There's no Such Thing as a Stupid Question
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To hem or not to hem …
Have quite a few IH tops now, but just received my first pair of IH jeans (1955S). Absolutely perfect fit, but as expected a few inches of extra leg length.
Ideally, I’d wear them with a single cuff. Should I get them hemmed by IHUK now, or double cuff them and wear them/wash them a bit first to see how they settle in?
thanks - Bill
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Hmmm…. There won’t be any shrinkage to speak of, but they will rise a little with wear as creases form.
On the other hand, heavy wear with a double cuff may cause damage to the fabric which may affect your hem job/single cuff.
On balance, if they were mine, I’d get them hemmed now.
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Which weight of indigo/black denim will fade faster 19oz. or 14oz.
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I think the answer is "no," but you definitely see a similar sheen on some of IH's denims initially, and sometimes in some lights my IH-666S14OD have a similar sheen, though less uniform and concentrated in high-wear areas.
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Looks like the shine is from a wax or oil treatment. Check out the oiled M-65 that was just released.
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Does the 555-02 stretch as much as the 555-01? The thighs and back of the knee are a little tight after the soak.
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I'm breaking in a pair of 888-XHSMB and I have never had to struggle so much with a button-fly as I did with these. No kidding, every keystroke of this post is killing me because my fingers are still sore from yesterday.
The question: IH jeans come with the top button cinched, does someone manually button these before they ship out or is the button applied and the jeans then shipped (i.e. no one manually buttons/unbuttons before shipping out)?
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Try some leather oil on the button holes to help stretch them out. Use needle nose pliers to stretch them open a bit.
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@daltmeyer:
Try some leather oil on the button holes to help stretch them out. Use needle nose pliers to stretch them open a bit.
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I have a few systems in place for this…I put a sharpie through the hole and kinda wiggle it around. I use needlenose pliers like you mentioned. Normally, after a few rounds of buttoning/unbuttoning, it becomes pretty simple. For some reason, the top button is just giving me a lot of trouble this time.
If it doesn't lighten up by tomorrow, I'll try that leather oil idea. Thanks!
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@Paul9221 The two things I have seen used which are not the button-doer-upers that we have (which we are trying to get pushed into production for distribution with jeans) are either needlenosed pliers pushed into the hole and then opened firmly for a minute or so, or alternatively a tapered ring sizer inserted into the hole to speed up the stretching of the buttonhole
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All our jeans come unbuttoned, one of the team will button the top button so we can take an accurate waist measurement prior to shipping. That said, some of us do require a tool to assist them on the heavier denim… @AdamC
Lmao, this sounds like my dream job. I'm proud of how strong my fingers are now.
Great question @Paul9221
