My Baby-denim project

[Blackplatano]

I will be a father in a couple of months and i though it would be pretty cool if i started working on some new project jeans on the exact day my baby is born and wore them for a year (at least).

It would serve as a denimheads "journal of fatherhood", in a way. I also find it interesting to have some jeans that are exactly your kids age. In a way, the baby and the jeans will age together.

Now the question is, which jeans to break in?

They obviously have to be very durable.

Top notch construction/quality.

Fades great. ( it would defeat the purpose if they didn't change)

It also must add variety to my denim line up. I have some sorahikos, RRLs, A.P.C and possibly some black buzz rickson in the future. So it would be great if the jeans were LHT, slubby, Heavy, had a weird dying process,or something else etc...

So far I'm considering the:

Warehouse Duckdiggers 1920

Eternal 811

Pure blue japan xx-007 or xx-005.

Samurai (any jeans slubby and heavy with a nice cut or the lee repro)

the ideal cut is semi-slim with a hem between 8 and 8.5 inches.

What jeans do you think would be right for this?

Thanks

[40ozprophet]

There's really no "right" choice. it is all up to you. My advice? if you're going to wear them hard for a solid year go with the eternals. but again, there are sort of so many different things that can point you towards what you want.

[beatle]

I don't know..if this is ur plan - go for the Duckdiggers..they look somewhat festive ...

[plongin]

i'd say give the sams 710s a shot. seems to fit your criteria.

[LaiShin]

imo, eternal fades best. I haven't seen one that's disappointing.

btw, congrats on being a father

[fadingblue]

i say get some iron hearts

theyre heavy and according to i think kiya (correct me if im wrong) they show great contrast over time, and if you want jeans the same year as your kid you dont want the project to end just at one year do you?

[braydendevito]

those jeans are bound to be spit up on at some point in time.

spit up honeycombs. mmm.

[tweeds]

take the 811s, bp.

[dismalfuture]

I guess you like puke all over your jeans. I'm 3 years out of college and haven't gotten over that phase. Still, congratulations on being a dad.

[Corbin Law]

id say go with the eternals.

pbj is nice, but the construction isnt the best. ive seen some pockets ripping off after about 7 months. and the fit on the 811 is slim but not xx005 slim, its more like hip dad slim.

that or some samurai.

[Blackplatano]

I'm open to other suggestions i didn't mentioned.

Like somebody said, the problem with PBJ is the durability. I definetly want a pair of jeans that's going to last and not rip in 8 months.

The problem with the Duckdiggers is that i don't know how they fade. Ringring loves the denim, but he doesn't say whether it's because it fades great or because it looks good raw but won't fade much (ex. streaky eternal 868 denim).

The eternal seems like a middle of the road pick that i can't go wrong with. But i wanted something a little different for variety.

The samurais are heavy and are made to fade, but construction is an issue from the pics i've seen.

what other jeans should i consider?

How tight is the weave on the duckdiggers?

[watchman]

The 811s would seem like a good choice. However, if you want LHT and heavy, you could go with the SO110XJ from samurai. Great fit, hem size in th range you want, and LHT and 17oz

[salaami]

the sammie lee repros seem to fit most of your criterion, i cant wait to get a pair myself...

[ThugLife]

when your child gets older are you gonna get them the kid samurais???

o you know what you should do? this may be easier said then done, but only have one pair of jeans a year. and then on your child's birthday each year you start a new pair. and start like a chronicle type thing.

[40ozprophet]

speaking of which, what happened to Sams' daughters sammies?

[Blackplatano]

kids seem to grow too fast to really wear a pair of jeans

[north.]

if you want something durable with variety, why not a pair of Sugar Cane Okinawa? I'd stay away from Samurai. They look nice, but it seems like for Japanese jeans they lose a lot of indigo, and you might have to give the jeans a few unexpected washes as a father.

[test]

what about getting one for your baby too?

[cheep]

first off... congrats on becoming a father.

second... get the sam lees. they fit your criteria perfectly. also, they wont lose much indago in the many many washes youll have to do after getting shit on, pissed on, thrown up on, food spilt on, bled on, cried on, and all the other things that babys do.

[beatle]

Cheep - how did your babies survive ?? Bled on Scary ....

[culture]

get a pair for your baby to wear instead.

[Blackplatano]

get a pair for your baby to wear instead.

right...you want a newborn baby who can't walk, crawl or even wipe it's own butt to fade a pair of jeans?

A newborn that will outgrow any piece of clothing in a month? On top of that they don't make baby denim but regardless of that little fact, you want a baby to wear a pair of stiff raw denim every day?

I'm guessing you don't have any kids.

[culture]

right...you want a newborn baby who can't walk, crawl or even wipe it's own butt to fade a pair of jeans?

A newborn that will outgrow any piece of clothing in a month? On top of that they don't make baby denim but regardless of that little fact, you want a baby to wear a pair of stiff raw denim every day?

I'm guessing you don't have any kids.

and im guessing you cant see a joke if it slapped you in the face. cool down...

oh, and a few companies (earnest sewn for example) do make baby denim.

[Blackplatano]

and im guessing you cant see a joke if it slapped you in the face. cool down...

oh, and a few companies (earnest sewn for example) do make baby denim.

i though something had to be funny to be a joke

[beatle]

Actually - I thought it was funny...not that it matters...

[dicksonoffonda]

811s slim but not as slim as those 005s

congrats on being a dad

[Pandemonium]

wear it out and pass it onto your son when he's large enough to wear it as like say, a family heirloom. rofl.

but you might have to size down so he can wear it when he's in his teenage years, say.

just an idea.

[Blackplatano]

^^^ it's a girl...lol