The Evolution of Jeans: Pictures, Scones and Tea

[infinittiii]

your friends a beast, 9 months and no wash yet hahah

[jackers]

those skulls look super sexy

[opethrapture]

Page 1530 was beyond grail!!

[Shorty Long]

x-post from the LVC thread...my '44s

[cman]

wow. all kinds of nice jeans these last few pages.

[cheapmuthafukr]

evisu heritage lee repro samples... on and off since last summer i think? i mainly just use these to skate, so lots of bad crotch repairs

[stewiegriffin]

@florianfloc: that is SICK!

[Jackboot]

1 year 5 months daily wear evolution

Skull 5010xx 6x6 raw

machine washed 5 times, hang dry

I'm waiting for these to fall apart on me but it seems that they will last a long time yet!

If you're interested, check out the small repairs that I did in thedenim repair thread.

May 2008

September 2008

January 2009

May 2009

Before warm wash

May 2009

After warm wash - amazingly they are still stiff enough after washing to stand up on their own

[Dioxic]

Does anybody have pics of some supreme or visvim jeans worn? I've always been curious about these, but nobody as far as I know has worn them in. I could only find Selvasio's old pair with minimum wear.

[andreweezer]

About 5-6 months

[TLCA]

Jackboot those skulls are insane!

[eightfour]

@Jackboot: Really nice. Skulls seem to fade really nicely.

[bunga]

hi everyone, this is my first post. =)

This is a pair of Nylon jeans that I picked up from a Bangkok flea market 4 years back and one of my favorites. I have another pair and the fades are just as nice, if not better. The denim was still pretty dark back then and they've been 3 or 4 washes ever since. The last wash was about a year and half ago.

Additional note: Found info about this pair, the model no is FN083 XX Type 14.5 Oz

Now i'm on a mission to find a deadstock raw pair to break in.

Hope you all enjoy the pics!

Leather patch, very similiar to Levi's down right to the fonts

Close-up of honeycombs

[opethrapture]

This has to be the best 1 post ever!!

[rxtim]

still suprised how the levi's knockoffs fade so well.... i gotta get one

[bunga]

still suprised how the levi's knockoffs fade so well.... i gotta get one

rxtim, actually they're not knock-offs, from what i've gathered from some of the more knowlegable collectors, Nylon have some connections with Toy McCoy/Real McCoy but they're out of business already, making getting a deadstock raw pair a challenge indeed.

from what i can manage to find out, there's still leftover stocks in some outlets in japan, anyone can confirm this?

[houllier]

1 year 5 months daily wear evolution

Skull 5010xx 6x6 raw

machine washed 5 times, hang dry

I'm waiting for these to fall apart on me but it seems that they will last a long time yet!

If you're interested, check out the small repairs that I did in thedenim repair thread.

May 2008

September 2008

January 2009

May 2009

Before warm wash

May 2009

After warm wash - amazingly they are still stiff enough after washing to stand up on their own

amazing skull!!!!!!!!!!!

[amardeep]

crosspost

811s since 09/07/08

wash info: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3385/3516636143_910ca55331.jpg?v=1241923484

so one day i tried to sew the eternal arc. it was horrible so i took out the thread i could and made a shitty design with whatever wouldn't come out easy

sewed the tab on the back on new years eve, surprised its still there

crotch on the verge of blowing; thread came off a month ago

ropeporn

[andreweezer]

Bought these in Thailand today, so they came faded like this, but thought you guys would appreciate this. Jeans cost me like $15, nice fit, hem is like 6.7-7 inches according to a quick measure with my fingers.

[andreweezer]

I tried asking the guy how long they have been worn on average, etc. but his English was pretty limited, I did find out that they weren't washed yet and I can feel the grime on it. Might go back in a week and I'll try to take pictures of all the denim. Denim is nice and heavy, real good quality.

[nkbnguyen]

Here's the beginning of my ss710xx's, as well as my first post.

I got the 710's slimmed down about an inch on each side.

Hopefully they'll turn out alright.

[G!zM() 17]

I tried asking the guy how long they have been worn on average, etc. but his English was pretty limited, I did find out that they weren't washed yet and I can feel the grime on it. Might go back in a week and I'll try to take pictures of all the denim. Denim is nice and heavy, real good quality.

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From my experience it won't take these people more than 6 months. A friend of mine asked his gardener to wear his jeans and the guy killed them within 4 months.

You might also wanna consider boiling them. I bought a pair like this quite a while ago (retired them 4-5 years ago) and they still stunk even after a few washes.

[Protocol]

Buddy's pair of Skull 5010XXs, just about 9 months of every day wear, no wash yet...

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Update on this shit when he does wash.

[I.T.]

LVC47 501 about 10 and half months. 2 washes.

[bunga]

I.T. - love the abrasions and honeycombs, the 501s still look very 'dark' after two washes, nice! are they Japan or US LVCs?

[Guest devil.beside.you]

Time for a sneak peek at some denim porn

Sugarcane Rainbow Warp Okinawas, worn since early February

X-post, sugarcane thread

Look at the texture of this denim!

The edge of the cross on the zippo is fading too!

Colours are starting to show..the reds come out best in this light

[Guest devil.beside.you]

Back pocket, left side

Back pocket, right side

Enjoy!

[shark jacobs]

A friend of mine asked his gardener to wear his jeans and the guy killed them within 4 months.

holy shit that's hilarious

its like next level sweatshop style

any entrepreneurs out there wanna invest in my new company? It's gonna be a traditional southeast asian child labourer scheme but with a twist. I'm gonna get the kids to sew the jeans together and then they'll wear them until they're faded.

There are a few kinks to work out (starving vietnamese kids are all W24 L26, and they can put a pair together in three and a half minutes but it takes months to fade them) but I think the basic plan is solid.

[iamdavoice]

APC NS, size 31, 11 months, 1 soak, 2 washes.

[bunga]

iamdavoice - damn! those watermarks on the lower legs is beautiful, IMO that's the hardest part to get nice fades.

Here's my 'retired' Japan LVC 502s zipper fly - i stopped wearing them about 4 years ago since I've ballooned from a size W30 to W32/33. =(

Constant wearing for the first 2 years, 3-4 times a week then sporadically 1-2 times a week for the next 2 years, altogether about 4 years of wear. Multiple washes but I remembered the longest that I didn't wash them was about 18 months.

The backpocket and the right knee has developed some holes but i haven't been bothered to repair them. Enjoy!