Word of Mouth - The Crust & Fades Contest

[reallypeacedoff]

I think it was June 17th, if my memory serves me well...

[julian-wolf]

^ We started January 17, so I’d expect the end date to be July (but at that point it’s hard to imagine a month making much difference)

[ATWM]

In my brain it's always been July 17th. 

[MJF9]

Yeah start date was 17th January aka 'World Pizza' day in Italy 🍕

So we end on 17th July 2026 👍

[reallypeacedoff]

I think I wrote it down like that because we were going to start on December 21st (winter solstice) and end on June 21st (summer solstice).

[Maynard Friedman]

Jan 17th 2030, it’s a 5 year contest.

[Broark]

1 hour ago, Maynard Friedman said:

Jan 17th 2030, it’s a 5 year contest.

Oh boy, I might stand a chance at winning!

[aho]

Apologies team, math wasn't mathing, understood!

[julian-wolf]

Phone hole was getting a little out of control—time for the standard patch job

 

It’s always lovely seeing the contrast between the worn and unworn denim when the pocket’s peeled up out of the way

These jeans have been treating me well, so I decided to treat them to some fancier patch fabric. I’ve had this Buaisou-dyed ramie (middle) around for a couple of years waiting for the right project, and just recently picked up the two different cottons (top and bottom).

First step is cleaning & patching the hole itself. I used the lighter indigo cotton for this:

 

 

Once that’s done, I chalk out the shape of the lining-to-be, cut it, then pin & sew. Using the selvedge meant just a single line of stitching this time, nice & clean. I opted for the ramie for this; it’s got a fantastic dry hand:

 

Then the pocket gets re-attached and we’re done! I didn’t have any of the right shade of yellow thread so I opted for twisting together a higher-gauge orange and white pair, à la SC Hawaii:

 

 

Edited January 11 by julian-wolf
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[UkeNo]

A little update from me after a wash last week and a couple of days wear…

 

[beautiful_FrEaK]

Nice blue! My pair gets more grey from now on

[nopal]

On 12/22/2025 at 7:38 PM, nopal said:

Seven-wash, same cycle(ish) during my stay with the fam.

Eight-wash before the 1 year mark.

[julian-wolf]

Hard to believe it’s already been a full year! (& somehow even harder to believe that it’s only been a year)

Took it back to the old WAYWT spot for some comparison shots

Love the train tracks on these

[vIGGiou riou]

Great comparison Julian....

[ATWM]

 

Here’s mine. Agreed, hard to believe it’s been a year. Well, been a year for my pants. Actually, realistically…probably about 9-10 months. For my mental and physical state, maybe a good 4-5 years?

Most of my photos are on a month or so long delay now. My wife took a couple with my camera while we got our tree last month. Train tracks visible. I enjoy them. Still like these jeans a lot, but they’re a little cold this winter (they weren’t as much last winter). The only thing about these jeans that isn’t top notch for me is the denim itself. It’s nice, but nothing much about it stands out to me. I really can’t find fault with the way Simo executed my particular pair. 

 

Edited January 17 by ATWM

[Enterprise]

3 hours ago, julian-wolf said:

Hard to believe it’s already been a full year! (& somehow even harder to believe that it’s only been a year)

Took it back to the old WAYWT spot for some comparison shots

Love the train tracks on these

Beautiful! I love when the thighs turn to that yellowish white, more than contrast or anything! What do you guys think is it that does this as opposed to blue remaining? In my experience it’s mainly sun exposure, over friction or washing habits. The jeans I wear in summer always end up looking like that even with less wears or physical work in them.

[julian-wolf]

Thanks! I suspect it mostly just depends on the denim. Some yarns are dyed deeper than others; some are bleached more or less than others before being dyed

[Jared_Lee]

It's also dirt and staining, honestly. Think about ring around the collar and cuffs of a shirt you wear a lot without washing. Jeans take a beating and yellow over time from all they get exposed to.

 

There's also oxidizing happening. The green caste denim that Cone developed was actually recreating the oxidized yellowing of dead stock vintage fabric that makers wanted them to reproduce exactly. When they argued that the cloth wouldn't have had that yellow tint (yellow + blue = green, thus green caste) when new, they were told that's what the company wanted and they went ahead and developed a yellow sulfer top dye to their indigo to achieve that oxidized look.

Edited January 18 by Jared_Lee

[reallypeacedoff]

Washed mine yesterday for the 1-year mark.

[ATWM]

Sad update. My jeans are going on hiatus until I can sort out a repair. Have never sent out denim for repairs but this looks like it could be the end of the line if I don’t. I’m bummed I didn’t notice it sooner, as (one can see) there’s been some maintenance work there, though the darning was done like 6 months ago now. 

Edited January 19 by ATWM

[julian-wolf]

Did some impromptu hand-darning at the top of the outseam where the extra layers of fabric from the bottom of the pocket bag were opening up a hole

Probably would have been fine to just leave it for at least another few months but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

 

Used the same hemp cord that I use for everything like this

Edited January 25 by julian-wolf

[beautiful_FrEaK]

Some closeups 

 

[beautiful_FrEaK]

And the one year comparison 

New

Now

[Jared_Lee]

Fresh out of the wash.

[reallypeacedoff]

You sure they aint your Denime's @Jared_Lee? 🤣

[Jared_Lee]

@reallypeacedoff, looking forward to the end of the contest so I actually have time enough to wear the Denime like this! Or the Roys, or the Full Counts, or the Studios...🤣

[ashgiovanni]

Washed for the year mark 

 

[ATWM]

Lots of nice looking wear but one thing becomes apparent (so far) and that is that this is not the denim for good honeycombs. I thought for sure I’d have some on my pair given how I’d worn them (at least earlier on). There is a bit there - even a few little blowouts in the denim which shows they got plenty of wear at those creases, but the fades there are still super faint. 

[julian-wolf]

Roping going crazy on these, A+ hem job

[MJF9]

^ that's class hemming and wear 👏