Leepro Appreciation

[weinfeld]

beautiful_FrEaK,

that's such a good fit. I've been on the fence for some time, and those might just make me commit.

+ rep

[Paul T]

My oki-ni pair arrived.

Assuming they're two inches oversize seems to work perfectly. My 30 pair are a smidgen over 32, about perfect. THanks Fardin & shorty for your help.

I am working on the one-on, one-out principle, and will be selling my 555 201 soon... they're an interesting complement to each other, each very greencast fabric, both with generous thighs, the 101B is much more tapered, with a much higher rise and bigger yoke.

[klue]

here are the lees i found:

[fardin]

hey paul happy they fit you. lee are really produced oversized.

i love those pants, my favorite model at the moment, the orange stiching is great.

klue those look great, look like a 60-70s model. from what i have read the pocket lable had just an R btween 60-70. in the 70s they changed to mr R. unless they are an early model as paul suggested. lets see what the dr says.

[erk]

paul.

why must you tease me like that? you know I need more pics than that.

[RRLselvageDenim]

Nice to see Lee's getting some love. Levis always has the spot light.

[Paul T]

paul.

why must you tease me like that? you know I need more pics than that.

Haha, more denim pornography soon, then. They do have beautiful detailing, really over the top compared with Levi's of the same period.

Klue, those are nice jeans. From the mention of double selvage I was convinced they had to be Euro reissues from the 90s - only 50s jeans have double selvage, only 60s and later jeans have the MR. But the tags all looks like late 60s, as Fardin says. So they either have to be a US reissue, which I've never heard of, or some atypical late 60s jeans whcih happen to have the selvage - for most jeans, in the 60s and 70s, had single selvage or none at all.

[simontuntelder]

Does anybody here own the Lee 1955?

I would really like to see some fit pics or at least some info on the sizing or thoughts about the fit. From the looks of some sizing tables on some Japanese webshops this model isn't oversized, but that would make it the only model that isn't.

[fardin]

thats true simon, i also had the feeling that the 1955 is not oversized. since i havent had one myself i cant really say much. as far as i know that goes for both 1955s the 101b and the 101z.

check the edwin furutaka site for sizing

http://item.rakuten.co.jp/furutaka/c/0000000112/

and jeans neshi

http://www.jeans-neshi.com/mensjeanskan/lee/lee-vintage2/19101-89.htm

in any case ask the shop to measure em for you.

[crownzip]

If anyone's interested the Real McCoy's Lee 101B's (50's) run about a size larger than indicated. My sz. 34's fit more like a 36. I'll try and post photos showing how they fit when I get a chance.

[Dr_Heech]

hey paul happy they fit you. lee are really produced oversized.

i love those pants, my favorite model at the moment, the orange stiching is great.

klue those look great, look like a 60-70s model. from what i have read the pocket lable had just an R btween 60-70. in the 70s they changed to mr R. unless they are an early model as paul suggested. lets see what the dr says.

Paul, Glad you went for a pair of those, and glad you took our advice re- sizing - I wear mine nearly all the time, the fit is great.

Fardin, I'm with Paul on those Lee's. They look in every way to be genuine late 60's going by all the details shown, but the double selvedge is confusing me. As Paul points out, by 1960..ish, pretty much all Lee's had no selvedge left on the leg, so they are either a unheard of repro, or a wayward original. I truly am flummoxed !

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[Dr_Heech]

Apologies Paul

My earlier sizing advice on the 1930's 101 was directed to Setterman.

Didn't read posts thouroughly enough.

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[fardin]

yes grant very intersted, nice to read from you again. those real mccoys are 50s? i thought they are a 40s repro. would be great to see fit pics.

true dr, the selvedge is strange, but the real mccoys 70s repro aslo have selvedge so maybe there are some real one around too. since lee was never very consistent with their production. but nevertheless the pants look great, i wonder what he payed for em. but they could also be a repro,

klue are there any tags inside?

[mikedbt5]

double selvage 101zs from 1960s from Lubys - rare but not unheard of , wish i had a pair !!!

http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://www.lubys-tokyo.com/&ei=IW9gS9KYLdO4jAe63rTEDA&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAsQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dlubys%2Btokyo%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1R2ADBS_enGB341

bloody link doesnt show the jeans = however on this site there is a pair ,new with tags , same as Klues'

[mikedbt5]

[beautiful_FrEaK]

42 x 30?! now it's time to get really fat and short

[Paul T]

Ah interesting mike,. thanks. Is there a copyright date on the pocket flasher?

[fardin]

cool mike, well now we know for sure.

well then great score in any case klue

[mikedbt5]

Ah interesting mike,. thanks. Is there a copyright date on the pocket flasher?

No , unfortunately the pic when scaled up is unclear . They are beauties though .

These pics and the ones showing Lee's on the "some distressed .." thread are making me think of benching my

Levis and getting the 101z 's out of the wardrobe !!!

[dnm_dnmz]

does anyone know where to get the LEE guide?

i found it once on the internet but i lost the track

[fardin]

on the lee japan homepage you can find it

[erk]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160400160960&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT

i'm sellin my vintage lee riders 101j

sorry for the shameless plug, but maybe one of you guys wants it.

[beatle]

wow..check those out

http://cgi.ebay.de/Vintage-60s-Lee-Riders-Sanforized-101Z-Selvage-Jeans_W0QQitemZ220549700618QQcmdZViewItemQQptZVintage_Men_s_Clothing?hash=item3359c95c0a

[Paul T]

wow..check those out

http://cgi.ebay.de/Vintage-60s-Lee-Riders-Sanforized-101Z-Selvage-Jeans_W0QQitemZ220549700618QQcmdZViewItemQQptZVintage_Men_s_Clothing?hash=item3359c95c0a

Beatle, those are just the same as the ones I sold you for half that price!

Great jeans, but they were only around £60-£780 new.

[beatle]

I didn't even check the price tag - just thought that there aren't as many almost unworn pairs out there...

[Paul T]

Stil some of these under my bed.... in fact I got The Clerk to chainstich my new pair, it's the only thing that ever bugged me about these.

[beatle]

sweet group picture

[fardin]

the back pockets on the lees on ebay dont seem very accurate, they are to close imho

[BrownMetallic]

these will be seeing more wear after the FC contest ... and while awaiting for the Jin collab.

sized up 1 @W34__ for a 90-ishs loose/comfort vibe.

[dkatz]

X-posted from a new thread I started ("Lee Loves (Loved?) Uganda"), as per Paul T's request:

I stumbled across some project Lee Japan apparently did with a Japanese NGO called Hunger Free World (the name sounds vaguely familiar, but I can't say I know any of their specific projects here) which somehow involved A) denim and Uganda.

Given that I am A) a denim-nerd and living in Uganda, I am duly intrigued.

Anyone know anything about it? All I could find was this website:

http://www.crownjewel.co.jp/other.command?url=/special/lee-uganda/index.html

in Japanese. From the pictures and few English words, my sense is that some NGO was involved in (hopefully fair-trade) organic cotton production and Lee hooked up with them to produce jeans from the cotton. Looks like they were released one time in October of 2008.

I also came across some pictures which (also) intrigue me:

Hah! I live riiiiight there. Between those two stitches straight down from the first leg of the "N" in "UGANDA"

Looks like they're maybe a one-wash?

BEST PART! Selvage to match the Ugandan flag!

An internal hip-pocket. Interesting. Good for avoiding pick-pockets? Until you have to get your money out... which requires taking your pants off.

Africa. Sooooo hot right now. (pun intended. It's seriously been damn hot the past days)

Not the raddest jeans I've ever seen, but given the remarkable conflation of two pretty central features in my life... awesome!

Anyone know anything about this?

Pictures above are from an ebay auction, and apparently they're a sample

Fardin posted up this link: http://edwin-ec.jp/disp/CSfDispListP...Cd=201&cateCd=

these seem pretty interesting: http://edwin-ec.jp/disp/CSfGoodsPage_001.jsp?GOODS_NO=35765&q=&brandCd=201&cateCd=&dispNo=001001&sort=&type=&rowPerPage=