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@Oaktavia oh yeah, damn, i see em now... I always feel like my Ducks will never fade, but it sure looks good well used. I'm wearing my 888D right now and have yet to wash. Gonna keep these going primarily rotating with my 21oz indigo. I'm def going for some tough fades on these ducks. I'm not super huge on high-contrast, but I'm going as high as possible on these - as mild as it may be. Psyched to see your work on that Untucked. Gonna be a good look man.
"The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today...The whole future lies in uncertainty: Live immediately."
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@DeeDee85 Def, its interesting to see a 'plan'. even a loose one. I try and pick an item or two to focus on or gravitate toward racking up wears on in a given season, but I keep a lot of wiggle room for variety.
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No worries at all @Oaktavia i genuinely enjoyed reading about everyone’s “methods”
@WhiskeySandwich I have been trying to concentrate on 1 pair of jeans, 2 or 3 shirts and 1 type iii through the warmer months and will switch to heavier stuff when it cools down. I’m going to put some miles into my kersey western this winter.. -
@DeeDee85 I'm def a fan of the kersey, i'd love to try that fabric, it looks amazing.
Also, I def look forward to colder times when i can double up on shirts, I love having a slimmer flannel under a denim shirt.
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@WhiskeySandwich Hell yeah dude, let's push these ducks and fade 'em. Even 'high' contrast with the duck will be low compared to others, of course. It's a comfortable cut too, the work shirt CPO.
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@Oaktavia LETS DO IT.
weird how i go for 'high' contrast on my low contrast fading ducks and low contrast on my high contrast fading iB. lol The iB just kinda do it anyway, I havent really been wearing them much at all since hitting 100 wears, cuz it got hot and had other pairs, but i'll probably be washing them about every handful of wears to wash them out.
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@WhiskeySandwich hahaha right on, my pair of 21ib is low contrasty while also being high contrasty too. I dig em that way as well.
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@pechelman said in Random conversations:
@Oaktavia interested to see that 189 after you give it some hell! Are you planning to wear this under the 140? Could be you get those interesting combs you're chasing and some cool indigo/grey crocking as well...
I am actually going to wear it over the 140 as an overshirt. The 140 has pretty slim arms, I don't like it too tight around my elbows.
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@pechelman hah yes somehow it works out. Plus, the T1 cut is pretty close and cropped. It all works out somehow.
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Haha. I love seeing everyone get so stoked on the fade goals!! It’s so damn fun!!
For jeans I’m sticking with my same game plan. Wore my XHSbb all last year. The year before I wore my XHS for a full year. This year I’m going to wear both those pairs in rotation to push them into the mid 400 wears range.
As for shirts…uff. That’s the hard part. My 295 is going to be taking the lions share of the work. If I’m lucky enough to snag the 21oz sashiko shirt that will run side by side with the 295….I see a 45% 295 to 45% sashiko to 10% 62 and other shirts distribution going on.
Now, jackets!! Haha. Gotta keep the lefty going strong as well as the Bareback. Course the Split steer can’t be ignored…..Oye!!
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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up until recent I've been rotating through pairs on a monthly basis, give or take. I'm a week or two shy of 2 months on a pair of 18oz 634's that I don't want to put away just yet. Next on the list though are a pair of madblacks that has me wondering if I should stick with them until spring...
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@Mizmazzle sounds like a plan! Those xhs already looking badass and i'm sure they'll be nuts by 400 wears. I'd love to have a new leather to go over everything, but i'll probably stick to doubling up shirts with the 292 or the 362 as outers. I'm def psyched for anybody who gets that 21oz sashiko. Will be watching that with interest, as i am with the 19ib. I've been learning to enjoy some of these items vicariously through you guys and not to buy them all myself!
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@WhiskeySandwich living vicariously is the key...Trying to mentally program myself to only jump on the items I really am extra stoked about....of course we all know that that is essentially impossible when there is so many incredible pieces of past, present and future.
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@Mizmazzle dude yea. As much as I love all this denim, and Oak's ability in particular to wear like quadruple indigos - I'm weird about wearing too much blue, and will only wear one piece of blue at a time. That in itself limits my ability to 'multi-task fade'. I've been loving my black pieces though and I'm more willing do go double black than double indigo. I get super stoked on y'alls stuff tho!
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@WhiskeySandwich Double black is my prefered as well. Or indigo over black is solid too. But my new 295 ib has such a unique tone that it looks great with faded blue jeans....I think as long as there is some tone variation indigo/ indigo is totally doable...
Now when I have an denim hat, shirt, jacket, and jeans...well....that's just to let the world know who they're dealing with!! haha
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@Mizmazzle said in Random conversations:
Now when I have an denim hat, shirt, jacket, and jeans...well....that's just to let the world know who they're dealing with!! haha
"I came here to do two things: fade some denim and kick some ass. And well, I've got plenty of denim to keep me busy for a while so... guess y'all are safe for now."
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@pechelman which Mad Black variety do you have? I'm wearing my 25oz 888MB today and plan to continue this as my side piece pair. They are super stubborn, so I recommend wearing them as much as you an if you're going that route. It's so strange, like velvet, I can run my hand up and down the fabric. Down shows some fades, but running my hand up the thigh of the jeans makes them dark and black again.
@WhiskeySandwich hah, I just really really love the shades of indigo! I wore so much of it last year. This year though, I have my 189 to wear with it. Got it on today too.
That sashiko will be the shirt I live vicariously through as well. Hope you snag one @Mizmazzle. My plan is no more new IH for the foreseeable future. We'll see how long it lasts...last item I bought was my 888XHSib which was when they restocked back in February and my 140IG back in July (for tops and bottoms).
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