Boncoura

[Maynard Friedman]

Gnomes, if you have no kitchen, now really is the best time to eat lettuce and drink water. Once it's in, you (or Mrs Gnomes) will want to be using all the new gadgets and stuff and things could get messier. Just my $0.02.

[garden gnomes in space]

nah man, Im comfort eating my way through construction.   Once we have a working kitchen we can start cooking more healthy.  Been eating out every meal since January!

[Broark]

Gave my XX's a wash about a week ago, coming along nicely I think.

[Broark]

Alright y'all, someone talk me down from (or off of...) the ledge.
I've been eyeing this Boncoura denim chore coat for awhile and I found one for a good price and I'm very tempted.

Here's some photos of the jacket worn a bit, only thing holding me back is it's seemingly pretty short (28 in. back length on the size 42).
Made from a nice neppy 8oz denim.




Also I'm washing my pair of XX's right now, I've been wearing them more sparingly due to wearing my CSF jeans but also because the waist has gotten too big...post wash photos to come.

[Aries]

@Broark i think you’re looking for the “Denim Addicts Anonymous” club next door if you’re looking for discouragement. I’d snap that beauty up if it fit my style.

[goodrain]

looks pretty similar to your OOE one. Don't do it!

[Broark]

I was thinking the same thing @goodrain, only thing I don’t love about the Ooe jacket is the sleeve length which is a little short. I’ll probably talk myself out of it but I’ve loved the look of that jacket for quite awhile. I don’t need any more jackets anyways, it’ll be like 100 degrees here soon. 

[MJF9]

^ but it is a cracking jacket tho!

[bartlebyyphonics]

@Broark you are asking enablers to disable

you are too good at finding nice things

it is most fine. similar to the ooe but not the same. pockets very different. (it reminds of what i like in orslow)

it is the fetish of the small detail that leads us to the ruinous rabbit hole of raw denim and infinite takes on historical style: and the pathology of completionism!

but, tis very nice, 28" back is not super short; the same as my much loved post overall ok-43 - a good length I find esp. for warmer days 

what back length is the ooe?

edit: with some googles - i see the alpha shadows in uk has the 42 - is that what you are looking at? that is near-isn to me: will see if i can get nearer it in the next few days and give eyewitness report...

Edited March 23, 2018 by bartlebyyphonics

[Broark]

@bartlebyyphonics I think the back length on my Ooe jacket is about 30 in., but looking at photos of the Boncoura jacket the back comes up a little bit compared to the front and sides of the jacket. I'm about 6'3" and I think I could pull off the 28 in. length, after all my TCB 50's jacket is about 26 in. in length.
We'll see if I get the jacket, I just found out this morning I need two new tires on my car and I also have been wanting the forthcoming Iron Heart corduroy type III jacket.
Buying jackets right before summer is something I just like to do I guess. 

[MJF9]

Well articulated @bartlebyyphonics. I wasn't looking at chore coats myself but given @Broark has introduced this to the Denim Addicts club, it's now in mind!! Agent provacateur, non?? 

However I cannot find it in Alpha Shadows. @Broark are you able to reveal your dealer??? 

[bartlebyyphonics]

https://www.alphashadows.com/sale/

and you might want to compare that to the orslow 1950s here

https://www.kafka.co.uk/item/29276/orSlow/One-Wash-1950s-Coverall---Indigo.html

Edited March 23, 2018 by bartlebyyphonics

[Broark]

Yup it’s on the Alpha Shadows sale page, if one of y’all buys that 42 I’ll be sending a horse head your way like our Italian mafioso. 

[bartlebyyphonics]

i am not buying f'sure.

total promise. no clams floating about for another chore.

[maybe the orslow tho.]

[MJF9]

^ ha ha... denim gamification - winner gets the horse's head - would only exacerbate our habits!  

I'm also out on the Boncoura - too big. Two Orslow left so we'll be ok @bartlebyyphonics :).

Presumably that now makes it less desirable @Broark!!

[Broark]

Okay, so I didn't buy the chore coat. But I did take some post wash photos of my XX's, they fade really quickly all things considered.
Still bums me out that things didn't work out with SE carrying Boncoura, I'd like to pick up a shirt or something else from them.

[istewi]

Hello, 

I received some hardly worn 66s not too long ago. Very excited to see how they wear! 

 

[MasonAlexander]

7 hours ago, Broark said:

Okay, so I didn't buy the chore coat. But I did take some post wash photos of my XX's, they fade really quickly all things considered.
Still bums me out that things didn't work out with SE carrying Boncoura, I'd like to pick up a shirt or something else from them.



 

I always forget about Boncoura (probably due to this thread not being as active as a lot of the others and the jeans not being carried by any of the retailers that I frequently look at) but damn it, I think that they might use some of my favourite denim. Those have turned into my favourite shade of blue

[beautiful_FrEaK]

If those guys would simply put 1-2" more in the inseam on the 66 cut, I would buy them in a heartbeat!

[MasonAlexander]

Is their inseam terribly short? @beautiful_FrEaK ?

I cant seem to find their website or measurements right now

[beautiful_FrEaK]

79-80 cm raw or in other words, 31.3" before you wash them...and this denim does shrink a good amount.

 

edit: although Alpha Shadows claims the inseam to be 32.5"...still very short for pre-wash. At least for me.

Edited April 13, 2018 by beautiful_FrEaK

[MasonAlexander]

Quite short if it shrinks a lot. Personally, on something like the 66, Id enjoy to have the inseam at about 31" (post shrink) and just use a small single cuff, and that would work well for me. But I am quite short

[Maynard Friedman]

They look fantastic @Broark, a lovely shade of blue. Some leg twist going on there too!

[Broark]

The inseam is pretty short, but since the rise isn't very high they kind of work since I wear them lower.
I'll have to measure the inseam, but I got my pair from Alpha Shadows and I think the inseam is somewhere around 31 in. now after a couple of washes.

[istewi]

I think my inseam measures at 29.5" after hot soak and hot wash. I'm about 6' and have a double turn up going on. It's a tiny cuff and would be a bit longer with a standard single cuff. borderline high water look, but I like it. 

[vexed_wear]

Boncoura 66 
Bought in Tokyo on 05/06/17
10 months old 2 washes

 

https://www.instagram.com/vexed_wear/

Edited April 14, 2018 by vexed_wear
wrong link

[vexed_wear]

Boncoura 66 
Bought in Tokyo on 05/06/17
10 months old 2 washes

 

https://www.instagram.com/vexed_wear/

 

Edited April 14, 2018 by vexed_wear
wrong link

[vexed_wear]

Boncoura 66 
Bought in Tokyo on 05/06/17
10 months old 2 washes

 

https://www.instagram.com/vexed_wear/

 

 

[vexed_wear]

Boncoura 66 
Bought in Tokyo on 05/06/17
10 months old 2 washes

 

https://www.instagram.com/vexed_wear/

 

 

[edmond]

Rise for me is too low but the fabric on bonkys are super awesome like a cross between fc and evisu with a tinge of twc