IH-666S - The Devil's Fit Indigo - Slim Tapered
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hello world!
Having read these posts for a long time it's time I venture in to share my experience.
I have a pair of IH-666S 32w that I purchased on 4/16/13 here in san francisco. After one cold soak 3 months in, and one warm soak just before the first crotch repair at self edge, I think there is still more breaking in to do.
My current infatuation with these pants is still very strong, and I have taken them with me to India a few times (the humidity really helped the fades) china and all over the US, it still seems my fades don't have as much contrast as some of the (beautiful) pics I see on this forum. What are your secrets?? I would love more contrast…but I know I will have to work for it...
I also feel they are a bit long for me (i'm only 5'8") but I simply can't bear to be without them to have them hemmed, and like some other posts, I am afraid I will regret hemming them.
From a fit perspective, they are loose in the waist (I wear a belt most of the time) and tight in the thighs. In SF it's also less tight around the cuff area that most of the other "kids" but given it's a more adult fit and I'm an adult, I guess it will stay in style for longer...
Anyway - re-reading the threads here makes me want to sleep in mine (again) ...lol
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Hello 666fanSF!
Would be nice to see some pictures of your pair.
I work as a verification engineer and spend most of my workday in a chair sitting in front of a computer. I commute to work by car.
I live in the souther part of Sweden. The climate is quite mild no extreme temperature in any season.I do however have two kids who brings me down on my knees a lot. For instance when helping them putting on clothes and putting on lotion or sun block on and so on.
My fades are perhaps not spectacular but I am very pleased with my pair and I am really looking forward seeing them evolve.
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Nizzel -
Thanks very much - yes I also have a "desk job" but try to wear these as much as possible and i love them. As you can see there are some nice fades happening at the top but looking through this forum I feel that I'm way behind. Perhaps wearing them in the ocean, or rolling around in dirt or something would help, if i wash them in the machine would that improve the contrast of the fades? Would love to know your thoughts!
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My advice is just live your life! Wear the jeans as much as possible! Fades will come in time!
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Posing in 666s, underneath a feature I built for the local climbing wall.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4u1dvqr0av96v0g/IMG_20140707_194214.jpg
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666fanSF
I would not sea wash them. I would be afraid of how the saltwater would affect the denim and all the metal and patch.
I have only soaked my pair so far (4 times) . No wash and no real attempt on cleaning them.
I do however starting to get cracks between the honeycombs. I suspect I could have avoided that by washing them in a front loaded machine. Thinking that the agitation they get in a machine might be good in some ways. I do not know. This is my first pair of "heavy weight" jeans.
I am still experimenting.
My plan was to keep on soaking them every once in a while and then give them a 60 degree wash when they are one year.Just keep on wearing them and the fades will come in time. It is not a race.
I think your pair looks great.
Some fit pics would be wonderful./N
Nizzel -
Thanks very much - yes I also have a "desk job" but try to wear these as much as possible and i love them. As you can see there are some nice fades happening at the top but looking through this forum I feel that I'm way behind. Perhaps wearing them in the ocean, or rolling around in dirt or something would help, if i wash them in the machine would that improve the contrast of the fades? Would love to know your thoughts!
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Those are real nice, keep'em going
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35 fuck!!!!
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I am not a fan of the cracking honeycombs. Anyone got any tips of how to avoid them.
I have soaked them 5 times. Perhapps I have not agitated them enough during the soaks….?Anyone got any tips on how to repair them. I have tried with a needle and thread. Just to adding some stitches by hand to prevent the cracks to grow. I also used my mothers sewing machine at one point. Picked the wrong colour
and I was not very pleased by my results.anyway I am not sure it worked. Seems like new cracks are appearing after every soak.
Click the pictures to see them in a bigger format.
They are still wet in the pictures above. 248 days. 5 Soaks.
