Warehouse Denim Contest [pics and discussion]

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[40ozprophet]

Anybody else get the email from BiG about lightning magazine?! incredible.

[Guest Arcarsenal]

I hot soaked my jeans for about 2 hours last night, changing the water halfway through, just to see if I could get any more shrinking out. My left leg twist got so much cooler after the soak, the selvage line is twisted to the front of the jean now. This obviously means I got a little more shrinkage and now the legs are seriously perfect. My advice to anyone who's thinking about soaking again: do it.

edit: yeah, I got that e-mail from BiG, now I need to make my dull college life seem cool enough to get featured... Is there any easy way to get Lightning Magazine here in the states? I tried looking on Amazon and stuff but no luck.

[Joe E Taleo]

I hot soaked my jeans for about 2 hours last night, changing the water halfway through, just to see if I could get any more shrinking out. My left leg twist got so much cooler after the soak, the selvage line is twisted to the front of the jean now. This obviously means I got a little more shrinkage and now the legs are seriously perfect. My advice to anyone how's thinking about soaking again: do it.

edit: yeah, I got that e-mail from BiG, now I need to make my dull college life seem cool enough to get featured... Is there any easy way to get Lightning Magazine here in the states? I tried looking on Amazon and stuff but no luck.

Yeah, it's crazy how much mine shrank; they shrank even beyond the stats at Blue in Green. It seems that you can tweak the amount of shrinkage by hot soaking and hot drying. I had 34x36 (hemmed to 34), and the waist shrank to 35, and the length to ~32". Incredible. I think there might be even a little more shrink left! I'm happy with where they are, though.

[rok]

yeap i did, i kinda wanna do it.. interesting stuff..

Anybody else get the email from BiG about lightning magazine?! incredible.

[rome1]

^^def interested in participating in this, sounds really cool.

[TokenIndianKid]

like most have said

these jeans definately definately need to be hot soaked and hot dried AT LEAST once

i gave mine a 3 hour hot soak (instead of two like orginally reported) thanks to the kush, and forgot to take them out of the dryer when the patch was dry

they shrank damn near EXACTLY to blue in green measurements, and they fit like a dream

its that blue magic ya dig?

[JohnnyRed]

hey you guys I smoke hella weed

[chantheman]

post soak fit pic. only one that i could find so far for the weekend

[habia]

I didn't get the email.. not in the contest either though.

What is this about Lightning Magazine?

[chantheman]

I didn't get the email.. not in the contest either though.

What is this about Lightning Magazine?

Hello,

We were contacted by Warehouse jeans about Lightning Magazine wanting to feature the sufu660 denim contest in the 3rd Edition of their Denim Style Book. This is an extra large issue Lightning has done twice before that pertains to all things denim in Japan and around the world. To create this story they would like to know more about the people participating in the contest along with the basics such as the rules, timeline, prize, etc.

This is great honor and one that's seldom offered so we would like to oblige by submitting to them as much information as we can. Anyone interested in contributing by letting us know who you are or what you do just send us an e-mail with a short description, you can also include photo's etc., and there is no need to include your superfuture username unless you'd like to. All information will be confidential and no ones personal information will be mentioned in the magazine. This is completely voluntary and not a requirement for anyone in the contest. Thank you and good luck to everyone.

Regards,

Gordon Heffner

Member

Blue In Green LLC

[bye4now12]

Just got my SuFu x Warehouse jeans in today. What is the best way for me to pre-soak and dry these? I'm looking for maximum shrinkage.

[tangerine]

Just got my SuFu x Warehouse jeans in today. What is the best way for me to pre-soak and dry these? I'm looking for maximum shrinkage.

wash in hot water.

dry in hot dryer.

repeat as necessary.

this has been discussed ad infinitum in this thread already.

[kert]

Just got my SuFu x Warehouse jeans in today. What is the best way for me to pre-soak and dry these? I'm looking for maximum shrinkage.

you can start by reading this thread.

[TFK]

My girlfriend had her holliday party for work at our place so here are some action shots after 11 days of post wash wear. Surprisingly enough, I've experienced less stretching than expected, most of which has occured in the legs.

[TFK]

Sorry about forgetting to resize the pics.

[bye4now12]

Sorry, I went through the last 15 or 20 pages and the first 20 pages and found nothing, my bad.

[kert]

Sorry, I went through the last 15 or 20 pages and the first 20 pages and found nothing, my bad.

no worries. the hotter the water, the more the shrinkage. and if you want max, throw them in the dryer after. if not, just hang them. keep in mind they'll shrink 2-4 inches in the waist and 2-4 inches in the length. and a little bit everywhere else.

[bye4now12]

Ok, thanks a ton. Currently they are huge on me, so I'm going to go for hot water soak for about 3-4 hours, and then maybe try them on all wet, and dry as necessary. They need to shrink a lot.

[Panda-san]

#198 officially reporting in.

[Panda-san]

45 minute warm/warm cycle. Shrank from 42x34 down to 38.5x32. I'm quite pleased with the fit. They're the skinniest jeans I own, but also the most comfortable right off the bat.

Raw

Rise: 12.25

Back Rise: 16

Inseam: 34.5

Waist: 21x2

Hem: 9

One Wash

Rise: 11.5

Back Rise: 15.5

Inseam: 32

Waist: 19.25x2

Hem: 8.5

[TokenIndianKid]

i really want to sew a green tab onto mine

just as a lil homage to the lost tabs

and i think it would pretty neato, or maybe like a green cross like the skulls or something

green

[Bona Drag]

holy shit

just got mine - number 70, via peteyross - and the fit is fucking proper

could not be happier

i'd post pics, but no camera

sorry

anyway, i guess you can put today as my start date

i'm hoping i get this one job i've applied for that will allow me to wear jeans every day

if i don't, there's really no point in my participating in the contest

either way, i'm just happy to have another dope pair of jeans to work on

big up to gordon, cheep, warehouse, and everyone else who helped it happen

[jo3 b]

there was some misunderstanding with emails concerning big and the jeans were put through another wash and the inseam is doable, albeit a tad shorter than i wanted.

either way apologies to big for being a tad rash.

[verver]

no way i'm winning this contest, just don't get the opportunity to wear jeans enough due to my work, but it's fun, so here are some pics

#112, size 29

pre-soak pics

hot soak

will post post hot soak/hot dry pics later

[GoodHustle]

Sorry if this has been asked before, but who got #1?

[TokenIndianKid]

i dont think we've found out yet

at least not from what i know

these jeans are wonderful, the material is so rough and unique feeling

any ideas as to how to sew a green tab on to here can someone point me in the direction of a good sewing website or somethin

[bye4now12]

I'm pretty sure you're going to have to take off the back pocket, and then sew it into the back pocket's stitching.

[TokenIndianKid]

couldnt i just tear the seam at that specific point and resew with matching thread

i cant see how it would permanently affect the quality of the jeans

[apocalypse later]

Wow, these things fade pretty fast. Just over a week into it and I already have a defined wallet fade and some fading on the back pockets.