TCB: happy jeans contest

[ColdStorage]

Hey guys! I'm really excited to see this contest take off and for my first pair of selvedge jeans. Thought you might want to see some of the preliminary drafts for the patch! I'm glad to see you love it. 

 

 

Welcome to superdenim, and thanks for your work on the patch.

(I'm looking forward to destroying it.)

 

*(Edit to add a quote of your post since the image should be on the front page  )

Edited July 16, 2014 by ColdStorage

[Sugar Mountain]

Welcome Heavenstibetsea! Thanks for your work on the patch - looks terrific.

[Capsicum Fried Meat]

it's time to put the awesome design into real production

[aho]

Heavens, welcome and very cool to see your creative process!

[Sugar Mountain]

Will there be a small delay in the start date of the contest? I'm easy 'cause I'm loving my Fullcount atm but curious all the same...

[aho]

Sorry guys, don't have an exact date just yet but it will likely be delayed a bit...Goal is still August but I'm awaiting an actual date we could aim for. Ed, any visibility on your end?

[edmond]

ehhh having problems with the different sizes in production so hold on!

[aho]

Thanks Ed!

 

Everyone, I just messaged with Inoue-san and he says production should be complete sometime next week, meaning shipped from Ed, the jeans should be in our hands by the second or third week of August (to be safe) barring no issues from customs, etc.

 

I don't mind starting wear whenever they get to you...A week or two difference shouldn't be a big deal. Are we all cool with starting whenever we get the jeans? Please feel free to post pictures , measurements, and document your start date for posterity (the old newspaper and jeans picture is always fun)! I myself will be making most of my immediate updates to instagram via #TCBcontest

 

Damn I can't wait to get this going!

[ColdStorage]

I have no problem with people starting when they get em. Eat it while it's hot!

 

(snip) I myself will be making most of my immediate updates to instagram via #TCBcontest

...(snip)

 

Never had instagram but might need a throwaway account, don't want to miss out on contest updates. Just don't tell my wife and friends, I really don't have any desire to be bombarded with pictures of meals, pets, and children

[Bobbo]

I'm also cool with starting whenever we get our own pairs. 

Great that you're outing a hashtag straight off the bat Aho. Keeping it all in one place. 

[fellini_esque]

I'm cool with starting when we get them. The patch just says august so I'm cool with starting sometime in august. Small delays are understandable. What's the total count of participants?

[aho]

Thanks for your understanding guys, I'm surprised TCB could even produce them that fast but glad we'll have them soon! Total contestants is around 30+ I beleive; ed should have the complete list!

[Sugar Mountain]

Cheers for the update Aho and Ed. I'm out of town in the second and third weeks of August so might have something to look forward to upon my return. This is all going to be well worth the wait.

[ranonranonarat]

So... Thursday morning I did my accounts and contemplated my credit card balance. Thursday afternoon I discussed with Lady T whether I could justify more denim... she urged me on, I said I didn't think I could do it.

 

Then Friday morning I got notification a payment I've been waiting for since 31 Oct finally arrived. It was a sign.

 

I got another sign this morning, a tax bill, but sod it.

 

My Full Count are 32 tag, as are my 55501 so I reckon that's what I'll go with (both circa 39cm now). Thighs are 28cm on the LVC, 25cm on the Full Count, so on that basis I should be ok. If anyone reckons that sounds badly wrong, please yell. INterested to know what the Roy x Cone peeps went for?

 

hi paul, for what it's worth now, i was a size 32 in the RxC's and went for a 31 in these. the RxC's still fit perfectly but looking at the sizing chart for the TCB's, i think a size down would probably fit me similarly around the waist. as with my experience with japanese-made/measured denim, i seem to always be able to go one down from the cone stuff (ROY's or LVC's for that matter).

 

what size did you go relative to your RxC's for the TCB's?

[Paul T]

hi paul, for what it's worth now, i was a size 32 in the RxC's and went for a 31 in these. the RxC's still fit perfectly but looking at the sizing chart for the TCB's, i think a size down would probably fit me similarly around the waist. as with my experience with japanese-made/measured denim, i seem to always be able to go one down from the cone stuff (ROY's or LVC's for that matter).

 

what size did you go relative to your RxC's for the TCB's?

I went for a 32, which is what i have in Full COunt, and which - I think - is what I went for in the ROys.

 

I tried a pair of the '66 TCB in a 32 waist, raw. I thought the waist was undersized compared to LVC (ie my 32 raw pair of '55, which you'd expect to shrink down to 30, but probably sits at 32 after lots of washes). But the thighs were very full eve on the '66, with a fiar bit (but not huge) amount of room in the seat. So for all those reasons I'm sticking with the 32. I reckon the waist will shrink out and the butt/crotch will be about right.

[volvo240thebest]

Leather patch production has started!

http://happyjeans.jp/tcb/2014/07/19/6584

[Capsicum Fried Meat]

Leather patch production has started!

http://happyjeans.jp/tcb/2014/07/19/6584

 

super cool! excited

 

Edited July 19, 2014 by Capsicum Fried Meat

[aho]

^In case the link drops:

 

This patch is the truth! Everything starting to come together and feel even more real now...

[Flash]

that patch is so cool , really looking forward to this 

[fellini_esque]

^In case the link drops:

This patch is the truth! Everything starting to come together and feel even more real now...

[aho]

http://happyjeans.jp/tcb/2014/07/23/6596

 

Getting closer and closer!

[501XX4EVER]

http://happyjeans.jp/tcb/2014/07/23/6596

 

Getting closer and closer!

 

Great pictures on that link.

[garden gnomes in space]

cannot wait.  That denim has such a nice color to it.  totally unique

Edited July 22, 2014 by garden gnomes in space

[Davil]

 

^In case the link drops:

This patch is the truth! Everything starting to come together and feel even more real now...

 

Cool patch mos def.

[Paul T]

Very exciting! Thanks for all your hard work on this, Aho.

 

I do like jeans contests, they make me go out and (try to) do interesting things...

Edited July 23, 2014 by Paul T

[fellini_esque]

Just curious but is the patch made of deer skin? would just like to know for posterity's sake

[volvo240thebest]

Fuck yeah!!!

http://happyjeans.jp/tcb/2014/07/24/6605

[Bobbo]

The patch is looking great. Awsome work from Heaven.

Also, I like the two tone-stitching. Didn't notice it before.

I'm gonna wash my jeans like crazy.

 

[Sugar Mountain]

Anticipation building! 

 

I notice that each patch has a different Lot number... Does that mean our jeans are individually numbered in line with the contestant list?

[garden gnomes in space]

interesting....i didnt even notice that