• Home
    • Recent
    • Calendar
    • Register
    • Login
    Iron Heart Forum
    Iron Heart Forum

    Iron Heart Fall/Winter 2025 Collection Preview - Now Live

    Indigo Invitational Y3

    Heavy Weight Contests & Competitions
    52
    569
    103.4k
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • popvultureP
      popvulture
      見習いボス
      Joined:

      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!

      WTB
      IHSH-IHG-BLK XXL
      Sugar Cane Coke Stripe SS L charcoal

      last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • OaktaviaO
        Oaktavia
        見習いボス
        Joined:

        @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.

        IG: electricindigowizard

        "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

        WTB: IHJ-32 - XL/XXL

        last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • Jcaz6996J
          Jcaz6996
          啓蒙家
          Joined:

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

          IG : @luvthefades

          last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
          • OaktaviaO
            Oaktavia
            見習いボス
            Joined:

            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.

            IG: electricindigowizard

            "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

            WTB: IHJ-32 - XL/XXL

            last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • Jcaz6996J
              Jcaz6996
              啓蒙家
              Joined:

              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.

              IG : @luvthefades

              last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • Daniel SanD
                Daniel San
                見習いボス
                Joined:

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

                last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • Jcaz6996J
                  Jcaz6996
                  啓蒙家
                  Joined:

                  @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 .

                  IG : @luvthefades

                  last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • Jcaz6996J
                    Jcaz6996
                    啓蒙家
                    Joined:

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

                    IG : @luvthefades

                    last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                    • Daniel SanD
                      Daniel San
                      見習いボス
                      Joined:

                      😆👍 so cool !

                      last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • popvultureP
                        popvulture
                        見習いボス
                        Joined:

                        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.

                        WTB
                        IHSH-IHG-BLK XXL
                        Sugar Cane Coke Stripe SS L charcoal

                        last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • Jcaz6996J
                          Jcaz6996
                          啓蒙家
                          Joined:

                          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.

                          IG : @luvthefades

                          last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                          • louisboscoL
                            louisbosco
                            啓蒙家
                            Joined:

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

                            "Loyalty is a two way street. If i'm asking for it from you, then you're getting it from me."

                            • Harvey Specter
                            last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                            • J
                              jskidder
                              Raw and Unwashed
                              Joined:

                              Someone should enter w/ the bibs.

                              last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                              • OaktaviaO
                                Oaktavia
                                見習いボス
                                Joined:

                                @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

                                IG: electricindigowizard

                                "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

                                WTB: IHJ-32 - XL/XXL

                                last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                • Daniel SanD
                                  Daniel San
                                  見習いボス
                                  Joined:

                                  @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 …..🤔

                                  last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                  • GraemeG
                                    Graeme
                                    啓蒙家
                                    Joined:

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

                                    last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                    • OaktaviaO
                                      Oaktavia
                                      見習いボス
                                      Joined:

                                      @Daniel:

                                      @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 …..🤔

                                      It's OK to miss a few dozen days IMO… @alexswords placed during Y1 and he had to change his size of his XHSib months into the competition if I remember correctly.

                                      The 18oz is a great option too though! Have fun deciding that but don't think too hard compadre!

                                      IG: electricindigowizard

                                      "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

                                      WTB: IHJ-32 - XL/XXL

                                      last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                      • RoxRocks86R
                                        RoxRocks86
                                        Raw and Unwashed
                                        Joined:

                                        Few more weeks to go!

                                        I’m still undecided, but 80% sure I’ll join this yr  😃

                                        @Jcaz6996 surprised you didn’t place higher your pair looks amazing!

                                        last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                        • Jcaz6996J
                                          Jcaz6996
                                          啓蒙家
                                          Joined:

                                          Cheers @RoxRocks86 means a lot 🙌

                                          When Y2 finished was adamant I wasn’t going to enter Y3 because of the whole voting system.

                                          If I remember correctly 358 people finished the competition.

                                          Then it went to a small panel of judges for the top 50 then  public vote on indigo invitational FB page that was a joke
                                          Where the page had 1600 followers then jumped to 3300ish as friends and family were voting lol.
                                          Indigoinvitational soon realising what was happening and pulled the plug on the public vote
                                          To then who entered as of day 1 could vote via email for there favourite 10

                                          I don’t agree with contestants voting  as a load of contestants are part of denim community’s look at how many malaysia & Thailand there was in the top 50 alone and others have massive social media following so I thought it was biased just my opinion.

                                          Think it should be different stages of external judging.

                                          Panel of judges for top 50

                                          Judges for top 16 then 4 Wild cards chosen by you the founders

                                          Then judges for the final.

                                          But now I don’t care I enjoyed the whole experience committing  to one pair and wearing them as much as I could for 365 days  to see what I could do to my pair of XHSIB’s I couldn’t of wore them anymore 365/365
                                          4980hours

                                          Just got to look at the winner Harry his XHS are insane they are literally perfect to good and he only wore them casually 🤷🏼‍♂️

                                          IG : @luvthefades

                                          last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                          • RoxRocks86R
                                            RoxRocks86
                                            Raw and Unwashed
                                            Joined:

                                            Ah, so that’s what happened. I remember seeing some commotion in regards to the voting system on FB, but didn’t pay much attention to any of it. Had no idea it was that big of a mess.

                                            You’re right contestants shouldn’t be able to vote at all for obvious reasons & 3rd party judges should be a standard. How’d they handle everything in the end? Hopefully everything has been sorted and improvements have been made for a fair judging system for this upcoming comp.

                                            Similar to you @Jcaz6996 , I’m most interested in seeing the outcome of what wearing a pair consistently for a year would look like. I rotate often so joining IIY3 would help hold me accountable to one pair, or so I hope. Plus, it looks like more women are joining in on the fun too which is cool.

                                            last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                            • First post
                                              Last post
                                            Copyright Iron Heart 2025.