Denim Blunders, Reflections and General Nonsense.

[Double 0 Soul]

54 minutes ago, Maynard Friedman said:

^ This is proof that you can be both a Winner and a Loser at the same time 😆

Pfft! .. you came second, a looser in both regards

Edited Thursday at 10:29 AM by Double 0 Soul

[Double 0 Soul]

‘Feet up Fridays’ .. revisited 

 

Going out to all the old heads who remember it.. especially Rivet Head who invented it 

Edited Friday at 04:04 PM by Double 0 Soul

[smoothsailor]

Yes rings a bell, mostly engineers and a desktop

[Double 0 Soul]

On 4/3/2025 at 5:10 AM, mlwdp said:

Don’t know exactly what we’re trying to “liberate” from.

A profitable stock market ?

[rodeo bill]

Yesterday I did a slot at my son's elementary school careers day, and talked with a group of third graders (8-9 year olds) about being a fashion designer. They were all great, and one kid was really pleased when he was pulling apart a cutting of denim that I'd passed around and saw that the inside of the yarn was white. "this must be why jeans get white when they get worn out". I swelled with pride on behalf of all of us.

[Cold Summer]

On 4/3/2025 at 1:23 AM, Double 0 Soul said:

It's all about the fades lads.. while you're sat in your air conditioned office playing Candy Crush and sipping single origin, you ain't fading shit.. but once all the  labourious jobs come back with their terrible working conditions your denimz will look fkin dope! .. you'll be dead by 50 but hey, you can't afford medical insurance anyhow so win-win.. 👖💪 🔥

This comment reminds me how a while ago, I gave serious thought to the Best Jobs For Fading Denim. The best one I came up with was "professional moving service," for both jeans and jackets. If you've moving boxes and furniture, you're doing a lot of bending over, squatting, lifting, carrying, and so on, but you're not really getting that dirty or getting weird substances all over your clothes necessitating more frequent washing (hence why something like "working on an oil field" wouldn't be a great suggestion.) It's hard, physical work, but not really all that dangerous, and less destructive/strenuous than other blue-collar professions. There's also not necessarily a ton of going down on your knees, which tends to destroy your jeans faster/be a downside of some blue-collar trades.

These would seem like ideal conditions for getting good fades - though it's possible that holding/carrying stuff right up against your garments could lead to some unexpected/undesirable fading.

Anybody on here ever fade denim working for a moving service? Let us know how it turned out!

[Talan]

^ No need to reinvent the wheel — gold mining is the express lane to maximum fade-out, with none of the pesky originality 🤣.

[Dr_Heech]

3 hours ago, Cold Summer said:

This comment reminds me how a while ago, I gave serious thought to the Best Jobs For Fading Denim. The best one I came up with was "professional moving service," for both jeans and jackets. If you've moving boxes and furniture, you're doing a lot of bending over, squatting, lifting, carrying, and so on, but you're not really getting that dirty or getting weird substances all over your clothes necessitating more frequent washing (hence why something like "working on an oil field" wouldn't be a great suggestion.) It's hard, physical work, but not really all that dangerous, and less destructive/strenuous than other blue-collar professions. There's also not necessarily a ton of going down on your knees, which tends to destroy your jeans faster/be a downside of some blue-collar trades.

These would seem like ideal conditions for getting good fades - though it's possible that holding/carrying stuff right up against your garments could lead to some unexpected/undesirable fading.

Anybody on here ever fade denim working for a moving service? Let us know how it turned out!

When l worked for a removal company back in around 2000, l was so hot when doing the job (as were all my colleagues) that it necessitated shorts and t-shirt, even in the cooler months. Obviously my shorts were cut off vintage 501XX 😁

In 2006 l qualified as a drystone waller which l thought would be perfect as l combine my passion for old denim with my passion for being out in nature with my other passion for making things with my hands (l spent 6 years studying sculpture/being a sculptor). Definitely one of the best jobs to enjoy a faded denim tux, unless it's constantly pouring it down with rain of course. The only problem was that my denim wore out too quickly so it wasn't cost effective in the end.

Edited 5 hours ago by Dr_Heech
To edit obvs

[julian-wolf]

52 minutes ago, Cold Summer said:

you're not really getting that dirty or getting weird substances all over your clothes necessitating more frequent washing

I think you’ve got this part completely backwards. All the best fades come from folks who get their jeans dirty as hell and wash as needed. I’d bet that drywall dust, wood shavings, or just plain dirt do more to fade jeans than any comparable amount of walking up and down stairs all nice and clean.

[Double 0 Soul]

Yep, I’m with JW on this one, it’s the dust and grime held within the fibres of the denim which acts as an abrasive as you move around.. if that dust is coal dust or sulphur dust for instance then you need to wash more often but if that dust be inert, wood dust or fine particles of sand then you can go for long periods without washing away the cause of the abrasion.

It’s a bit like your car mats, you can hoover the shit out of them so they look clean but bash them with a stick (like your granny did with the rug on the washing line before the invention of the vacuum cleaner) and dust still plooms out.. because the fibres are holding it in.

Edited 6 hours ago by Double 0 Soul

[Cold Summer]

3 hours ago, Double 0 Soul said:

if that dust is coal dust or sulphur dust for instance then you need to wash more often but if that dust be inert, wood dust or fine particles of sand then you can go for long periods without washing away the cause of the abrasion.

I can see that, based on the actual cool faded vintage jeans I've seen, the best-looking ones (e.g., Goldenstatevintage on Instagram, who's always finding stuff in abandoned farmhouses and that sort of thing) seem to have been worn by farmers or ranchers. Lots of dust, dirt, sand, etc. doing that kind of work, but relatively little wear to the seat and knees. I tend to think that the nature of the work gets the nice fading at the creases, while the dirt and dust has more of an impact on the overall color and texture of the jeans. I've never been convinced that commonly suggested environmental factors (SE Asia heat and humidity, snow, etc.) has any impact at all on contrast.

On the other hand I'm just a boring suburban dad who works in front of a computer, and I'm still quite pleased with how my jeans turn out most of the time.

[Double 0 Soul]

I can't imagine snow having any effect on contrast.. i'd give heat and humidity the benefit of the doubt, you will sweat more in this type of environment, the sweat will dry overnight resulting in more salt content within the denim fibres resulting in more abrasion.. or i assume that's the theory?