Roy. (expurgated edition)

[Medine]

is ras horrible thread a new tag?? not only is this the best thread but it also has the best tags

[Medine]

and im sure if he read all this it would convince him to start selling jeans for $150 again.

[roy6]

Or start making Soviet inspired prison-wear, beating Mister Freedom to their next season's theme.

[almostnice]

do I get a membership card if I join?!

listen Tilmann,this is not that swingerclub which you frequent on a regular basis,where you get one after 20 visits for free.this is the revolution,the reality!if you want to join you first have to become a member of the URCC.instead of a membershipcard we hand you out the Party membership book.after that your soul is ours.

[rnrswitch]

listen Tilmann,this is not that swingerclub which you frequent on a regular basis,where you get one after 20 visits for free.this is the revolution,the reality!if you want to join you first have to become a member of the URCC.instead of a membershipcard we hand you out the Party membership book.after that your soul is ours.

Well, your soul, and all the fruits of your labor. We also require that all the indigo that "falls" from your ROY jeans is collected, saved and rationed for further denim projects.

[onehundy]

Where do I sign up?

[rnrswitch]

Damn. What a shame you can't copyright an idea.

You can patent an idea. Which I just did. URCC is an official brand now specializing in soviet gulag wear, or and also miner trad wear or as Zubin said "handsome railroad mechanic" wear.

[Medine]

Souls & indigo is a small price to pay for what we are offering in return..

[rnrswitch]

Where do I sign up?

You just did. Did you feel your heart and soul exit your body?

[rnrswitch]

Souls & indigo is a small price to pay for what we are offering in return..

Complete consumerist liberation!!!!

[Medine]

I think we need to make a pamphlet to encourage new members.

And just for the sake of keeping this thread on topic it will be made out of black seed cone denim. which will fade very nicely after several months of reading

[almostnice]

Where do I sign up?

our friendly KGB's will knock on your door very soon(they prefer the very early morning hour),politely accompany you to one of our most comfortable Gulags in Uzbekistan,where you will be able to reflect your decision at lenght,while harvesting one of our finest cotton.

[grooveholmes]

our friendly KGB's will knock on your door very soon(they prefer the very early morning hour),politely accompany you to one of our most comfortable Gulags in Uzbekistan,where you will be able to reflect your decision at lenght,while harvesting one of our finest cotton.

hahahahahaha

[theotherchrislewis]

haha Royalists - I like that!

Sorry, probably nothing you haven't seen before but this thread needs some pics.... pre-soak I had about 1/2 of an inch on the waist, haven't tried them on post-soak as they are still drying, but am pretty confident they will be perfect after a little wear. Doesn't look like they lost much colour after their soak.

[Paul T]

Dude, you totally went back and edited that after the fact. .

He does that a lot. It's like Oscar Wilde, practising his witticisms until they're utterly devastating. I bet his fit pics are really well-honed, too, must check them out.

Sorry, probably nothing you haven't seen before

On the contrary - they look great. Roy's workmanship - the buttonholes, stitching - is improving with every pair he makes. The detailing on that second photo, in particular, is stunning.

[dr.house]

he detailing on that second photo, in particular, is stunning.

...as well as the fat leather patch!

[JayFourEyes]

How did it taste, chrislewis?

[theotherchrislewis]

How did it taste, chrislewis?

Well.... 2010 is definitely a good vintage - neeh.

Delicious now, but will age gracefully for many years...

[rnrswitch]

Man, i really need a pair of denim ROYs. Great pics theotherchrislewis. Post some afters so I don't have to be beat down by Zubin anymore. I was starting to get self conscious.

[Paul T]

SO here's some for fun.

Fuzz. This is unsinged, totally loomstate denim. There is a modest amount compared to some - this is a 1910s fabric, whereas it tends to be the late 60s fabrics which have more fuzz, as the cotton used changed to shorter staple varieties.

For the most authentic 1910s denim, you'd ideally need a long-staple cotton, like the old Sea Island. Those old jeans must have been softer, and stronger, than 50s or 60s jeans thanks to that historic old cotton, which was wiped out by the Boll Weevil in the 1920s.

Pretty streaky; the vertical lines are the ring pattern of the yarn, pure indigo-dyed. No sulphur, top or bottom, or other pigments. This denim looks quite black in the flesh; I think you'll get very green-blue midtones, and very 3-dimensional wear. But no-one knows for sure. For anyone who wears this denim, if anyone ever does, this will be a journey into the unknown. You'll be a denim explorer.

The codename is K87211. It has a nice ring to it. K87211.

Does that say 12.5oz on the tag? Interesting. Much heavier than true vintage-style denim. Wonder what those other symbols mean.

Selvage is as plain as they come, none of your fancy purples and golds.

They've been working on getting the warp yarn more uneven, getting the neps produced by the old picking process, all to get closer to a vintage, 1910s-style fabric. Note the very chunky fill yarn. This cotton is unbleached; you might never have seen this kind of fill yarn in this style of denim before, I certainly haven't.

Whaddy'all think? Nice???

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[aho]

Paul T has me frothing at the mouth...

[Maynard Friedman]

Paul T has me frothing at the mouth...

Are we still talking about denim here?!

[rnrswitch]

That stuff looks amazing. Do you actually have some of this denim handy? It looks like the yarns were just spun/dyed/ and then woven. None of that in between processing shit.

[ranonranonarat]

mmmmmm sounds like yum to me.

[ThinFinn]

^not just sounds yummy, it actually does like it as well ...

[roy6]

Interesting, PaulT.

Coincidentally, that looks a lot like a bolt of denim I saw not too long ago in an undisclosed location. Wonder if they could be related?

[beautiful_FrEaK]

looks like a mystery

[edmond]

you fuckers what do you mean by this? just tell me hes up to something a 150 buck roy again ill get in line

[Dr_Heech]

Paul T you are naughty !

Hahahahaha

[rnrswitch]

Interesting, PaulT.

Coincidentally, that looks a lot like a bolt of denim I saw not too long ago in an undisclosed location. Wonder if they could be related?

By "related," do you mean brother and sister or like distant cousins?