Denime 66xx World Tour

[louisbosco]

Denime 66xx Woirld Tour Begins!! Happy 2016 and let us start this year with and awesome world tour!

 

A big thanks to Flash for donating the pair of Mccoy's era Denime 66xx for this world tour and for us in the smaller sizes to be able to experience this. 

 

So, i'll start of this thread by uploading some photos that were hurriedly taken. The parcel arrive from the UK couple of hours before i'm due to head of to the airport so i snapped what i could before packing them into my suitcase to be looked at later on.

 

 

 

 

 

First impressions of the denim:  The denim is soft and smooth, they're definitely lighter than the pairs i've been wearing over the past few years. I don't have much experience of this area of denim but i have to say the texture of it has the feel of vintage pairs that had a very light and fair fade with those that resembles the old levi's pairs. It's smooth and has a very firm texture that is crisp but yet not that heavy. Overall it's a fairly simple and straightforward pair without all the bells and whistles.

 

So with further updates, this pair will head to singapore and throughout japan.. Stay tuned for more.. Do follow updates for this pair if you're on instagram @louisbosco and i've added the tags #denime #denimeworldtour #denime66xx

 

The list so far:

1) louisbosco

2) lukenstein

3) Rightyow77

4) chicote

5) Artisandenim

6) Lendo

7) Mandel9000

8) SLAB

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Edited March 1, 2016 by louisbosco

[chicote]

Funny these jeans have practically circumnavigated the globe—Japan, to the UK, to Australia, and now back to Japan—without being worn... and I know personifying jeans is generally Ruedi's territory, but I'd imagine they're going to be happy to see their first wear back in their homeland!

[louisbosco]

ironically, yeah.. you've just made a point that i didn't even thought about... 

[Maynard Friedman]

Are these going to have a red tab attached to them? The unpicked stitching on the back pocket looks ominous...

[SLAB]

what happened to the participants list? There are only two people on there

[Flash]

It's in the old thread mate

[louisbosco]

Are these going to have a red tab attached to them? The unpicked stitching on the back pocket looks ominous...

 

that reminds me now, flash was telling me about the red tab. but i was in a rush to get to the airport and totally forgot about it.

 

 

what happened to the participants list? There are only two people on there

 

i'm not really sure who else is in.. the old thread was a interest thread, i thought i create i new thread to start off the world tour proper. if you're in let me know, i really can't remember who's in and who's not apart from the fact that after my go, i ship them off to lukenstein in the eastern states.

[Rightyow77]

If there is room for one more I would be happy to give those some love.

[Flash]

you know ... i thought i created a list but after checking the old thread it appears i was wrong  

 

here is a list of everyone who shown interest , it isnt in order of participation as i thought id leave it up to you guys to ship to the next closest person 

 

please pm me if ive missed your name 

 

louisbosco

  

Lukenstein

 

Rightyow77

 

chicote

 

Sugar Mountain

 

Artisandenim

 

Lendo

 

mandel9000

 

SLAB

[Flash]

@ Rightyow77

added you to the list mate 

[Rightyow77]

Thank you! I'm in Northern California but plan on doing some traveling this year so should be fun.

[Sugar Mountain]

Thanks for keeping me on the interest list but I don't think the cut is going to work out for me in that size and so I will be passing. Wear them hard guys!

[louisbosco]

is that list in terms of chronological order?

[Flash]

No mate , hoping you guys can sort it out between yourselves and ship to the next closest guy

[SLAB]

i'm in!

[louisbosco]

so i had a very busy day running about Singapore settling errands on Tuesday before catching my flight to japan. The good news is i've managed to get the tab sewn back and put the first wear into the denim. Not much for now, having the need to sort some wednesday pictures of out and about tokyo to Visvim and Indigo camping trailer for the day before posting them. 

 

The tab is back on!! many huge thanks to mom though. i couldn't have done such a great job myself.

 

 

 

Just a simple show of the fit and me getting ready to go to the airport. more to follow soon!!

[beautiful_FrEaK]

Who donated that tab?

[louisbosco]

there's a huge story behind it, ask ryan. something to do with coming home to his wife trying to fix up the tab but didn't have enough time before it was shipped to me.

[Rightyow77]

Please do tell!

[Flash]

i unpicked the stitching with the intention of bringing it to a local seamstress to have the tab added but the wife said she would give it a go , came home to find the jeans in one hand and a bottle of glue in the other , she swore she was only going to glue the loose threads i unpicked inside the pocket seam ........ still not sure i believe her 

 

great fit on the jeans mate 

[beautiful_FrEaK]

Oh...lovely Story

So the tab is from your old Denime XX?

[Flash]

yes mate 

[Rightyow77]

What a guy, cheers Flash!

[louisbosco]

these are some main photos from my first day in tokyo, shot mostly with my canon 6d and some with the iphone 6s plus. brought my film but totally forgot to bring extra film.   i'm such a smart ass..

 

First up anyways, touch down into Narita. I know Haneda is closer to the city but somehow i prefer landing in Narita.

 

 

 

I went in search of a coffee place in harajuku, took quite the walk but well worth it. 

 

 

Little Nap coffee stand. They're really well hidden in a small lane far away from the hustle and bustle. Tucked away among the residential building. Even the store interior was not huge, maybe about the size of a decent bathroom. However the coffee's pretty great. This place has been recommended by a mate who's a barista back in perth. The owner's rather quirky and he's got a couple of vinyl decks in the corner and many intricate stuff on display too.

 

to be continued..

[chicote]

Wow, that café reminds me a lot of Haruki Murakami's story Kino... down to the apartment on top of the store and the vinyl playing in the corner: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/02/23/kino

 

Looking forward to your next updates!!

[louisbosco]

continuing on, my first visit was straight to visvim and indigo camping trailer. I really hadn't plan on doing much today as i just arrived. just pretty much spent the day round shibuya and harajuku area.

 

 

And then there was lunch

 

 

[louisbosco]

one thing i realised in japan is that, there's plenty of european imports in LHD. came across this which i always wanted but in the 6x6 set up.

 

 

around now in the night before calling it a day and starting the sightseeing tomorrow

 

 

i'm still looking for a perfect vantage point for this shibuya crossing shot...

 

[louisbosco]

the denime 66xx pair i'm wearing for the world tour feels very different from my contest IH pair, perhaps it's the weight maybe. i disliked how the rise sat in the first place but i've grown into it.

 

 

 

and a fit pic

 

[Max Power]

Great photoset! And a lovely story behind the tab.

[beautiful_FrEaK]

Great start for the world tour!

 

They fit you very nice and the rolled up look with the boots go well together