IH-526L - 19oz Left-Hand Twill Selvedge Denim Type III - Indigo

[Yoprst]

Does anybody wear the jacket without presoak/prewash?
That's what I'm thinking about

[FlavourFade]

@Yoprst but if you do that, your fades will shift with first wash eventually. I would suggest to soak before wear and get the shrinkage out

[moskiitto]

@Yoprst @twin possibly wears unsoaked, at least he does for the xhsib.

[Yoprst]

@FlavourFade I consider that fade shift is hugely exaggerated concern - your raw denim jacket/jeans must shrink twofold to make fade shift noticable. Nevertheless, appreciate your opinion.

[Setanta]

@Yoprst I wore without presoak/prewash and was happy with the results.

[FlavourFade]

@Yoprst I had a good amount of fade shift on an (I believe) RGT 15oz jeans and it bothered me. Maybe it's not as noticeable on a jacket, but the very high contrast of the lefty denim makes me believe it would be something to be aware of. Anyway if going raw is your thing, do it!!

[Yoprst]

@FlavourFade Actually I've not decided yet, just thinking abt it. On the jacket fade shift should be not as brutal as on jeans due to the obvious difference in the nature of fade origin jacket vs jeans - honeycombs may shift but it only can be seen at the back of the sleeves by elbow marks if they are noticeable, the pockets, the collar etc. will remain the same. Jeans is another story - knees, whiskers fade shift will be quite noticeable

[worn2fade]

Opinions on this fit on me?
I have yet to soak it, trying to get opinions before I void the return ability.

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[sabergirl]

Looks too big to me. Even with a super hot wash, I’m not sure it’ll shrink up enough.

[pechelman]

Have you looked at the shrink results, shrink video, and the posts here? Lengths will shrink a good amount and the widths won't as much. To me, it looks like it will be about right after a hot soak.

[Mizmazzle]

I agree. I think after a hot soak/ wash it will be pretty spot on.

[worn2fade]

@sabergirl
@pechelman
@Mizmazzle

I was mainly concerned about how big the shoulders look but to be honest it doesn’t look too far off from the dude that did the shrink test on the iron heart video. His was pretty big on him as well along with the sleeves.

[branpureza]

@sabergirl said in IH-526L - 19oz Left-Hand Twill Selvedge Denim Type III - Indigo:

Looks too big to me. Even with a super hot wash, I’m not sure it’ll shrink up enough.

I agree. It will shrink most in the length but the main concern to me is the width. It looks too wide in the shoulders, too big in the arms, and too much material around the waist.

I would size down.

[sabergirl]

It’s the should that made me think so. But there is definitely shrink to be had in this jacket, always a gamble

[Mizmazzle]

@worn2fade
Here’s mine before I soaked/ washed it

[Mizmazzle]

@worn2fade heres it is after a wash and some wear

[worn2fade]

@sabergirl an expensive one unfortunately lol

[worn2fade]

@branpureza we share the same concerns man. I just want to be able to wear my denim and wabash shirt under and I feel like if I went with XL (my normal IH shirt size,) I would only be able to wear a T under it. The chest measurements of the XL were already smaller than my wabash and western measurements.

[worn2fade]

@Mizmazzle you nailed your fit brother. Even pre wash it didn’t look too big on you at all just the sleeves and the length a little which were guaranteed shrinkers.

[Mizmazzle]

@worn2fade I mean…the chest and shoulders were pretty wide pre wash. They both def came in. Not as much as the arms and length granted.

My own personal shrink results are documented in the threads. But they were pretty spot on with the IH shrink tests.