IH-555-02 - 18oz Selvedge Denim Slim Jeans - Indigo

[beautiful_FrEaK]

you are right, the shrinkage will just be delayed and will occur after the next soak/wash (as long you are not in them again)

[daynym]

Raw jeans shouldn´t be tight unsoaked/unwashed. You won´t have that much fun in the long term. Or try the Ruedi method

[Geeman]

Post soak I lost an inch in the inseam, about 3/4 inch in the waist and 1/4 inch in the thigh and knee. The fight is tight at the moment but confident with wear it will be bang on. May soak again before I take it in for hemming on the weekend. Thumbs took a battering getting the buttons done up though

[llvlaglne]

i know how you feel about your thumbs. i think i developed some arthitis from trying to button up a bunch of iron hearts lol

[Geeman]

The fit is perfect, just got them back from being hemmed. Noticed though that some of the stitching is visible down the outside of the outer seam as if it's coming lose even though it's not under stress, is this common with IH? I'm worried the seam isn't going to hold?

[Giles]

Pics please

[llvlaglne]

2 things might have occurred

a- too tight

b- when you were turning your jeans inside out during the soaking process, you might've put too much stress on the outseam

[Geeman]

Definitely not to tight, had tighter fits post soak no problem and it's visible down the entire length of the leg at points there is not stress such as the ankle, stressed seams from turning inside out….. Surely not?
Giles, pics to follow give me short while.
I will email them over to you hopefully I'm just being paranoid!

[Geeman]

Pics sent over mate

[oliverward]

random question - are these a natural or synthetic dyed indigo?

[Giles]

Synthetic

[Geeman]

Second soak done to get anymore shrinkage out of the way. Loving the denim on these, so much character to it.

[ben2t]

have my 555 hemmed with Vintage Union Special at Railcar fine goods in Arcadia, CA a very nice shop  Steven the owner was so nice and even offer me to bring back my jeans if i not happy with with length and he will hemmed it again for free. in less than 10 minutes i have this.. thanks Railcar.

[Geeman]

Anyone else have 555-02 and is bothered by the visible stitching down the length of the outside seam? I noticed in ben2t's pic above that his are the same, if you look at the hem on the right you can see the stitching exposed like the seam is pulling apart. On my pair its visible down nearly the entire length now? Giles assures me the seam will hold but it's annoying me, makes the jeans look like they are not well finished. Never had it on any other jeans, is it just mine and ben2t's that are like this?

[jacoavlu]

post a pic or two

[thompsoa]

Soaked mine a couple days ago but im still having excess indigo rubbing off on everything, thinking they need another soak, how long is recommended

[jacoavlu]

soaking is not going to prevent indigo transfer
part of the game, get used to it

[MikeC]

Geeman, you can see the stitching pulling apart on the busted selvage seam because your wearing a super skinny cut and your putting stress on the outer seam, hence the space. My recommendation is to buy a cut that's less skinny.

[Geeman]

MikeC, it's definitely a skinny/slim cut but it is no way to tight for me. I'm to old for skinnys! If you look at the pic above you can see the stitching on ben2t's even when there not being worn so it's not a case of just stress on the seam, my stitching is visible on or off and was actually noticeable prior to the soak before I had even wore them. I'll try and post pics over the weekend

[Giles]

The stitching will not bust.  The tension on the thread on the outer seam is purposefully left slightly slack so that when the denim shrinks no undue stress is introduced into the seam.