What are your jeans doing today?

[-Z-]

straggler post...work sucks this week and next. not having an opportunity to get out and shoot is kicking my ass. next weekend is a shoot weekend, be back then with the goods...

dug this one out. was on my wife's camera. packing, leaving japan.

REALLY want to be doing this. but can't considering it rained this morning, then started snowing again. great. hate this time of year.

and...........

this is what i actually did tonight after work...made some home made rolls tonight. the wife has taught me well

and perhaps drank to much of this, my favorite cheap california cab.

night all

[Maynard Friedman]

Unfortunately my jeans are hanging up in the wardrobe, waiting for daddy to to come from work, get out of the suit and back into something more comfortable.

[cheapmuthafukr]

my jeans are taking a break on my day off... jeans are work wear, so im in khakis.

[Headmut]

-z- you came home from japan and made sushi?

[-Z-]

haven't had it since in was in japan a few weeks ago, so yea. figured i'd make some sushi for dinner. just veggie rolls

[joelz]

I think we need photos of the process to make that crazy roll - those look sick.

[-Z-]

next time i make them i will post some how to pics!

[fang]

the other weekend: fixing my bike

roscoe's!

inside of rising sun

today: class in the rain, doing sufu thangz

shipping some chinos

everybody in the rain is like

[farmer]

More riding at the local spot.... can't wait for spring to ride my dirt jumps and some street. That and the whole flower thing...

rRT6gL8soJ4

[zissou]

Xpost from Stronghold WT thread:

I decided to blow off work today to take care of some more important things.

Like soaking the new MFSC shirt!

My lecture on the importance of soaking unsanforized chambray obviously made an impression.

Break time. I kicked the girls' butts in Clue Jr.

Drying time.

Random denim macro

Post soak fit pic.

[m00ba77]

Last day off before two 12 hour days!

Today we decided to take a long walk with the dog and do a little sight seeing in our own town.

We live close to "down town" and the capitol

so we started out of the house and headed towards down town.

One of the state buildings (and the tallest in the area)

It was a beautiful day and the Sangre de Cristo mountains look majestic over our little city.

The Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi

Me and Sam outside the Cathedral

Santa Fe is a town focused on luxury vacations and artwork. This is one of the largest art markets in the world.

At the opening to Canyon Road there is a pair of bronze jeans

I think they are a pair of 501s

[m00ba77]

CONTINUED....

And there is a whole lot of other artwork

There is a place where they sell these wind things.

And these Wind Harps. The sound is amazing.. I wish I could post a sound!

We went into this really nice leather shop. Lots of boots and custom belts.

Sam made friends with the owners dog!

[m00ba77]

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Ristras. Threaded dried chiles hang around town everywhere. They are a common decoration here and are considered festive for the holiday season... often they hang from one season to the next.

Then we took a walk down into one of the oldest sections of town. The road called Acequia Madre runs along the main Acequia.

These were the main way of moving water around the Spanish Colonies, and it is still important today.

These little water gates were used to control water flow

Santa Fe is a city of doors and gates

[m00ba77]

CONTINUED (the last one, I promise)....

So we came home and I found a package waiting for me!

BOOTS! John Varvatos.

Then we had a little snack of pickles, smoked ham, fontal cheese and stone ground wheat crackers with some country mustard.

Sam became very tired and decided to nap.

We're going to grill pizza tonight I think...

but I'm not sure yet.

I hope ya'll enjoyed taking a little walk around santa fe with us today and seeing what our jeans did today!

[Paul T]

I got asked along to a refit party for Cinch, the LVC outfit in London, last night.

Maurizio Donadi, previously boss of RRL, is now head of the XX premium group, which included the Made and Crafted range and LVC. He's an extremely nice, knoweldeable, approachable and enthusiastic guy.

The shop's been refitted to make it less slick, more textural. Over the next few months they want to include more vintage stock, perhaps 25 per cent.

Cinch regulars will recognise Richard, the previos manager, in the hat and beard. Everyone seemed to be wearing Belstaff or Barbour INternaitonal that night, obviously it's a steve McQeeun thing. Maurizio is in the background, in a very fetching cap (cotton duck?)/

I thought, out of politeness, I'd leave my SDA103 at home tonight and wear my 55 501. They're at almost a perfect place just now. But so as not to be to creepy, I did also wear my Wrangler 27MW shirt. AS I said, a bit of a Steve McQueen vibe.

I took along Graham Marsh, a neighbor of mine, whith whom I did the denim book. He also put together the legendary Blue Note album art book, as well as designing the picutre sleeve for the who's Anyway, anyhow, Amywhere. He's wearing 60s 501 I think, and freaked out Maurizio by telling how he boiled them before wearing to get the shrinkage out of the way. But he's an old mod, he can't be wrong, he's been doing it much longer than us.

From now on, the enture 501 range will be available at once, rather than having certain eyar models drop in and out. The shop stocks the chinos, too.

[Paul T]

I was taken with the Cotton Duck closed top jumper. This is absolutely insane. THey developed the cotton duck from scratch at Cone, it's a true selvage. (I have a bag in the matieral and will wash it over the weekend to see how it wears). It's cut absolutely striaght, and is a thing of beauty, but I think you will have to be extrmely skinny, or look lie a girzzled old prospector to get away with wearing one. I really want one.

This chap is called Victor, he was telling me about the effort they went to to produce the 1910 333. Apparently they bought a loom in from Russia, and installed it at the COne plant in Europe, can't remember where. They had to find extremely short stape cotton to get the crappy look of the riginal cotton, whch used lots of recycled fibres. the finishes on the 333, he told me, are by Martelli. There's a new version on its way.

Victor gave me the contact details of their denim developer, so I can ask him loads more complicated questions and add them to the Cone thread, etc.

Graha has an Ivy League book out later this year - LVC regulars will know he just put out an illustrated kinds' book a few moths ago. He and I live a couple doors down from each other, wo we walked to the train station together, thru Soho. A busy evening, the hookers were just filtering out onto the street by the time we walked him, but were keeping out of the way, due to aheavy cop presence.

[beatle]

nice updates, everyone+++

just thought I´d send my wishes to South Jersey - I hear shoprite is already sold out of milk, meat and bread..stay warm in the frigging blizzard***

[warpnweft]

summer here.

Fun in the sun.

Cornwall park, Waitangi day, IH634s, Whitesville

[lance]

Great posts everyone! Ah, Santa Fe, m00ba77 and London, Paul T. Great cities and looks like a good S/S 2010 for LEVIS.

[pieiskewl]

fuck you guys with summer

i'm snowed into my house right now

[amnesiac]

Gave the denim the day off today. They're sitting nice and warm in their home. Gonna take them out sometime this weekend and stitch up some loose threads.

Went out and started to clear the driveway, took about an hour to get a 1/3 of the way done. The subaru almost looks like a mini-van with all the snow on top of it. Oh yeah, and it's still going to snow for a couple more hours.

Last night the wind really picked up and brought down part of a tree in the front yard. Landed right in between the house, light post, and just before the car.

Didn't get a chance to go to the grocery store before the snow started, so looks like I'll be eating this for a while.

And since I can't leave the house for a while, it finally gives me a reason to sit down and fill out the FAFSA. It's gonna be a long couple of days.

[morse9443]

Great pics sufu. Here's a few from the last leg of my west coast tour with the 710's - Some skiing in UT and a visit to the Sundance Festival.

At the top of Brighton. Pro photog at the top said he'd never seen cloud cover like this. Like being in an airplane.

Deer Valley - houses up here are mammoth. Papa John just bought one of these for $25M:eek:.

Swung down to Park City where Sundance was in full swing.

[Fiddy]

It was a gorgeous day today, so my jeans had some breakfast and then took a stroll down to the village to check out a little art festival that was going on...

Some of the scenery on the way over...

Made a quick stop at the beach...

Almost there...

Hot rod out for a cruise...

[Fiddy]

<<continued>>

The local coffee spot...

Live music was in full effect...

Mmmm...

Saw this interesting old dude...

...and this.

Last but not least, spotted this old Jag on the walk back...

[redX]

straggler post...work sucks this week and next. not having an opportunity to get out and shoot is kicking my ass. next weekend is a shoot weekend, be back then with the goods...

dug this one out. was on my wife's camera. packing, leaving japan.

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night all

damn i need one of thems PBJ tote bags

More riding at the local spot.... can't wait for spring to ride my dirt jumps and some street. That and the whole flower thing...

rRT6gL8soJ4

next time you should make one of your friends record you

[zissou]

Man, great posts everyone! I'm glad you enjoyed Park City, morse.

Again, xpost from Stronghold WT thread...

Typical Saturday morning ritual- my daughter and I head to the local bakery for breakfast. They have the most amazing pastries. It's so hard to decide...

I settled on a lemon scone, an almond croissant, and a mug of the best coffee in town.

My daughter got her favorite- massive cinnamon roll

This bakery is amazing. Aside from having great food, the building was designed as a barn, with a lot of environmentally sustainable features.

mmm coffee...

I spent most of the day helping my ex move heavy furniture. Why? I don't know. No vis for obvious reasons.

Came home to find that my dog barfed and smelled REALLY bad. Into the tub...

Ahh, done! Time for a beer....

[-Z-]

can't rep you all...but GREAT STUFF

[appfaff]

Ahh, done! Time for a beer....

+Rep for great choice in beer! If you can find it, Rahr & Sons makes some great brews as well. It's from my hometown and def worth a try. Ugly Pug is my favorite if available.

[riff]

can't rep you all...but GREAT STUFF

Seconded! What a fantastic page!

[giantsdrink]

Seconded! What a fantastic page!

Pages! I still use the old 20 post per page limit.

Great work all... especially you Paul. You showcase some real serious denim insight... thanks.