IH-666-XHS - 25oz Selvedge Denim Slim Straight Cut Jeans - Indigo
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Never soaked.
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Those IH jeans at this Hall of Fade are looking great indeed. Awesome natural denim evo seen here!!!
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@den213 @hajduk @BloodnThunder @Filthy25ozJunkie @xtcclassic @Bob @Giles @501/IH @Sam - Thank you all for your input. After trawling all the 25oz threads and have a jolly good think, I'm going with the tagged 35". My usual policy for sanforised denim is no soak, wear hard until they're too dirty or smelly for company, then wash a 30 degrees with very low spin; and I think that should serve me well here. While an initial hot soak/wash would make these work, I think the stretch would be too much after a couple of months for a good fit long term.
Of course all that might go to hell and that case I'll see y'all in the sales threads
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@Filthy25ozJunkie:
@501/IH You are so right. These stretch a lot. I sized down on my current pair of 25 XHS MBBs and the fit is most excellent now. The waist stretched from a 32 to a 35.5.
This is especially what makes me think 35 is the way for me to go. I notice others have said 2" stretch is do-able. I got 2" stretch off my 666 ducks which shouldn't stretch that much at all. I'll need these to end up at around 36.5. So I should be ok…
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@neph93 I like where your head's at. I have gone no soak and have not washed, with about 3 months of wear (rotated with two other pairs). Hoping to get a lot more mileage out of them before I need to soak/wash. I think the 35" is the proper choice.
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@neph93 I like where your head's at. I have gone no soak and have not washed, with about 3 months of wear (rotated with two other pairs). Hoping to get a lot more mileage out of them before I need to soak/wash. I think the 35" is the proper choice.
Well they're in the post now. Bloody excited.
If I get to 4 months before a wash I'm lucky. Mine always get stinky by then.
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Pics or it didn't happen.
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I haven't been wearing these much due to summer (broke down and wore my Dickie's shorts the majority of the time) but fall has started and I've been wearing them almost daily. They stretched a little and I lost some weight. I'm very happy with the fit and I plan on buying more 666 fits.
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Just picked up mine. Just got them on and done up at the third attempt. This is my day so far:
0830 - pick up 666XHS
0900 - get home again, try to put them on. They go on in such a way that I think I've sized thighs correctly. Yes! Then panic ensues as there seems to be no way on earth the waist is right. 35" is trim, the denim is tough and I've put on a bit of weight, but I'm cursing as these are obviously too small. Feck! I realise I'm almost late for work, so I get my fat, depressed arse into a well worn pair of 555's. I take my 666XHS to work, planning to measure them and generally fret over them at lunch.
1130 - I use my entire 30 min lunch break in the disabled toilets at work (also known as my photo studio - there are no disabled students where I work and I'm on the 5th floor without an elevator so this is not a jackass thing to do, I promise). I establish that there is hope as I manage to do up the top button. I didn't do up the other buttons first. I can't get them done up. No. Bloody. Chance. I end up being late for my lesson because of the time it takes me to get the top button undone again…
1600 - At home again. With borderline superhuman determination, and starting with the bottom button this time, I use about ten minutes to get every button done up. Turns out the top button was the easiest. But I manage it. I cheer! I laugh! I wake up the baby...
1611 - Pain in fingers as blood returns to them.
1612 - Pain in my balls
1614 - Pain in my hips
1621 - Really.... my balls. Sweet mother of god, my balls...
1625 - I love my jeans.
1635 - I take my seat at the computer (my balls take out a contract on my life) to write my first novel. It's going to be called...... "50 Shades of Indigo".
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What a great story @neph93 ! A true pleasure to read [emoji4]
The 25oz Devils are next in line for me. I'll have my hands (legs) full with the UHR for still some time but I can't wait till I get me this beast….. -
Yes brilliant. I stole it for FB. Non attributed, but too good not too…..
Glad you liked it, and a pleasure to contribute to the FB page.
Leave it non attributed. I've got my boss and some students on FB and they don't need to know what I do in my lunch break or why I was late to lessons on Tuesday
On another note I think I've sprained my thumb and forefinger taking my telephone out of the back pockets of these beasts. True story.
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@neph93 out of curiosity… what size is your waist, and what size did you go with? Hang in there, it will get better after a week. Your pair will most likely end up being your favorite pair ever.
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@Filthy25ozJunkie:
@neph93 out of curiosity… what size is your waist, and what size did you go with? Hang in there, it will get better after a week. Your pair will most likely end up being your favorite pair ever.
It's a while since I've measured my actual waist size but the last time I did I was about 36,5". After a bit of injury, then illness the last six months I've put on a little weight so it may be an inch more now. That's mostly soft stuff though
.I went with the tagged 35 which measure 35,2". They were about the same actual measurements as my 666D which fit great (although that is a substantially thinner material). They are a little tight at the waist but I'm satisfied that'll stretch. The top of the thigh and top-block pinch a bit, but that's mostly the stiff, unforgiving material and maybe a little of the extra pounds I'm carrying. The material will soften and being happy in $400 worth of beautifully engineered, tough as nails, Japanese denim makes for top notch gym motivation.
Despite my complaining here I'm absolutely loving the ride after only the second day of wear, so yeah I can easily see these being my fave pair, which up until now have been some well worn 555-01. These remind me of the first pair of proper jeans I bought after understanding that there was life beyond the crap you buy in the high street. I've gotten so used to first 14oz denim from other brands, then the 21oz from IH, that I'd forgotten the pleasure of having to break something in. That's back big time
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@neph93 I'm still at the point where every time I have to get my wallet out of my back pocket I have to anticipate the task because it's a bit of a struggle. Trying to get it out when waiting in the bus line can be a bit awkward sometimes, but it's a small price to pay to sport these beauties.
