Introduce Yourself Here
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Hi to everybody and spring greetings from Finland,
I decided to register after Giles pointed me here for more information about IH. I've been reading forum only a day, but it seems to be great source for IH and denim in general. I'm more of a reader than a writer so I'm not running for the top poster title but I'll bet there will be couple of questions to post at least.
I'm quite new to raw denim and all new to heavyweight denim which I seek after in IH. But denim in general has been a part of my life over two decades and I still remember my first pair of Levis 501 back in late eighties. I know I had some jeans way before those but thats the first pair I remember and they led the way for many pairs to follow. Around mid nineties I started using Diesel and after that I've had a lot of jeans from different companies and models. Some basic and some designer jeans, some baggy fits but mostly regulars just sized up to be little loose.
What I love in jeans is their versatility. To me it means I can wear jeans seven days a week. From office to park, from park to party and everything in between. Only sports and playing with the kids at home makes me wear something else. Of cource those jeans are in different stages in their lifecycle and are worn in different occasions by my not so systematic system. About five years ago I realised that i had way too many jeans so I stopped bying new. It was ok but last fall and winter were very cold and I found out that all my jeans started to be in the end of their life. Thin very worn denim with repairs and holes waiting for repair. Boy those were chilly. Getting first new pair was easy, Levis 505 was familiar model and all I really wanted was solid dark blue shade. Those just happend to be selvedge and that led for a little googling. In few weeks I had a new pair of Edwins and A.P.C. Now I think I'm ready for a pair of IH-634S. They should be restocked in a week or so. That gives more time to read the forum and make up my mind with sizing.
Special thanks to Giles for fastest email replies I remember and also guiding me here.
Cheers,
nilsson
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nilsson, great to have you!!! Enjoy the addiction.
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You wouldn''t say…
Haha, I was surprised to see how much I had to say. But after browsing the forum more I realised that the post could have been splitted to several threads like jeans history and where are you from.
Welcome!.. And yes: you should go true to size on a pair of 634s'es!..
Thanks, I allready made some measurements and I'm convinced that 36" is right size.
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Thanks guys! My swedish needs rehearsal quite badly but I won't bother you with it.
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welcome all new commits, have a look around & take off your shoes & get comfortable.
loads of information here & you might have a laugh or two while learning why once in you will never be the same
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Hi,
I'm 43 but look 14 (wearing age 12 jeans today as my Japanese jeans are both in the laundry)…very small and thin due to severe CFS/ME and osteoporosis BUT
Denim freak since my first pair age 11 - I remember every pair I've sadly worn out since then.....
Lived in Paris for 9 years - after bleach 80s look came ripped Diesel look (now sized too big for me except kids!) and then onto the real thing - Japanese denim.
Giles is going to Japan next week and will measure Iron Heart's weeniest women's jeans i the hope that I can have my first pair - the pictures are awesome!I hope they are small enough but there's so little out there it's difficult to be impossibly precise.
BTW my pet HATE in women's jeans is that they ALL contain lycra.I hate lycra!
Hope I haven't bored you...and that soon I will be buying my 3rd pair of Japanese jeans (did have another pair in Paris years ago but I shrunk 2 sizes and the jeans didn't.
Will enjoy the forum - nice to meet you all..........Indigo Queen
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Thanks G,
I'm sure you can.
Japanese sizing seems to be smaller than UK kids sizing, so there must be a pair for me!
Indigo Queen
