SUPERDENIM SMALL QUESTIONS THREAD (Use instead of making new threads)

[CSL]

That's pretty extreme but I would imagine a reputable optician (optometrist?) would be able to shape them.

Any new glasses I get, I need to have that done in order for them to fit well.

 

[Double 0 Soul]

Don't say i never warned you 

It's just beyond words 

[Double 0 Soul]

5 hours ago, okimoto said:

Hi all,

Brand new pair of McCoy’s Buco Charger sunglasses - the temples are very asymmetrical. Is there any world where this is an intentional design choice or is this just shit McCoy’s quality control?

What has happened here.. when they insert the wire core into the acetate arm, this has to be done while the arm is flat / straight.. so both arms start off looking like the arm on the right.. then the hinge is attached.. then the arms are formed into their shape.. whichever crappy, backstreet manufacturer made these^ glasses, they forgot to form the shape of the arm.. then the person who screwed the arm to the frame failed to notice.. then they went through 'rigorous' quality control which also failed to notice part of the manufacturing process had been missed.

They can be corrected but if they break.. it's your fault.

Send them back, it's appalling, there is an old pair of Spiderman sunglasses in the glovebox of my car which are better made than these^ 

[merzbot]

On 2/2/2026 at 7:29 PM, okimoto said:

Is there any world where this is an intentional design choice or is this just shit McCoy’s quality control?

 

War Model Sunglasses

[Thicolas Rage]

Has anyone had any luck proxying Kamakura vintage ivy oxfords? If so, what service did you use? They are almost 2.5x more expensive on their global site🥲

[Hopethisoneisnttaken]

@Thicolas Rage up until the very moment I read your post and was not aware of the prices in Japan I was extremely happy with the price I paid for the shirt I bought from them. It was 150$.

Now I see it’s 12,000 jpy 🥲

edit: to the point - I assume proxy services like fromjapan and the like, that allow for ordering directly via url will have no problem here. 

Edited February 5 by Hopethisoneisnttaken

[Alec Leamas]

9 hours ago, Thicolas Rage said:

Has anyone had any luck proxying Kamakura vintage ivy oxfords? If so, what service did you use? They are almost 2.5x more expensive on their global site🥲

Like @Hopethisoneisnttaken I was also not aware of the JP prices, I buy them from a local guy here, and pay ~£90. I stand by that because of the support of local business etc.

That aside - you will absolutely not be disappointed with them - I have a few now and all are really good quality and on me, fit well too! Taller individuals may struggle with the sleeve length for the neck size - but for me it's spot on.

[Thicolas Rage]

@Hopethisoneisnttaken @Alec Leamas Thanks for the help! I also just found out about the Japanese pricing. Nothing around me selling them locally otherwise I’d love to try them on and purchase! 
I’ll try fromjapan

[Hopethisoneisnttaken]

please let us know how it goes. I know that I will be interested to see if the cost is still lower after fees & shipping, and will for sure try to order from Japan with my next purchase. 

[Geeman]

Off to Barcelona for a few days at the weekend with the wife and our little one. Any tips/suggestions?

[CSL]

I was keen on a place called Milano Cocktail Bar that had a large menu of gin and tonic variations, but I think it may have closed at this point.

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[MJF9]

It's been a while since I went mate

Hire bikes and cycle along the beachside cycle path - safe and steady away

Nomad Coffee Roasters (they have a few roasteries and cafes, top notch coffee)

[CSL]

Speaking of Barcelona, one time when I was there for music the fellow I was playing with had me stay in a friend's apartment in a part of the city that was supposedly kinda sketchy - he'd pointed at an upstairs dwelling and implied it was a brothel.

One night when we weren't working I'd gone out on the town, and when done had walked to a taxi rank. When I gave the address to a driver he showed it to one of his colleagues who speaking in English, (I guess so I could fully experience his disgust and be publicly shamed and embarrassed...) started shouting, "He wants to go see strippers and prostitutes!" 

I tried to protest my innocence but it was futile...

Edited February 12 by CSL

[Double 0 Soul]

Hookers, gin, coffee and cycling.. all great suggestions for a 5yr old 

Good luck @Geeman !

Edited February 12 by Double 0 Soul

[CSL]

Well I wasn't suggesting this as a potential activity. Just a random anecdote.

[MJF9]

5 year old has decaf... or 5 year old has a non-decaf double espresso and Geeman will be peddling like fook to catch him on his tricycle... either way is good holiday fun

The cycle path by the beach is proper leisurely.... there's non of this dodging Range Rover drivers with one hand on the wheel with the other on their M&S sandwich as they look for a free parking space around Mam Tor Neal

[ATWM]

What’s the current consensus on hemming here in the U.S.?

If I’m going to go through the trouble to send out a few raw pairs to get hemmed?

Has anyone used science and kindness? Indigo proof I have heard is good but $55 a hem (even if shipping is included) feels outlandish to me when my local tailor will lockstitch for $12 -  even though I wish her a successful business, I think I draw the line somewhere south of that. 

I am not needing the tightest roping ever but if I pay for a chainstitch I’d like to keep the general character intact. 

[space_cowboy]

23 minutes ago, ATWM said:

Indigo proof I have heard is good but $55 a hem (even if shipping is included) feels outlandish to me when my local tailor will lockstitch for $12 -  even though I wish her a successful business, I think I draw the line somewhere south of that. 

FYI - if you're in the Midwest or East Coast there's a shipping surcharge and it's $60 😅.That being said, I've used her many times for hems and she's usually does a  great job, but she also did the wonky hem I posted in this thread on the last page lol. She did offer to fix it free of charge though. Check out the post I just made in the denim repairs thread - he offers chainstitch hem at $25 a pair, but you'll have to cover shipping. 

[Geeman]

13 hours ago, Double 0 Soul said:

Hookers, gin, coffee and cycling.. all great suggestions for a 5yr old 

Good luck @Geeman !

Never did me any harm but was hoping to give him a far more normal childhood than I had 😉

[reallypeacedoff]

Doesn't SE do it for $25? If you bought the jeans there, it's free, as many times as you like.

[oomslokop]

On 2/12/2026 at 12:30 AM, Geeman said:

Off to Barcelona for a few days at the weekend with the wife and our little one. Any tips/suggestions?

the smaller mercats, churros and hot chocolates for the little one, iriarte iriarte for the missus, museu frederic mares to marvel at plunders of colonialism (u want scissors from all over the globe? uve got them!) both in the gothic district, the more modern looking tapas bistros (there's one near casa batllo i cant remember the name of, also that's my fave casa out of all the casas) imo often have better foods than vintage looking more touristy ones, more churros and hot chocs. also how little is yr little one? if theyre still in strollers, u can use them to jump the queue at museums (at museu picasso, excellent collection of his blue period, a museu staff inspects the line and takes everyone with a baby thru the loading dock to escape the queue, yeay), get free chocolates everywhere u go, free toys, the catalans seem to love spoiling the ankle biters. look at my little one gobbling up free churros and hot choc at this small churros shop manned by a granpa somewhere in the gothic district. she didnt ever want to leave! (ended up going there every day, always free all u can eat/drink for the kid!)

 

[Geeman]

Looks like Loopwheeler now ship to UK @Double 0 Soul ,  just as an FYI from recent convo

[Double 0 Soul]

Thanks G.. shipped from Loopwheeler themselves?

I've hopefully done with autumn/winter buying for the boy.. he'll be wanting shorts and tees in the next few months ..

[nick682]

18 hours ago, ATWM said:

What’s the current consensus on hemming here in the U.S.?

If I’m going to go through the trouble to send out a few raw pairs to get hemmed?

Has anyone used science and kindness? Indigo proof I have heard is good but $55 a hem (even if shipping is included) feels outlandish to me when my local tailor will lockstitch for $12 -  even though I wish her a successful business, I think I draw the line somewhere south of that. 

I am not needing the tightest roping ever but if I pay for a chainstitch I’d like to keep the general character intact. 

I would not recommend science and kindness.  They do good work but their communication is terrible and it takes over a month to get a pair hemmed.  I tried them twice and will no longer use them.

Blue Owl is usually my choice, but it looks like they raised their price at some point. I'm considering iron shop provisions for my next hems. 

Edited February 13 by nick682

[Geeman]

6 hours ago, Double 0 Soul said:

Thanks G.. shipped from Loopwheeler themselves?

I've hopefully done with autumn/winter buying for the boy.. he'll be wanting shorts and tees in the next few months ..

Yes, international site and shipping. 

Pricey though, cheaper through Beams on Amazon JP. 

To be fair, there are better sweats out there....

[merzbot]

On 2/12/2026 at 2:05 PM, ATWM said:

Has anyone used science and kindness? Indigo proof I have heard is good but $55 a hem (even if shipping is included) feels outlandish to me when my local tailor will lockstitch for $12 -  even though I wish her a successful business, I think I draw the line somewhere south of that. 

No experience with Science and Kindness (yet), but it was started by this fella:
satchelbmoore - superfuture® | Supertalk

[PBTony]

How often do you guys wash your denim jackets? I wash my jeans pretty regularly (once a week or every 2 weeks) but with a jacket I feel like unless something gross gets on it I'd probably not need to wash for a year or two. A lot of the jackets I see on here have faded to a nice hue of blue which I imagine have been washed quite a bit 

[julian-wolf]

Much less often than jeans, for me 

[Double 0 Soul]

I don’t wash anything unless it really needs it / gets a bit stinky.. even if my jeans get dirt on them.. they’re jeans for goodness sake, that’s what they were made for.

You can sometimes freshen a denim jacket up by sticking it on a coat hanger and hanging it on the line in the breeze for a day.

[Hopethisoneisnttaken]

I wash my denim jackets once a year, before jacket season starts. The dust they collect from hanging in the closet during summer makes my nose itchy. And if somebody pukes on them. That’s about it for me.