Happy jeans: TCBxSufu S40s WW2 contest thread

[Strat]

Check in for number 74. Great to see the other 18 month submissions coming in. My pair have had pretty frequent wear, albeit predominantly worn around the house.

I've warmed to the high high rise over the duration.  Always found it comfortable, but it does give the impression at times I've pulled my pants to up under my arm pits. About 12 months in and with a bit of shrinkage due to washing, I lost the high water double cuff and found a shoe skimming longer length seemed to ease this perception a bit.

Overall, a great pair of jeans. For a bit of variation I'll drop these from main wear for a bit, but they will remain firmly in use. Plenty of life left in these! stitching has pretty much fully held up, although the eagle eyed amongst you will notice I lost a rivet along the route. Not quite sure when, but in the washing machine is my best guess! cheers all and thanks @volvo240thebest and tcb for setting all this up.

 

[theguywhoknewthatguy]

Final check-in! Rocking the work from home / sitting on the couch fades. Maybe we need a separate WFH judging category?

These are my favorite jeans of all time. So comfortable to wear with the high rise and straight leg. I never had to think twice about putting them on.

Thanks to @volvo240thebest and TCB for organizing ! I had a lot of fun  

[Chris T]

just been looking through all our end of the contest pictures  - appreciating all the many great jeans -  and it brought back peoples' posts throughout of course so has felt really nostalgic.

Its flashed by 1 1/2 years - and what some of you have said recently shows how many significant things on a personal level have been going on (bad and good).

Its been great to be involved and connected up (and jeans brought about that connection!!. )

Really liked the TCB40's and will keep wearing - think they'll change quite a bit more in the next months' wear so looking to that to come. tons of very different looks from really super worn down pairs to far darker but still looking fine pairs.  I know the push to wear just one pair, because of the contest, has felt an effort (only at times) but then i remember its so worth it for all the extra people and info and connection parts that result from it. and extra Thanks again to TCB and Volvo. Cheers 

[Chris T]

my jeans - no 77. Not so well worn as many of you all - but still pretty happy with their darker look. Actually the lighter parts are close to wearing through - think that'll look good... In some lights they look more grey which not so keen on - but mostly good blues. And look different outside and in and in the sun (which we get lots more of here than you might think).

 

 

 

 

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Edited March 11, 2022 by Chris T

[BionicEye]

[unders]

No 31 checking in. 

 

The denim on these is top notch. Full of character after a few washes:

 

Thanks to @volvo240thebest, @Nayuta and the team at TCB. 

I still have my original pair (#3) as a back up , in a size down .

[andrewrose]

Here’s my final photos. I can thank my now 2 year old daughter for help in developing the combs; she was 7 months old when the contest started and I spent a lot of time sitting or crouched on the floor playing with her. I counted 426 days of wear in the end- sure I missed a few and I took about a month off to wear something else for a change. Didn’t wash much at first but more frequently as time went on. The only repairs I did were to the pockets, mainly so I didn’t loose anything.
I didn’t really like the cut at first. I’m a slim/athletic build and these were quite a departure from my usual preferred slim straight cuts, but it certainly grew on me. Now I’m back in a pre contest pair and they felt ridiculously tight at first! 
Thanks to all for participating. It was fun to see everyone’s posts along the way and to see small snapshots of your lives and world. 
 

[Eggplant]

Final submission for No.92. This has been a great journey and a great introduction to TCB.

Didn't wash mine for the first 6 months. After that, I've been washing around once per month. Fading really sped up after the third wash or so.  

Still a lot of life left in my pair (didn't get to wear them out too much because of COVID). I'll continue wearing them until they fall apart. 

Thank you everyone for sharing your jeans. It's been a pleasure reading your posts!

Edited March 13, 2022 by Eggplant
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[Dan_F]

This is the most I’ve thrashed a pair since I was a kid.

[JohnnyD]

#125

Great seeing so many pairs of these jeans being posted now. Mine were originally raw and cutting me in half initially so I thought I had messed up sizing. They ended up stretching out enough that I think I could have gone down a size. I think I'm just going to carry on wearing them anyway but need to get all of the pockets repaired. 

[bartlebyyphonics]

On 2/28/2022 at 1:55 PM, volvo240thebest said:

Here we go beautiful people!

final submission rules:

Picture rules: Maximum 8 pictures
Picture submittance deadline: 14th March

Please send the pictures to [email protected]
Title: TCB WW2 fade contest/ your contestant number and your nickname

How to judge: Each TCB member decides their 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.
1st place-3 points
2nd place-2 points
3rd place-1 points
The person who gets the most point wins.

As you all know, the contest had lived a life of its own on multiple platforms, due to language barrier many JP didn't manage to create an account on sufu.
Ryo would like to have all photos also to make a tcb contest gallery on Tcb website.

I guess it doesn't hurt if we want to make a final submission thread here on sufu for the sake of posterity, but as I wrote above the evaluation and official submission will have to be made by email.
 

hey ppl! reminder; today's the last day to get that email in...

[tpun]

No.89 check in.

happy with that. And will keep wearing it

 

 

Edited March 14, 2022 by tpun

[Yot]

#38 Check in

The last day. Wish me luck!

 

[pomata]

amazing jeans everyone! congrats

[CSL]

I've already submitted the final photos but since in the meantime I've done a 'Deep Wash' on hot I thought I'd show the result. They've lost a bit of color but it's nice to have them truly clean & dust free. Also the fit is better IMO.

 

[discwork]

Bit of a last-minute submission, but here's my pair after a total of 359 wears and 11 washes. These are my favorite pair of jeans and it's been great seeing all the fades in this thread along the way! Congrats all!

[Nayuta]

Hi! Everyone!  No. 36 Nayuta and a cat.The contest is over.  It was fun to see the jeans that are changing into charming and the beautiful and rich way of life here.

Here is my final pair I submitted to tcb Ryo.

 

 

 

The number of washings is large.  I had the sun dry it.  The gas dryer is unused.  The feel of jeans that make a freshly washed sound is the best.It's a youthful and fresh feeling.

Thanks to everyone who planned and sewed jeans, the craftsmen who woven the fabric, everyone who washed it, everyone who entertained us in the contest, Mr. tcb Inoue, Mr. tcb Ryo, and Mr. Volvo. I would like to say.

Everyone on the planet is living in a difficult and difficult time, but I pray for your health and happiness from Japan.

And I hope that the war will end as soon as possible.

See you!

 

[Nayuta]

On 2022/3/4 at 午後5時1分, Foxy2 said:

なんとか壁のタイル張りを終えることができました…

The tiles are ready! Is there a kitchen? I also want such a fun kitchen！

 

 

[Nayuta]

On 2022/3/5 at 午後7時35分, Thanks_M8 said:

Congratulations on your marriage. May you be forever happy.

 

[diggers]

i email Ryo on march 11st

Edited March 15, 2022 by diggers

[Uncle Karl]

Great posts for everyone!  tcb Inoue tcb Ryo Thank you for her Volvo, but I would like to say thank you to one more person.  Yes, it's you with a great patch design!

@なゆたThank you very much!  And it was cheers for good work!

[Nayuta]

38 minutes ago, Uncle Karl said:

みんなのための素晴らしい投稿！tcb Inoue tcb Ryoボルボありがとうございますが、もう一人ありがとうございます。はい、それは素晴らしいパッチデザインを持っているあなたです！

@なゆたどうもありがとうございました！そして、それは良い仕事のための歓声でした！

Uncle Carl Thank you for sending me a nice message!  Thanks also to everyone who loved the patch.  ARIGATO

[buler]

The patch art would make a great t-shirt!

Edited March 17, 2022 by buler

[Jared_Lee]

@buler, yes, I'm seeing gold print on olive tee. Red print on white would be awesome as well.

[UkeNo]

Here’s mine just washed. 
My favorite detail is the yoke seam under the belt loop, and how much the pocket bag has faded from green to sand colour. 

[Spiraltoy]

In what way do they announce the winners? Sorry if this has been talked about before.

It would also be nice to see the contestants that haven’t posted here as well! Mostly thinking of the many participants from Japan.

[bartlebyyphonics]

1 hour ago, Spiraltoy said:

In what way do they announce the winners? Sorry if this has been talked about before.

It would also be nice to see the contestants that haven’t posted here as well! Mostly thinking of the many participants from Japan.

@volvo240thebest is best placed to answer; if I remember; ryo was going to make a post on the web-page of the entries on the tcb website: I don't know if that is when rankings will come to light... 

[Toegun]

Also has everyone received any notification when you emailed photos of your jeans? I sent it a while a go and was just wondering…most prob have a ton of emails to get through. 

[Hopethisoneisnttaken]

41 minutes ago, Toegun said:

Also has everyone received any notification when you emailed photos of your jeans? I sent it a while a go and was just wondering…most prob have a ton of emails to get through. 

Didn’t receive anything originally. Contacted Ryo on ig and confirmed they received it. 

[Toegun]

@Hopethisoneisnttaken thanks I’ll try that