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12-19-2007, 02:53 PM
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12-19-2007, 03:17 PM
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| |  Wow.
This is a good idea. I was sticking some non-Nudie pics in the Nudie thread because I was too chicken to start my own, but now you've already done it. Yay! |
12-19-2007, 04:26 PM
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| | Yea, this was necessary. There was a japanese denim evolution thread a few pages back, but I think this is even more applicable. Let's try and keep this on the top. 
skidknee, you don't need me to tell you how amazing those are. Fantastic!
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12-19-2007, 05:17 PM
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| | skid i think ive seen u on iss and Sufu...
your jeans are legendary  |
12-19-2007, 08:22 PM
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| | | -sid
Already +repped those on sufu but again... truly amazing |
12-19-2007, 10:56 PM
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| | | whoa those are really nice! are flat heads dyed really well? i don't know much about the brand. i know sugarcanes and samurais etc. are dyed well because i've seen that one guy on sufu wash every month and still get amazing fades. |
12-20-2007, 10:11 AM
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| |  WOW! Those look great.
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12-20-2007, 10:22 AM
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| | | really amazing!
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12-20-2007, 10:45 AM
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| | I would have sex with those jeans.  |
12-20-2007, 01:50 PM
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Originally Posted by treasurehoard  I would have sex with those jeans. |   
Oh, that is epic. Oh, the jeans are epic too...we know it. |
12-21-2007, 03:20 AM
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Originally Posted by iwantnudies whoa those are really nice! are flat heads dyed really well? i don't know much about the brand. i know sugarcanes and samurais etc. are dyed well because i've seen that one guy on sufu wash every month and still get amazing fades. | Flat Head denim bleeds and fades like crazy. The indigo is very rich and deep... but the fading is unlike any of the other denim out there... you can see the vertical fading is very prominent and it adds an interesting texture to the pattern of indigo throughout the wear.
It's an unsanforized raw 14.5 oz denim that's stiff as a board... and shrinks a lot after the first soak. I sized up one and it's stretched back out nicely as you can see.  |
12-21-2007, 08:48 AM
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| | Those look so good |
12-21-2007, 02:03 PM
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| | | I've been interested in those FH's for awhile, could you tell us what you did in terms of washing/how often? Thanks! |
12-21-2007, 02:08 PM
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| | | skidknee, those look absolutely amazing. I aspire to create a pair that is equally beautiful. |
12-22-2007, 06:52 AM
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Originally Posted by blap I've been interested in those FH's for awhile, could you tell us what you did in terms of washing/how often? Thanks! | I started with a cold soak for 2 hours when I first purchased them. Subsequently soaked them two more times in the next 3 months, air dry of course. After about the 6th month, I began washing them in the machine, cold/cold, and throwing them in the dryer on permanent press setting. I just washed it when I needed to. |
12-22-2007, 10:17 AM
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| | | Honeycombs and knee creases are nuts man o.O |
12-22-2007, 01:51 PM
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| | | When you soak your jeans, do you soak them flat (like in a bath tub) or not? |
12-22-2007, 05:05 PM
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| | inside out and flat with weights to keep it down  |
12-22-2007, 10:46 PM
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Originally Posted by H.E.M. When you soak your jeans, do you soak them flat (like in a bath tub) or not? | Quote:
Originally Posted by beezteez inside out and flat with weights to keep it down | Inside-out or regular depending on your habits but yes, you soak them flat in the tub with weights like shampoo bottles or in some instances a vase... |
12-23-2007, 12:36 PM
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| | | I use glass cups or coffee mugs. |
12-23-2007, 07:43 PM
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| | | Thanks, guys. I was asking because in my house up at school, there is a bathtub in a downstairs bathroom that I never use but that other girls use...only showers upstairs where I live. So I wouldn't want to piss people off by soaking my jeans in their bathtub. Maybe I'll soak 'em here before I leave back to school. |
12-23-2007, 09:06 PM
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| | | i regret soaking my jeans before wash :/ they loose the shine and stiffness, and it doesnt exactly clean it either |
12-23-2007, 09:28 PM
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| | | That's good to know, beezteez. My raw have a lovely sheen that I would hate to lose prematurely. |
12-24-2007, 04:43 AM
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Originally Posted by beezteez i regret soaking my jeans before wash :/ they loose the shine and stiffness, and it doesnt exactly clean it either | The starch comes off but the shine will always come back... the raw sheen is something you're going to have to live with going away and coming back in the life of a pair of Japanese raw denims. |
12-26-2007, 07:18 PM
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