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don't buy any jeans nerk, put the money away & appreciate the denim you have now. when your current rotation is beat to sh!t invest in a new pair.
although i have a stock pile of sh!t, if i could do it over i would buy less & appreciate more. having too much stuff kind of makes you numb or desensitized to the beauty of the denim goods & the craftsmanship which goes into them.
Perfectly put, Sir!
I'm consistently puzzled by the number of people who appear to worship at the altar of "fecked" and yet admittedly buy more stuff than they could "feck" in a decade or six unless they employed a servant of similar build to do it for them (any job offers hereby considered…)
Only addressing elephants in rooms and pulling combs... don't mean no harm, surely we can safely debate without tip-toeing too much?
And whilst I'm making myself unpopular, what exactly does "badass" mean?
Your friendly unreconstructed socialist with champagne tastes and white cider funds ( just realised that I may have to purloin yer tag line MM).
Much love and respect to all (genuinely).
Constanza, also very well put, indeed.
Badass, that'll be me even in god dang malljeans. (well, really how I translate it is that they are trying to say to each other that they are tough looking, being really badass takes just more than clothes, even if they are IH. Usually this term is so hilarious in this contex here that it makes me laugh)
And we usually can debate pretty civilized. Sometimes younger folks just need their heads straightened.
your cider drinkin' white trash redneck
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Can't disagree with your sentiment Costanza, I think most times though the definition of "fecked" is in the eye of the beholder. I've been rotating the same 2 pairs of jeans for 18 months now, and they're still not "fecked" in my opinion, I see other guys who seriously feck their denim in 6 months.
For me, this should only apply to denim, and similar fabrics though. Most of my shirts and jackets I like to keep nice and crisp, because I really don't want to have to replace them, and in some cases because I can't replace them.
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I like your thinking Costanza. I do think most people with runaway spending habits (not just on here) are doing themselves a disservice by not truly breaking their clothing in and revealing the true beauty of the fabrics and cutting. Specifically with IH, this stuff takes a while to yield best results and doesn't give it up easily like Samurai or TFH.
I'm not trying to 'feck' my clothing in the sense of reducing it to scraps in the shortest time possible. I want long wear from my garments - denim included - and believe in looking after it with simple common-sense maintenance so that what it reveals in time is how I move and live, not how quickly I can put a hole in the knee or back pocket.
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make up your own answer, different companies will do it differently… some will be machine washed and tumble dried, some will be soaked in a stream by an artisan and hung dried, some may be done by the jean maker and some by the shop selling them, you'd have to ask the place you bought them from or go straight to the source to know for sure.
the point is predictability in sizing, and saving you the trouble of having to do it yourself. a bit less risk, you buy a pair raw and soak them, you own them
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make up your own answer, different companies will do it differently… some will be machine washed and tumble dried, some will be soaked in a stream by an artisan and hung dried, some may be done by the jean maker and some by the shop selling them, you'd have to ask the place you bought them from or go straight to the source to know for sure.
the point is predictability in sizing, and saving you the trouble of having to do it yourself. a bit less risk, you buy a pair raw and soak them, you own them
Cool thanks. Got pbj ai-002 from AND japan
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I'm quite tempted to be honest… I don't know about "ballsy" enough. I could get some of those silver tips for the collar of my 08 and pretend to be that fine comic creation The Preacher :).
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i think you´ll find answers from both sides mate…some are buying shit just to look good in it and some cuz they need it and cuz they wanna look good!
after seeing Geo, El and Giles rocking a pair of ditas (and after i´ve busted my moscots the last night!)...i´m really thinking about a pair of dita´s...though i do know that i can´t afford a pair right now, so i have to wait i´m affraid!
and yeah, i´m the one who buys glasses cuz he needs them!... -
i'm blind as a bat. i hate wearing glasses & so over compensate by getting the best looking frames i can find. i only have dita based on glowing recommendations from forum members & the fact that i'm a sucker for made in Japan goods. other pair of glasses are moscot & i've had them so long i don't think they make the particular frame anymore
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I need glasses to see, and Persol were worn by Steve McQueen, who was the coolest guy who ever lived. Steve made my brand choice for me
