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    • MattM
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      @Oaktavia 💜

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      • jerkulesJ
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        Love the purple design on the white one

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        • OaktaviaO
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          @Matt said in Random questions to which you seek an answer:

          Noice!

          And Mo’s getting both. Figured I’d beat him to it.

          🛸

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

          WTB: IH-526V-XHS - XL/XXL
          IHJ-32 - XL/XXL

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          • OaktaviaO
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            @Matt 💜

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

            WTB: IH-526V-XHS - XL/XXL
            IHJ-32 - XL/XXL

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            • MizmazzleM
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              Here's a bit of a noob question:
              When hot washed/ soaked, the rise will shrink a bit...but is this an area that will also stretch back out with wear? I pay so much attention to the other measurements, but this is one I'm not as sure about.

              In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

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              • GilesG
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                Depends upon how well hung you are I guess......

                • Sanforized, but unwashed - expect approximately one inch shrinkage in the waist and inseam
                • Other dimensions will shrink proportionately to the waist
                • The waist will stretch out approximately one inch with wear
                • All other dimensions under pressure will have a tendency to stretch back to pre-soak/wash size

                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                • louisboscoL
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                  there's a sausage and meat ball joke in there somewhere. might have just missed it..

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

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                    I do find that the rear rise stretches for me, because of my ASSets. Front rise not so much.

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                    • goosehdG
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                      @sabergirl Thanks for making me smile 🙂

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                      • GilesG
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                        New screen needed......

                        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                        • MattM
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                          @sabergirl said in Random questions to which you seek an answer:

                          I do find that the rear rise stretches for me, because of my ASSets. Front rise not so much.

                          I can see why @Giles wasnt able to field this one as he has zero personal experience.

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                          • goosehdG
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                            @Matt lmao

                            "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                            • Daniel SanD
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                              😂

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                              • MizmazzleM
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                                Haha. Love this convo!!
                                Well, I ask because I’m looking at a pair of grail to me XHSbb in 555 that should have started at 16.2 in the rear rise but now are at 15 after a soak. Love me a higher rise and wondering if they’ll make their way back to that 16 inches with wear.

                                In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

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                                • NikN
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                                  I think an inch of rise stretch is unlikely. There’s not as much strain on that axis as the waist, and it’s a felled seam. You could invent some sort of hack like the car jack waist stretching system seen elsewhere on the forum, but rise isn’t a circle so some engineering chops would be necessary.

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                                  • MattM
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                                    An inch of shrinkage in the rise sounds a little off to me. It’s possible the measurement could be wrong or done slightly differently than recommended. If all the other measurements are in line I’d have to assume the rise would be fine. I have literally never considered or taken a rose measurement. In my experience if the waist and the thighs are ok than everything else fails into place. But as ever, my word is pure conjecture.

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                                    • MizmazzleM
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                                      @Matt my thoughts exactly.

                                      In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

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                                      • EdHE
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                                        I've never measured the stretch/shrink of my IH pants, but I will say that I do feel like the rise in my jeans gives some with wear. It might be the thigh giving more stretch though, and it is that which allows me to hike a worn-in-and-not-recently-washed pair up a little higher than a new-or-newly-washed pair.

                                        Take the dive...

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                                        • EdHE
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                                          Question: Mrs H is on the hunt for some leather sandals. She's fed up of spending ~£20-30 on cheap sandals on the high street that die after a couple of months of wear in the summer.

                                          Preferably repairable, but if they're hard wearing enough then that's not essential. She almost bought a pair from Jerusalem Sandals (this pair specifically: https://jerusalemsandals.com/products/copy-of-elan-buckle-black?variant=42901686321406) but baulked at the shipping fee, which was almost as much as the sandal itself. She likes having the strap around the back of the ankle, otherwise the OGL crossover flip-flops would have worked. Not essential, but she likes how my pair of OGL flip-flops, in the natural colourway, have developed a unique patina.

                                          Anyone got any recommendations for brands/makers she could check out?

                                          Take the dive...

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                                          • AdamJA
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                                            @EdH Birkenstock Milano?

                                            The devil is in the detail..

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