IH-888-XHSib - 25oz Selvedge Denim Medium/High Rise Tapered Cut Jeans - Ind/blk

[Oaktavia]

@goosehd in my 20s, my clothing was covered in paint. Everything had some color on it, head to toe, I didn't give a shit and I painted all the time. I haven't painted regularly like I used to in over and decade and lost a bit of my identity, especially when I started to teach. I am a much different person from last decade but I have slowly been remembering who I used to be by means of art and listening to music from my past. It has been mostly great but I have my moments of uncertainty. My diagnosed ADHD enables me to hyperfocus on anything but sometimes it's not the right thought or idea and I get confused about the original point in the first place.

Anyway, I forgot to mention that I planned on wearing these 888 to work teaching art and at home as much as possible. I often push the boundaries of my appearance at work with wearing only denim and boots, while having visible tattoos everywhere. The public school systems image of what a contemporary teacher looks like is different these days. I think I could get away wearing paint covered pants some days at work, but I wanted to be able to wear them whenever. So that really is where my head was at with removing the paint, the root thought.

Thanks for sharing those photos of Gile's pair and of that rad artist dude @ARNC . They are inspiring and remind me of photos of me in my old art studios in Maryland. After all this discussion, I feel like I understand my thought process so much more and it feels relieving.

[ARNC]

@Oaktavia glad you’re feeling better about this. Having things work out different to our plans is maybe harder to accept than a bit of paint, or whatever else it may be. I like order but I’m starting to learn that being/feeling in control is something of an illusion and I need to get better at accepting the unexpected.

Have fun with these and if necessary wear something else for work!

[Oaktavia]

@ARNC wise words my friend. I had another nice painting session this evening. Glad we talked a out this.

[Oaktavia]

It's crazy how much faster this denim fades compared the XHS Mad Black. I have worn these 20 days and they are more faded than my MB that are at 102 days. Unreal...

[Oaktavia]

23 wear daze

[MisterEclectic]

@Oaktavia I feel like you can make anything look cool, man. Those IB jeans are something else...the paint somehow elevates it even more. Dig your style, my dude!

[Oaktavia]

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[Oaktavia]

Rooftop haunts in Appalachia

[Av8r]

Hi @Alex any good news for the next drop?

[Alex]

They were due in October, so hopefully soon

[seskoad1978]

I wear 634 in size 38

But I bought IH-888-XHSib - 25oz Selvedge Denim Medium/High Rise Tapered Cut Jeans - Ind/blk in size 36. it fits me at second top bottom and the guy at the shop said it will strecht out with wear. Top bottom fits after second wear
it's not been washed yet but I read that it will shrink.
Is it bad decision?

[Matt]

Any shrinkage you get will stretch back out. If they’re stretched out to a good size now then you should be ok.

[yannis]

Go ahead and soak them now before youbwewr them for too long. You dont want creases to
set in and then shift when the hit water for the first time. Not sure why you were advised to take 888's a tag size smaller that what you wear on 634 but if you can button them i guess you are ok.

[Matt]

@yannis said in IH-888-XHSib - 25oz Selvedge Denim Medium/High Rise Tapered Cut Jeans - Ind/blk:

Not sure why you were advised to take 888's a tag size smaller that what you wear on 634 but if you can button them i guess you are ok.

FWIW id have done 32 in these if I could find one with a 32.5” waist and 33 in 634. Most of my 888s are 32 and everything else is 33. The high waist sits at a slightly narrower part of the body above the waist than mid or low rise cuts in my experience.

[goosehd]

@Matt Excellent feedback and advice!

I’ve had issues with the 888’s and where they sit as almost everything I’ve worn over the last 30 years tends to sit lower on the waist like the 666’s and 634’s.

I think that once someone finds a fit that works for them, it’s tough to reinvent the wheel.

[cityofdelusion]

Yep, my five pairs of 888s would support that hypothesis.

[Oaktavia]

50 wears

[flannel slut]

@Oaktavia rocking these so well. How are you getting those stacks with the heavy cuff? Is it the tighter hem against the engineers?

[Oaktavia]

Another one showing a beautiful gradient of hues.

[Oaktavia]

@flannel-slut said in IH-888-XHSib - 25oz Selvedge Denim Medium/High Rise Tapered Cut Jeans - Ind/blk:

@Oaktavia rocking these so well. How are you getting those stacks with the heavy cuff? Is it the tighter hem against the engineers?

I just scrunch em up sometimes. Initially I sprayed them with water from a houseplant spray bottle we have. That helps because they become stiffer as they dry. I wear the stacks on top of the boots too.