The Evolution of Jeans: Pictures, Scones and Tea

[chantheman]

dunno how many washes. 5 or so years of wear

Samurai 0500 worn to demo my kitchen and living room

 

 

 

close up of the damage and DIY repairs

 

45rom nando blue denim used for the patch

botton hole tore

whiskers

patch

Edited March 3, 2014 by chantheman

[chantheman]

see you all in a few years. if anyone has some purple face pbj's for sale let me know

[Resa Christa]

elephant 2

since dec 2011

Edited March 4, 2014 by Resa Christa

[Slowitchu]

Indigofera Ray

2nd wash

 

Before:

 

 

After:

 

[bencap]

Just realized I bought these Somét jeans in March 2008, making them just about 6 years old, so I took some pictures. Washed a lot, worn a lot.

 

edit: it was cloudy when i took these so I upped the exposure until the color looked accurate, which is why the white looks blown out.

Edited March 6, 2014 by bencap

[atchong]

Just want to share my best companion so far...

 

Oldblue Heavyweight 21/23 oz

 

5 months

1x initial soak

 

 

IH DC4001

18 Months (retired)

4x machine wash, many soak

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THANKS

[nutusufu]

Glorious, atchong.

[atchong]

^^

thanks mate 

[tonoak]

PROXFH05 8 months 1 soak 2 washes 

 

 

 

 

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[redragon]

Ooe Yofukuten 9101XX

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More detail pics can be seen at the contest pics thread.

Cheers!

Edited March 9, 2014 by redragon

[dylanbooth78]

They are on their way...

 

 

 

 

 

...I have to say I really like the Samurai 19oz denim! I have been really impressed with it.

[laxlife1234]

Strike Gold 3109

 

Worn for ~9 months, 1st wash, 1 previous soak. 

Pre vs. post

[dylanbooth78]

I had to do some gardening today so these got pretty filthy, I will be washing them a bit later on tonight if I don't drink too much and pass out!!

 

 

 

 

...And now waiting for the wash, from L to R, 5.11 taclite pants, Samurai work shirt, LVC 1901's and the filthy Samurai S710XX...

 

[vincent0524]

put me and my roommates pants together today lol

[cander49]

Just got their 9th wash after 12.5 months, worn daily. Interestingly, they shrunk more than normal in the dryer this time (size 31, waist now measuring 30"). This is great, considering that I'm about 8 pounds lighter than I was at the start of the competition, thanks to cleaning up my diet for the sake of my competitive marathoning.

They've made a lot of progress over the last 4 months, largely thanks to the fact that they've gone skiing 44 times since mid-November.

Oh, and color is pretty accurate here.

[Guest]

Samurai 710xx, 2 years 1 month
APC New Cures 7 months
Skulls 5010xx 1.5 years

 

[dylanbooth78]

Washed these last night so here is an update!...

 

 

 

 

 

[joelz]

Eternal 811BG - 3 Years of wear

 

 

[B-Sandy]

PBJ XX-011  4 months, 2 washes.  

 

 

[Geeman]

Bsandy 4 months and a crotch blowout already?

[B-Sandy]

No actual holes yet, just wearing through in a couple spots. Gonna get them patched up soon but I could have probably gone another month or so without any issues.

[stukovx]

Monthly PBJ-007 update:

 

 

Random Artsy Fartsy Photo:

 

[altoclefchris]

PBJ XX-011  4 months, 2 washes.  

 

 

The color on those is fantastic!

[roeyroeyy]

up the evo thread again.

mccoy 002. a year plus, countless wash.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

cheers!

[beautiful_FrEaK]

Those are really beautiful!

[rockon99]

xposted from UB thread

 

Got drunk on Monday, slipped and fell, did a backwards somersault, saved it and landed on my feet (hell yeah), but then my momentum carried me backwards again and I did the same roll backwards into a bunch of mud. Jeans were pretty caked in mud after and I had recently washed them. Took a brush to it after the mud dried and now its pretty hard to tell there was even mud on them!

 

Here's a quick snap

Edited March 26, 2014 by rockon99

[Cucoo]

Since I'm taking loads of pics for eBaying stuff and the light is great right now, I took some pictures of my trusty old Levi's jacket. I got this jacket maybe 10 or 12 years ago. I think I remember that I didn't wash it for the first 3 or 4 years. Got 5 or 6 washes since then. Plus, many, many rain soaks of course

 

It's a plain normal denim jacket, originally in a pretty dark wash without any artificial pre-distressing. Just shows that all denim will fade if worn long enough  You can see the original color under the pocket flaps. For some years I wore a patch on the left sleeve as you can see by the dark spot it left. I'm pretty amazed that there's even some whiskering on the sleeves.

 

Since I got this jacket long before I got into raw denim there's no before pics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In retrospect I should have sized down one size because it's slightly too big in the shoulders and arm-length-wise, but I bought it at a time when slim fit wasn't part of anyone's vocabulary.

 

[nemoulette]

Haven't really worn these legends for years at this point. I should repair the leg rip and give them one last ride. 

Warehouse 1920s Lee repros

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[werd]

xpost from sam thread

 

 

s0510xx 15oz (texas cotton) 15th anniversary

7mo, 2 initial soaks, 4 machine wash/dry

 

 

details

 

 

shitty cell fit pic

 

 

 

Very different fading characteristics in comparison to my s510xx 21oz lot 12. worn/washed the same amount as above

 

[rockon99]

Just making sure everyone saw these... you saw them right? here they are again... just so you can keep looking at them. again.. damn these are good.

 

Haven't really worn these legends for years at this point. I should repair the leg rip and give them one last ride. 

Warehouse 1920s Lee repros