The Evolution of Jeans: Pictures, Scones and Tea

[pierrot_bzh]

3rd: Denime 66 just straight from a wash to shrink it back a bit....

 

 

 

[pierrot_bzh]

4th and last one for now: Tellason Ladgrove (only few soaks, no machine wash so far). The one is I wear nearly everyday for 2 months

 

 

 

 

 

Sorry for the crappy pictures but phone camera here...

[swiss-jeansfreak]

Great updates pierrot_bzh

Edited April 17, 2015 by swiss-jeansfreak

[cander49]

Oni, less than a month, not worn particularly hard yet:

 

 

 

I could've sworn that people were writing that these were hard to fade, but the exact opposite seems like it'll be the case with my pair.

Edited April 20, 2015 by cander49

[swiss-jeansfreak]

cander49

Youi're a perfect hardcore fader. 

Let's see them after 600 wear days at your legs!!!

[werd]

xpost from pbj thread

 

pbj deep indigo jacket 6066 after 1 year.

probably 4 or 5 machine wash/dry

color is more accurate in fit pic

[Sigur Rós]

Aging very nicely

[Blue Nemo]

that pbj jacket looks great!

[swiss-jeansfreak]

Looking great werd

[Wörn75]

^ that pbj deep indigo is perfect in that exact state imo.

 

...and I really dig the slimmer, shorter fit.

[Wörn75]

 

 

Top photo is most accurate for color. Always tricky to get good pics of denim.

These have been a great pair of jeans from the low to mid-price range.

*(No longer in rotation as I'm working on a pair of Momotaros and Eternals right now.)

Edited May 10, 2015 by Wörn75

[vgadjo]

Type: ER-007-2B

Worn for: 3 years, probably 11-12 months of effective wear

Washes: Five, first one around 5 months

 

More pics in the Momo thread.

 

[swiss-jeansfreak]

 

 

 

 

Top photo is most accurate for color. Always tricky to get good pics of denim.

These have been a great pair of jeans from the low to mid-price range.

*(No longer in rotation as I'm working on a pair of Momotaros and Eternals right now.)

 

Great updates.

 

Beautiful denim evo seen here of one of my top favorite styles

[Cucoo]

Crosspost from the Unbranded thread

 

 

 

Unbranded 301 after 157 wears, 1 soak and 4 machine washes. I like how they've come along, they've started to really loose indigo after the second wash. The hardware has also aged nicely IMO.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[soonami]

These are my 3Sixteen SL-120X after one year wear and 1 wash for the reddit 3Sixteen Contest:
 

 

 

Here's what they looked like at 1 year before the wash:
 

 

Full Album with lots of detail shots:
http://imgur.com/a/i8bcC

[swiss-jeansfreak]

These are my 3Sixteen SL-120X after one year wear and 1 wash for the reddit 3Sixteen Contest:

 

Here's what they looked like at 1 year before the wash:

 

Full Album with lots of detail shots:

http://imgur.com/a/i8bcC

Incredible denim evolution seen here!!! 

I can't stop watching them!!!

Keep them alive for ever

[MrMofoness]

Nice soonami, even your stacks are fraying haha. PBJ jacket is freakin dope too!

[Wörn75]

Great updates.

 

Beautiful denim evo seen here of one of my top favorite styles

 

Thanks Ruedi! Much appreciated.

[An Oxymoron]

Unless I'm doing a lot of squatting or cycling perhaps, I feel like it's impossible to get any honeycomb fades behind the knees on my jeans; guess that's the downside of no stacks. 

Edited May 12, 2015 by An Oxymoron

[tredd626]

xpost from ande whall

 

My Cougars, worn roughly 1.5 to 2 years mostly at my desk job. 1 initial soak, 0 washes. Photo taken in direct sunlight.

 

[swiss-jeansfreak]

xpost from ande whall

Love them. Looking great already!

[rrreyhan]

IH 666s

18 months

6/7 wash 

 

pretty hard to break

[cmboland]

Got to compare my year old ST120x to a brand new pair

[Collin]

Got to compare my year old ST120x to a brand new pair

 

I always gonna be amazed by how IndigoXIndigo/black denim fade ! Such a beautiful pair cmboland, keep it alive forever !

[swiss-jeansfreak]

Got to compare my year old ST120x to a brand new pair

Fully agree, awesome denim evolution seen here. Love this new vs worn compare jeans

[KrisB]

@Worn75 I've seen so many apc fades, but yours sir are pretty awesome.

 

@soonami Those stacks are fire.

 

@rrreyhan Damn dude, good stuff.

 

@cmboland how many washes and/or soaks?

[chantheman]

any evo pics of 45rpm?

[setterman]

 

IH 666s

18 months

6/7 wash 

 

 

 

Usually not a fan of Ironheart, but these look great.  I think the unsanforized denim makes the difference.  

[Our_Benefactors]

Warehouse 660 dubbleworks 5 years ? washes

 

These should probably be retired as much as it pains me to do so - the middle two buttons keep popping open due to all the stretching in the waist. If someone knows where I could find some kind of heavy duty safety pin I could probably squeeze another year out of them if reserved for special occasions.

Repairs throughout their lifetime:

-Replacing rear belt loop

-Patching crotch (2x)

-Patching a pocketbag

-Patching a thigh hole

-Repairing the rear hems on both sides (2x)

-Patching the back pocket

I spent about as much on repairs as I did on the initial cost of the jeans - well worth it. Repairs done by Denim Doctors in LA and Self Edge in SF. Service equal in both places but Self Edge was vastly cheaper.

 

Full album:http://imgur.com/a/4LlAF#UIjXRC7

Edited May 19, 2015 by Our_Benefactors

[swiss-jeansfreak]

Warehouse 660 dubbleworks 5 years ? washes

 

 

 

These should probably be retired as much as it pains me to do so - the middle two buttons keep popping open due to all the stretching in the waist. If someone knows where I could find some kind of heavy duty safety pin I could probably squeeze another year out of them if reserved for special occasions.

Repairs throughout their lifetime:

-Replacing rear belt loop

-Patching crotch (2x)

-Patching a pocketbag

-Patching a thigh hole

-Repairing the rear hems on both sides (2x)

-Patching the back pocket

I spent about as much on repairs as I did on the initial cost of the jeans - well worth it. Repairs done by Denim Doctors in LA and Self Edge in SF. Service equal in both places but Self Edge was vastly cheaper.

 

Full album:http://imgur.com/a/4LlAF#UIjXRC7

 

Awesome denim evolution seen here.

Congrats to your raw denim love put in to them.

 

In case you really can't wear them anymore let me know.

They would fit perfectly in to the Jeansmuseum of heaviest fadings at any time