Indigo Invitational Y3

[Oaktavia]

This is my pair of Elephant 8s from Y2.

They were featured in a Fade Friday last summer:

https://www.heddels.com/2021/11/fade-friday-naked-famous-elephant-8-11-months-10-washes/

[Jcaz6996]

@Oaktavia
Steven they look great mate well done.
Shame they never made it any further.

I’m considering Y3 haven’t made my mind up yet got a pair of a 555XHS in my draw .

[Daniel San]

@Oaktavia
looking great , unbelivable that you did not enter the Top 100

@Jcaz6996
wow 365 days of wear , have you ever washed them  , do you have pics ?

[Oaktavia]

I'm thinking maybe the photos I submitted were of lower quality than the ones I posted here but it's whateves.

When does this start? April? I will be cheering y'all on dudes!

[popvulture]

Man @Oaktavia those things look great. I’d be curious to see the other photos that made the top 50. Call me cynical but I see a lot of people juking their Lightroom sliders — yours could’ve been too honest

@Jcaz6996 I also would love to see yours!

[Oaktavia]

@popvulture:

Man @Oaktavia those things look great. I’d be curious to see the other photos that made the top 50. Call me cynical but I see a lot of people juking their Lightroom sliders — yours could’ve been too honest

I often wonder how much some photos were/are edited when folks take of their denim. I learned in my non-major photo class that if the viewer can tell the photo was altered, you've gone too far.

[Jcaz6996]

Non edited pictures.
5 soapy soaks in the tub.
4980 hours worn 365/365

[Oaktavia]

If you use the natural light of outdoors on a nice day at the right time, the photos need no altering! Perfect example of this. Crazy as shit to me these used to be dark dark dark indigo/black. Nice work indeed.

[Jcaz6996]

Looking back at it now there’s a few things I would change first do a initial soak.
Remember the first couple of weeks were brutal. Waited 6 months before doing a soapy soak
And washed 5 or 6 times in the year, would just hold off now and wash them at the end.

[Daniel San]

@Jcaz6996
They look fantastic !!!
What have you done to keep them "fresh" ? There must be a point when they start smelling, or not ?

[Jcaz6996]

@Daniel San cheers
i soapy soaked them in the bath 4 times in the last 6 months going through the summer months they were a struggle to work in but never really got to a point where they  smelled .

[Jcaz6996]

This is the worst they got with salt patches on the shins from sweating.

[Daniel San]

so cool !

[popvulture]

Man those look SO great. Gonna have to pull the trigger on some 666 at some point. Gonna wear the fuck outta my current indigo XHS first, though.

[Jcaz6996]

Cheers

If I do enter this year going with 555-XHS
Absolutely love this pair from Hall of Fades probably one of the best pair I’ve seen.

[louisbosco]

for the first time in 5-6 years, I'm sitting this one out.

[jskidder]

Someone should enter w/ the bibs.

[Oaktavia]

@jskidder:

Someone should enter w/ the bibs.

I was wondering if they could be entered or not earlier today when I saw the restock…looking at @Daniel San

[Daniel San]

@Oaktavia
They can be entered , it says "all styles and denims"
I was thinking of them when I decided to take part in Y3 , but not knowing when the restock will be and the
fact that they might be unwearable in summer made me switch to the 18oz.
Now I will think about them again …..

[Graeme]

Technically they're denim trousers, so I don't see why the bibs would be ineligible…