Denim Blunders, Reflections and General Nonsense.

[Cold Summer]

I've always liked the look of SDA's jeans, but they're one of the brands with cuts that just absolutely seem like they wouldn't work for me. Hopefully you have better luck!

My Warehouse 800xx and 1001xx are the best fitting pairs I've found, for my very western body shape (tall and slim.) The Buzz Rickson 1930s chinos fit even better, and the Sugar Cane 1955 look like they have a similar fit based on posted measurements. So any of those might be worth a look. Big problem with Warehouse is the short inseam, but I was fortunate to get the Self Edge versions that are longer.

[exaptavist]

Thanks mate.  Usual mix of excitement and worry 

I've tried two new (to me) pairs recently;

- the Kapital Monkey Cisco - awful fit and something totally wrong with the geometry or proportions between me and the jeans, and

- the Samurai S510HX vintage '47 model - which were absolutely excellent, and very nearly exactly what I wanted bar that I needed a larger size. Samurai, at least, are one of those few brands offering a size 35 which I was tempted to try again with until I saw a pic of a guy wearing a size 36 which gave me sufficient doubt not to bother with either 

So.  We'll see. 

Edited November 30, 2024 by exaptavist
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[exaptavist]

Incidentally re chino's.

Calee Westpoint slim.

Outstanding. Like a far better Dickies sort of thing. I have two pairs from their 2020 season, I think - ref is CL-20AW012. 

Easily fits into that recent topic about buying the same thing twice.  Would buy again in a heart beat. 

 

[Double 0 Soul]

Uniqlo are offering a chainstitching service for £3.00

..fuck soas!

[reallypeacedoff]

Is SOAS any good? Recently visited London, and by chance walked down the street that SOAS resides on. Dude out front was kinda rude, everything was overpriced and I was immediately told under no circumstances may I take photos. Was weird because I didn't have a camera and my phone was in my pocket and I had no intentions of taking photos inside a store. Very confusing shop experience and I promptly left and visited SCRT/Nudies down the way. 

[Double 0 Soul]

That sounds horrible..

Any good? .. i dunno, good at what? they're just selling overpriced jeans to clueless Londeners with too much money, it's like shooting fish in a barrel

I've used their hemming service numerous times and it's acceptable for £20 .. (i think R&H charge £30) our options are fairly limited over here.

I don't shop at these kind of places.. i walked right past R&H a few weeks ago.. i just don't see the point in going in to look at jeans which cost 50% less in Japan.

[Talan]

13 hours ago, Double 0 Soul said:

Uniqlo are offering a chainstitching service for £3.00

..fuck soas!

I had a friend here in Odessa who owned a professional sewing machine and would hem some of my pairs with a chain stitch for a symbolic fee. The stitch looked good, but the problem was that the rope effect was missing. In the case of Uniqlo, it’s probably not a fact that they use a Union Special or something similar, right? Besides, it’s stated that this is only for online orders, so they wouldn’t accept a private order from someone with an item purchased elsewhere, would they?

[Double 0 Soul]

I should’ve mentioned.. you have to buy Uniqlo’s 30% elastane, slim fit, distressed selvedge to qualify ..

[Talan]

4 hours ago, Double 0 Soul said:

I should’ve mentioned.. you have to buy Uniqlo’s 30% elastane, slim fit, distressed selvedge to qualify ..

Additional plus, their threads are strong — pure nylon.

[OutSider]

6 hours ago, Double 0 Soul said:

That sounds horrible..

Any good? .. i dunno, good at what? they're just selling overpriced jeans to clueless Londeners with too much money, it's like shooting fish in a barrel

I've used their hemming service numerous times and it's acceptable for £20 .. (i think R&H charge £30) our options are fairly limited over here.

I don't shop at these kind of places.. i walked right past R&H a few weeks ago.. i just don't see the point in going in to look at jeans which cost 50% less in Japan.

Physically trying them on is the only point I can reasonably see. Even then that doesn't justify the markup, so I'd never buy locally and just proxy what I can. 2025 will be interesting with brands like Samurai doing all they can to limit that, hoping to leave us with the only option of paying more. 

 

[Double 0 Soul]

Yep.. that and being financially privileged enough  to consider a £150 mark-up on a pair of £150 jeans a perfectly acceptable price to pay.. it’s just not a retail model which could work in many of the cities across the UK..

[Double 0 Soul]

Spotted some more penis bacony jeans today.. it hasn't taken long for the craze to catch on

These'uns are only £50 from H&M

[Broark]

Maybe it should be marketed as a penis veranda. 🤔

[Double 0 Soul]

With the ongoing gentrification of workwear, i think that sounds like a superb idea

[Maynard Friedman]

Peanus gallery

[Geeman]

1 hour ago, Double 0 Soul said:

Spotted some more penis bacony jeans today.. it hasn't taken long for the craze to catch on

Catch on what..?

[CSL]

It's nice to have a new option & not have to be limited to 'mammal-toe'.

[Geeman]

21 hours ago, reallypeacedoff said:

Is SOAS any good? Recently visited London, and by chance walked down the street that SOAS resides on. Dude out front was kinda rude, everything was overpriced and I was immediately told under no circumstances may I take photos. Was weird because I didn't have a camera and my phone was in my pocket and I had no intentions of taking photos inside a store. Very confusing shop experience and I promptly left and visited SCRT/Nudies down the way. 

I must admit the first time I went there I was far from impressed with the attitude from the staff. 

However , they have redeemed themselves since! Rudys a genuinely nice personas as is Linda, not to mention @Mr Black banging out top notch hem jobs. 

I had some QC issues with a pair of paraboot I got from there and they couldn't do enough to help get it sorted & Rudy hemmed a pair of warehouse for me while we sat and chatted and put the world to right...

It's Eye wateringly expensive but run by good people. 

 

 

Edited December 3, 2024 by Geeman

[indigoeagle]

I also had bought a pair of shoes from them, that had some issues and they were very helpful in exchanging that pair.
That should be standard practice, but unfortunately isn't these days as I had to learn a few times in the past two years.

[jkbrwn]

Haven’t been to SOAS in years - not since Scott and Oli moved to Clutch - which is a far nicer experience to me.

[Maynard Friedman]

^ Can you explain what’s nicer about it? I don’t care either way, just interested to know.

[Double 0 Soul]

Nice..

There was a time that folks would have queued around the block for this^ shirt

[Maynard Friedman]

Some of them are still waiting patiently…

Do we have a rogues gallery thread?

• Masterson
• White Horse Ranch
• Anyone else?

 

[Double 0 Soul]

18 minutes ago, Maynard Friedman said:

 

• Anyone else?

 

 

There was a guy years ago who checked out for 1000s.. he posted here (superfashion) I think, there was a thread dedicated to hunting him down over on SF.. sorry, can’t be more specific, I’m out on a bike ride.

[Broark]

39 minutes ago, Double 0 Soul said:

 

There was a guy years ago who checked out for 1000s.. he posted here (superfashion) I think, there was a thread dedicated to hunting him down over on SF.. sorry, can’t be more specific, I’m out on a bike ride.

ToJ (Temple of Jawnz)?

[conqueror]

drew keith from temple of jawnz (user dismalfuture on here). ripped off way more people on styleforum than sufu, think it ended up hitting six figures. also opened a restaurant in korea with some people and fleeced them, too. ironically i actually had a good experience buying from him, but obviously he was a scumbag to many.

Edited December 3, 2024 by conqueror

[Broark]

1 hour ago, Maynard Friedman said:

Some of them are still waiting patiently…

Do we have a rogues gallery thread?

• Masterson
• White Horse Ranch
• Anyone else?

 

Maine Mountain Moccasin Company also screwed a bunch of people out of money if I recall correctly. Shame as they were making some really nice shoes.
You could kinda lump in Jack/Knife into the conversation, don’t think I ever got into posting the specifics on db. Didn’t screw customers over as much as an internal quarrel that fundamentally changed the direction of the brand.

Edit: Lest we forget forget about good 'ole Lawless Denim.

[Double 0 Soul]

36 minutes ago, Broark said:

ToJ (Temple of Jawnz)?

That's right B

Can we move all this to the blunders thread where we can have a good bitch about it without derail?

[Smallrod]

[beautiful_FrEaK]

@Double 0 Soul Done!

Now continue!