IH-666S - The Devil's Fit Indigo - Slim Tapered

[Damian]

Thanks for the clarification. These will be my first pair of unsanforized jeans and I want to make sure I do things right.

Just curious however as to how long I should hot soak for.

Thanks!

[Bluegrass]

I lay them out in hot tap water in tub - use full soda cans to keep then submerged - soak ~30-45 mins - then I put hook-end of a coat hanger through the back-center belt loop of the pants and put the loop-end of the hanger over the shower head.  Once hanging, I smooth out all the wrinkles, and let em drip dry over the tub. As I smooth/flatten them out, it pushes a lot of the water out.  But I like the "towel and roll" idea to get excess water out.

[Guest]

I LOVE these jeans. The 18oz denim is my absolute favorite denim. Today marks the first day of wear. So happy I decided to get these. They're stiff and hard motherfuckers right now but I'm more than willing to break them

[Guest]

Mr. G, is this new batch of the 18oz different in any way than other batches since you and Haraki-san thought it might shrink more?

[Giles]

It shrinks the same amount.  We thought it would shrink more, thus this batch is about 1" oversized in the waist.

[bagley920]

How's the thigh stretch on these babies? Love the fit but snug on the thighs which make them sit lower than I would like.

[davito]

Would say you get half an inch at average back to presoak thighmeasurement

[bagley920]

I only lost a half inch D so I'll take that

[davito]

its a great jeans, have fun Mr B

[tatmantall]

Love my 666s but must admit the waist is a little large… Nothing a belt can't fix but its definetly a strange feeling to have new pair of denim that is so loose In the waist..

[bagley920]

These shrunk to a 35 for me so I guess I can feel good about that. Still probably need to lose a few more lbs to feel comfortable since these are the slimmest jeans I've ever owned

[richiealexander]

jackhammer co.,wof '12 indigo dyed tees, 666s, santalum

[Guest]

@tatmantall:

Love my 666s but must admit the waist is a little large… Nothing a belt can't fix but its definetly a strange feeling to have new pair of denim that is so loose In the waist..

So much that it would fall completely down without a belt?

I guess I get lucky or my waist is weird, but every pair of new denim I buy ends up being perfect. Not tight and not necessarily loose, right in the middle…perfect. They don't fall off if I pull them down, but I can definitely pull them all the way (wedgie style) and they're a little loose. I guess being a skinny fuck does that

[tatmantall]

Yeah they would without doubt fall sans belt especially after any stretching at all from moving

[Bluegrass]

Mine are lower rise than other IHs - sit pretty low on hips - and fall off with no belt.  They snug up post-wash then stretch out after 2-3 wears.

[Bluegrass]

P.S. Looking good Richie!

[GingerMagician]

Shed + nail + weak sunshine = best I can do post-soak…

[Guest]

Mr. G, was the leather used for the patch this go round different than other patches? I've noticed it's a lot lighter than the patch on my 301s.

[Giles]

Same type of  leather.  Unless the patch on your 301 is new, you are seeing evo on it and not comparing like with like…

[GingerMagician]

Ok, so soaked 'em yesterday - here are the fit pics…

Very happy with the fit, especially through the thigh - wanted to avoid 555-style pain on that front!  Waist could do with being an inch smaller, but the fit's so good everywhere else it's not really a factor.

Rocking the double cuff until I make a call on hemming…