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

[beautiful_FrEaK]

I try to avoid too hot water as I’m always concerned about my leather patch. A temperature of 40-50 °C (not the hottest my shower is capable of) is ok IMO and after the jeans have stayed for 20-30 minutes in that water you can easily put your hand in and agitate the jeans.

I have to use a bucket since I don’t have a tub on hand here, otherwise I would use a tub for the same reasons you said

[oomslokop]

i like the way ues washes their denim and thats how i wash mine (except when they come a bit tight to begin with in which case i follow the kiya method which is to soak with cold water first then wear for a few months then wash it normally (the ues way)). http://ues.co.jp/rainbowcounty/laundry.html

 

the kiya method really does work though you might think what if the waist shrinks more than it did in the initial soak when i finally have to wash my jeans? in my case (on an mf cali with nos cone denim and a sugar cane hawaii) after several honest machine washes the waist never shrinks below what it did in the initial soak (the inseam did get shorter after the first wash but not after that). it seems like wearing it after the initial soak stretches the denim to a point where when it shrinks again in the wash the waist just goes back to its initial (wash) size. 

Edited December 2, 2013 by oomslokop

[Max Power]

@ B_f: yeah, that why I place something like an empty bottle under the patch, so that area sticks out of the water. the rest is covered with water. Works pretty fine, but no option if you don't havea tub.

 

Has anybody sent pictures to Lee yet btw?

Edited December 2, 2013 by Max Power

[volvo240thebest]

after much pondering I decided to get a w36 400t raw pair directly from UES. this way I won't have to bother with hand washes, I'll be able to safely throw the jeans in the machine with no worries. parcel leaving tomorrow from Japan.. can't wait!

[beautiful_FrEaK]

First day of real wear (yesterday was only a lazy Sunday with watching „The Hobbit“ extended version + some specials) and I have to say they are a real comfy pair. They give you the room you need/want in the top block, not restrictive in any way but still maintain a slim silhouette due to the tapered cut.

I don’t find the denim to be ubersoft, just like an usual 14,9oz unsanforized denim has to feel after soaking/drying. A nice little crunch is still there.

 

What I forgot to add: I really like the level of construction. By turning them inside out I didn’t find any loose or spare threads. Everything looked very clean.

[Max Power]

I hope the leg opening goes well with boots, as winter's coming up. And I hate the look of slim / skinny jeans with huge boots.

[ThinFinn]

works perfect lad!

[beautiful_FrEaK]

Yep, works great with my Yuekten so far. But Rafa and I don't have so big feet like you

[Max Power]

Yes, "feet".

[Maynard Friedman]

You know what they say about men with big feet...

[marti-mar]

^hehe it will only get better (that's what I tell myself)

 

How is your pair now? Did it stretch to your pleasure?

 

The beauty of a contest: not to worry or think about what jeans to put on in the morning

 

They've let out a little.  I haven't been buttoning the top button so it hasn't let out fully yet.  I'll get to it this week. I may wet the waist band this week and just stretch it out in one day.

[Max Power]

Bad news for me. the package is "delivered", but not to my postbox. And I didn't get any notice about it being delivered elsewhere, neighbour or post office. On top, the status is "Empfänger: Abruch". which means "Recipent: Abortion", but is misspelled, so it could also be the name of a neighbour. They try to call the driver, but I don't have much hope, as they lost packages before. Man, I'm pissed.

[Sugar Mountain]

Fingers crossed for you bud.

[volvo240thebest]

aw that sucks. hold on and give some extra faith to the Deutsche post horn.. maybe a neighbour had signed and collected for you? it happens all the time here in the land of pizza's mandolins and contradictions..

[Maynard Friedman]

We had a package delivered to the wrong address - a couple of streets away - and signed for. The lady who received it obviously realised the error and kindly brought it to our house on foot (it was a large, bulky package) with her 2 kids in tow. There is still hope for humanity!

[Max Power]

I had a similar case before. The neighbour didn't exist and I was spending three weeks ringing every bell in my street. But nobody had gotten it, or at least said so. And that's just one of the many disappointments I had with DHL...

 

In the meatime I enjoy this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasmin_denim/

 

[Somar]

Same thing you said to me max: What a shame. Hope you find your package soon sherlock!

[ThinFinn]

crossing fingers buddy...let me know if i can help you in any way!

feeling a bit bad, since i was the one that shipped you the package

[Vanquish Gold]

Damn... hope you can get it back soon. I feel for you man..

[beautiful_FrEaK]

Like I already texted you: fingers are crossed!

 

I talked to Lee again and I will send him our Sufu IDs together with the jeans we wear so he can assign us correctly. So far we are 11 guys from Sufu, right? Lee told me 19 guys ordered from the UES webshop but not everybody from those orders told him to enter the contest. Could also be just some random guys, who knows.

 

Anyways, Lee is preparing a website/section on the UES homepage just for the contest we everybody will be added with his ID, branding date and jeans.

 

As I said, I’m going to send Lee our list from the first post of this thread. I thought it could be a nice addition to state from which country we are, so to underline the worldwide contest aspect. Are you guys ok with that?

[Max Power]

Thanks for the comments, guys! And thanks for talking to Lee, b_f. I'm totally fine with that.

[ThinFinn]

oui, je suis d'accord mec! @b_F

[geL-]

tout à fait d'accord moi aussi! @B_F 

 

das freut mich

[beautiful_FrEaK]

Don't make me speak/write French, guys

 

Ok, I added the information of those guys from which I know where they live. the rest please contact me (check first post)

Edited December 3, 2013 by beautiful_FrEaK

[volvo240thebest]

weiter so!

[Max Power]

Small update: They changed the status from "delivered" to "on the road". Should mean I could get it tomorrow. But as I won't be home, I'm pretty sure I won't get it before friday.

[Somar]

b_F I'm okay with that! 

[Somar]

ps: My branding date is: 011213 (euro style)

[bradl]

Ughhh I hate to be this guy, but with the new job requring me to purchase my own tools (and have none of my own), and bills piling up, I will have to pass. Sorry guys, but after the recent purchase I think my gf would beat the shit out of me if I bought another pair of jeans.

 

           

[aho]

^I feel your pain...I let b-F know a while back but I have to step out as well. I'll be gladly watching from afar though, enjoy everyone!