Beatle x Sidney – SE x IH 07 overdye – The Black Year(s)

[beatle]

nope, I've treated it with Obenauf's maybe 3 times over the last year - whenever the leather felt really dry

[Max Power]

That patch looks fantastic. However, I'm still in love with my natural IH patch, but will certainly oil when it comes to washing.

[grundletaint]

?yo where is the 365 is?

[beatle]

I will take final pic very soon...

[SwedeAlex]

@beatle: Dope looking patch! And to both of you, this is epic. Wearing a pair oj jeans for 365 is crazy but cool. Good looking denims man!

[aho]

Crazy it's been a full year already! Congrats to both of you for sticking through with the project, I'm excited to see the results! (and sidlo for another year right?)

[Guest Liuj]

anyone know what jeans sidney is wearing in this video?

[beatle]

SEXIH07BK

365 days // 12/18/09 - 12/18/10

[Max Power]

A thing of beauty and awesomeness. You can see that they were worn a year straight. I hope you won't put them aside forever.

[grundletaint]

nice!

but folded pic makes me a little sad.

[vespr^1198s]

those look awesome beatle!

it's curious how the faded areas look grey, like in a worn pair of black denim.

[aleopold]

well, they are black overdyed.. even though it's indigo underneath, there's going to be some characteristics of black denim.

[grundletaint]

The first few pics are kind of greycast. The patch pic and crotch underneath it look a lot closer to real life color, IMO, where it's definitely blue peeking through

[vespr^1198s]

I guess what is throwing me off a little are the pics of lowrider's overdyed IH's that look like normal indigo jeans now. I expected the transition from black to indigo to white to be a little more gradual, but it seems the high abrasion areas go from black to white pretty quickly. Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to take away from Beatle's pair at all as they have great fades and show great wear (I tried to rep but apparently I need to spread), I was simply noting that the fading characteristic of her pair was interesting

Lowrider's overdyes, copied from WAYWT (denim version)

[grundletaint]

I guess what is throwing me off a little are the pics of lowrider's overdyed IH's that look like normal indigo jeans now. I expected the transition from black to indigo to white to be a little more gradual, but it seems the high abrasion areas go from black to white pretty quickly. Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to take away from Beatle's pair at all as they have great fades and show great wear (I tried to rep but apparently I need to spread), I was simply noting that the fading characteristic of her pair was interesting

the processes are completely different. my interpretation is that typical overdyes are dipped and it eventually wears off, whereas on the SEXIH07, the dye is more or less "tattooed" into the denim somehow and eventually wears out.

i would like to get some more info from kiya on the specific process used on these, if available, because it's some kind of alchemy.

[beatle]

Paging Sid..Merry XMAS and let's see some tuff pics

[ThinFinn]

^great great pair there beats...lov'em!

[sidneylo]

Congrats beatle! The jeans look amazing.

I just got back from San Francisco so I didn't have time to shoot on the 18th (or the camera and computer, anyhow). Since today is snow day here in Brooklyn, I'll shoot them right now! Woo.

[lucaas]

@sid

gotta be worth to wait

[noir_y]

@sid

May i know you height n weight?

Your fit is superb

[kiya]

Beatle, those look seriously amazing!

[beatle]

Thanks Kiya..and Sid - looking forward to ur snow pics !

[ThinFinn]

show us what you got sid...can't wait!

[beatle]

so Sid, how about some pics before 2010 is over ?

HAPPY NEW YEAR

[ayo4yayo]

Well congrats to the both of you! As a noob here on superfuture being able to go thru the entire contest and seeing the final outcome was fun. Can't wait to see sid's final pics.

[grundletaint]

whar est sid?

[dkatz]

Just sayin...

I'm receiving a vision from the future:

It's a bit fuzzy, but... wait... it's a store-front window, under a blue awning, somewhere near a lot of Mexican food and fixed-gear bicycles in San Francisco. It's December 2010.

I see... two mannequins, face to face. Both are topped by shaggy-fashionable wigs... but one is blonde and the other black. The mannequins' arms are crossed, faux-body language communicating clear but friendly opposition to one another.

Adorning their lower halves are some seriously tore-up, once-black-now-black&blue, similar-but-different denims

And crowds of denimnerds clustering around clutching beer (or soda-pop) cans, rejoicing.

[beatle]

maybe it will happen...when Sid gets back from outer space

[grundletaint]

Siiiiiiiiiiid?!?!??!

[po_boy_fuuma_hatesbargerz]

maybe it will happen...when Sid gets back from outer space

yo where is sid?

he alive? sf peeps respond