The Evolution of Jeans: Pictures, Scones and Tea

[watchman]

haha yeah. Yours are looking good Kixslf, i have yet to put any decent wear into my pair. Hopefully soon though.

[ko]

Mike you should wear those Levis more, even though they are a d-bag of a company.

[sidneylo]

Hey guys. Sorry to shit up this thread, but I realized before I dropped cash for my first over-the-50-dollar-threshold pair of denim, I had these slim straight 514 Levi's chillin. At size 28, they stretched considerably, and it was washed without much thought. I'd say about anywhere from 10-15 times within a 7 month span.

It was worn for normal activities, had a lot of spilt food and stains. I went skateboarding with it (and it was my first time skateboarding so I fell a lot), and also worked at Trader Joe's in Manhattan too. Lots of heavy lifting, kneeling, safety cutters in my pocket, etc. After a rigorous 6-7 months, I had put them to rest. I didn't even notice how much they've changed... but here they are.

[Konfucius]

wtf.. those were raw?

[sidneylo]

wtf.. those were raw?

If you're referring to me--nah. These were just plain $49.99 jeans from Levi's. I put it through 6-7 months of hell though!

[tweeds]

you can tell by the distressing that they aren't, but the combs look real enough to me, and the jeans are beautifully beat up.

sidney - i can't wait to see you wear in that pair of FH3001!

[sidneylo]

you can tell by the distressing that they aren't, but the combs look real enough to me, and the jeans are beautifully beat up.

sidney - i can't wait to see you wear in that pair of FH3001!

Hey, can you tell if the distressing is pre-made? Or is it just how it distresses you can tell it's not of a certain fabrication? I hella don't remember if they actually were plain or with the fake distressing when I first bought them... I think it was the former.

The funny thing is I didn't notice how beat they were until now--since I have all these pristine jeans. What's the deal?

[tweeds]

real whiskers don't come in long sideways Vs, and the wear on the thigh is too sharp and straight. pre-distressing usually doesn't capture the organic patterns and colours of natural wear - compare the whiskers and the combs

[rocker4life]

damn..those are looking good for $50 514..i should really work my ass off on my 514s

[szekin430]

SD-001 around 1.5 years of wearing

Gonna start my Real McCoy S613 now~

[tweeds]

BEAUTIFUL. beautiful. the vertical falling is lovely.

SD-001 ie. synthetic indigo, not SD-001XX (natural indigo) right?

would love to see more of your jeans.

[Klaas]

^Beautiful....

Note to self: I need a pair of SDA's.

[szekin430]

BEAUTIFUL. beautiful. the vertical falling is lovely.

SD-001 ie. synthetic indigo, not SD-001XX (natural indigo) right?

would love to see more of your jeans.

yes .. SD-001 is Left-hand twill and synthetic indigo

[tweeds]

^ apparently the LHT accounts for some of the delicious vertical falling.

again, more jeans please

[szekin430]

Some more pics of my SD-001

Back of the knee

Back Pocket

Leather Patch

Closer Front Look

[seatiger]

Amazing, 1.5yrs and they are still so dark!

[PG2G]

I like the fade at the button fly. Nice greyish color too.

[denimdestroyedmylife]

there's some nice train-tracks going on there (the sda's)

cool!

[blm14]

Are the jeans really that dark? It looks like you took those pix in a really dark room. I'd love to see some either in sunlight or with a flash...

[watchman]

those SDAs are amazing. How many washes? i assume not too many since they are pretty dark and the cut is more traditional.

[szekin430]

The jeans is not as dark as the one in the pics..

I will try to get some pics in the sunlight or with flash later

[watchman]

Eternal 811 at allmost 5 months, first hard wash.

sorry about the big pics! if it's a problem i'll try and resize.

[viv1984viv]

they look really good, after a hard wash the facric still looks very dark, especially around the train tracks on the close up.

[calatrava]

very nice eternals, just amazed at how dark they still are. was there much indigo loss?

[defiance]

those SDA's look awesome!!!

[cheapmuthafukr]

cmf homme:

[cheapmuthafukr]

sam:

[mr fluffernutter]

your photos make me feel strange cmf

[sexualharrasmentpanda]

your pics look like a crime scene.

[evisu 2000]

they remind me of snuff films.