IH-555S-21 - 21oz Selvedge Denim Slim Jeans - Indigo
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Gave these a good soak and a machine wash yesterday.
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they look great ! I should wash mine, they are unwashed and no soaks. Not ready for the couple days of tightness
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Having tried a pair on Saturday, these are definitely my next purchase. Either these or the 18oz 555s
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Wow awesome. Great combs on those. Good job neph!
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Nice wear & tear! Are these your most worn pair?
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1st pair bought today. Fit a treat, can't say I agree with 'Relatively highrise'. These are pretty low. I have 555n and 555 03s and these have the lowest of all. Maybe I need to get used to the feel, but I hope no one minds seeing my arse when I bend over!
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I only had the relatively high rise with my very first pair where I sized incorrectly = too big. This cut should be comfortably snug in the top block from the beginning.
Comfortably snug…isn't that a Pink Floyd song?
I have sized snugly and they are really comfortable. Just low for a 44 yr old! An extra inch in the rear rise would be welcome. I have 888s in 21 oz, and the rise is great, leg opening a little wider. I'm a size 36 in 555s and 888s. I tried a pair of 14oz 777s today too. Such a difference between the overly loose 38 and not even if I breathe in tight 36.Don't get me wrong, 555s are the best fitting cut in IH I've come across yet
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555s are the best fitting cut in IH I've come across yet
Seconded! They work for me really well, too! Comfy top block, awesome taper with an excellent leg opening for a modern/slim silhouette. Luckily (or unluckily?) so many new denim options will be coming this fall/winter to choose from.
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I think that the description of the height of the rise has always been relative in jeans history (go check out Freddie Mercury at Live Aid [emoji15]), but also when it comes to IH.
When it came out, the 555 had a “relatively high rise” when compared to the 666 and 634 the two other “core” jeans in the IH line at the time time. Ignoring the peripheral 1955 cut, the two extremes (777 and 888) didn’t exist at that point.
The other cut doing the rounds at the time, the IHxB01, had a rise described as slightly higher than the 634 as opposed to “high” in it’s own right. So most descriptions were relative to the 634 at that point, I think. The 634, 666, 555 are perhaps all medium rises, with the 634 being “low medium” and the 555 “high medium”.
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I've come to the conclusion that this is a stupidly low rise, not a high or medium high rise. The waist line (waist SHOULD be measured one inche below the naval) is sitting on my pubic line. I might have to sell these on. Very frustrating. I have no idea who this pair is cut to Fit?! They 'Fit' as in they aren't too tight, just stupidly low.
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The rise does seem to vary quite a bit from fabric to fabric in this cut. The 555-02 seems to have a much higher rise, especially in the rear.
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I need to measure them against the stated dimensions. Sorry for sounding like a negative mf'er
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Sorry for sounding like a negative mf'er
Nah.. it can be frustrating stuff, I know.
I put mine on today, out of interest, and so you have a point of comparison. Full disclosure: I'm 6' and weigh about 14.5st. I take XL in most IH shirts. I have a big old afro-bum (thanks Dad), so I fill out top blocks to the max. In addition, if I fit waist correctly on the 555 then the thigh's are toight (thanks Dad, and rugby). My pair of these are W34, which is my normal jeans size these days.
I say all this so that you get context. These are snug everywhere on me but the rise is still high compared to the 634 and 666 (more of a medium rise relative to the 888). That is to say that at the back, the bottom tip of the yoke is at the top of my ahem buttcrack, and the top of the waistband is a good 4-5" over that. At the front the top button sits an inch under my navel.
Now I know we're different body shapes, but even so, the rise you describe does seem strangely low.
