IH-888-XHS - 25oz Selvedge Denim Medium/High Rise Tapered Cut Jeans - Indigo
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Yeah these things are tough as nails but pretty damn comfortable from the get go. I ride my bike to work, and this is work wear, so I’m getting lots of deep creases, behind the knees especially, right away.
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Thanks @WhiskeySandwich and @neph93!
I really enjoy this forum! It's just a friendly an so helpful place!Maybe concerned was the wrong word. It just caught my eye that the cuff seam seems to be the first area to give up with this heavy fabric.
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Took a few outdoor pics. Definite denim armor. I’m impervious! So good.
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@drewfonse Nice fit.
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@twin Why is the XHS not washed but the 21oz is? Is it the more hardcore nature of the material?
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Because when I came up with the 25oz idea, that is what I decided to do.....Bit of ringing the changes.....
"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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@Giles Ah I see. Was the idea to get higher contrast fades? Or just go big/go home?
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The fact that they have not been washed makes virtually no difference to how contrasty the fades will be, it's not like any of our denims are a wishy washy blue, we wash to take the sizing agents out of the denim and to make sizing more predictable. Haraki hates unpredictability. Another denim I specced, the original 18os raw, was unpredictable, I loved it but Haraki hated it (I gave up arguing with him, which is one of the reasons it is no more). The 25oz is sanforised but not washed, I just wanted to offer something a bit more like the denim experience of old. @alex and I have discussed the 18oz a lot and Alex will try his damndest to get it back as a constant offering.
"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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These are really amazing. Probably 7-8 wears in after a hot soak and hang dry. I ride my bike to work and the creases are already amazing. No saggines in the butt, either. The whole conform to your body thing is real.
Can’t believe how much more comfortable they are now compared to straight out of the bag.
The wizardry.
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@drewfonse said in IH-888-XHS - 25oz Selvedge Denim Medium/High Rise Tapered Cut Jeans - Indigo:
The wizardry.
Yup
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Absolutely my favorite jean…my first pair of IH bottoms
no wash no soak and just barely over the 100 day mark 
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@olblue aren’t they the best!!? Every now and then I feel guilty about my non XHS sitting in the closet and for half a second I think about wearing something else, then I remember…fuck that!!
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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@Giles said in IH-888-XHS - 25oz Selvedge Denim Medium/High Rise Tapered Cut Jeans - Indigo:
The fact that they have not been washed makes virtually no difference to how contrasty the fades will be, it's not like any of our denims are a wishy washy blue, we wash to take the sizing agents out of the denim and to make sizing more predictable. Haraki hates unpredictability. Another denim I specced, the original 18os raw, was unpredictable, I loved it but Haraki hated it (I gave up arguing with him, which is one of the reasons it is no more). The 25oz is sanforised but not washed, I just wanted to offer something a bit more like the denim experience of old. @alex and I have discussed the 18oz a lot and Alex will try his damndest to get it back as a constant offering.
Man I know you know, but I’d be beyond psyched if Alex succeeded on that. Still my favorite IH denim, and that’s saying a lot considering how much I love XHS and UHR.
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@Oaktavia appreciated my man
gonna be fun to compare notes here soon 
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@Mizmazzle I feel you buddy. Love all my pairs but the 888-XHS is my bread and butter
will always go back to this fit and denim
