Hey @AdamC, wow thanks for doing all that. That makes a lot of sense. I really appreciate the advice from the legend himself.
Hopefully others can see this so they don’t do the same thing I did. I’m still glad I made the purchase and will continue supporting IH! Cheers! 
I am new here but just wanted to stop by and say how much I love IH’s denim. I purchased my first pair of IH jeans a few months ago. I got the 777 in the 21oz and absolutely love them. Haven’t washed/soaked them yet, but I’ve been doing a bunch of Bulgarian split squats whenever I wear them and I am starting so see some fades come in.
I got my second pair of IHs about a month ago. The 555 in the slubby overdyed. The texture on those are wild!! I like the 555 cut way more because it has a much more aggressive taper below the knees than the 777.
I’m a millennial so I like my least slim and tapered. When I compared the measurements online it doesn’t seem like the 555 would be all that much slimmer, but I was pleasantly surprised.
I am super eager to get my hands on the 555 in the 25oz! Based off the other comments it seems like we might be getting close to a restock 
Seems others have experienced some string/thread pulls so I am sharing my experience. Only wore this a couple of times total. Last time I wore this under my rain jacket while walking around town. When I took my jacket off, I noticed some thread pulls. Based off where the thread pulls happened I know it wasn't from snagging on a zipper or anything super rough. There was a seam on the inside of the rain jacket in the same area that was slightly rough. Pretty surprising that it would cause this kind of damage though so I am not totally sure what happened.
