SExIH07 Jeans (Indigo, Black)
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Just watch Beatle Destroy these!
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Just so everyone here is aware…
"the SEXIH07BK underrun restock has been pushed back two or three weeks, but it IS coming, we're aiming for February 20th at the latest." - Kiya
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How blue were your legs?
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Not Blue at all.@DrPat:
How blue were your legs?
Not Blue at all. It's my knuckles and hands that usually see the most of the Indigo loss.
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I have various parts of my legs that are blue by the end of the day…
We can do anything
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Wore my BKs to work the day they arrived , and was surprised to see that my legs wéren't blue at the end of the day… Indigo hands had me smiling though... Like meeting for some drinks with an old mate...
My work chair is a light fawn leather covered arm chair. Well it was, it is now an overedyed indigo leather covered arm chair….
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That's pretty impressive. Especially those shoes, Lando. I think you shouldn't let go of those. Some things are really annoying like when you get just a little stain on a nice pair of shoes (like what just happened to me with a pair of immaculately groomed Ferragamo Jodhpurs
). But in your case, I think it is such a big difference that it is cool again. I would actually go a little further and try to wear those a lot with the offending jeans. Kind of pair the two until the indigo has rubbed out so it doesn't happen to other shoes. Maybe I'd even consider rubbing them on the seat and thigh areas of the jeans. You'd accelerate the wear of the jeans (don't know if you find artificial acceleration acceptable) and create a really unique tint for the Pumas. When you first wash the jeans (or soak them), get a pair of white cotton shoe laces and put them in the with the jeans. This way you get custom dyed shoe laces to go in the sneakers. The whole nine yards.Till
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That's pretty impressive. Especially those shoes, Lando. I think you shouldn't let go of those. Some things are really annoying like when you get just a little stain on a nice pair of shoes (like what just happened to me with a pair of immaculately groomed Ferragamo Jodhpurs
). But in your case, I think it is such a big difference that it is cool again. I would actually go a little further and try to wear those a lot with the offending jeans. Kind of pair the two until the indigo has rubbed out so it doesn't happen to other shoes. Maybe I'd even consider rubbing them on the seat and thigh areas of the jeans. You'd accelerate the wear of the jeans (don't know if you find artificial acceleration acceptable) and create a really unique tint for the Pumas. When you first wash the jeans (or soak them), get a pair of white cotton shoe laces and put them in the with the jeans. This way you get custom dyed shoe laces to go in the sneakers. The whole nine yards.Till
T - My apologies about the Ferragamo's. Since the first day I laced those Puma' up I knew they were going to receive the wrath of the Overdye as they are suede. I agree that I like the look and I do plan on pair them up somewhat with the SExIH07BK's. As far as the artificial acceleration, I am not a fan. I cannot justify spending what I have on denim and then purposefully speeding up their life and I enjoy the process of naturally shaping and aging my jeans to my own body. I do however like the idea of the shoe laces a lot! I may just do a bunch of pairs for all of my white shoes for the Spring/ Summer. Perhaps I will make a set for anyone on this forum who would like one… Great idea Till!
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Glad you like the idea, Lando. For the rubbing/acceleration thing, I meant not to rub them so vigorously that you really lose a ton of color or even abrase the material, just so that you get some color on the shoes. I mentioned the thigh and seat area because this is where you usually get big surface fades. So it wouldn't be as aggressive as the guys using steel wool to accentuate crease fades. I am otherwise not in favor of artificially aging jeans, either. Let nature take its course. Wabi-sabi.
When you do the shoe lace dye, it will probably be a good idea to do two soaks. A first soak with as little water as possible in a bucket. This way the indigo concentration would be higher thereby increasing the dye available for take-up by the laces. Then take the jeans out and keep the laces in the water. You may even heat the water with the laces in it on a stove. That will also increase the take up. You might want to read up on the use of vinegar as a fixative. I will have to do that, too, when I start the overdye process. Once you've taken care of the laces, you can then wash or soak the jeans in a lot of water as you see fit.
I get a little bit of rub off from the 634SR on my desert boots but nothing like what you got.
For the Jodhpurs, yeah that sucks. I was at a party and something dripped on them. 1/2 inch stain right on the toe box. I don't even know what it is: cheese dip, wax, red wine? Once ruined a pair of Hogan's with dripping wax. I still use them when I wash the car, though. They are 16 years old now.
Till
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