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    Giles
    IHUK Crew
    @AdamJ
    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

    @AdamJ said in I messed up (A place for Denim Mistakes and Failures):

    What originally was sympathy from my mates quickly turned in to piss taking

    Oh really........😂😂😂😂😂

    "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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      Kasi
      見習いボス
      @T4920
      Joined: 9 Oct 2014

      @T4920 said in I messed up (A place for Denim Mistakes and Failures):

      @Kasi I did all that rubbish around 2010 ahaha...
      Freeze my jeans, sand bath my jeans, take them in the sea... don't think it did anything but I enjoyed the whole process 😆

      Me 2.. just bullshit on the internet’s

      My experience wear fuck of it and earn the fades

      The world's insane
      While you drink champagne
      And I'm livin' in black rain 4Q 🖕

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        Oaktavia
        見習いボス
        Joined: 12 Jun 2019

        I have a pair of 888XHSib that I have thrown in the washer and dryer 7-8 (maybe more? I lost count) times. Anytime I had a load to wash, I just thew them in with what was dirty. These are my pair with paint on them from last summer. As an experiment, I wanted to see how what XHSib looked like washed the fuck out with vintagey style fades. I can post photos later when I get home if anyone is interested.

        IG: electricindigowizard

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

        WTB: IHJ-72- XL/XXL

        last edited by Oaktavia 25 Apr 2024, 15:44 W 1 Reply Last reply 25 Apr 2024, 17:25 Reply Quote 12
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          goosehd
          Mod Squad
          Joined: 8 Apr 2016

          Mistakes are made by all of us, we learn, and move on...it's not a bad thing.

          I once drilled into the bottom of an air conditioner's bottom pan because the unit was incorrectly mounted, kept collecting water, and would freeze up because of it. I thought that if I just made an extra hole in the pan then the water could drain out and fix the freezing issue...what happened was that I drilled through the pan and directly into the condenser coils freeing all of the coolant. It was a $700 dollar mistake in the middle of the hottest part of the year 🙂

          "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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            Giles
            IHUK Crew
            Joined: 22 Sept 2009

            I could have a whole thread to myself. “Giles’s unbelievably stupid fuck-ups - sectioning him is one solution”

            "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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              goosehd
              Mod Squad
              Joined: 8 Apr 2016

              Another one that I’ll share that should have killed me…

              I was 20 at the time and my buddy convinced me to go skydiving. We opted to do a solo jump from 4000 feet where we had spent the entire morning in class learning what to do and what not to do. After lunch we put on our parachutes and boarded the plane for our slow ascent to 4000 feet to make our jump. As soon as I got on the plane, my nerves started to get to me and I was having second thoughts.

              We reached altitude and the first jumper made their exit with me being in second position and my buddy being in third. Not wanting to look the coward that I was, I entered the door way and stood on the tiny ledge ready to make my jump…this is where everything starts to go sideways.

              As soon as I looked down,I realized what the fuck was about to happen and my brain started screaming to get back in the plane. The problem was that I had already stepped off the ledge and was in free fall. Imagine the looney toons cartoon where Wile E Coyote realizes and tries to run to get back on the cliff…that was me.

              The issue is that I was out of position, slightly spinning, and when my parachute opened twisting my lines up causing a partial opening of the parachute. This is bad, really bad, and we’re taught to kick and twist in the opposite direction to try and get the lines untangled. If that doesn’t work, then release the primary parachute and try and open the auxiliary chute.

              I’m scared shitless at this point and doing my best from not dying. I manage to kick, twist, and squirm and get my lines untangled what allowed my primary chute to open fully. By this time, all I want to do is get down on the ground but still have about 2500 feet to go.

              We were wearing a communication system where we could hear our teachers giving us commands to turn left, right, etc., but after my experience I wasn’t paying that close of attention.

              Now as you approach the ground, the training and logic is that you turn into the wind so that it slows your ascent and gives you a gentle landing…not me, I approach with the wind which means that I hit the ground hard and get drug by my parachute until I can get the thing to collapse.

              I stand up dazed, confused, covered in dirt to the shock of everyone who thought that I should have broken a few of everything or be dead…

              Everyone comes over to see if I’m alright which my stupid young brain says that I’m fine. My buddy asks if I want to do it again and what do I do…jump again on the same day with everything going the way it should have the first time.

              As I said, everyone makes mistakes, learns, and moves on.

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

              last edited by goosehd 25 Apr 2024, 16:29 B 1 Reply Last reply 26 Apr 2024, 09:08 Reply Quote 6
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                Giles
                IHUK Crew
                Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                A friend of mine was in hospital, in the bed next to him was a guy with 2 broken legs. They got talking and he said he had bust them parachuting.

                Friend - So what happened, parachute not open?
                Victim - No I was the instructor and I jumped first, then my pupil jumped after me. He got into problems with his chute, so I was watching him and giving him instructions over the walk-in talkie. He got it sorted. I breathed a sigh of relief looked down and I was 500 feet from the ground and had forgotten to open my own chute….

                (I made the 500 feet bit up because I can’t remember how high he was - suffice to say, his chute did not slow him down enough)

                "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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                  WhiskeySandwich
                  啓蒙家
                  @Oaktavia
                  Joined: 1 Mar 2023

                  @Oaktavia i'm interested, lets see em!

                  "The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today...The whole future lies in uncertainty: Live immediately."
                  -Seneca

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                    WhiskeySandwich
                    啓蒙家
                    Joined: 1 Mar 2023

                    I gave a nearly new pair of Unbranded jeans to my son as an experiment. Not sure if he caught the bug, but he likes them and wears them almost daily, without convincing. Fades coming along nicely. He got mud on them fishing with his uncle, who tried to 'help' by throwing them directly in the laundry right-side out, followed by the dryer. They shrunk and got some of the strongest vertical fade lines I've ever seen. So my dumb ass gave him a pair of 888-142s that were a bit too slim on me....lets see what happens this time.

                    "The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today...The whole future lies in uncertainty: Live immediately."
                    -Seneca

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                      neph93
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                      Joined: 18 Aug 2014

                      Love it @WhiskeySandwich Now make sure you hide the credit card…

                      “Some of those that work forces
                      Are the same that burn crosses”

                      • Virginia Woolf
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                        neph93
                        見習いボス
                        Joined: 18 Aug 2014

                        Alternative thread name: “Learning moments in my denim journey”

                        “Some of those that work forces
                        Are the same that burn crosses”

                        • Virginia Woolf
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                          WhiskeySandwich
                          啓蒙家
                          @neph93
                          Joined: 1 Mar 2023

                          @neph93 LOL ...i used it as an excuse to get myself another pair 😉

                          "The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today...The whole future lies in uncertainty: Live immediately."
                          -Seneca

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                            neph93
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                            Joined: 18 Aug 2014

                            That’s a pro move @WhiskeySandwich 🫡

                            “Some of those that work forces
                            Are the same that burn crosses”

                            • Virginia Woolf
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                              Oaktavia
                              見習いボス
                              @neph93
                              Joined: 12 Jun 2019

                              @neph93 said in I messed up (A place for Denim Mistakes and Failures):

                              Alternative thread name: “Learning moments in my denim journey”

                              The educator in you has spoken. Turning a negative statement into a positive one.

                              IG: electricindigowizard

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

                              WTB: IHJ-72- XL/XXL

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                                mclaincausey
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                                Joined: 12 Apr 2013

                                One big learning of mine: with denim lore, if it sounds stupid, it’s probably bullshit. Soak em when you get em, wash em when they stink, no need to writhe around in the surf at the beach or wear them in the tub to break them in.

                                Think it, be it.

                                last edited by mclaincausey 25 Apr 2024, 18:59 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 5
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                                  goosehd
                                  Mod Squad
                                  Joined: 8 Apr 2016

                                  Per @T4920 request and @neph93 suggestion the title of the thread has been changed.

                                  "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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                                    FlavourFade
                                    Raw and Unwashed
                                    Joined: 15 Jan 2024

                                    Bought a XHS last year that did not fit me and thought I'll lose some weight and wear them this year... Now I'm 8 kg up since last year 🤣

                                    (But already lost a little and keep working on that)

                                    Insta: free_the_fades

                                    wtb:
                                    The Pale Rider XXL

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                                      T4920
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                                      Joined: 27 Apr 2022

                                      This is the shirt (235-BLK) that I once considered 'ruined' after one bad wash...

                                      Subsequent washes evened out its flaws, and now it has a level of character unmatched my no other shirt in my collection.

                                      PXL_20240425_193945163.jpg

                                      “𝑁𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑏 𝑦𝑜𝑢. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑖𝑡, 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑚 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡.”

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                                        Mizmazzle
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                                        @T4920
                                        Joined: 29 Jun 2021

                                        @T4920 badass shirt!! It was a slow realization, and one I still struggle with a bit, that it’s almost impossible to “ruin” an IH garment.

                                        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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                                          Mizmazzle
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                                          @AdamJ
                                          Joined: 29 Jun 2021

                                          @AdamJ haha. I just had the best little giggle playing that story through in my imagination.

                                          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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