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    flannel slut
    Raw and Unwashed
    Joined: 21 Feb 2022

    I never pass up the opportunity to wear my XHS when flying. And also make sure to be wearing the proper shirt:
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    last edited by 17 Jan 2025, 22:55 S 1 Reply Last reply 17 Jan 2025, 22:58 Reply Quote 2
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      seawolf
      Mod Squad
      @flannel slut
      Joined: 28 Oct 2011

      @flannel-slut I get patted down EVERY time I wear XHS.

      “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

      last edited by 17 Jan 2025, 22:58 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
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        Jord
        Raw and Unwashed
        Joined: 10 Nov 2024

        Hah great thread topic. I've actually only got into raw denim at the start of last year, I have barely any fades on my jeans as I work from home most days and have like 20 pairs of jeans in rotation (yes within the year, always looking at more too!)

        I've slept in my jeans but wouldn't do a jacket/denim shirt, also would need to be cold otherwise I'd wake up sweating

        last edited by Jord 17 Jan 2025, 23:15 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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          Jcaz6996
          啓蒙家
          Joined: 11 Sept 2020

          The only IH piece of clothing I’ve slept in is my pale rider when New to try and soften it up the leather was and still is super tough so I gave it a go which pissed my wife off no end with the squeaky noises so that got knocked on the head .
          May be wrong but I don’t see how sleeping in denim will make it fade , movement is key ..

          IG : @luvthefades

          last edited by 17 Jan 2025, 23:20 K 1 Reply Last reply 18 Jan 2025, 02:08 Reply Quote 1
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            Oaktavia
            見習いボス
            Joined: 12 Jun 2019

            @Mister_Brue I do it just because I love to wear it but yes just shirts.

            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 17 Jan 2025, 23:32 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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              Oaktavia
              見習いボス
              Joined: 12 Jun 2019

              @Mister_Brue I think it puts a lil patina on there

              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 18 Jan 2025, 01:15 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
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                kantian
                Haraki san Student
                @mclaincausey
                Joined: 4 Dec 2023

                @mclaincausey For sure. I don't wear things that are clearly dirty, and I have a pretty liberal washing philosophy. I'm not sleeping in my front yard.

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                  kantian
                  Haraki san Student
                  Joined: 4 Dec 2023

                  @Mister_Brue Honestly, this is the main reason for doing it. At best, I suspect the actual fades are negligible. I think it does contribute to molding the denim to your body. I move a lot during my sleep. Sprawl my arms out. I think it helps in setting crease in the shoulders and sleeves.

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                    kantian
                    Haraki san Student
                    @Jcaz6996
                    Joined: 4 Dec 2023

                    @Jcaz6996 You're probably right. I think it helps set creases in the shoulders and torso. Afterwards, it wears more naturally to me, but it might be a placebo effect.

                    I could see a leather garment responding to it, though, The sheets brushing the leather, the heat activating the oils in the leather.

                    last edited by 18 Jan 2025, 02:08 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                      kantian
                      Haraki san Student
                      @seawolf
                      Joined: 4 Dec 2023

                      @seawolf Vanity to some degree. A jacket is the first part of an outfit people notice. Imo, it's the core of a silhouette. They're the most flexible part of wardrobe. Shifting seamlessly between styles and outfits.

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                        WhiskeySandwich
                        啓蒙家
                        Joined: 1 Mar 2023

                        I found that whatever I try to fade, if it’s like every other day wear, i reach my happy spot after like 6 months. The trick is have a small rotation. 6 months hot, 6 months cold for the heavier ones. Shirts take forever for me cuz I wear them once a week. Wash minimally. Only time I sleep in denim is camping. I think most of my fades come from just being active as fuck.

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

                        last edited by 18 Jan 2025, 04:05 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                          T4920
                          見習いボス
                          @jerkules
                          Joined: 27 Apr 2022

                          @jerkules OD lefty sleep is cosy, who needs a weighted blanket!

                          This thread inspired me to sleep in my 33 and 21oz jeans last night. Possibly a coincidence, but it was the first time I've slept all the way through through the night since returning from holiday six days ago.

                          Sleeping in denim is the cure to jet lag, apparently...

                          PXL_20250118_051619993.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.”

                          last edited by T4920 18 Jan 2025, 05:17 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 6
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                            FlavourFade
                            Raw and Unwashed
                            Joined: 15 Jan 2024

                            I tried to sleep in my 62 a couple times after I read that @Oaktavia did it with his wabash cpo because I can't wear anything else than my jeans to work because we have to wear the company shirts and jackets... So I only get to fade bottoms and boots but for shirts and jackets it's only while commuting or after work hours which is sometimes a little frustrating... Like realizing there are so many limited releases I want to have but the one I got a year ago looks almost new 🤣

                            Insta: free_the_fades

                            wtb:
                            The Pale Rider XXL

                            last edited by 18 Jan 2025, 06:36 O 1 Reply Last reply 18 Jan 2025, 13:28 Reply Quote 4
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                              Denimhead 0
                              Iron Heart Deity
                              Joined: 4 Sept 2023

                              Bed fades for the win 😁

                              IG - gratefuldenimhead (jeans and boots), Norseamerican (bicycles)

                              last edited by 18 Jan 2025, 10:48 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
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                                Oaktavia
                                見習いボス
                                @FlavourFade
                                Joined: 12 Jun 2019

                                @FlavourFade FWIW I wore my 227 around the clock for days on end- sometimes as far as 72-96 hour stints.

                                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 18 Jan 2025, 13:28 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
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                                  Buckeye
                                  Haraki san Prodigy
                                  Joined: 7 Aug 2023

                                  I immediately thought of @Oaktavia when I started reading this thread

                                  As an aside, I keep wondering which April 1st the IHUK team is going to announce 5oz cotton/linen indigo dyed PJs

                                  last edited by 19 Jan 2025, 04:55 O 1 Reply Last reply 19 Jan 2025, 05:07 Reply Quote 1
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                                    Oaktavia
                                    見習いボス
                                    @Buckeye
                                    Joined: 12 Jun 2019

                                    @Buckeye I wear an OD UHF to sleep every night.

                                    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 19 Jan 2025, 05:07 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
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                                      seawolf
                                      Mod Squad
                                      Joined: 28 Oct 2011

                                      Honest questions for the bed-fading crowd:

                                      Are you under 40?
                                      Do you reject the concept of comfort?
                                      Do you have a partner with whom you share a bed?

                                      “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

                                      last edited by seawolf 19 Jan 2025, 06:24 O 1 Reply Last reply 19 Jan 2025, 12:56 Reply Quote 0
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                                        Oaktavia
                                        見習いボス
                                        @seawolf
                                        Joined: 12 Jun 2019

                                        @seawolf said in Am I the only one?:

                                        Honest questions for the bed-fading crowd:

                                        Are you under 40?

                                        Not for long.

                                        Do you reject the concept of comfort?

                                        I find comfort in the uncomfortable.

                                        Do you have a partner with whom you share a bed?

                                        Yes BUT I reserve jackets for when she is away on work trips (1-2 weeks a year).

                                        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 19 Jan 2025, 12:56 T S 2 Replies Last reply 19 Jan 2025, 14:57 Reply Quote 1
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                                          T4920
                                          見習いボス
                                          @Oaktavia
                                          Joined: 27 Apr 2022

                                          @Oaktavia said in Am I the only one?:

                                          I find comfort in the uncomfortable.

                                          I've used this exactly phrasing when trying to explain to a friend why I don't wanna borrow a pair of his sweatpants when I'm chilling at his place on a winter evening and he cannot fathom why I'd want be wearing jeans... 😂

                                          “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.”

                                          last edited by T4920 19 Jan 2025, 14:57 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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