denim update....apc and nudie pics

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edwin nashville

[will_i_am]

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this thread really makes me want to get brass knuckles but i think i would just look silly.

--- Original message by burtreynolds on Feb 26, 2006 09:34 PM

haha there's a lot of haters on the brass knucks. i wore em for a month. i think it looks cool. fades really quickly.

[M.O.A]

thanks serge, i always wondered that

F**K HYPE

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[Jetta]

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this thread really makes me want to get brass knuckles but i think i would just look silly.

--- Original message by burtreynolds on Feb 26, 2006 09:34 PM

Yeah I love the look, but since I am a drinker and not a fighter I went with my shark shaped bottle opener instead

[rolfie]

in regards to the brass knuckle in the pocket ideas. obey propaganda did a pair of jeans with the knuckles like 3 years ago.

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[obsessis]

and regular people have been rocking them for even longer...........who cares.

[roundhouse]

did urs turn out like tragic bliss's? and when u say fade do u mean they go away?

im thinking of doing an imprint of my initials

[roundhouse]

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this thread really makes me want to get brass knuckles but i think i would just look silly.

--- Original message by burtreynolds on Feb 26, 2006 09:34 PM

haha there's a lot of haters on the brass knucks. i wore em for a month. i think it looks cool. fades really quickly.

--- Original message by will_i_am on Feb 27, 2006 10:23 AM

^ oops i was ment to quote

[TragicBliss]

So I figured I'd post my jeans after a few more months of wear. I've been missing from here for awhile! Superfuture is craze now...

Anyway, here are my New Standards after about 4 months of wear, no washes:

And here are my New Standards after about 8 months of wear and 1 wash/soak at 6 months:

I think they're coming along nicely. At six months I soaked them inside out in extremely hot water, with a little bit of Woolite Black, for about an hour, rinsed them in extremely hot water, rolled them in a towel, to wick out most of the water, and then hung them inside out in the sun to dry.

Right now I'm working on some dry Dior Homme. They're coming along pretty good too. About 2 months on'em right now. Crazy blue color coming through. Indescribable.

http://www.tragicbliss.com

[minya]

holy ill, Tragic.

Pics of the Diors plz.

[will_i_am]

those are um....amazing.

[denimdestroyedmylife]

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The left leg always gets sharper higes because the crease will be perpendicular to the twill. on the right leg it is parallel.

--- Original message by Serge d Nimes on Feb 27, 2006 01:15 AM

Was just rereading this thread for maybe the third time and I missed this until now.

So then the right leg gets sharper higes in left hand twill?

[triniboy27]

Welcome back Tragic!

Those New Standards are gangsta!

Question for you - when you did your hot water rinse, how much shrinkage was there in the length??

[TragicBliss]

Quote: when you did your hot water rinse, how much shrinkage was there in the length??

Not more than 1/4 to 1/2 of an inch in length... Seriously, it was minimal. They didn't shrink in the waist at all actualy.

http://www.tragicbliss.com

[nairb49]

tragic-unbelievable

just got a pair of new standards, hopefully they'll turn out something like that.

serge-enlightening info about the left side with sharper fading, very interesting. My right quad is bigger than my left, so that enhances the difference.

i have way too much raw denim, its going to take me a lonnnnng time to get some good results...

nairb49

[Serge d Nimes]

Wow tragic, Those are HOT!

Carpe Denim! (not the jean brand silly!)

[WhoGotMeIntoThis]

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Wow tragic, Those are HOT!

--- Original message by Serge d Nimes on Mar 8, 2006 09:05 PM

Co-Sign...those are borderline as good as Serge's...and after a year I bet they'll look that good...with a more Urban style though...

[doke]

hey guys,

Thought id check in with my slim jims 6months on..

theyre coming along nicely, i went off them for a while when i got my cheap mondays, but now im back inlove with them !

Here are some shittty pictures, its night time here,

Edited by doke on Mar 9, 2006 at 03:07 AM

[jubei]

tragic - chapstick inthe coin pocket. So necessary.

That's where I put mine too.

[show_N_pruv]

Tragic- that's some ill-na-na. good stuff.

I come fresher than a moist towelette

[Guest Fade to Black]

tragic that is incredible (the New Standards)...man maybe I should've gotten those instead of the Dior Hommes...my Diors after about a year of wear and 5-6 washes looks nothing close to that. Hmm maybe i'll try to post some pics up.

I'd love to see pics of how your Diors are coming along.

[TragicBliss]

If you want your Diors, or any originaly raw denim, to end up so contrasted, it's important to hold off on washing as long as you can. Honestly, I wouldn't have washed them when I did if it wasn't for some grass stains that put them over the edge of filthyness.

5-6 washes after a year seams like too many in my opinion. Wearing my jeans 183 days between every wash is my magic formula... Oh, and wear them hard! No prissy shit.

I'll try and post pictures of my Diors in a bit... I need some sunlight and the outdoors to really show what's going on.

Edited by TragicBliss on Mar 9, 2006 at 05:53 PM

[botch]

Weren't the coveted Eternals washed like every 2 months? I don't think there's any magic formula, just wear your jeans!

[AznInvazn]

Tragicbliss skated and skydived and shit in his jeans. FtB, what did you do in yours?

[denimdestroyedmylife]

c'mon now, yr not saying he shit in his jeans? that's too much.

[Guest Fade to Black]

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If you want your Diors, or any originaly raw denim, to end up so contrasted, it's important to hold off on washing as long as you can. Honestly, I wouldn't have washed them when I did if it wasn't for some grass stains that put them over the edge of filthyness.

5-6 washes after a year seams like too many in my opinion. Wearing my jeans 183 days between every wash is my magic formula... Oh, and wear them hard! No prissy shit.

I'll try and post pictures of my Diors in a bit... I need some sunlight and the outdoors to really show what's going on.

Edited by TragicBliss on Mar 9, 2006 at 05:53 PM

--- Original message by TragicBliss on Mar 9, 2006 05:51 PM

Damn...is it safe to say at this point my jeans are gonna basically end up looking like 80's stone washed or can i still get some contrast in there? I still got a fair amount of indigo it seems like...hasn't completely faded to dark blue/light blue yet.

AznInvazn: The most hardcore shit i do in these jeans is run up stairs really fast, two steps at a time. Haha.

Edited by Fade to Black on Mar 9, 2006 at 07:24 PM

[adsurgo]

yo tragic.

post pics of youre diors. im very curious as to how theyre fading. most people say that the diors dont fade that well.

[Bbestsb]

Sorry if this is out of place, but I'm curious if anyone knows if the Evisu/Puma Rigids will wear like the Nudie raws and APC's being posted in this thread. Is Rigid a different term for Raw? Sorry I'm new to the Raw denim and wearing in of jeans. I'm used to buying denim with a dirty or worn in wash but the nudies and APC getting a real worn in look are simply breath taking. Thanks for any help.

[Mums]

How the fuck do you make em look so good?

Just walk around not washing them for like 1 year? Im gonna try this on my new jeans (gonna buy em soon)

[marquischacha]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,3605,1607584,00.html

Might have been posted already since it's from last year.