IH-634S-RAW - 21/23 ounce raw straight cut

[Finn666]

i guess i´m now at 10.5months of wear & 12washes:

[Max Power]

Hmm…you might wanna kick me, but somehow I liked them better some months before. They look very good still, but a bit too washed out for my taste (the area on the thighs), if you know what I mean. Looks like marks from the washing machine?

[Finn666]

^all comes from work matey…gonna give them hell for the next 3 weeks and then they´ll get retired!...

[Max Power]

Don't get me wrong. They're awesome. But I like jeans some sort of before that state better, that's why I usually stop wearing mine at 8 months. (And to justify new ones ;))

[davito]

Lol guys do not tell that Ruedi from jeansmuseum. I am sure he would be happy to get any of ur jeans

[Max Power]

Yes, but he would cry when he reads 12 washes lol.

[davito]

Hehe true lol

[ronaldlsh]

Nice Rafa!

I just retired mine from daily use. But they are never ever gonna get retired from my jeans rotation…

[Finn666]

im going to wear mine till the end of the month (Monday-Friday to work), gonna wash'em one more time after that and that's it…then my full love is going to the 555-03 and 816 (just for a few months though, until I'll receive the MBB's)

[injunjack]

I don't know what to say about comments above. I'm pretty much speechless.

[Giles]

@injunjack:

I'm pretty much speechless.

First time for everything I guess…......

[Finn666]

@injunjack:

I don't know what to say about comments above. I'm pretty much speechless.

cuz of the retirement or cuz of what?

[Snowy]

To help illustrate Max's point;
Aug '12

Jan '13

They've really 'bloomed' since August!

Usually takes me about 2-3 years to get a pair of jeans looking anything close to broken in. Once they break heavily they develop a special place in my heart (and wardrobe), and get taken out on special occasions :).

[Snowy]

and @ Rafa, you look like you've lost a fair bit of weight since August, nice work.

[Finn666]

yeah, I really know what Flo (MaxP) was talking about, thanks for explaining again though…I guess that "effect" just comes from washing them frequently and a lot of wear, hard wear!
after heavy abuse and a lot of washes, it looks like the indigo is getting pretty rare in some places. and tbh. I haven't seen my jeans as "clean" as they looked after that last wash (something IJ might be happy about)

[Finn666]

oh and snowy, I'm just getting started with losing weight!

[Max Power]

Thanks Snowy, perfectly illustrated. But keep in mind that it's a personal preference that might differ from yours (IJ?).

[Snowy]

@Max:

Thanks Snowy, perfectly illustrated. But keep in mind that it's a personal preference that might differ from yours (IJ?).

100% Agree. Your Milage May Vary, as they say

[injunjack]

Doh, no need to retire if/when the fabric is solid.
Tears, rips in front tigh area/knees etc -> they are retired from daily wear, and moved to weekend-wear department.

On a sidenote, I work in a office, we have no dresscode, thank god. I could wear patched/repaired jeans at work, but don't want to.

[Finn666]

you´re right mate! my way to do things is, that as soon as i have a pair of well worn/faded jeans, i´ll switch to a new pair (which gets most of the future wear) and put the "old" pair in the closet. just going to wear it from time to time, not as often as i did in the past!…still gonna wear it though!