The Evolution of Jeans: Pictures, Scones and Tea

[spunkey]

xpost from WH contest thread, 9 days short of a year

[JohnnyRed]

I feel as if your wallet and phone are about to burst forth from your ass. Good stuff.

Yeah I'm amazed how well the denim held up! the bottom of the wallet pocket is real frayed, but I haven't had any fear of a serious hole. Really amazing construction on these, I'm so surprised at the others that had issues

[locallau]

Flat Head 5100 10th anniversary jeans. Probably about 5-6 months of wear. 1 pre-soak and 1 wash. First well-used pair and first evo-thread post.

[jasutek]

spunkey, those are beautiful

[aho]

locallau, interesting...are those made of the infamous 5XXX denim?

[Hendodo]

totally nice jeans !

[locallau]

locallau, interesting...are those made of the infamous 5XXX denim?

yep, they certainly are

[thejimbo]

we need a fit pic locallau, they look great.

[BlackCherry]

APC New Cures at approximately 8 months of wear, washed 4 or 5 times, lost count.

LVC 501xx 1947s at approximately 2 months of wear, washed like three times already. Not much going on yet.

Levi's Type 1 jacket, owned it for over a year, actual wear time unknown. Washed

twice I think.

These are all in pretty direct sunlight and look a bit brighter than normal.

[hollowsleather]

Nice stuff, dig the patch.

[Christmas In A Submarine.]

kmws, maybe 5 months, a few washes...

that's about it...

[selaviso]

kmws, maybe 5 months, a few washes...

that's about it...

those are lookin great. +rep when i can.

[salaami]

somebody's kicking the shit outta those mules.

[Opie]

Fuck...! more chars

[soonami]

2 Months:

1 year:

[lilldavid]

kmws, maybe 5 months, a few washes...

that's about it...

Fixed, Very nice jeans!

[jyoni]

Cool to see a pocketwatch fade (or just someone carrying one at all).

yeah, that's pretty cool.

JohnnyRed would you post a pic of the watch itself?

[please underestimate]

SEXSC02

since 01/19/08

approx. 5-6 months of constant wear.

1 wash 2 soaks.

[truestorytravis]

Christmas, are those pics of your KMW's post-wash? They look incredible.

[kino]

pleaseunderestimate, that's one of the best fades/combs i have ever seen! +rep

[rodeo bill]

edit- I've reposted this on the next page with the photos embedded properly. sorry!

[was ist los?]

One year, more pics in the Warehouse final threak.

[youkinorn2]

hot like fiya

[Elxys]

Damn, nice denims on this page!

[snuff_daddy]

noyce johns mang

[mrchariybrown]

pleaseunderestimate, was ist los? - both pairs look great.

[Christmas In A Submarine.]

Christmas, are those pics of your KMW's post-wash? They look incredible.

Well, they've been washed quite a few times, but in those photos they are definitely caked with mud from work. sorry if i wasn't clear- they are definitely worn in quite a bit, but the mud probably makes it look more dramatic. I'll try to get some photos when I wash them again. Should be soon...

edit: decided to wash today as my girlfriend was doing wash anyhow. the results:

^^ this is the only minor blowout i had, and I can't even call it a blowout- I hooked the seam of the back left pocket on rusty nail from a fencepost and tore a small section of the stitching out. The sloppy repair took about three minutes...

Despite losing all the obvious mud that was caked onto them they managed to retain a somewhat dirty color, which I prefer to their color after earlier washes which was more of a royal blue. Not bad, just not as satisfying. oh- the patch remains essentially identical before in terms of color, perhaps a bit more puckered, but not worth documenting the difference.

thanks for all the +feedback and rep. It's appreciated...

[rodeo bill]

reposted now i've worked out how to embed photos...

Here's my contribution. I have quite a lot () of jeans, but these are the ones that I would consider evo-worthy. I've only taken straight front and back flat photos, but if anyone wants to see details or fit pics I'll do my best to oblige:)

enjoy!

Yamane Deluxe. 2years or so, 3 or 4 shower washes. Holland & Holland belt:

Evisu Deluxe silk denim, about 1 year, machine washed regularly (worn in tandem with the denim jacket, posted in the jeans jacket thread). Issey Miyake belt:

Helmut Lang Jeans (made in Italy, non-selvage), 9months or so, a few machine washes. Army surplus webbing strap belt:

[rodeo bill]

Evisu International made in Italy. 3-4 years, very few hand washes (my first jeans:)):

Evisu International made in Italy buckle-back. 2-3years, machine washed a LOT:

Evisu twister. About 6 months, 1 or 2 washes. Yohji Yamamoto belt:

[rodeo bill]

Evisu slubby denim, worn about 6 months, 1 or 2 washes. Hackett webbing Dring belt:

Evisu Japan chambray overalls, 6months, few machine washes. These have hardly shown any change, and as they're chambray and 6months of wearing dungarees every day was enough(), I don;t think they ever really will, but I love them anyway.

Evisu daicocks, cut off into shorts after about a year and lots of washes. Worn infrequently for 2 years since then. I boiled these in a pan in the oven for a day when i first got these (very cheap in a Duffer sample sale:)), and they lost a lot of indigo straight off. Made in US lattice belt bought in Japan: