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    • Megatron1505M
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      I'm not speaking about any one particular person to be honest, and to contradict myself some of the guys with the massive denim collections are the ones I have most respect for their knowledge and how they conduct themselves (I'm thinking about a couple of people here).

      Simply their way is not my way, and even if it could be (financially) it wouldn't be.

      BTW, I don't expect anyone to agree with me, and I was expecting to be told to shut the fuck up by now  😉

      Made in England, clothed in Japan, fed in America and drunk in Belgium !

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      • SeulS
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        I agree with you, Gav, and with Mike C. No surprises there. I try to live a "clean" life, leave as little a trail behind as possible…

        There is one denim jacket in my closet that hasn't been worn for a while and it has been bothering me greatly. I'm proud of myself  😃

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        • babyknightB
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          @mclaincausey:

          II have only a couple of more planned IH purchases before the wardrobe enters stasis for hopefully many years.

          I'll donate $100 to a charity of your choosing if you pull this off.

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          • mclaincauseyM
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            Awesome; everything is on RC let's see how I do!

            Think it, be it.

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            • mclaincauseyM
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              One more thought. Looking at the combinatorics of the situation, it doesn't take a lot of shirts, pants, jackets, and shoes (and for those of us lucky enough to be able to pull them off, vests and other accessories) to have enough distinct outfits to wear something different every day of your life. Of course the seasons will constrain which items you can wear at any point in the season, but you can have a lot of possibilities without an Imelda Marcos-like collection of shit.

              The redundancy in my wardrobe that's been nagging me, since Seul offered up his jacket as an example, is my two IHSH-70s, one red (which I wear today) and one gray, but near-identical color ways. I love them both, got one used, and the other at an accidental discount that I couldn't resist. I will wear them both, but they are somewhat redundant.

              Another item that's been nagging me are my Railcar Spikes X-009s, which I haven't worn since mid-July when I picked up a second, LHT pair of 17oz jeans. I really love them but I should probably sell them.

              Think it, be it.

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              • bagley920B
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                Combinatorics? Come on bro! Haha

                If I am not I, who will be? -Henry David Thoreau

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                  Omega Man
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                  @cc.rider:

                  http://www.gq.com/news-politics/newsmakers/201304/buzz-bissinger-shopaholic-gucci-addiction

                  Holy mother of Christ!  This can't be real.  If it is, I need to throw away the trashy book "Crazy Rich Asians" that I am about to read!

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                  • mclaincauseyM
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                    @bagley920:

                    Combinatorics? Come on bro! Haha

                    Sorry, I couldn't think of another word for it 😃

                    Think it, be it.

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                      You can still think about the carbon footprint. I grew up in a town that was huge during the textile boom in America. And I've seen the pollution they caused. That's why I'm straight with post-weave applications to denims. When you go to the grocery store, do you buy organic or conventional?  Loomstate (kibata) denim is similar to organic and overprocessed denim is like conventional.  Please tell me otherwise.

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                      • mclaincauseyM
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                        I'd guess that loomstate, organic cotton denim with all organic cotton construction (nylon polyester being probably twice the carbon footprint of organic cotton, rivets being an unknown quantity, but copper mining is notorious), sourced and manufactured as locally as possible would be the most ecologically sound way to go.

                        A quick Google search turned up this example: http://www.style.com/stylefile/2013/03/do-these-jeans-have-the-worlds-smallest-carbon-footprint/

                        Think it, be it.

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                        • SeulS
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                          Or you just buy 2nd hand… Basically the only stuff I buy new is beer...

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                          • derivative666D
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                            This is insanely awesome I have become an unpopular topic (legend in my own time). I am a gluttonous bastard aren't I.

                            "Obstacles are stepping-stones that guide us to our goals"

                            "honorable mention to the bearded giant aka derivative666 for being a stand up dude & not changing with the seasons since i've been around these parts" Monday

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                            • ChrisC
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                              Actually, aren't you about 100 lbs less gluttonous now?

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                              • Megatron1505M
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                                What you have hoarded in clothing you have ditched in food  😉

                                Made in England, clothed in Japan, fed in America and drunk in Belgium !

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                                • Finn666F
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                                  @MikeC:

                                  I think Rafa needs wants a new pair of Viberg boots…..

                                  fixed for you 😉

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                                  • Finn666F
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                                    @Megatron1505:

                                    Degrees Rafa, stands to reason that a guy with three pairs of boots will put far more wear on them than a guy with 10 pairs  😉
                                    who said someone wants to put wear on his boots…if you just wear the boot/shoe you feel like wearing when getting outta bed, all is good and you'll have a happy day, right? good! 🙂

                                    Like I said from the beginning this is just my opinion, the only reason that I'm still debating it is that validations of finance and apathy are something else I find frustrating (unpopular opinion number 2).

                                    And again, I'm not making this a need vs want debate, I'm just simply stating that I don't get the seen my culture of the guys with 36 flannel shirts, 40 pairs of jeans, 29 pairs of boots, 135 tee shirts, 7 leather jackets and a partridge in a frikkin pair tree  😛

                                    Exaggeration I know, but really the line has to be drawn somewhere….it's looking more than a little gauche, like Liberace but in denim and leather.

                                    A great point was made by a campaign I supported earlier this year, as did many other people in this industry, about buying cheap clothing is socioeconomically irresponsible, and leads to tragedy like the factory collapse in Bangladesh. Then surely by the same token by stock piling things (anything) you are once again pushing the envelope of irresponsibility as everything you buy has a supply chain from raw material, and carbon footprint. Now, unless you are intimately aware of the provenance of every bass part of everything you buy then you are adding to the problem.

                                    I just believe in responsible consumerism at all levels, if you cannot realistically give function to the thing you buy then it is a pure luxury, nothing wrong with that but when most purchases which you make are pure luxury then you are exasperating a problem which effects everyone.
                                    not really sure of what i should think about this…every piece of IH (or any other brand in the denim game) is what i call luxury. but the fact of "cannot realistically give function to the thing" isn't quite right imo. if i buy/have 5 badass jackets and wear them all whenever i feel like it or whenever the weather is right for every single one of them, then they all are put into function (?) somehow...right?

                                    Nice to get debate going btw  🙂

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                                    • Finn666F
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                                      @Graeme:

                                      Only because Rafa regularly loses them when out drinking…

                                      never lost a pair of pants mate…and only one IHSH-27 so far, which is still "ok" in some sort of way. so i'm not that bad as you might think i am! 😉

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                                      • Megatron1505M
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                                        Honestly dude, I think you missed the point but no worries  😛

                                        Made in England, clothed in Japan, fed in America and drunk in Belgium !

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                                        • Finn666F
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                                          tbh. you could totally be right with that…fucking tired and too much to read for tonight, so i just typed what came into my tired mind. with one eye half open.

                                          i'm out for today...zzzzZZZZZZZZZZ!

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                                          • GilesG
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                                            Now, I am getting seriously bored…...

                                            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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