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[Dchill]

@Giles:

Nothing and nothing else that I bring over will be.

I spoke to H at length about it.  He could not understand my concern, in fact he was very affronted when I said it was a problem.  His reply "It is made to my spec, what is the issue".  He just did not understand my conceren.  That is, until I pointed at his Harley and said would you have bought that if it was made in China?  It was then then that he got it.  He has now found a factory in Japan that can do the down stuff…G

That's awesome that you talked to H about this (relief washes over me in a cool wave).  I'm sure I speak for many when I say thank you.

[Seul]

I'm really stoked y'all think about this the same way I do!.. 

[Dchill]

Yes sir, we're on the same team for this one Seul.

[hectic]

Yap, PRC is not rocking out provenance.

[Seul]

I just got my new Atelier La Durance Prescotts - bought for my brother. I'm just wondering whether I should hotsoak them to get all the shrinking out of the way before letting him starting to wear them?.. I can't even remember whether they'll shrink  :-\

[mvb]

mine didnt shrink,  but i washed them after 7 months or so (ewww!)
after a day of wear they sat as comfy as always

[Seul]

No shrinkage whatsoever lengthwise?.. Nice!.. The waist stretches a bit after some wear, right?.. Cause they're a bit tight on my bro right now (fat bastard should just lose some weight)…

[mvb]

dont remember any significant shrinkage in hte length, waist stretches as a mofo, but it took a while, you can try pulling them down and then sitting in them without wearing a belt

[LandoCal126 0]

So this is a question for anyone who has experience with sewing patches or repairing their own pair of 21oz denim by hand. So I am looking to sew a patch onto my IH-9526V and am wondering what needle, thread, and tips you may have? Thanks in advance!

[Giles]

Lando, try this:

[LandoCal126 0]

You bastard! Where can I buy that?  ::)

[Beatle]

lol..now I just used a regular needle and some random cotton thread to give the crotch area on my 07´s a little extra stitches..that part always gives in first. Needle still ok - hands as well.

[gee_]

So I'm kind of disappointed/pissed right now. Just took off my jeans (2nd day of wear) to go to bed and noticed that the patch got messed up..

How do I fix this?

[Beatle]

not at all..you either embrace it as a part of evolution - or you ask Giles if it would be possible to have a leather patch send out to you

[gee_]

I mean, the patch itself is fine, it just got partially ripped off of the jeans. I'm sure I could just sew it back on but damn the material is so thick….I'm mostly wondering how I managed to do this after only 2 days of wear.

[Beatle]

ah - the thread on top of the patch looks like the patch itself ripped. Just take a needle and some really strong yarn and fix it by hand

[LandoCal126 0]

Splattered asked this question and I figured I would put the answer here so that all new members need not ask again.

Why do my jeans have a leg twist?

"Many vintage jeans suffer from leg-twist. This is simply a natural adjustment of the fabric, which tends to follow the direction of the weave. Stefano Aldighieri, Director of Fabric & Finishing at LS&Co. explains it thus: “Levi’s denim were mostly right hand twills; the twill line rises to the right. During the weaving process you basically ‘force’ the fabric to be straight, perpendicular to the selvage, but at the same time you give it this direction in the construction. You lay and cut the fabric; in the early days LS&Co. patterns were cut straight along the selvage. When you wash the garments, the fabric will try to follow the direction of the weave and will pull in that direction… hence the twisted legs, the result of the movement of fabric. Because Lee started to use left hand weave denims, their legs would twist the other way.” Leg twist was eliminated in the 1970s by skewing (which contorts denim to its after-wash shape)- and later revived with Levi’s Red and Engineered jeans." - Via oki-ni

The Sanforizing process on jeans like the IH-634S will eliminate this effect. Hope this helps...

[Splattered]

Ahhh ok yeah totally.

The F380 are my only pair that have twisted post soak, the F310 did not… everything else i have i think is sanforized so i guess i just haven't noticed it till now.

[LandoCal126 0]

The F310's are unsanforized so I believe you should see some leg twist…

[Beatle]

yeah, but n ot that much..leg twist is really more common with lht