The Evolution of Jeans: Pictures, Scones and Tea

[Guest Chocodove2]

SDA D1002. Got these back in April, but I can't wear them everyday because of work, so I don't know exactly how much wear. I'd say maybe 4.5 months. No wash. Love these things. I'll get natural daylight pics one day.

[lilldavid]

japanese denim heads have been doing tea-soaks to achieve a vintage-looking ecru weft; there are threads dedicated to this very topic:

COFFEE

TEA

and stale urine played a part in indigo dying way back when; it was used to dissolve the indigo (from wiki):

A preindustrial process for dyeing with indigo, used in Europe, was to dissolve the indigo in stale urine. Urine reduces the water-insoluble indigo to a soluble substance known as indigo white or leucoindigo, which produces a yellow-green solution. Fabric dyed in the solution turns blue after the indigo white oxidizes and returns to indigo. Synthetic urea

ah I remember the coffee thread, especially this:

my hispanic buddies who work at a denim laundry houses in l.a. soak their raws in coke or pepsi for a week. what they say is the sugars protect the indigo from fade and bleeding giving the denim a longer 'raw' look by sugar starching the jeans... yea...

[kobot]

is it just the picture or are those really really blue

[Guest Chocodove2]

is it just the picture or are those really really blue

No, there are pretty blue. The LHT has such an intersting color. And they are blue jeans after all.

[Superstar]

^ why dont you wash em? they look really filthy...

[Guest Chocodove2]

^ why dont you wash em? they look really filthy...

They actually really aren't that bad at all. I think the slightly grey tint from the LHT and lighting is giving that impression. This is them at about 1.5 months in sunlight...same murky tint.

[poly800rock]

i would avoid washing SDA's because they hold their indigo.

[cheep]

i think that would be a reason to wash... if they hold indigo then a wash wont hurt.

[poly800rock]

i think that would be a reason to wash... if they hold indigo then a wash wont hurt.

yeah, agree it won't hurt. I think it depends on what you want, a pair of vintage levi's or a super contrasted pair of jeans?

[gimmegimme]

They're such a weird, weird colour.

[watchman]

yeah they are. i agree that a wash would be good, it would bring out a little nicer dark blue.

[reguar]

What model?! Awesome fadings.

The masa's couple of pages ago looks really nice too.

[Superstar]

sda's seems to keep getting better and better (that goes for a lot of jeans) each time you wash them... and 4-5 months worth of nut-sweat, that calls for a wash in my book..

[ExileOnMainSt]

My SDA 003s at about 6 months, washed at 5. They settled into a more blue hue after the wash, which I am way happier with than the pitch black undertones it had:

honeycombs are there but not that visible to my jank camera, hopefully they'll come through in subsequent washes.

[Guest Chocodove2]

yeah they are. i agree that a wash would be good, it would bring out a little nicer dark blue.

The thing that scares me to death is I never soaked them...they were one of my first pairs of dry and i just started wearing them. I knew I should have, but I ended up wering them all the time, and there you go. Now the y are going to be all screwed after a wash.

[Thorns]

Those 002's have a really nice looking silhouette to them.

[Superstar]

^ mmh, they will shrink alright and the creases will go a bit off the old crease-lines... but omg, are you seriously considering never washing these ?

its just denim..

[watchman]

003s look great, the LHT seems to do some really nice vertical falling. they look like they're fading well even with the grey weft too.

[Guest Chocodove2]

^ mmh, they will shrink alright and the creases will go a bit off the old crease-lines... but omg, are you seriously considering never washing these ?

its just denim..

nah, definately going to wash them. just procrastinating.

[ExileOnMainSt]

you havent soaked them yet? god damn, after I washed my 003s I basically had to restart the honeycomb procedure because the final shrinking moved everything out of place, you basically are gonna have to start over again..

[bonanz]

a lot of good looking SDA's posted recently. looks good guys.

[wax]

[will_i_am]

very nice.

details?

[driftingdunk]

WOW, apcs and nudies look great.. would love to see the same amount of wear on some higher end stuff..+rep

[hamburga]

damnit im trying to decided on slim jims or new standards for my first decent denim and that post just made it harder...

they look great.

[kenthenoob]

you do the math.. started may 23rd

thought i'd wash(hot) since i start the warehouse contest today, hehe

i like how they shrink back to their original fit after a nice wash/hot dry.

big bulge in front-right pocket is my pocketo wallet, and on front-left is my phone.

[Skeese]

^^ what belt is that?

[kenthenoob]

^^ what belt is that?

iron heart belt from self edge.

click here

i find that brown belts look really nice on indigo.

[.jacob]

very nice.

details?

Yes, please post more details Wax.

[BodiesOfLight]

Bought these second hand cheap, they had barely been worn, but they were hemmed kind of weird, which I liked. I will not say the brand because I'm embarrassed to say, but they look good on me, so that's all that matters to me. Since I've had them, two months no wash.