Happy Jeans - Tcb 20s contest thread

[Topgearskin]

On 04/02/2018 at 5:09 PM, aho said:

I put on my former Ooe Contest jeans and they were...Way too tight! I think the 20's cut has spoiled me and I grew my waist to help accommodate it! Will be sending off my pair early this week, but can't wait to get the replacement :/

I had the same issue. Pulled out my rising sun blacksmiths at the weekend and thought "blimey these are slimmer than I remember..."

[garden gnomes in space]

Im sending mine back this week or early next week.  Seeing as these are the only pants I own that fit at the moment I was "forced" to finally order a pair of orslow 105's which should be here tomorrow

 

Edited February 5, 2018 by garden gnomes in space

[MileHighEvertonian]

21 hours ago, srudy said:

I went ahead and did a padded flat rate priority mail envelope just to be safe.  Wasn't cheap, 32.05, but I wanted to make sure they got them quickly.  For some reason I trust Priority mail, not sure why. 

Thanks, @srudy. I'm inclined to do the same. No muss, no fuss. 

[Inimitable N!]

11 hours ago, MasonAlexander said:

In the meantime, here is a few photos (shot on 35mm film) wearing a TCB chambray and the contest jeans from a month or so back. I guess these will probably be the last photo update of the contest for me

great pictures... we'll miss ya' brother!

[Paul T]

On their way home...

I'd be switching to my LVC 1880s natural indigo if it weren't brass monkey weather here.

 

[Paul T]

...sent with a little Victorian lead cat that I didn't have time to photograph....

[volvo240thebest]

Patiently waiting. The jeans are about to be handled in the safe and capable hands of Poste Italiane..i can feel the jeans are excited about the potential amount of farce involved in their journey back home....

[aho]

Likely can't send mine out until Saturday; Hopefully that doesn't delay any of us getting the replacements! Really considering buying another pair of jeans right now though, these Ooe's are way too tight :/

[MileHighEvertonian]

Pair #9 is en route to Kurashiki.

Just coming into their own at 12 weeks:

Crinkles after their first wash since November:

A final moment in the sun...

[FreeCharlesManson]

any updates on cutting the legs for scrap denim? very interested in that idea

[volvo240thebest]

Guys, I'll be honest, I didn't ask it.
I've been asking to Inoue a million questions, every day since this issue started (actually well before it was disclosed, too).
I've been keeping track of all the requirements, replied to many emails/whatsapp's/IG dm's, noted amended addresses, change of sizes, etc etc, saved everything on a excel file which I'll send to Inoue at the right moment, to make sure he'll make the next batch according to your requests.
Would you normally scrap something you exchange? I don't think. The jeans will have to be destroyed in front of someone controlling the procedure, it would be risky to send jeans so fucked up that someone could argue about it.

That said, feel free to ask it for yourself, privately to Inoue (tcbinoueATgmailDOTcom). I won't.

Sorry for this.

 

[erk]

Makes sense. I’ll be sending mine tomorrow. I’ll take some final pics before they leave. 

[Paul T]

Volvo, thanks for going yet another extra mile for us.

What's Italian for mensch?

[volvo240thebest]

4 hours ago, Paul T said:

What's Italian for mensch?

I had to google mensch to understand what it means! it could be either brav'uomo or gentiluomo.

[Foxy2]

we Germans also know Unmensch, Uebermensch, Untermensch and Gutmensch - probably because Mensch(lichkeit) is a far too simple concept...

Edited February 7, 2018 by Foxy2

[Paul T]

1 hour ago, volvo240thebest said:

I had to google mensch to understand what it means! it could be either brav'uomo or gentiluomo.

I was especially thinking of the Yiddish sense which means ""someone to admire and emulate, someone of noble character. The key to being 'a real mensch' is nothing less than character, rectitude, dignity, a sense of what is right, responsible, decorous."^[2] The term is used as a high compliment, implying the rarity and value of that individual's qualities.

[volvo240thebest]

thank you Paul, you're a gentleman and a scholar (ha!).

 

 

[bartlebyyphonics]

i was gonna go for ingambatissimo

but that is limit of my google-italian

[volvo240thebest]

In gamba maybe? In gamba means actually mainly well able, far from the  καλοκἀγαθία of the Yiddish sense of mensch. Ingambatissimo doesn't exist, it's a postmodern Bartleby neologism!

[garden gnomes in space]

Signore minchia e cunigghiu 

[bartlebyyphonics]

^^ and there i was thinking it meant 'really on the ball'

shiiiiiiite

but that it is the case...

[nycsurfer530]

heading to the post today to ship my pair... if only it was cloudy and gloomy in San Francisco to match my mood, however its 75 and sunny so I'll suffice. 

[bartlebyyphonics]

with missed post-office last week

opportunity taken

a last wash for politeness

last pix

(for real this time)

slub rain

hard goodbyes

all bagged up

and sent to cat heaven

wishing hajime inoue many tcb victories for the future

 

 

[volvo240thebest]

Sweet Bartlebyxx!

no 20s related but the long legged shadow makes this pic strictly on topic, methinks.

Greetings from la Promenade des Anglais, Nice, France. All I can think everytime I come to France is Zidane's headbutt to Materazzi, and Italy winning world cup. It make me always chuckle! Ha!

[garden gnomes in space]

haha I watch that headbutt from time to time to get a laugh. What a send off!

 

When are you trading your denim tuxedo for the standard Nice attire of white linen pants, loafers with no socks and a sweater worn over your shoulders?

[erk]

look at that leg twist!

the beauty of the fabric is really apparent in this photo. these 2 are very accurate in terms of real life color. I had worn mine nearly every day since I had gotten them. So this represents about a month of wear. too soon young to be destroyed. 

twas a sad day at the post office today :*( 

 

Edited February 8, 2018 by erk

[Cucoo]

I have to admit I didn't even wash mine ^^ But I included a note with #12 on it and my wear and washing regime

[erk]

I didn't bother washing mine either. they werent too dirty really. I did however include a little thank you note with my patch inside the envelope. 

 

 

 

Edited February 8, 2018 by erk

[garden gnomes in space]

So i dropped my pair off at the post office, didnt bother documenting them to this point as this was like a passionate love affair that came crashing to an end.  

[volvo240thebest]

Soon a new tcb 20s phoenix will reborn from the ashes, don't worry.
Dug to see all that little presents to Inoue and stuff. I just only added a poorly written piece of paper, you guys made me feel like a peasant...