Ooe-Yofukuten & Co.

[i_denim 150]

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!!!!

[Broark 16,652]

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.

[MJF9 10,573]

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

[Iron Horse 4,831]

I hesitated and didn't pull the trigger on those, good stuff!

[Foxy2 8,930]

the Hercules made it to Moscow...

[Bobbo 7,683]

They look fantastic Foxy. How's the fit and feel?

[i_denim 150]

@Foxy2 Please post some fit pics. Those look lovely. Did they come from S&S or all the way from Japan?

[Foxy2 8,930]

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.

[bartlebyyphonics 9,666]

good luck with the fit

they look YESYES!

love the oee hercules; a srs jean...

[MJF9 10,573]

@Foxy2 really good looking pair of jeans... with suspenders or are you hoping they hold up alone??

[Foxy2 8,930]

They might turn out too small - my regular size in Ooe is W34.

for some reason I proceeded to order size W33...

[Foxy2 8,930]

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

[Foxy2 8,930]

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

[Broark 16,652]

Those are some great jeans. Would rep if I could.

[kbuzz 54]

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

[Broark 16,652]

Just a reminder of how awesome the lot 17 denim from Ooe is. 

[Iron Horse 4,831]

Reps for both posts!

[Bobbo 7,683]

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?

[bartlebyyphonics 9,666]

foxy: they look smashing

like very much the check cloth you have it paired with in post-soak pix...

[Broark 16,652]

@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.

[MJF9 10,573]

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'.

[Foxy2 8,930]

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.

[deluzion 39]

Sorry if i reask/repost.. I'm coming to japan next week, do they have offline store in tokyo? thank you

[beautiful_FrEaK 1,675,105]

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.

[Bobbo 7,683]

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 

[ALB 349]

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.

[owlofminerva 142]

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.

[garden gnomes in space 4,119]

Nice to see a pair of those.  

 

That said, I can confidently say the OA01 is the best cut on earth.  

[FeloniousMonk 916]

@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.

[aho 677,840]

^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