i_denim 150 Posted April 14, 2018 It's a cruel universe! Just last night I promised myself that I will work my PBJ and TCB pairs and not add another pair to the rotation. However, this is everything I have been looking for. Single pocket, suspender buttons, no belt loops, high rise, tapered leg. God!!!! 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Broark 7,501 Posted April 14, 2018 I would hardly call these tapered (I know it says it on the product description) as the it looks like most pairs lose only half an inch from knee to hem. But if you're expecting them to be tapered like a pair of PBJ and tight around the calves and ankle you're going to be surprised. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MJF9 2,017 Posted April 14, 2018 (edited) The new Hercules overalls and a bit of sunshine encouraged me to pull out these Ooe x Bandanna Almanac. Bought last August and intending to give them some wear this summer. They are similarly sized to the new ones - very high rise, plenty of room in the leg and wide(ish) leg opening (to Broark's point). Dungaree denim so should be interesting to see how they develop over the coming years. Edited April 14, 2018 by MJF9 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Iron Horse 3,788 Posted April 15, 2018 I hesitated and didn't pull the trigger on those, good stuff! 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Foxy2 7,263 Posted April 25, 2018 the Hercules made it to Moscow... 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bobbo 6,146 Posted April 25, 2018 They look fantastic Foxy. How's the fit and feel? 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
i_denim 150 Posted April 25, 2018 @Foxy2 Please post some fit pics. Those look lovely. Did they come from S&S or all the way from Japan? 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Foxy2 7,263 Posted April 25, 2018 10 minutes ago, Bobbo said: They look fantastic Foxy. How's the fit and feel? haven't put them on, yet - hopefully, they don't shrink too much and stretch a lot. otherwise I have made another sizing mistake... 3 minutes ago, i_denim said: @Foxy2 Please post some fit pics. Those look lovely. Did they come from S&S or all the way from Japan? they came directly from Japan (from the first, pre-washed lot) - it's faster that way. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bartlebyyphonics 3,525 Posted April 25, 2018 good luck with the fit they look YESYES! love the oee hercules; a srs jean... 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MJF9 2,017 Posted April 25, 2018 @Foxy2 really good looking pair of jeans... with suspenders or are you hoping they hold up alone?? 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Foxy2 7,263 Posted April 25, 2018 They might turn out too small - my regular size in Ooe is W34. for some reason I proceeded to order size W33... 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Foxy2 7,263 Posted April 27, 2018 (edited) did a quick dress check this morning after the soak/wash & stretching - they stretched out nicely, the rise is high and they are meant to sit around the waist or, probably, higher. denim and colour also benefited from the wash/soak. will do proper trial and take pics over the weekend... Edited April 27, 2018 by Foxy2 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Foxy2 7,263 Posted April 28, 2018 (edited) pics from after the soak/wash... waistband, back yoke, cinch & back pocket are cut at a 90 degree angle... Edited April 30, 2018 by Foxy2 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Broark 7,501 Posted April 28, 2018 Those are some great jeans. Would rep if I could. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kbuzz 54 Posted April 28, 2018 On 4/14/2018 at 1:29 AM, i_denim said: It's a cruel universe! Just last night I promised myself that I will work my PBJ and TCB pairs and not add another pair to the rotation. However, this is everything I have been looking for. Single pocket, suspender buttons, no belt loops, high rise, tapered leg. God!!!! I deal with this issue weekly...so many Model/brands I’d like to try 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Broark 7,501 Posted April 29, 2018 Just a reminder of how awesome the lot 17 denim from Ooe is. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Iron Horse 3,788 Posted April 30, 2018 Reps for both posts! 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bobbo 6,146 Posted April 30, 2018 Great to hear they might work out for you Foxy! And man, that #17 denim is still haunting me. Are you still wearing them Broark or have you put the on the backburner? 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bartlebyyphonics 3,525 Posted April 30, 2018 foxy: they look smashing like very much the check cloth you have it paired with in post-soak pix... 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Broark 7,501 Posted April 30, 2018 @Bobbo they're on the back burner currently, but wore them to lounge around on a lazy Sunday. If you look closely you can see the threads along the back middle seam are disintegrating, so they need some repair work before I put more wear into them. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MJF9 2,017 Posted April 30, 2018 Wonderful blue fades @Broark. Is anyone familiar with @Foxy2's Hercules denim? I can see the S&S Hercules used a treated 10 oz rather than this '12.5 oz indigo mixed denim'. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Foxy2 7,263 Posted May 1, 2018 On 4/30/2018 at 12:18 PM, bartlebyyphonics said: foxy: they look smashing like very much the check cloth you have it paired with in post-soak pix... Thanks everybody! that would be from one of the more recent WH button-down shirts. 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deluzion 39 Posted May 12, 2018 Sorry if i reask/repost.. I'm coming to japan next week, do they have offline store in tokyo? thank you 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
beautiful_FrEaK 1,664,037 Posted May 12, 2018 No, they don't. Their workshop is near Nagoya but it's not a real shop. If you contact them they might let you visit their workshop but as I said, it's not a real shop. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bobbo 6,146 Posted May 12, 2018 They rarely have stock at the workshop from what I've gathered. There's a shop called Barnstormer in Gotemba, a little off from Tokyo, that carries Ooe Yofukuten, might be worth a trip if you really want to try their gear. https://www.barnstormer.jp/tw/japanese_denim_online_shop.html 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ALB 282 Posted June 3, 2018 Quit old job, got new job, quit that job, and went back to old job. Lots of washes and wears. A little dirty in front but tis the job. 20 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
owlofminerva 94 Posted June 4, 2018 Saddle pants. I bought these when they came out (last September, maybe?) and have been wearing pretty regularly since then. Maybe 100 wears? At least 5 washes in the bathtub. The denim on these shrinks/stretches A LOT. These go from skinny jeans to actually-quite-baggy jeans in just a few days. I've never had jeans stretch out so much in the leg. I feel like even the calf and leg opening stretch out. I really love the details and how they feel, but I was somewhat on the fence about the look of the fabric. And then something happened (the weather changed?) and they started looking pretty good. Still nowhere near what other folks' OAs are looking like -- ALB's and Broark's are what I am aspiring to. Probably need to be washing more regularly. In any case, I think by the end of the summer, these will be looking as good as they feel. 21 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
garden gnomes in space 3,894 Posted June 5, 2018 Nice to see a pair of those. That said, I can confidently say the OA01 is the best cut on earth. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FeloniousMonk 879 Posted June 7, 2018 @owlofminerva The saddle pants are looking great! Such cool and beautiful details on that pair, glad you’re liking them so far. Just wanted to chime in on the fades - I’m pretty sure the jeans you’ve got are a different denim than ALB and Broark’s pairs higher up on the page. Those both look like their contest pairs, which used a denim that got very “streaky” vertical fades and stayed a little darker in spots with a greyish cast as it faded. The original OA denim (as used in the saddle pants) seems to fade a bit more evenly, without the heavy vertical falling, and to more of a classic medium blue tone. Really gorgeous in its own right, but quite different in character. Also the OA denim is perhaps the most comfortable I’ve ever worn, especially with that crazy stretch you mention. Just to illustrate the contrast, here’s my two pairs of Ooe jeans at somewhat similar levels of fading, with the contest denim on the left and the OA denim used in the saddle pants on the right. 33 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aho 675,967 Posted June 7, 2018 ^Once in a while, a picture surfaces on sufu that reminds me why I'm a denimhead at heart... @Felonious, that's it right there 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
