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    Learning moments in my denim journey

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    • GilesG
      Giles
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      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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      • WhiskeySandwichW
        WhiskeySandwich
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        @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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        • WhiskeySandwichW
          WhiskeySandwich
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          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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          • neph93N
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            Love it @WhiskeySandwich Now make sure you hide the credit card…

            «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
            We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

            • Dame Vera Lynn
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            • neph93N
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              Alternative thread name: “Learning moments in my denim journey”

              «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
              We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

              • Dame Vera Lynn
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              • WhiskeySandwichW
                WhiskeySandwich
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                @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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                • neph93N
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                  That’s a pro move @WhiskeySandwich 🫡

                  «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                  We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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                  • OaktaviaO
                    Oaktavia
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                    @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-32 - XL/XXL

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                    • mclaincauseyM
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                      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.

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                      • goosehdG
                        goosehd
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                        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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                        • FlavourFadeF
                          FlavourFade
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                          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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                          • T4920T
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                            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.

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                            “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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                            • MizmazzleM
                              Mizmazzle
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                              @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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                              • MizmazzleM
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                                @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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                                • MizmazzleM
                                  Mizmazzle
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                                  @WhiskeySandwich like one of your little fade minions. Or Sim City fades edition. Dress your characters and watch them go about creating their fades. Good family fun!!

                                  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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                                  • neph93N
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                                    Echoing @T4920, my biggest learning moment involved a brand new pair of XHS and a small child showing first symptoms of the Rota virus. That is to say violent projectile vomitting.

                                    Having been drenched in puke I paniced and washed them without flipping, soaking or checking spin. The result was marbling and abrasion lines galore. I was distraught.

                                    I put the jeans to work re-landscaping the garden (documented somewhere on here, I think at the start of the «Working in your workwear thread).

                                    As a testament to their current glory about seven years later, that very pair were recently used on the IH Instagram as to promote the XHS restock.

                                    @AdamJ maybe you have photo’s you could post? I’m off IG at the moment, otherwise I’d link.

                                    «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                                    We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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                                    • OaktaviaO
                                      Oaktavia
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                                      What about these bad boys? 50 wears last summer/fall while working on art. Plus lots of loads in the washer and dryer with these. I like where they are going and plan to keep up the process. What do you all think? Wild looking I think.

                                      IG: electricindigowizard

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

                                      WTB: IHJ-32 - XL/XXL

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                                      • MizmazzleM
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                                        Looks cool to me. I think it’s really hard for heads to break away from achieving the balanced, symmetrical fades that come with consistent, but reserved wear. But to truly just treat em like a low budget pair of mall jeans…then you’re really stamping them with your individual personality. Dig it, Stevie.

                                        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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                                        • OaktaviaO
                                          Oaktavia
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                                          @Mizmazzle right on man thanks for that response, I'm diggin it too. I will also say what helps support this experiment is the brand new pair I have on ice till this fall.

                                          IG: electricindigowizard

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

                                          WTB: IHJ-32 - XL/XXL

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                                          • seawolfS
                                            seawolf
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                                            I learned that I don't like cell phone fades in my front pockets. So I stopped carrying my phone in that pocket and have found other ways to carry it. Not the most exciting lesson learned, but it's something. Other than that, I just wear my stuff a lot.

                                            “Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible” - Don Norman

                                            @zeebeeleather

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