Word of Mouth - The Crust & Fades Contest

[UkeNo]

1 hour ago, aho said:

 

Mentioned before that my package was half opened and only now just realizing my WMJ Flasher is missing 🤷‍♂️ I can only assume that Levi's secret police are out there, but luckily they left the marinara intact 😆
 

 

No buddy, that’s the rear LEFT pocket you’re looking at! Just flip them over, I’m sure you’ll see the flasher now 😉

Toss the Pizza 🍕 

Edited January 15, 2025 by UkeNo

[nopal]

Picked mine up today as well!

[beautiful_FrEaK]

Size 36x35

Raw
Waist: 93 cm / 36.6"
Front rise: 32.5 cm / 12.8"
Back rise: 44 cm / 17.3"
Thighs: 35.5 cm / 14"
Knee: 27 cm / 10.6"
Leg opening: 25.5 cm / 10"
Inseam: 88 cm / 34.65"

 

Pretty close to the measurements chart!

[reallypeacedoff]

Do we even need a new thread? This one is pretty bangin' no? 

[beautiful_FrEaK]

We could make the other thread a picture only thread. 

Like everybody posts their start picture there and their final pictures as well. Everything else will be deleted by the mods (Maynard, Broark or me).

Good idea?!

[nopal]

40 minutes ago, beautiful_FrEaK said:

We could make the other thread a picture only thread. 

Like everybody posts their start picture there and their final pictures as well. Everything else will be deleted by the mods (Maynard, Broark or me).

Good idea?!

Sounds good 👌 

[Alec Leamas]

2 hours ago, beautiful_FrEaK said:

We could make the other thread a picture only thread. 

Like everybody posts their start picture there and their final pictures as well. Everything else will be deleted by the mods (Maynard, Broark or me).

Good idea?!

Sounds great, so would this be: start picture, >= 1 monthly update, final picture?

Or is it just: post start picture, any picture updates as and when we want/can, final picture?

Edited January 15, 2025 by Alec Leamas

[julian-wolf]

^ Certainly the second one

[reallypeacedoff]

Received!

[Jared_Lee]

Raw fit pics as encouraged. They may end up just right without needing any alterations. The waist is coming up 35" so minus ~2.5" after wash and tumble and they should be perfect for how I like them. If the waist shrinks less, I may get them adjusted.

[theguywhoknewthatguy]

So did anybody else get a super rare collector's edition pair with the tab on the left pocket? Lol. Or is this some detail of a 30s era pair I was unaware of 🤔

 

[frank]

Reversed yoke equals reversed red tab, makes sense 😂

Edited January 16, 2025 by frank

[beautiful_FrEaK]

That's definitely a collector's item. I wouldn wear them, the value will increase!

 

(one guy less to beat for the win of the contest...)

[vIGGiou riou]

I joined the club...

[Broark]

Excited to start wearing these tomorrow! Must be lucky, both pocket bags have selvedge IDs.

[Alec Leamas]

Finally!

Hoping this means I can get hold of these on Monday, and get thoroughly stuck in next week! I was getting considerable FOMO seeing everyone elses arrive I must admit!

@Mtvare fingers crossed yours have reached the same point??

[beautiful_FrEaK]

Looking forward to everyone's fit pics and more importantly, opinion of the jeans themselves

[Broark]

Sharing pre-wash measurements for those interested.
Waist: 19 in.
Front rise: 13 in.
Back rise: 18 in.
Thigh: 14.5 in.
Knee: 11 in.
Hem: 10 in.
Inseam: 34 in.

[beautiful_FrEaK]

Thanks @Broark

 

At all: I have opened the picture thread. I want to see some action there tomorrow!

[Mtvare]

@Alec Leamas

Yes my tracking is saying the same finally! If they also make it into my house without being stolen off the doorstep I'll be starting on Wednesday...

[Alec Leamas]

1 hour ago, Mtvare said:

@Alec Leamas

Yes my tracking is saying the same finally! If they also make it into my house without being stolen off the doorstep I'll be starting on Wednesday...

Good stuff!

Mine has had a further update today to say it's been through the National Hub and is on the way to the delivery depot - so I reckon will be delivered to my office tomorrow, ready for collection Monday! 

[ashgiovanni]

Glad to see mostly everyone has received their denim or seen positive movement towards delivery of their packages!

How’s everyone planning to shrink? I think I want to aim for maximum shrinkage (as I have a lot of wiggle room) so was thinking of hot washing machine cycle, maybe dryer as well. We will see. 

[reallypeacedoff]

I measured mine, which is spot on to Simo's pre-soak measurements. Good job!

I was hoping to hot wash and dry, but they fit tighter than I was hoping for (user holiday weight probably), so maybe just a warm wash and a hang dry for starters...

[ATWM]

Magically, mine is now slated for delivery today. However - the snow is coming down at the moment and my local isn't always spot on with the delivery day. Since I'll be out of town tomorrow I'm realistically thinking I get to start over the weekend, possibly Monday. I'm slightly fluffier than I when I ordered, but hoping I allowed for enough room (maybe not!) and would prefer to shrink the piss out of them on the first go, but I won't be machine drying - I don't tend to do that until I'm like 4-5 washes in, if at all. Still on the fence about how I'll go with this pair, it depends on the fit, really.  

[beautiful_FrEaK]

@ATWM under which name did you initially register?

[ATWM]

@beautiful_FrEaK AlienToyWorkMachine! 

[fabes]

I’ll see if I can add more pre-shrink fit pics later or might be lazy and just combine pre/post shrink pics to the picture thread with measurements. 

My raw fit is really similar to @Jared_Lee with ample room all over. Leaning toward hot wash & hot tumble dry. Perhaps 2x hot wash and no drier. The raw waist ended up on the generous end of the tag size. Still well within tolerance, but I would like to get as much shrinkage in the top block and inseam as possible. 

[nopal]

51 minutes ago, ashgiovanni said:

How’s everyone planning to shrink? I think I want to aim for maximum shrinkage (as I have a lot of wiggle room) so was thinking of hot washing machine cycle, maybe dryer as well. We will see. 

My plan's machine wash 40°C, hang dry.

 

Pre-wash measurements (35x31):

Waist / 88.0 cm / 34.65 in  
Front rise / 33.0 cm / 12.99 in  
Back rise / 43.0 cm / 16.93 in  
Thigh / 34.5 cm / 13.58 in  
Knee / 26.5 cm / 10.43 in  
Hem / 24.5 cm / 9.65 in  
Inseam / 81.0 cm / 31.89 in 

 

 

[tooth]

What’s everyone’s initial thought on the denim? The overall construction looks really well done, and pre-soak fits all look great.

Looking forward to following along 👍

[beautiful_FrEaK]

1 hour ago, ATWM said:

@beautiful_FrEaK AlienToyWorkMachine! 

Doh! 🫣