IH-634SII - 18oz Indigo/Indigo Straight Cut Jean
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So what are folks thoughts about these a few weeks in? On the fence. Not sure I need another pair of jeans right now, but I'm sorely tempted.
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Agree with Trick, I sized wrong. They came up one size too big. Probably shipping em off to RCFG for some tapering and downsizing.
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Hi G, remember you saying hoping these will remain extant. Have they been selling well for you, or your retailers?
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Selling like Crack…..Re-runs have been initiated....
Great news since I missed the first batch!
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Can't speak for "the People" but I'd suggest a gentle wash at 40°C without spin, turned inside out, no detergent. That should get all the shrinkage out. You can also put the in the tub with the hot water, agitate them and do that twice for 20 minutes.
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I agree with @Max Power
We have been thinking of doing the following for some time, but @babyknight suggested it again a couple of days ago…
When we get the new offices, we'll offer a wash, shrink and hem service......
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Have you thought of selling two batches? The first raw, the second one-washed.
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Nice @Giles , I think this is a super customer-friendly service option to offer.
I know many people enjoy the whole soaking of raw denim process but frankly for me the novelty wore off the first time and I just want to get a pair of jeans in the mail and start wearing them! Very cool thing for IH to offer the option.
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Ye, it's a nice Service. But I never understood the need for that to be honest.
If you can read the size Charts and trust the given indication regarding shrinkage, you should be fine. If somebody else washes your Jeans, you can't control or know what he's doing to them (i.e. did they wash hot or lukewarm - how much shrinkage might still be in there? Did they treat them gentle? …)
Plus, the raw fit indicates what they might stretch back to. At least you need to know you have to account for a good amount of stretch in a one wash pair to judge wether they fit or not.
I worte it a few years ago - raw everytime for me.
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@Max:
If somebody else washes your Jeans, you can't control or know what he's doing to them (i.e. did they wash hot or lukewarm - how much shrinkage might still be in there? Did they treat them gentle? …)
The person doing the service is Iron Heart, so presumably one does know what they are doing to them and trust them to "treat them gentle."
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I trust the IHUK crew completely, but I still run every pair of jeans through the washer when I get them. I've had once washed jeans from Sugar Cane and Momotaro that still shrank after a second wash. I like to manage the process myself.
Still a great service for customers who have better things to do with their lives than obsessively run loads of laundry. Of course, I have two very dirty young children, so I do laundry almost daily anyway.
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@Max:
You can also put the in the tub with the hot water, agitate them and do that twice for 20 minutes.
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I trust the IHUK crew completely, but I still run every pair of jeans through the washer when I get them. I've had once washed jeans from Sugar Cane and Momotaro that still shrank after a second wash. I like to manage the process myself.
Still a great service for customers who have better things to do with their lives than obsessively run loads of laundry. Of course, I have two very dirty young children, so I do laundry almost daily anyway.
So, Giles and co. washed my Vulcans and hemmed them after. I assume they did a pretty hardcore (hot) wash. Obviously G knows the details because I wasn't there.
I soaked them again recently, a pretty short one with lukewarm water, very mild and a bit of soap. They felt a tiny bit snug after, which I thought was completely attributed to the cotton fibers shrinking in the water (the natural molecular reaction upon exposure to water for a bit of time).
There was no shrinkage in the inseam whatsoever, only the thigh and waist felt more "snug." After I wore it a few times, it feels 98% (I don't say 100% because I do not know if there is an actual, physical difference, or even a perceptual one) the same.
So I think the wash from IHUK takes out ALL of the shrinkage you will practically encounter. You may get a 1 to 2mm shrinkage thereafter (is it to due the lack of reaching the absolute limits of shrinking unsanforized denim in the first wash, or attributed to general molecular reactions of cotton and water? you be the judge, but I think it makes zero difference whatsoever).
I'm just saying I wouldn't be worried at all…
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I received these yesterday and put them through their first soak. Here are some numbers, should this help anyone. Huge thanks to Matt, Giles and Paula for helping select the right pair to order.
These are tagged 33 (I am normally 34 TTS):
Pre-soak:
Waist: 17.2
Thigh: 13.25
Inseam: 35.5
Hem: 9Post-soak:
Waist: 16.75
Thigh: 13
Inseam: 34.5
Hem: 8.9I soaked them for one-hour with no agitation using what I'd characterize as slightly warm water, then let them drip dry overnight. But they fit perfectly.
Pretty damn stiff out of the bag and post-soak, but they are beautiful and dark. I highly recommend them to those on the fence.
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I didn't really follow sizing conversations on here for some reason before purchase and so I'm happy to report that soaking in scalding tap water in my tub for an hour brought these into a perfect 634 fit, including the hemmed inseam length (thanks G et al).
These are gorgeous. The stitching is so striking against the denim.
Love the thick bobbin thread. Considering this is poly cotton, these are tanks.
