The Evolution of Jeans: Pictures, Scones and Tea

[LaughingBuddha]

toufu- yeah, starched the back of the knees and the thighs in the beginning to set the creases, but after that...nothing

[shwanger]

APC New Standards

~ 1 year

beautifullllllllllll

[wild_whiskey]

Carl, great jeans. The texture shots are great. I love the way the slubs get ripped up.

[poly800rock]

curious as to why you just didn't throw it in the washing machine though....

[watchman]

carl, the PBJ's are looking amazing. Have you worn those everyday? how long were they in the tub?

[ktouran6923]

that why i waited so long to bring them up to BIG, i don't trust anyone else except gordon with my jeans.

Poly any pics of your tappered Bk's?

[Carl]

curious as to why you just didn't throw it in the washing machine though....

No hot water in the washing machine at home.

carl, the PBJ's are looking amazing. Have you worn those everyday? how long were they in the tub?

Everyday for 5.5 months, sans maybe 4 or 5 days. In the tub for a total of about 3 hours.

[ian]

i do believe everybody likes pics of jeans, so here are my lvc's:

LVC 501XX 1947 2006

~ 1.5 months of hard wear and skated in.

~ 2 warm soaks

~ a day or 2 of drizzle and rain

[Superstar]

Carl, did you just use regular detergent or some kinda specific brand ?

[Carl]

Just regular ol' Arm & Hammer laundry detergent and i sprinkled some of my moms hippie detergent on for good luck.

[Superstar]

^ guess those hippies are taking control again...

[BrokenGlass]

whoa how did I miss those APC's (iknowyougotsoul)? - Righteous

[ang_kangkong]

One of the most awesome jean fades here. Ever.

How many washes on this thing?

[Say]

i do believe everybody likes pics of jeans, so here are my lvc's:

LVC 501XX 1947 2006

~ 1.5 months of hard wear and skated in.

~ 2 warm soaks

~ a day or 2 of drizzle and rain

looking good son, looking good.

[cultpop 0217]

Downstaris drying after the rinse

The results

One final salute

They shrank a considerable amount. To the point where they will be worn solely around the house until they stretch. Kind of wished i had sized up now. Oh well.

just amazing. the denim is so nice. slubby denim can be hard to get contrast sometimes but yours are looking great sir. good work. once they get a little dirt on them they will be even better.

[cultpop 0217]

thought i would post some closeup shots of the denim on my new hoboken no wash.

not quite pretty baby jewels but quite slubby and hairy and i love the color.

with a flash

[partytaco]

all clad pots and pans and global knives (points lost on the magic chef range however)...good taste runs in the family.

The boiling water i added to the tub

[blank]

gotta continue the carl-fest but those are awesome, the denim looks incredible. gonna get me a pair of the 003's since those 005's look damn slim

[Felix]

made them tighter..the pattern was my Bk

(size36/36)

before

after:

[dave023]

great job Felix:)

[ang_kangkong]

Felix, glad to see you resolved the Sammie issues. How'd you get them to fit so well? Tailor? Did they take it in through the outseam? All the way down? Did you measure your other jeans and tell them how much to take off, or did they suggest a number?

Bittersweet to see them on you.

Hope these break as nicely as the Japanese guy's and not that S2A guy's (that one's just angry).

[Felix]

wow great drawing....

my mom made that happen, no tailor needed

[ang_kangkong]

Your mom can sew and you put these on supermarket?!?! (Note the extra punctuation marks to show indignation.)

Did she put felled seams on the inside (I'm assuming they were originally felled)?

[watchman]

Eternals after a soak. True color is closest to the vertical falling pic probably.

[M.O.A]

holy fuck those have amazing texture....

gave the 47's a bath today for the new years. here's a few quick pre pics. They are actually in the tub right now. Another 40 minutes until they come out!

5 months on, pretty much 4 months of wear. Color in the pics is about dead on.

[Guest doubletap]

watchman, those are beautiful.

[Superstar]

Is it me or do 501xx's always seem to hide some of the fade before the wash? i think all the post wash pictures i have seen has been with way more fading than on the pre-wash pics ?

[M.O.A]

i dont think its that they hide it. I think it is just really hard to photograph the denim...and most denim in general. In person and in pictures is miles apart in terms of accuracy.

[Guest doubletap]

Is it me or do 501xx's always seem to hide some of the fade before the wash? i think all the post wash pictures i have seen has been with way more fading than on the pre-wash pics ?

doesn't that go for all jeans?

[horriblyjollyjinx]

kixslf, so did they lose any color from the soak? did the water turn blue?