Denim Blunders, Reflections and General Nonsense.

[tigerstrom]

Size down craze.. Yes

Slept in jeans.. Yes 

Diors.. No

Fancy wallet.. Yes

Engineer boots.. No

Ocean wash.. No

Resolute washing / fit having previously not.. Yes

Never washing.. Yes

Coffee wash.. No

Slubby or streaky.. None

Heavy oz denimz.. Yes one pair

Joined a contest.. Yes

Joined a tour.. Yes

APC.. No

Fancy washing detergent.. Yes

Worn denim while raw.. No

Paid for an expensive repair.. No

Wallet jewelry.. No

Numerous pairs of very expensive boots.. No

Numerous pairs of identical jeans.. No

Numerous fancy leather belts.. Yes

Native American Japanese jewelry.. No

Jacket suitable for the Arctic.. Yes

Unreadable Japanese language magazines.. Yes

Dressed like a sailor.. Yes

Dressed like a miner.. No

Dressed like an urban lumberjack.. Yes I’m afraid

Mill repro.. Yes

Dressed like a railway worker.. No

Stacked.. No

Starch..No

Freezer.. No

Fancy socks.. Yes

Handmade English shoes.. No

Whites Semi Dress.. No

Discharge print.. No

Own less than 10% of the clothing you bought since joining.. Yes

Photo of jeans in bathtub.. No

Wore jeans wet..Yes

£2000 leather jacket.. No

Numerous repro denim jackets all from same era.. No

Bought jeans nobody else owned.. Yes

Barf / Man stain / Shit oneself in no

[Double 0 Soul]

3 hours ago, Double 0 Soul said:

Diors.. No

Starch..No 

Have you been on the gin again @JohnM ?

[Maynard Friedman]

6 minutes ago, Double 0 Soul said:

Have you been on the gin again @JohnM ?

Did you mean @StuartM?

[Double 0 Soul]

Have you been on the gin again @Double 0 Soul ?

[Double 0 Soul]

 @tigerstrom is quite committed to the cause 

Edited Wednesday at 06:39 PM by Double 0 Soul

[JohnM]

Yes Double 0 -- still on the gin.  Plymouth is my favorite.  This thread brought an (inebriated) chuckle.

Size down craze: Only at first because the shop told me, 'don't worry, they'll stretch'.
Slept in jeans: Only after too much gin
Diors: No, but I must add these to the collection
Fancy wallet: Yes, my old friend recently asked, 'what the fuck is that?'
Engineer boots: Guilty
Ocean wash:  Only my denim Speedo
Resolute washing / fit having previously not:  I'm resolute about most everything
Never washing:  Only while traversing Antarctica in some Iron Hearts
Coffee wash:  Only to make the brown streaks look intentional
Joined a contest:  Yes, including this one
Worn denim while raw:  Yes, scraped knee and left pants on
Paid for an expensive repair:  Buy them too baggy and have too many to wear them out
Wallet jewelry:  Only a small medallion that hurt my butt
Numerous pairs of very expensive boots: Guilty
Numerous pairs of identical jeans:  No jeans are identical since I measure precisely
Numerous fancy leather belts: Only one and it's a little too fancy for me
Jacket suitable for the Arctic:  Yes, an Eddie Bauer puffy jacket from 1979
Unreadable Japanese language magazines: Not yet
Dressed like a sailor:  Never all at once
Dressed like a miner: Not exactly though I use an ash-based facial cream
Dressed like an urban lumberjack: Not a good look with my sailor hat and miner knee pads
Dressed like a railway worker:  Hickory stripes from head to toe
Stacked: 43" chest
Starch: Every morning
Fancy socks: Agree with Broark: "Yes, and they suck"
Handmade English shoes: If Edward Greens are handmade
Whites Semi Dress: Never with MF sailor outfit
£2000 leather jacket: Yes, looks stunning in the closet
Numerous repro denim jackets all from same era: Um, yeah
Bought jeans nobody else owned: Yes, I'm older than everyone here.  Levi's from 1967.  Well, mom bought em.
 

Edited Wednesday at 07:06 PM by JohnM

[reallypeacedoff]

Size down craze: Y, APC NC once...
Slept in jeans: Y, but not intentionally...
Diors: N, but was never far from the 19/21 debate...
Fancy wallet: N
Engineer boots: N
Ocean wash: N
Resolute washing / fit having previously not: N
Never washing: N
Coffee wash: N
Slubby or streaky: Streaky
Heavy oz denimz: Y, blew through those faster than anything else...
Joined a contest: Y, Eternal...
Joined a tour: N
APC: Y
Fancy washing detergent: N
Worn denim while raw: N
Paid for an expensive repair: Y
Wallet jewelry: N
Numerous pairs of very expensive boots: N
Numerous pairs of identical jeans: N
Numerous fancy leather belts: N
Native American Japanese jewelry: N
Jacket suitable for the Arctic: Y
Unreadable Japanese language magazines: Y
Dressed like a sailor: N
Dressed like a miner: N
Dressed like an urban lumberjack: N
Mill repro: N
Dressed like a railway worker: N
Stacked: Yes, 41" (presoak) Imperials...
Starch: N
Freezer: N
Fancy socks: N, but my prints are fancy...
Handmade English shoes: N
Whites Semi Dress: N
Discharge print: N, but does Momo GTB count?
Own less than 10% of the clothing you bought since joining: N, own a good deal of clothes from early 10s...
Photo of jeans in bathtub: Y, probably somewhere...
Wore jeans wet: N
£2000 leather jacket: N, never got my TOJ...
Numerous repro denim jackets all from same era: N
Bought jeans nobody else owned: N
Barf / Man stain / Shit oneself in jeans: Y, yellow mustard cap not put on...
Colored weft denim: Y, but "boring" brown from TSG.
Attended a meet up?: N
Has at least a decade's worth of denim in the closet, unworn? Y

[mlwdp]

Size down craze: Y, APC .
Slept in jeans: Y, but not intentionally...
Diors: N,
Fancy wallet: Y
Engineer boots: Y
Ocean wash: N
Resolute washing / fit having previously not: N
Never washing: Y
Coffee wash: N
Slubby or streaky: Streaky
Heavy oz denimz: N
Joined a contest: N
Joined a tour: N
APC: Y
Fancy washing detergent: Y
Worn denim while raw: Y
Paid for an expensive repair: Y
Wallet jewelry: Y
Numerous pairs of very expensive boots: Y
Numerous pairs of identical jeans: Y
Numerous fancy leather belts: N
Native American Japanese jewelry: Y
Jacket suitable for the Arctic: Y
Unreadable Japanese language magazines: Y
Dressed like a sailor: Y
Dressed like a miner: N
Dressed like an urban lumberjack: Y
Mill repro: N
Dressed like a railway worker: N
Stacked: Y
Starch: N
Freezer: Y
Fancy socks: Y
Handmade English shoes: N
Whites Semi Dress: Y, smokejumpers that were painful?
Discharge print: N
Own less than 10% of the clothing you bought since joining: N
Photo of jeans in bathtub: Y
Wore jeans wet: Y
£2000 leather jacket: N
Numerous repro denim jackets all from same era: N
Bought jeans nobody else owned: Y
Barf / Man stain / Shit oneself in jeans: Y
Colored weft denim: N
Attended a meet up?: N
Has at least a decade's worth of denim in the closet, unworn? N

[julian-wolf]

Feels like MySpace ca. 2005

Size down craze: Nope
Slept in jeans: Yep, but just to stretch them out (black TCB 50s), never ~for the fades~
Diors: Nope
Fancy wallet: Nope
Engineer boots: Nope
Ocean wash: Yep, but only incidentally
Resolute washing / fit having previously not: Nope
Never washing: Nope
Coffee wash: ????
Slubby or streaky: Nope
Heavy oz denimz: Ish
Joined a contest: Yep
Joined a tour: Yep (Top Top Elite)
APC: Nope
Fancy washing detergent: Only for woolens, never jeans
Worn denim while raw: Yep
Paid for an expensive repair: Nope, but done plenty myself
Wallet jewelry: Hell no
Numerous pairs of very expensive boots: Oh yeah
Numerous pairs of identical jeans: Absolutely
Numerous fancy leather belts: Ish
Native American Japanese jewelry: Big no
Jacket suitable for the Arctic: Not since living in Quebec…
Unreadable Japanese language magazines: Not yet (books, on the other hand…)
Dressed like a sailor: Nope
Dressed like a miner: Yep
Dressed like an urban lumberjack: Yep
Mill repro: Nope
Dressed like a railway worker: Nope
Stacked: Yep
Starch: Yep
Freezer: Nope
Fancy socks: Every day
Handmade English shoes: Yep
Whites Semi Dress: Nope, just Bounty Hunters that squeak when I walk
Discharge print: Yep
Own less than 10% of the clothing you bought since joining: Nope
Photo of jeans in bathtub: Yep
Wore jeans wet: Yep
£2000 leather jacket: Not yet
Numerous repro denim jackets all from same era: Nope
Bought jeans nobody else owned: Yep
Barf / Man stain / Shit oneself in jeans: Nope
Colored weft denim: Briefly
Attended a meet up?: Yep
Has at least a decade's worth of denim in the closet, unworn? Easily

 

It’s funny, I still feel like one of the new guys here, and the peak SuFu era feels like way before my time…but in reality I guess I probably started posting closer to peak SuFu than to now. Time’s tricky like that

[smoothsailor]

How is Dior Sufu proof?

everybody has no

[Double 0 Soul]

@mlwdp .. worn denim while raw? what was going on there

@julian-wolf .. the 'sleeping in jeans' thing was to stretch them out..ie- get a couple of buttons fastened, maybe on day 2 fasten button 3 and don't take them off till you can get the top button fastened

If i remember rightly the coffee wash thing was around the time certain threads were obsessed with natural dying techniques, persimmon, mud, grass and such.

@smoothsailor they were MiJ Hedi Slimane era

What was that early denim documentary called? not the one Paul T was annoyed about.. it was pre-kickstarter.. you had to buy it on DVD, they interviewed ring x ring in silhouette, to protect his identity like a crime victim..  

Did anyone here buy it? i almost did but UK shipping costs ruled it out.

Edited Thursday at 07:11 AM by Double 0 Soul

[beautiful_FrEaK]

@Double 0 Soul You don't mean 'Weavin Shibusa'? There was one before, right? With beatle as well.

[Double 0 Soul]

Not sure.. there was a dedicated thread where you could buy it.. it was 2 guys who produced it, they showed short excerpts, it was the first time i'd seen the mysterious figure of ring x ring amongst others in the denim game being interviewed.. (like Banksy)  i was surprised how deep his voice was..

[beautiful_FrEaK]

Ok, should be Warp&Weft

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2508926/?ref_=nm_flmg_knf_t_1

[Double 0 Soul]

That's it!

Well done Tilmann

[smoothsailor]

That’s a lot of terms, words, brands people I never heard of.

its all about looks for me

[Maynard Friedman]

Warp and Weft thread here.

Does anyone know of a working link to stream the film (not just the trailers)?

[Double 0 Soul]

I can probably find you an 'legit' one from my home mac.

edit- ok so there was a kickstarter

Edited Thursday at 10:28 AM by Double 0 Soul

[beautiful_FrEaK]

I think Devin gave me a copy for free some years later. But I dunno if I still have it saved somewhere

[Cold Summer]

Funny seeing the documentaries mentioned here, last night I was watching Weaving Shibusa, I bought it from Vimeo when it came out back in 2018 I think, and watched it once, and then kind of forgot about it. It's much more interesting to me the second time around since I have a far greater interest in vintage-style denim than back then.

I have Warp And Weft on DVD, I'll probably watch that next - I think I only watched it once, around the time it came out. I actually talked to the guys making it on here and I was in the DC area around the time they were filming, so I barely missed actually being on the thing. It's probably for the best though, I would probably just cringe at myself circa 2011 on video 😅

[reallypeacedoff]

I remember joining and it was just Dior/APC/Samurai threads with new replies. Dior was "should I get the 19 or the 21?" and APC was "can I size down 3 from my already sized down 2 from tagged waist?" and I think people just started saying yes to see how tight people would go. Was kinda smart since you could pick up once-worn APC jeans for a fraction of retail.

Edit: My first (circa 2009) username was "cents or non cents" but it was mapped to my Hotmail email. Forgot the password. Started up a new one in 2012, and Beatle transferred my rep to it.

Edited Thursday at 06:12 PM by reallypeacedoff

[UkeNo]

Reading through the trend quiz responses, had me querying what i'd done myself,  and just how long i'd actually been on Sufu?  

So I looked it up.... 14 Years! Almost to the day.

 

[Geeman]

Wow, just checked,  I was 14 years ago last week. 

[MJF9]

Bizzarely... I joined 14 years ago on 23rd Feb.  I'd been tuning in for years before that.  Some cantankerous keyboard warrior behaviour iirc way back then.  Much better now.

I watched Weaving Shibusa in the Curzon in Soho.  Lewis from the Superdenim / McCoys London shops put on a screening.  Jam packed with London denim trendies.  Would be interested in watching it again.  

[MJF9]

Mostly computer says no....

Size down craze: Nope
Slept in jeans: Yes, when I've passed out in the old days; also woke up in them, right way round thankfully
Diors: No
Fancy wallet: Yes - just dug it out, can't remember what make - it'll come to me; it has a space inside for a guitar pic (Skulls jeans / Fab Four)
Engineer boots: Nah - a girl I was friends with wore these c1989 so I always associate them with erm girls - no offense!!
Ocean wash: No
Resolute washing / fit having previously not: No
Never washing: No
Coffee wash: No
Slubby or streaky: Slubby ftw
Heavy oz denimz: Yes - one pair of Samurai 710s - like an endurance test wearing them, why?
Joined a contest: Yes - WoM is my first
Joined a tour: No
APC: No
Fancy washing detergent: No
Worn denim while raw: Probably
Paid for an expensive repair: No
Wallet jewelry: Yes, if a wallet chain counts
Numerous pairs of very expensive boots: Yes
Numerous pairs of identical jeans: Not numerous, just 2
Numerous fancy leather belts: Yes
Native American Japanese jewelry: Nope
Jacket suitable for the Arctic: Possibly... the FW N1 could possibly maybe cut it... for a bit, before frost bite kicks in
Unreadable Japanese language magazines: Yes
Dressed like a sailor: Only top half
Dressed like a miner: Only bottom half
Dressed like an urban lumberjack: Nope
Mill repro: Yes Sir!
Dressed like a railway worker: Possibly, most probably
Stacked: Not purposefully, but yes to jeans worn long pre Sufu yes
Starch: No
Freezer: No
Fancy socks: Yes
Handmade English shoes: No - Alfred Seargent, Loake only 
Whites Semi Dress: No
Discharge print: No
Own less than 10% of the clothing you bought since joining: No - that's just crazy talk!!
Photo of jeans in bathtub: Yes
Wore jeans wet: Probably, momentarily
£2000 leather jacket: No
Numerous repro denim jackets all from same era: Yep, guilty as charged
Bought jeans nobody else owned: Yes
Barf / Man stain / Shit oneself in jeans: No way
Colored weft denim: No
Attended a meet up?: No DenimHangz... yet.... but never say never... but I did meet @Bobbo in Gothenburg irl for a coffee once
Has at least a decade's worth of denim in the closet, unworn? Yesssss!!!  

Edited Thursday at 08:14 PM by MJF9

[UkeNo]

1 hour ago, Geeman said:

Wow, just checked,  I was 14 years ago last week. 

 

1 hour ago, MJF9 said:

Bizzarely... I joined 14 years ago on 23rd Feb.  I'd been tuning in for years before that.  Some cantankerous keyboard warrior behaviour iirc way back then.  Much better now.

I watched Weaving Shibusa in the Curzon in Soho.  Lewis from the Superdenim / McCoys London shops put on a screening.  Jam packed with London denim trendies.  Would be interested in watching it again.  

February 2011 was a strong period for Superfuture indeed. 

[Double 0 Soul]

36 minutes ago, MJF9 said:

Mill repro: Pass - don't know what this means

Sorry.. blame my dyslexia

Mil repro as in military repro / mil-spec / RMC / TMC / BR ect..

[MJF9]

^ cheers - updated the post!  Yes Sir!

[Dr_Heech]

@Double 0 Soul you'll have to add 'Dressed as an ice cream vendor' to the list 😁 although that seems to be a more 2020's sufu thing.

I think there was a PoW trend too, whether it was items with Prisoner of War abbreviations or those black and white/brown and white striped 20's/30's prisoner outfits. Also remember a trend where everything had an anchor on it, from watch caps to jackets, although could've dreamt that last one (?)

[Double 0 Soul]

I'm pretty sure i was liberally cussing those ice cream vendors back in the old DB days Doc

It was those WH repro prisoner stripe outfits..  god no!

Meanwhile back in mil-repro country ..