The Evolution of Jeans: Pictures, Scones and Tea

[opethrapture]

Those samurais are truly godlike!!!

[Dioxic]

Could we get some fit pics too?

[bunga]

those sammies are heat - must find time to break out my pair of 510xx 21oz.

[aho]

I don't think I've seen a bad pair of 21oz.+ Samurai denim, evo wise...

[pomata]

^I love wavy whiskers

[edmond]

have you guys seen mine? come on these 21oz sams are easy to fade easier than warehouse

[LC_Miey]

ha

and what that supposed to mean Ed...?

[beautiful_FrEaK]

he wants some love

[edmond]

yeah i want so love,,,

whatta mean is that the 21oz denim is faster to fade than the 19oz ones and yes again i want you to love me..

xoxo

ed

[Chipper]

Warehouse x BiG x SUFU

These have been in and out of my rotation since contest start back in 11.07. About a year of wear and a bunch of washes. Contrast is a little washed out from the pictures.

[aho]

whatta mean is that the 21oz denim is faster to fade than the 19oz ones and yes again i want you to love me..

Yeah, to be honest I actually think of ed's 21 ouncers first whenever the topic comes up...lovely pair!

[sixsixtie]

Thanks for comments and rep guys. I'll get some recent fit pics up when I can.

[nate1492]

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APC NS, little over a year

[pat!!]

are those the 710s?

yeah they are. think I might soak soon, getting stanky!

[chris_n]

LVC '47, a year. sorry about dark pics. i have no flash and this best depicts the actual color of the jeans.

[m0t3d]

chris_n I like the way those look. Mine are still in my closet waiting until the start of the new year to get wear. Just curious but what is that in the back left pocket that gave it a nice triangle fade?

[chris_n]

a triangular leather snap together coin purse. you can see the snaps at one corner.

note for you: these are kind of lazy in shrinking if you just hot soak, but if you throw them in the hot washer, they really shrink well. a full 3 inches inseam and 1-1.5 inches waist. (will stretch back out .75-1")

[angelachanny]

after a hotwash/hang dry

[aho]

^putting many of us to shame there angela, good stuff

[jyoni]

...nice...

[rOeLez]

5 months Nudie masa .. 1 sea wash 1 soak and minor repair on the crotch area ..

[rOeLez]

@angela

love the "A" nice work

[Satya]

^^

nice masa ndrew, belt looking good too... +rep

@angela

nice angela, what does S&S stand for?

[chris_n]

^^sling and stones

[Satya]

HA! thanks chris!

[rOeLez]

@Satya

thx brah

[givemefive]

I rivet came off the pocket of my Skull 5010 last yearish. It really disappointed me as I had spent a chunk load of change on them. Super high quality Japanese jeans right?

I ended up emailing Kiya and he said I could have them mailed back to Fab Four or I could get a discount on another jean. I wasn't really looking for anything and I had just bought some new jeans from him but I took up the discount option for future review knowing how long Fab Four could take.

Anyways, I emailed Fab Four and emailed them pictures explaining the occurrence.

I sent a very simple English email and Japanese machine translated copy.

This is what I received:

Dear John xxxx-san,

thank you for your inquiry.

of course, we are happy to repair your 5010XX

we would you like to know the situation of damage first of all.

so, could you send us the photograph?

and please tell us the country and the region where you live.

we might advance the method that doesn't send to Japan.

because, the shipping cost is the responsibility of the customer.

and, the shipping cost is not come cheap...

If you would like to know anything more, then please contact us anytime.

Best regards,

FAB FOUR

Then I sent pictures and said I could probably find someone to fix them locally:

Then I got

Dear John xxxx-san

thank you for your reply.

OK, we will send the original rivets by the air mail.

you will receive it in about a week.

please wait until then.

So a couple days later this showed up in my mailbox:

Inside was a small poster type lookbook and some other papers and two brand new rivets.

I went to a tailor that said they could do it and when I came back the next day they told me they had broken one of them and they did not wish to procede. ugh These guys: http://www.yelp.com/biz/manuels-custom-tailoring-san-jose#hrid:FIwpPl05R8tu9agnlEPXDA/src:search/query:tailor Don't go there.

So I called some more places but none of them had any idea what I was talking about. I soon got busy with school and had to lay it off for a while.

So like 6 months later I'm back at school and not busy. I call these guys: http://www.yelp.com/biz/ricardos-tailoring-sunnyvale#hrid:NqQbq-Emv3oOI5mSUs8s5A/src:search/query:tailor and they say they can do it.

I take the jeans in with the rivet and the nice man behind the counter is gone seemingly ever. After a while he pops back up and says he's finished. The rivet isn't on there perfect, the washer top part is ever so slightly bent but it will certainly do the job. He says there is no charge.

look at that beautiful patch and hair! those belt loops with raised middles are so hot

And finally the uneven stitching (The hems and some other stuff are off too but it gives them character:

And some thoughts:

The skull denim is freaking ridiculous. I love it. I am going to have to get some 6x6 indigos some time soon.

The fit is so cool. The top block is fitted, yet breaks in well. Its nice and slim but the knee down is straight so they don't look skinny.

The prices have gotten so high its absurd, but the product (Japanese artisan jeans in general) are so unique its impossible to turn down.

Each brand has their own flaws and nuances.

[Mr HaGa]

After sending off the Ooe Yofukuten World Tour jeans I’m back to my usual rotation of Fullcount 0105c, Samurai s710bk19oz and 45rpm Sorahiko ’08. Here are some evo pics of the 2 former…

Samurai, I’ve been meaning to give these a handwash for a while now

[Mr HaGa]

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[Mr HaGa]

Fullcounts, washed for the 6th or 7th or 8th time a couple of days ago

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