The Evolution of Jeans: Pictures, Scones and Tea

[M.O.A]

yeah seriously that shit is about to be danky

[Crazy]

Yeah, plus it will lighten them up so it will be a little less hot. Those are possibly the best fades I've seen on Diors though, most have almost no vertical fading.

[BBC]

mij 19 w27

7-8 months, 2 washes, super stinky, stretched, and in need of a soak.

full wash after summer?

They look nice, but what's the white stuff on the pocket?

[bouwnt]

ridiculous ropes :eek:

[enojy]

looks like paint. paint just doesn't come out of denim at all. i helped a friend paint her room forever ago and i still don't have the paint out of my skulls after many months and 2? washes.

[BBC]

I know they are only Nudies and no one cares for them, but I love how these have finally turned out!

Pictures are pre and post wash. Handwashed in HOT water with Samurai soap after 6 months weekend wear. The first water shot was the colour after the first few batches of new water, and the second water shot was after a dozen or so fresh batches of water. That water was dank!

[Scaught]

I'll care for those Nudies... damn.

[fattybfat]

turn out nicely!!

[halberdklown]

those look great! are they Masa by chance?

[BBC]

Nah, Jap selvedge. Straight Sven I think? Thanks for the compliments!

[TonyxTony]

they are good... nice blue color

[azn8oi]

cant rep, but the color is great.

[Conie Jeans]

those Nudie...I love them..good work....

[nemoulette]

My Warehouse 1920 Lee repros. The right arcuate is gone ;(

Roping

Bought them here a year ago. Around 8 months of effective wear. Lot's of washes.

[nemoulette]

Oh, I couldn't find the "show us what you got" thread but here you go, these are my jeans that I actually use.

From the top:

LVC 501 1889 single backpocket

LVC 501 1930s 201, 555 circa 1996

Warehouse 1920s Lee

Denim Demon Aahka, trying to sell these

Edwin Nashville

Skull 5507XX

[nemoulette]

E: 10chars!

[moykky]

Nemoulette, those Warehouse 1920's Lee's are really nice. I don't like the original Lee-shape pockets, those Levis-style are much better. They fit really nice as well (WAYWT...)

[eleven]

Nice jeans u got there nemoulette. Are those 1880 Levi's at the top? Was looking at them recently and they look pretty cool...do they fit true to size or did you downsize?

Thanks

[nemoulette]

They're 1889s from, I think, the 2005 season. They fit pretty true to size.

[The Marlin]

APC NC's sized down 2

1.5 month wear->cold wash->air dry->10 mins of wear

I had to wash them earlier then I wanted to because I got them really dirty messing around in the desert.

[JesseJB]

Julian Red Cali 33"

Worn pretty rough off and on for 2 years. One cold soak. One warm soak. No washes.

Almost no wear whatsoever!

PBJ XX-005 32" Worn often 15 months. One warm soak. One wash.

[ChaseDizzy]

Yeah Julian Red non selvage denim doesn't really fade too much. my hobos are 10 months and still pretty blue

[party pooped]

Samurai S710 19oz, ~3 months, 1 initial soak

[jacoBUH_x]

7 1/2 months 2 washes and about to wash right now.

[Junetastic]

Very cool looking and interesting wallet fade.

[midnight]

Yeah those are some seriously different fades. I like em

[apocalypse later]

Wow those are some seriously weird looking whisker patterns on the Imperials, but cool.

[sm2s]

looks like he switched wallets sometime during the wear.

confirmation?

[.jacob]

Presenting my raw Nudie Straight Svens. Worn everyday for 11 months. One cold water wash done at 10.5 months.

Pre-wash (shitty iPhone pix):

Post-Wash

I'm very happy with how the jeans have turned out. I'm wondering though, do you guys think I should have done a hot wash instead of cold? The fades I got were good but not as dramatic as I expected. I also don't get why the jeans still look so damn dirty (especially on the front) after having been washed. Maybe at 12 months I'll do a hot wash and semi-retire them? Gotta get to work on the AW Cougars

Jacob

[nolanmjj]

Levi's 501STF. The cheap kind. First raw denim experiment, cost me $33.

Worn from late September-October until about April? On-off at some points. Went two weeks without wearing them at one point. Washed just now, hot, unfortunately dried as well but not as much shrinkage as I thought. Probably should have gotten them longer initially.

Cold soak around end of January:

Post-wash (real color is a little darker):

Overall pleased...moving on to APC Rescues soon I guess.