The Evolution of Jeans: Pictures, Scones and Tea

[joelz]

These are my APCs - I haven't worn them for a couple years now but I never got/posted good shots of them - they probably worked out to be about 14 or so months

[togecrazy]

x-post from samurai thread...

s510xx 10 months 13 wash, plenty of soak...

[IAmNietzche]

did you spray starch on them hourly or what? How is it that your honeycombs go all the way down to like the middle of your calves? No matter how well I start off with my stacking around the knees and ankles, eventually the weight of the denim makes everything fall and I'll have like at most 6-7 lines of honeycombs....never these large areas of honeycombs like you guys do

it all depends on your fit. and those aren't the middle of his calves

[lucaas]

+rep you toge

[Flash]

again great jeans but must spread

[pat!!]

my sams post wash! love the way they turned out after the wash. sorry for so many pictures. xpost from sam thread

[shinobi2000]

it all depends on your fit. and those aren't the middle of his calves

but it looks like they go down past the start of his calves

[ThinFinn]

nice post wash pics there pat!...stack fades are killah...+rep.

[PeterParker]

Long time lurker, first time posting.

Those APCS lucass. OMGGG

anyways..

X-Post from Levi's 501 Shrink to Fit (STF)

Levi 501s STF worn for about 22 months

1 Soak

Feedback please!!

feedback? Less kneebags please.

i hope you havent been walking around looking like that for 22 months.

Yeah, cuff that shit or hem them.

How did these not get any positive feedback?

I think the jeans just fell awkwardly in the fit pic because the rest of the fit looks spot on to me; those are some great vintage fades.

In fact, they look like a carbon copy of my 3sixteens in terms of fit and fades.

I guess there's no love for inexpensive denim that doesn't produce high contrast fades, that isn't sized down

[lostinthesupermarket]

The fades are pretty good and I agree the hostility is over done, however those jeans badly need a soak. The extent of the kneebags is ridiculous at this point.

Also, while I'm not one for telling the next guy how to wear his jeans, I would make the point that one soak in 22 months is definitely not enough to keep denim in good condition. I think there is a direct link between the fact that these have seen so little water and the fact that his combs are cracking.

But like I said, each to his own.

[salaami]

i've seen plenty of long worn rustlers, comfort action sports( k-mart brand) and other $30 or less jeans that have super sick fades at home depot all the time. i saw a truck driver at work 2 days ago with the illest 501 STF jawns, you just easily tell they wore worn for years without any care given to wash or anything else. and you can tell that they were raw when first worn. straight dope shit. the cost of a denim means nothing(really!) in comparison to long-term wear.

[jstavrin]

How did these not get any positive feedback?

I think the jeans just fell awkwardly in the fit pic because the rest of the fit looks spot on to me; those are some great vintage fades.

In fact, they look like a carbon copy of my 3sixteens in terms of fit and fades.

I guess there's no love for inexpensive denim that doesn't produce high contrast fades, that isn't sized down

Dude, the knee bags are pretty extreme. Your last comment is also unwarranted considering my next post was about how I wanted a pair of Rustlers. Also, a pretty large contingent of posters on here support more vintage-looking fades.

[selaviso]

PeterParker the hell are you talking about? its not about the price.... there are plenty of inexpensive jeans in this thread to prove you wrong... its just the knee bags are horrible and personally to me, it looks like he pinched the hell out of them as well but i could be wrong.

[rami1012]

nah theyre not pinched i promise you that haha. but you guys are right i need to wash them the knee bags are nastyyyyy. ill post some pics after wash

Edit: @peterparker. thanks for the compliments man!! means a lot!

[M.O.A]

meh

pics without a flash would help.

[krakatu]

damn pat those stack fading is hot man.........

[M.O.A]

stack fades make me wet.........

fixed

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[PeterParker]

Whoa, I didn't intend to offend anyone who I quoted. I respect kix and jstavrin as SuFu posters and wasn't trying to stir shit up.

I was merely stating that some nicely faded Levi's STF's that had been worn for nearly two years only garnered some comments about knee bags. Meanwhile, every pair of Sams or FH worn for a year or less with high contrast, tight combs and stacks gets people all wet and an entire page of positive comments.

Now let's get back to pictures of worn in jeans:

sup kix

[dylanbooth78]

LVC 55 501, about six months of wear, no high contrast fades here im afraid these have been washed about once a month whilst in use! but they have been in my wardrobe for about a year whilst i rotate some other jeans!!

[drz]

more pics at the real mccoy's thread

[lucaas]

+rep drz 10char

[Gold Soaked Afternoon]

Crosspost from KMW thread

Well, I've owned my KMWs since May of '08 I believe, and though I couldnt wear them on weekdays for most of that time, and theyve had competition from a pair of skulls and pbjs, they have been my go to jeans for the most part. Recently, they have gotten less wear simply because they seem to rip every other time I wear them (as I'm sure you can gather from the pictures). Enjoy.

Torn 2nd buttonhole

Multiple ass rips and repirs

multiple crotch rips and repairs

Inside shot of all the repairs that have gone into keeping these jeans functional

Sorry for the picture overload. Color is fairly accurate throughout the pictures, though a lot of the fading is actually more contrasted in real life. Especially the shot around the front pocket fading. Theyre in the wash right now because they smell weird like some sort of metal, and ass.

[Gold Soaked Afternoon]

For some reason the 2nd button had more pull on it I guess. Or maybe its just because its 4 layers of denim on the top button, versus 2 on the second, if I'm not mistaken. So over time, the denim just became super thin, and one night when I was quite drunk, I looked down and pop, it had finally snapped. Oh well.

[Gilangaditya]

i love my local brand "Elhaus" from Indonesia

6 month - 6 Wash

[stukovx]

Dukes and PBJs

[Gold Soaked Afternoon]

Some post wash pictures for anyone interested. A good warm wash does such amazing things for the fit, color and texture of these jeans. The denim is so crunchy and scratchy after they dry. Any other KMW users out there, don't be afraid to wash.

[rockon99]

samurai 500. worn for a while. i dont wear them much these days cos theyre kinda fragile now. whatever though. good summer jeans.

Apc Rescues that i turned into shorts.. i wear these a lot. time to repair the crotch though.

[xcoalesce]

eternals 811 o/w

first set down:

bought one wash

5 months pre-wash

5 months post wash

8 months pre-wash

8 months post wash

click to enlarge

[thedoad]

Totally awesome job as usual. Let me add some rep

[ranonranonarat]

really nice documentation of the evo. out of rep but will return to rep. lovely.