Ship John
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I need to press it, but I feel like it tightened it up a bit. This was only a warm soak and hang/fan dry. I bet you could get a bunch of shrink out of it. I don’t want the arm length to shrink, so I will only cold wash and hang dry in the future.
I really like this fabric. It’s like a heavy fatigue cloth. IMO
Ironed
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@northsouthdenimguy I just got home to open mine and it’s awesome, but one of the snaps came clean off… happened in my first sashiko also and they sorted it out but I’m still a little salty I’ll now have to wait to wear it, but it is a very nice material
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Bummer…
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@hgering27 should be getting mines on Monday and will probably jst do a hot soak as well after hearing this
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@northsouthdenimguy fit looks spot on! Cant wait for mines
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Who is excited on this?
Never been released in a black denim before. The SJ denim Townes in a black warp/black weft 11oz Japanese denim.
Available Wednesday, September 16 at 3PM PDT
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I will definitely try for one
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@mecken88 going to try to get one.
Here is mt 2017 SJ Townes Black Denim twill with the sleeves shortened due elbow blow out.
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Love the shirt. Might try as well.
One thing though is the length on these. I just don't get it. 2XLs are longer than IH SP-Large cpos.
I rock my sashiko townes just fine but man these are always loooong. I am a tall fella 190cm thats maybe 6'2 or 6'3 almost idk.
Perfect shirt length I have is a freenote XXL western which is 29.50.
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Hello Ship Johns. I like this shirt!!
Served as a very comfortable light jacket this AM.
@Northman yea, I looked at the length in that upcoming black denim and they’re 2 inches longer than similarly sized shirts from Iron Heart. It’s what they’re going for I guess.. You can shrink it or take it to a tailor I suppose. I shrunk mine, the arms are perfect now and the length is okay.
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In a similar boat. Size up and shrink but probably won’t shrink enough in length and may need a tailor or get my size and still probably need a tailor but may not be able to shrink in fear of getting too small in arms and chest.
Or just save my money and admire the photos people post.
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In a similar boat. Size up and shrink but probably won’t shrink enough in length and may need a tailor or get my size and still probably need a tailor but may not be able to shrink in fear of getting too small in arms and chest.
Or just save my money and admire the photos people post.
Option 2 for me. Buying something like this knowing I’m going to have to roll the dice shrinking, probably need to tailor regardless… That said, it’s going to be a stunner no doubt.
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After careful consideration I will sit this one out. Too many nice things this autumn already. Giving someone a fighting chance for 2xl. Remember guys. shoppay!
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@Chibs do you remember approximately how much length and width you lost in the shrink process? i'm b/w an XL and XXL...still not sure if i'm going to go for this one.
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@dugafola yes! It’s actually earlier in this thread with before and after photos but I have it in my notes for an eventual review so here you go:
Sashiko Ori Townes indigo size Medium
Before wash
Chest - 21.7
Shoulders -18
Length 31.3
Arms 26.4After hot wash and hot dry
Chest - 21.4
Shoulders - 17.8
Length 30
Arms - 25As @Mizmazzle says I went “nuclear” for maximum shrink and certainly got it.
Still long compared to my other western shirts but not enough to warrant tailoring. Now that I’m used to it, I actually low key dig the length. The sleeves are perfect now too. Probably my favourite thing SJ makes.
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I am really surprised by the availability still….
I think they have been dropping more stuff lately and maybe making more of it when they do. Regardless, I grabbed one and looking forward to it arriving!
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Got a 2XL.
I think some people are just spending a little less right now. I don’t see nearly as many people I know trying to grab every release the way they used to with SJ and some of the other brands.
I’m still buying, but I approach it a little differently now. With a shirt like this, I’ll grab it, but I’ll also pull two or three things out of the closet to sell that I haven’t wore much in the last year.
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@northsouthdenimguy that is exactly what I have been doing lately myself!
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Can’t believe sizes still available…decided to pass on this but looks great
