The Evolution of Jeans: Pictures, Scones and Tea

[stuntastic]

HAHA yea... The seat on my jeans is ridiculous... Why I still wear them, because I can haha.

I NEED to put my leather seat on my bike, so my next pairs of jeans, wont be having a ridiculous ass fade...

Looks like I sharted 5 too many times and tried to rub the hell out of my jeans.

[khaltire]

Trash those STF and get some good jap denim (if you can find some).. I think those would be beautiful jeans if they were say sammies, eternals, or SDA

[Chicken]

My first pair.. Its the el-cheapo STF from JCPenney/Sears.. $30

4 months, cold machine wash with woolite dark

7 months, same plus 1/2 listerine capful of bleach (i had nothing to loose, and yes, i threw the cap out)

8 months, im getting bored with them already

any comments welcome, and any tips would be greatly appreciated..

i think they're looking very good. i like the little zippo atari in the fifth pocket. your wallet is in a nice size that's giving your back pocket a manly fade. your honeycombs and whiskers look natural and well-worn. i think you can keep wearing these and see how far you can go. but you're also qualified to move on to a more premium denim with deeper indigo dyes, so that you can get more contrast in your wear.

[snugglepony]

i think they're looking very good. i like the little zippo atari in the fifth pocket. your wallet is in a nice size that's giving your back pocket a manly fade. your honeycombs and whiskers look natural and well-worn. i think you can keep wearing these and see how far you can go. but you're also qualified to move on to a more premium denim with deeper indigo dyes, so that you can get more contrast in your wear.

cosign with the clucky one...

i'd add that your choice in magazines needs more help than your choice in denim, though...

[ang_kangkong]

snugglepony — have you posted pics of your somets yet? Just curious how they're looking. Did I even get the person right?

[driftingdunk]

i think they're looking very good. i like the little zippo atari in the fifth pocket. your wallet is in a nice size that's giving your back pocket a manly fade. your honeycombs and whiskers look natural and well-worn. i think you can keep wearing these and see how far you can go. but you're also qualified to move on to a more premium denim with deeper indigo dyes, so that you can get more contrast in your wear.

Thanks chicken.. I have apc's in the wings, If those turn out well, ill move on to more serious stuff..

cosign with the clucky one...

i'd add that your choice in magazines needs more help than your choice in denim, though...

Haha, True.. but I like 'em... and they're free.. so i can't really complain.. The "stuff" not featured there can be easily found on special internet sites, *wink*

Thanks for the comments guys..

[Icarus]

i'd add that your choice in magazines needs more help than your choice in denim, though...

So here's the plan:

-Graduate to Japanese Denim

-Graduate to real Porn mags

[mr fluffernutter]

Ande Whall Grifters V2

I'm having trouble taking decent pics... but this is 5 months, before first wash:

After wash:

increased brightness/contrast because the photo was too dark... that's about how they look though

closeups

[seanfromiran]

Trash those STF and get some good jap denim (if you can find some).. I think those would be beautiful jeans if they were say sammies, eternals, or SDA

You're trippin'. Those look good regardless.

[PG2G]

nice looking grifters

[coiol]

Those Ande Whalls look great.

[sphoxx]

so so so nice

[BoardC3]

wow I really want those grifters, and I dont mean I just want grifters I want THOSE grifters, those look amazing. Ive only had my PBJ's for a little over a month and decided I needed diors so I now have 2 pairs of dry denim to break in, but jesus that makes me want a pair of grifters

[Icarus]

Those honeycombs are too intense for me, but the rest looks great!

[snugglepony]

snugglepony — have you posted pics of your somets yet? Just curious how they're looking. Did I even get the person right?

hi ang -- several people were asking awhile ago, so i did post some photos in the somet thread... since i rotate through about six pairs of jeans (and the somets are wearing like iron) there's not much wear to speak of, especially that you can see in photos.

as soon as there's some real progress, i'll certainly post!

[deedotceedot]

Nevermind the Grifters, what jeans are you wearing in this pic?

[mr fluffernutter]

Thrift Levis 516, tea dyed by me. The inseam is too short so I don't wear them outside of the house.

[dkatz]

First time posting in the Evo thread - and I think the first IA's in the thread as well:

102 wears at the time the pics were taken, taken right after a first hot soak

soaking

sun-lit

on legs

The color's a little bit darker than in these pics. But you can see how much they've lightened up compared to the darkness of the lower-legs!

Now we'll see what the Brasilian sun (& sweat) does to these. That is, if the sun EVER comes out in Rio again.... (middle of the summer here and it's about 21 or 22 celsius and raining off and on every day).

Hate to quote myself and beg at the same time... but any comments?

[M.O.A]

um...you prolly shouldnt beg for comments. they look nice although im not a fan of IR's stitching....

[Mems]

wow, those are looking really nice.

-Mems

[watchman]

those grifters are ridiculous. ande makes really nice stuff

[SanLC]

those grifters are ridiculous. ande makes really nice stuff

Really, those are amazing. I wonder what the V3s will look like once they get that kinda wear

[dkatz]

um...you prolly shouldnt beg for comments. they look nice although im not a fan of IR's stitching....

Well I appreciate the compliment surrounded by criticism anyway

And the "stitched wrong" stitching is on it's way out (it's starting to pull out in a few places... I'm enjoying it)

And may I jump on the bandwagon: those grifters are incredible...

I can't wait to see how Wintermute's V3's look when I see him again in 6 months!

[M.O.A]

finaly went out and took some okay pics of the lvc's after their first cold water soak. I know a few people were waiting for these pics.

No flash all natural lighting.

Enjoy!

[M.O.A]

[M.O.A]

[M.O.A]

well thats all the pics. Sorry I kinda went off. Im pretty happy with the results. I lost very little indigo which is great as they are still very dark. They shrank back to a perfect fit and hopefuly i can get a couple more months of sparatic wear in em before the next wash.

peace

[headtowall]

Nice LVCs (even if Levi's are dbags), Iron Army, and AWs in recent posts.

I washed my PBJs, but have no camera right now. No drastic changes, just a little softer and a lot cleaner. I was afraid that even though mine were purchased in One Wash, there would be some shifting or extra shrinking after I washed them. Luckily, this didn't happen and all of the creases are still in the same place.

[ddohnggo]

man, poly makes me wish i got some sda 103'zzzzzz

[M.O.A]

i cant wait for impending (understandably so) distaste/backlash towards Levis following the recent turn of events. It will really be interesting to see how people will react over the next few months.