Vintage Denim?

[julian-wolf]

^ The faded red is really nice, you're right. Seeing shots like those brings to mind the color Roy uses for the selvedge ID of his Black Seed denim, which is described similarly

[beautiful_FrEaK]

Very nice Ryan! Looking forward to see them in person.
When looking at the washed pairs, you know why e.g. Warehouse denim looks like it looks (or most other Japanese repro brands) and you can't believe why LVC looks so "flat" in comparisson.
But then I see your deadstock pair and think: that's more the look of LVC jeans

[Flash]

Well have a good vintage chat over some pizza and beers mate  

yeah the ds early 70’s definitely had a flatter denim , you can really feel that there was a drop in quality towards the end of the big e era ... the 50’s pairs hardware feels so much more solid compared to the later pair 

[Bobbo]

Finally fit pics of my 507XX.

[Flash]

Fits great , hope you get some good wear out of it mate 

[bartlebyyphonics]

YAAAAAAAASSSSSSS @Bobbo

what a lovely fit and repair

[Bobbo]

Thanks @Flash and @bartlebyyphonics ! 

Will definitely put some good wear to it now that I have it repaired and ready to go.

[UkeNo]

On 7/11/2019 at 10:42 AM, Cassiechan said:

 

 

 @Cassiechan :-(

Edited July 16, 2019 by UkeNo

[Denimheadly]

On 7/10/2019 at 3:56 PM, Bobbo said:

Finally fit pics of my 507XX.

That looks super bad ass man. And great outfit to go with it.

[Bobbo]

Thanks buddy!

[Flash]

Found these pics digging around on the berberjin blog archive ( I do this a lot  )

First up is a 506xx from around 1933 , what makes it particularly interesting is the NRA tag ... rare enough to see (a pic ) one attached to some 501xx but I cant say I've ever seen one attatched to a type 1 jacket 

 

Next is a dual coloured stitched s501xx 

 

[bartlebyyphonics]

wrong thread; but is there one for hickory stripe?

a follow up to finding a nice denim oshkosh b'gosh strap-back pair last year (perhaps from 50s)...

... found what seems to be a fairly old hickory stripe vestbak... [in the back of a vintage store, they hadn't tagged / priced it yet, I whisked it out of there asap... smelt like it had been near some pretty nasty chemicals in its time...]

searching the internet seems pretty fruitless for dating it (vestbak as a term brings up the multitude of baby-wear the company has been concentrating on since the 90s...) but sharing it nonetheless...

... the only dating factor I can think of is hardware and the union-made tag in the bag left pocket [which to my minimal knowledge places it between 1955 (when my shoddy research informs me AFL and CIO merged as unions) and when oshkosh stopped making adult clothes; some time in the 90s]; anyone have any idea about to look further on tags? finding some things on AFL-CIO tags but not specific to oshkosh...

... anyway; pics, stitching, hardware, fit (already posted, but to keep it all in one place), etc. etc.

 

Edited October 26, 2019 by bartlebyyphonics

[Flash]

Think here is just fine mate , great to be able to find vintage for a good deal . A few months back ( a good few , cant remember exactly ) I found a denim POW cap for £20 , didnt buy it though because of what it was ... didnt really few comfortable owning something with a story like that behind it 

[Bobbo]

@bartlebyyphonics Going by the black label it's probably from the 1970's. Earlier versions of the black label had B'gosh tilted in the bottom right corner and "Union made sanforized" on the left.

Edit: Great looking piece, by the way!

Edited October 31, 2019 by Bobbo

[bartlebyyphonics]

nice: thanks for the confirmation on that @Bobbo - really helpful...

I hadn't looked closely at the front labels, was looking at the back pocket union made ones instead - ooops!

[70s would seem about right for the pocket bags also: feels like they are not all natural fibre... ]

pix of the two different types...

 

Edited October 31, 2019 by bartlebyyphonics

[Iron Horse]

Not denim, but a 1930s chambray made by Western Costume Co of Los Angeles:

 

[bartlebyyphonics]

yyyep!

[Flash]

Been a slow day ..... got bored 

20191123_171250 by Ryan Darragh, on Flickr

 

20191123_171438 by Ryan Darragh, on Flickr

 

20191123_165529 by Ryan Darragh, on Flickr

 

20191123_165749 by Ryan Darragh, on Flickr

 

20191123_170053 by Ryan Darragh, on Flickr

 

20191123_170217 by Ryan Darragh, on Flickr

 

got soooo bored I even let the little man convince me to put the Christmas tree up 

 

20191123_183859 by Ryan Darragh, on Flickr

 

 

[Bobbo]

Don't know if I'm more excited about the christmas tree or the collection Flash! 

[Flash]

Jack slipped last week while we were on a forest trail ... he was wearing his Levi's so I've finally had to bite the bullit and give them a wash 

" no more tears " ..... If this patch cracks there is gonna be more than tears 

All went well , cant say I wasnt shitting myself though 

 

Edited January 25, 2020 by Flash

[Bobbo]

Had decent lighting the other day. So here's some new pics of my battered 60's Lee 81-LJ and 50's Levi's 507XX.

[MJF9]

@Bobbo twas a great job on the 507XX... are you going to get the Lee fixed up too?

[Bobbo]

@MJF9 Thanks mate, I'm also real happy with my buddy Johan's work on the jacket. 

Probably won't fix the Lee. It's too big for me. More of a collection piece that I got cheap for 20€.

[MJF9]

^ bargain!

[Broark]

Some 30's/40'sForemost jeans seen on Yahoo, going for a cool 500k yen.

[Flash]

Nice pair but he is changing his arm at that price , could get some 50's leather patch Levi's in great condition for that 

[Broark]

Yeah I agree, price is a bit high. Just thought they looked cool, I like seeing  vintage pairs aside from Levi’s sometimes.

[peter1]

^^Yes, very interesting. To my untrained eye you can see why Levi's have been considered the gold standard for quality. The Foremost look to be underengineered, especially around the back pockets and the lack of a chainstitched waistband. 

[cottonskinblues]

Can somebody help me date this Type III Jacket I got from a Flea Market? It was 20$, too small for me but will see how my girlfriend fits in it. Almost deadstock condition. Buttons stamped "350". Care label looks interesting aswell. Definitely post 1971. The collar looks pretty 70s though. 

[Maynard Friedman]

June 1975? From the 06 75 on the wash tag.