I noticed that my 85 % blue-tinted glasses weren’t the best for daily use when it comes to blocking the sun. So I went to the optician and ordered 85% grey-tinted prescription lenses for my black pair of Ichikawas instead. I then had them install the blue-tinted lenses from the black pair into my beige pair of Ichikawas. Now the beige pair has a purpose and will be worn in less extreme sunlight conditions.
Random question: Does the "hydrophobic coating" eventually wear off (e. g. by washing often or other factors)?
I don't own any Wonder Looper (yet?) and just stumbled upon their F/W 2025 preview video on YouTube - some very nice upcoming releases it seems:
Decided to keep the Smoke Fade Ichikawa after all (they somehow grew on me after I said I didn't like them on me), and bought another one in Beige.
The top ones (Black) are my prescription sunglasses (blue), the middle ones (Smoke Fade) are my daily optical glasses and the bottom ones (Beige) are yet to be determined.
Can anyone recommend mid-length (slightly above knee level) bathing shorts for men* that are: good quality, fast drying, can be worn casually outdoors (basic colors, no flashy designs/logos etc.), preferably come with zipped pockets, isn't unnecessarily expensive?
*Available in the EU.
@Danny-RnH Any plans on offering the new GA spacer rings (particularly goosebumps)?
^ Looks really nice.
On a general note: Is anyone else bothered by the tag at the bottom (hem) of these T-Shirts sticking out? I know, it can be removed, but I just don't get why they placed it in such an annoying way 
@JerkStore Thanks! I ordered a pair and received them today (Ichikawa in Smoke fade). I don't really like how they look on me though since I have brown hair and something about them looks off on me. I think full transparent ones (beige) could look better on me, but I'm not sure and they're sold out in the EU as far as I know.
@pechelman Thanks - yeah I've seen those photos as well, but the (I'll try to put it as respectfully as I can here) models' hairstyles and the quality of the photos (too close makes JMMs look way bigger on the face than they already are) didn't give me a good idea on how they would look on me with my.... hair 
Saw a question here once if Good Art ball chains are made by them. Here's a video posted yesterday answering that question (yes):
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKDOmKwBCJS/?igsh=MTVxMjh2b2d1N2RmeA==
Does anyone have any on-face photos of a pair of JMM in the colorway "Smoke fade"? Can't find almost any example...
@Tobi Funny enough, among other combinations, I tried that outfit combo and it looks nice paired with a navy blazer - but no photos of that unfortunately
I received my IH-727-OLV (and IH-727-KHA) today. Sorry for the horrible photos, but I hope they're helpful 
A huge thanks to the IH team for everything, especially the hemming and the snap button customization!
Note: The color of the chinos isn't accurate on my photos (looks darker on my photos than in real) - it obviously is, however, on the product photos. I'm only trying to showcase the fit here for future reference. And the fit on these (as well as on the IH-727-KHA that I received today - more on that later at some point though) is absolutely how I wanted it to be.
If I understand correctly, washing doesn't directly affect the contrast/quality of fades. In other words, a pair of jeans continues to fade no matter if you wash or not.
But could we say that, indirectly, washing decreases the contrast/quality of fades, i.e. washing contributes to the softening of denim and therefore to less abrasion being caused which then leads to fades becoming less contrasty?
(Dark) Brown cord 888/727 cut pants
@Alex Prior to my failed use of the said voucher, I asked the crew to merge my two vouchers into a single voucher and the total of both were merged into one of the given vouchers - if that also helps at all in any way.
@Alex Apologies for missing that detail - yes bought by someone else for me.
@Alex Yep, gift voucher for sure - never received any loyalty voucher in Feb/March.
Wanted to provide some data in case it helped, but I can see how my post is just an echo of what has been said and will be addressed anyway 
