The Evolution of Jeans: Pictures, Scones and Tea

[grouse_allergy]

Bunga, you seem to produce some of the best honeycombs! Really nice job on all the jeans you've posted so far. I hope to see more from you.

How much actual wear on those Japan lvc's? I can't imagine a pair of jeans lasting anyone 9 years. Maybe that's just because I'm a.d.d when it comes to devoting time to clothes.

+rep

[Scaught]

Just washed my PBJ005s for the first time at 4.5 months. Sorry for the shitty pictures.

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Also, sorry for the really bad lighting, the whiskers have much better contrast in person.

[bunga]

thanks grouse, appreciate your kind words -there's around 4-5 years of actual hard wear, around 3-4 times a week for the first 2 years then maybe once or twice for the remaining 2 year but i haven't been able to fit into them for the last 4 years? haha, blame middle age creeping up on me.

it seems that certain batches of the 502s fades much better with a dirty yellow tinge much like vintage levi's that i always love (but can't afford).

haven't bought any new denim for quite awhile now except for a pair of Studio D'Artisan 103s and Pure Blue Japan XX-003 which i hope to break into real soon!

scaught - good job on the pbjs, i've seen lots of really great ones on the forum, that's what sold me into getting a pair.

[anthonyoj]

Just washed my PBJ005s for the first time at 4.5 months. Sorry for the shitty pictures.

Click for larger:

Also, sorry for the really bad lighting, the whiskers have much better contrast in person.

this makes me want to get a pair of these again

[The Andrew]

Samurai S0500XX, 2 months, 1 initial soak

[bunga]

are these the ones with the cinchback and python patch?

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

[mjknight]

Samurai S0500XX, 2 months, 1 initial soak

Nice, do you have any fit pics?

[grouse_allergy]

Seems a bit soon to quote his entire post...

[selaviso]

haha for real

[Guest devil.beside.you]

@ bunga.

Yes, they are!

[bunga]

nice one, do keep us updated, i haven't seen a pair that's really worn in yet - would love to see how yours go 'cause i'm thinking of snapping a pair myself.

@ bunga.

Yes, they are!

[aaronmetcalf]

gettin there and gettin nasty

[bunga]

Sugarcane Lot M41400, zipper fly, 14 oz raw denim

Been wearing them on and off for the past 2 years but never really got into them as they're a tad too big for me (friend bought the wrong size).

1 hot soak for shrinkage and 2 cold washes after that. Doubt this pair will have much honeycombs as they're not snug enough but the material is quite nice and i'm trying to put off washing them as long as i can but it's beginning to stink to high heaven. (you know you're in trouble when insects, bees etc are attracted to your smelly denim!)

will probably give them a cold wash this weekend and post after wash pics. all pics taken indoors without any flash or photoshop touch-ups.

[lilldavid]

shit bunga's packing heat!

[aapoli]

Agreed, amazing stuff from Bunga!

[seafinch]

x-post from sammie thread...

0500xx sz 34

I've had them about a year now and worn maybe 7 or 8 solid months. I just had a major yard day in them so I gave them a wash last night. 4th wash I think.

Wore them today and then took some pictures when I got home ...

Th true color is probably some where between the close-ups and the full pics.

[opethrapture]

^^

Really nice oceanblue colors, did you taper them?

[dkatz]

Roommate's once-dark (not STF, not even raw) 501's... after about 5 months of wear and a few washes:

He's a sculptor.

[dkatz]

X-post from SExDBxSF09 thread. Two months today. One initial soak, no water (except biking in a rain-storm or two) since.

Still LOVING the fit and the denim.

[Sammy You]

the denim is wearing too thin now

i dont think these will last a year

[Guest DCDenim]

@ dkatz, nice fit but that rise is WAY to low for my liking.

I was also expecting more of a three dimensional fade to the denim.

[duck sauce]

@ sammy the color look way bluer than before did u wash? or was it just the lighting

if it develops a hole, you can always patch

[thaiison]

x-post from eternal thread

update, 14 months old. still at 1 wash and a couple of soaks.

[Biff15]

x-post from eternal thread

update, 14 months old. still at 1 wash and a couple of soaks.

...really nice progress...

[stewiegriffin]

@sammy you: maybe it is time for new jeans? they look amazing tho.

@dkatz: nice progress on your contest jeans.

[duck sauce]

also sammy u posted 2 of the same pic

rmber to copy again before you paste;)

[bunga]

@aapoli and lildavid - thanks for the kind words guys, here's some more denim porn for you.

2nd pair of Nylon jeans model no FN088, not XX or WWII type, anyone can tell what model is this? got this pair from another friend who found it in a flea market.

Both pairs of Nylon side by side, can you tell which was the 1st one that i posted?

[lenn]

those look in-cre-di-ble. really good. nylon might as well become the next flat head/samurai hypejeans after your posts.

by the way, is it me or do jeans with reversed-honeycombs (on the outer leg)/hella long whiskers suddenly pop up everywhere? thaisons eternals, a pair of yofukutens from the blog, now these...

[CrashTestBrummie]

Evisu Lot 2001, coming up to a year of wear, some sweet vintage fades now...

Had the gulls repainted recently, but the paint didn't bond to the old gulls and washed straight off... the patch has held up well though:

Contrast pic with Lot 2000 (a slimmer cut) behind the 2001s, to show the similarities and differences in the fades:

[jpsmith98]

gf's skull lindas. bought a year ago, actual wear time is approx. 6 months. this is just before their first wash: