorgeous. Did you sing "The Sound of Music" when you took that second picture? Because I wouldn't blame you if you did.

Check out the SuperCamp thread!

[Max Power]

Almost 5 months now...one last update before (hopefully) the rotation with the WH starts.  I did one 60°C machine wash last week plus some soaks & handwashes.

 

Natural light (but light sensitive lense):

 

Normal lense + flash

As always, the front hem roping rips already. I hate that this happens all the time.

Edited May 9, 2014 by Max Power

[beautiful_FrEaK]

That's the price for your rad combs on all your jeans

 

And man..they look great!!!

[beautiful_FrEaK]

My 5-months update. They got one machine wash since my last update. I have to damit that I neglected them lately 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Max Power]

Very nice! Love the colour and whiskers, and the wallet fade. How did you keep your patch that light and intact? My branding cracked from the start.

[beautiful_FrEaK]

Mustang Paste..and gentle water temperature. But when you look closely, the branding also cracks a bit

[Max Power]

I also used Mustang Paste...but hotter water. And boot oil.

[aho]

The most surprising thing that gets me every time in this contest is how fast the denim actually does break in...No idea why I always was under the impression that it was stubborn/hard to fade!

[Max Power]

Maybe because of the catalogue (do you have it?). It showed great faded pairs, but they all had been worn for over 2 years. The ones around 1 year were still pretty dark. Compared to the last Jeans I wore (Samurais & Eternal) the UES fade slower, though.

[Sugar Mountain]

It could be that a lot of the owners with jeans featured in that catalogue were not in a position to wear jeans everyday because of work so it took longer to fade them? Either that or they weren't wearing them daily.

 

My impression from visiting Japan is that office culture is still pretty strict with dresscode (commuter trains look like funeral parties with everyone in black suits) and this restricts denim-wearing to ''salaryman status''.

[beautiful_FrEaK]

I really have to say I love how soft and comfy they are  (although that means, the creases aren't as strong as on my other jeans).

 

But I also have to admit, after finally getting my dream pair (Denime 66XX) I don't know how strong I can keep my commitment to the conetst jeans 

[Max Power]

The fit is awesome. The denim is comfortable, but lacks something (slubs, structure,colour, hairs - just the true japanese feel IMO).

[Somar]

Got some nice roping going on there max! Looking good

Edited May 19, 2014 by Somar

[Max Power]

Any upates guys? Would love to see some progress to keep me motivated.