SExIH07 Jeans (Indigo, Black)
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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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Sure you do wee'un!..
Mine are drying as well btw… But they needed to be ready for tomorrow, so decided to hangdry, and be a bit more creative in using my electrical heating during the night:
Good night, sweet Prince. See you tomorrow, when we start another week of hard labour together!..
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Yup, life is good
Especially with the Jets winning 17-6!!!
And I'm not sure I qualify as a lad anymore at 31 yrs old
I think the term lad would stop at 35 if at all. It's probably more if it's meant in a friendly fashion that it can extend even beyond that age range. I see two guys talking about a third one, saying Yeah he's a nice lad. It's also a bit of Irish usage, I think. But I'm not a native speaker, so don't take my word for it.
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OK, Goodnight John Boy ! No really, why do you guys hang dry your jeans ? I machine wash and machine tumble dry mine (inside out) HOT AS FUCK. I've never done this "warm soak" thing. I know a lot of forums talk about that but I don't really see the point. I don't wash my jeans often – in fact I've been wearing my SEXIH03BK virtually 30 days in a row and I've only washed/dried them once (after returning from Europe).
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Once in 30 days is frequent by some people's standards…
There are a couple reasons why people don't dry their denim. One is that some don't want to shrink their denim in the wash. Another is that denim loses some of it's rigidness when you use a dryer. Some believe that dryers aren't healthy for the fabric (which I'm inclined to believe after looking at my lint trap)
I've gotten some really weird fades after using a washing machine on my jeans, so I hand wash when my jeans start to feel grody. Not a big deal, and I prefer a more hands on approach when it's an item that's near and dear to my heart, like my very expensive denim
I have three very simple reasons why I don't like to use a dryer. One, the denim will turn my dryer blue. Two, I'm not entirely convinced that heating my clothes to such high temperatures adds to the longetivity of my clothes. Three, my dryer doesn't work and I've been air drying my clothes for years.
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I'm not gonna be washing mine til summer now probs… While a hot soak in the tub is probs better for your jeans, a low tumble rate, 40 C° washing session without any washing detergents isn't thàt much of a difference. And it takes a couple of hours off of the drying process. I usually flat dry. Using a tumble dryer eeeehhh no thanks... If I wanna be wearing a 10oz pair of Levi's, I'll just go out and buy one...
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I don't know if that's what he means but probably he means that a good pair of jeans shouldn't be subjected to a hot tumble dryer but you could do it with a cheap Levi.
Yes, dryers are not really great for clothes, particularly at high temps. The agitation, friction and high temps get to the fibers. Stuff will wear much faster than air drying. My personal guess is that you cut the lifetime of a garment in half. But there are certainly studies on that out there. I don't even own a dryer but in Austin it's frankly not necessary. If I put a load of laundry on the line outside it take me about 15 minutes. Often the first thin items will be dry by the time I hung the last item from the load. No kidding. Of course, when you have a family things are different.
Till
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Hmmm….that makes sense Till. Well, OK...this is gonna sound kinda funny but, given my gentle lifestyle -- it's tough for me to wear IH jeans out to start with. I guarantee that I won't experience "crotch blowout" or holes, rips, tears...because I am not hard on my jeans at all. As it is, they'll probably last longer than I want them to ! So, if my IH jean's lifespan gets halved by throwing them in the dryer -- so be it. Half-life is still a long time (I'm predicting 5 years), and by then -- I'll want a new pair of jeans anyway -- just because !
