IH-1955S - 21oz Selvedge Denim "1955" Vintage Tapered Cut Jeans - Indigo
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I can't remember when I last posted a photo on the forums (terribly sorry, life happens), but I had to post on this thread.
I'm a huge fan of the 888. Have so many pairs of them! But, something about the 1955 kept calling me. I pulled the trigger on them and I'm so glad I did!
I didn't think I could like a cut more than the 888, but IH did it again! The high front rise on these is stellar, and makes the whole pant feel better IMO. I would instantly pick these up in the brown duck or black (or OD)!
If your size is still available, don't sleep on these!
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Oh, funny story about these. I had a really tough time with the top button on these. Not because they were too tight in the waist, but because the button hole was pretty small. But this isn't my first rodeo. Button, unbutton, repeat until things get easy.
Unfortunately, I buttoned and got distracted by a phone call. Spent about 1.5 hours on that call. I hung up only because I had to go to the bathroom so badly. Problem is, I didn't perform the button/unbutton strategy I've deployed so many times in the past. This was the first time unbuttoning these especially stubborn pair, and it wasn't happening.
So I'm standing in the kitchen, in desperation, clawing at the button with a butter knife and praying. Took about 10 minutes but I'm happy to report that I have yet to mess myself in these pants, but who knows what the future holds!
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@freepickin said in IH-1955S - 21oz Selvedge Denim "1955" Vintage Tapered Cut Jeans - Indigo:
Damn, can't wait for the 1955 cut in slubby. Holy mackerel that will be a beautiful pair of pants
Didn't realize this was happening! We have an ETA?
Blanket-line all the things!!!
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@FlavourFade said in IH-1955S - 21oz Selvedge Denim "1955" Vintage Tapered Cut Jeans - Indigo:
@Paul9221 @Giles maybe I'm wrong but the 1955 slubby will be exclusive for the shop vancouver, no?
Huge fan of TSV! They clearly have good taste
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@thevintagefuture thank you Sir! And they are getting better every day. It’s nice to start off with a new 21oz pair knowing where things are going.
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Jumped on that one-off size 34 restock. These are a bit boxier than my overdyed pair in the same tag size but I'm guessing that'll settle with some wear and a hot wash or two.
Love this cut so much!
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It was time for a wash, this weekend. It left me wondering how long I've had this as my primary pair. I checked my order history, and it turns out it's been longer than I thought. These landed on my doorstep more than 5 years ago. I have no idea how many wears. But, since I wash about twice a year, they've likely gotten wet 10 - 12 times...
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.
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@scooter absolutely stunning
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@Alex said in IH-1955S-142 - 14oz Selvedge Denim "1955" Vintage Tapered Cut Jeans - Indigo:
I think the clearest I can be on the 1955 is as follows:
The cut is going to become more core; that is to say, we will make it in more denims over the next few years. That said, just because we decide its core on Monday, does not mean that by Friday we can agree to run it in every denim we also call core - this will take time. Further, we have a limited production capacity for jeans, that is currently at over 100%, so for every new 1955 iteration we want to add to the line, we either have to drop something else from the line, or accept that everything will be further delayed.
When it comes to possibly dropping something else to make way for the 1955S-xxx, then what should we drop? The problem is that all our cuts are pretty popular. If we look at total sales of jeans from 2019-2024, the most popular cut in that period accounted for 21.8% of jeans sales. The least popular cut (not inc boot cuts) accounted for 19% of total jeans sales, so it's not like we can safely say "trend is moving to wider pants, lets kill the slim jeans" which is oft suggested helpfully by people on social media.
As to a final point on this specific denim, I think its a toss up to be honest on how soon we do it, if we do it. One side of the coin is that the 'vintage tapered' cut probably lends itself to other core fabrics in the line up more than it does to an indigo black denim. The other side of the coin is that the factory that makes 14oz jeans is less busy than the one that makes heavyweight jeans, so it may be slightly easier to do.
And to add, the % breakdowns above are just our direct sales, it does not take into account global volume to retailers around the world. For eg, in Thailand and Indonesia, two of out top 10 most sold to wholesale countries, sell massively more 555 than any other cut, so we still have to run the jeans to support them even if we see a decline in popularity in the West
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@Alex thanks
