Leepro Appreciation

[lilldavid]

very nice...

[lamb.]

Those Sams are nice as hell.

[Chicken]

if you guys get your hands on the new lightning magazine denim indigo master volume, definitely check out pgs 114 & 115. mccoy lees look freaking awesome.

[hungryalien]

ya saw that one too.. the green-ish fade looks very nice! was never into lee-style, but that changed my mind

[cheep]

not repros, but i found some lees at the thrift store last week for 4 $... half selvage.

strange thing is the selvage was indigo all the way to the edge with a yellow line... never seen that. and double chainstitched outseams.

pics soon.

[shikimayatu]

I got a pair of 101z gold label made in poland from Lee.com a few months ago but they don't say sanforized anywhere. Does anyone have a clue? I already got some stress into the jeans but haven't touched water yet.

[Charlie Delta]

Gold label should be sanforized. It doesn't say it since unsanforized is really not common anymore, especially not on non repro jeans.

[shikimayatu]

Looks like this is only for 3 days I think

some items 40% off and 55% off

http://www.lee.com/shop/Mens/Lee_Authentics/

[shikimayatu]

These are Poland 101z and 1936 Edwin Lee cowboy. You can see the difference in color.

These 1936 are size 32 and my waist is about 32.5 so they are not tight at all. The creases are basically from sitting only.

The 1936 have a month's wear and bought in Amerikaya Ueno. They fit normal with the cinch all the way tightened and with a belt.. If they can shrink even 1% after a wash then it would probably help though. On my last trip to Japan I bought the 101b, an evisu#2007 and a SC Edo-ai 1 pocket but I only wear these because I want to see how they turn out in a year!

[TheIntelligentHoodwinker]

Interstate in Covent Garden, London, have some Lee Riders at the moment. Very nice.

[frideswide]

Interstate's a nice shop, nicer, I daresay, than American Classics over the road from it.

There is also the Lee shop itself in Carnaby St --- the Edwin-made Lee repros are down in the basement (but do check the inside labels to see if they are indeed Japanese and not Chinese made).

There is now also a Wrangler shop in Carnaby St, but I thought it was pretty rubbish when I went in there --- they had one true 11MW repro (only one) which they were selling for like 250 quid, no thanks; the rest were Polish or Turkish made and pretty cheap looking.

[fardin]

just got my lee 101b 1942, and a new lee 101j 1946 jacket.

the WWII jeans are really nice.

i wonder if anyone here knows if there is a difference between the lee 101j from edwin and the ones from real mc coys (exept the price ).

[coleslawyum]

just got my lee 101b 1942, and a new lee 101j 1946 jacket.

the WWII jeans are really nice.

i wonder if anyone here knows if there is a difference between the lee 101j from edwin and the ones from real mc coys (exept the price ).

You know, I asked that before and I don't think any one has landed a McCoy version. From what I have from McCoy, its pretty hardcore repro stuff. As far as the 101J, I think the Samurai version is the best made one.

[fardin]

well i remeber you asking about the real mccoys before. i just wrote custom king for some info on the mccoys, since they ship oversea.

i will get one of their 101 b or the taxi driver 101z and find out myself.

yes the samurai version is nice, but i like the original more. although the 1937 version from lee is killer too.

by the way the jackets really shrink when washed warm, although they are sindfordized.

You know, I asked that before and I don't think any one has landed a McCoy version. From what I have from McCoy, its pretty hardcore repro stuff. As far as the 101J, I think the Samurai version is the best made one.

[knucks]

I just got the 1937 Lee bucklebacks. I really like em, I just wish they were a little smaller at the hem because I'm not used to the baggy-ness.

[old viking ring]

^^^^^we need pics!

[beatle]

From an old post:

my S0111XJ

Not bad..did'nt know you were able to snatch one of those ! Any evolution going on ???

[coleslawyum]

Not bad..did'nt know you were able to snatch one of those ! Any evolution going on ???

I was actually going to take some better pics this weekend as well as my 101J.

Hell, I love this jacket, even with the short ass arms. Most of the time I'm wearing the Denime 557, so this gets a only little love once in awhile. Do you still have yours?

[srgprod]

I've got a pair of limited edition 101z Lee Merc's with the hand painted leather patch, white and outer red stitching and chainstiched all around inside. Awesome. Great fit and really good denim. Made in Poland.

Go figure

[takashi]

just got my lee 101b 1942, and a new lee 101j 1946 jacket.

the WWII jeans are really nice.

i wonder if anyone here knows if there is a difference between the lee 101j from edwin and the ones from real mc coys (exept the price ).

Lee (that is, VF Corp, which owns the Lee and Wrangler brands), has three Japanese licensees --- i.e. companies which have paid for the privilege of making and marketing exact replicas of Lee denimwear in Japan and can put the label 'Lee' and other marks on them --- these are Edwin, Warehouse, and Real McCoy. They obviously look almost identical to each other, but each uses their own denim for the purpose. Samurai, Denime, Evisu, amongst others, do "Lee repro" or "Wrangler Repro" style denim but cannot use the "Lazy S" or the "W" trademarks.

[trinket]

if you guys get your hands on the new lightning magazine denim indigo master volume, definitely check out pgs 114 & 115. mccoy lees look freaking awesome.

There are also some great wear pics just posted on the mccoys blog.

http://www.realmccoys.co.jp/blog.php?blog=207

[Heritage.]

Does anyone have any worn/faded pics of the Poland-Made Lee Gold Label 101b or 101z?

[fardin]

thanks takashi san

does that mean that the real mccoys denim is better then the one from edwin wich is as i know from paul from nishinbo?

or is it just becaue they have a more limited production. and then its interesting that real mccoys just makes the 101b and the 101z. the 101z is as far as i know the taxi driver jean, so thats different from the 1952 one.??

i didnt even know that warehouse are allowed to use the lee lable,i had just seen their blue & grey line, but they dont use the lee lable on it, interesting, does anyone have a link ?

anyway thanks

[coleslawyum]

Samurai Jin Jacket.

[coleslawyum]

Lee 101J Edwin Version

[ChuckO]

What size are these?

[beatle]

Really - Samurais left hand twill is the shit....

[mikedbt5]

Pics of repro Lee 1966 and 1952 101Z . 1966 is Lee Euorope and the 1952 is the licensed Edwin version . I like these jeans so much these are the second pairs I have bought of each of these , both within the last 2-3 weeks . Got to love those back pockets !!!!

[2000dB]

I hardly ever check superdenim anymore, but thanks chicken for the heads up on the lee x mccoy! I kinda really want a pair haha.

[simontuntelder]

Looks great, Mike. I want some myself.