IH-666S - The Devil's Fit Indigo - Slim Tapered

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[nizzel55]

666fanSF
I would not sea wash them. I would be afraid of how the saltwater would affect the denim and all the metal and patch.
I have only soaked my pair so far (4 times) .  No wash and no real attempt on cleaning them.
I do however starting to get cracks between the honeycombs. I suspect I could have avoided that by washing them in a front loaded machine. Thinking that the agitation they get in a machine might be good in some ways.  I do not know. This is my first pair of "heavy weight" jeans.
I am still experimenting.
My plan was to keep on soaking them every once in a while  and then give them a 60 degree wash when they are one year.

Just keep on wearing them and the fades will come in time. It is not a race.
I think your pair looks great.
Some fit pics would be wonderful.

/N

@666fanSF:

Nizzel -

Thanks very much - yes I also have a "desk job" but try to wear these as much as possible and i love them. As you can see there are some nice fades happening at the top but looking through this forum I feel that I'm way behind. Perhaps wearing them in the ocean, or rolling around in dirt or something would help, if i wash them in the machine would that improve the contrast of the fades? Would love to know your thoughts!

[sasone]

Hello guys.

Just another wee update on how these are progressing. 9 months in. 4 or 5 washes. this denim really is something else, so beautiful and the tonal range is incredible!

hope everyone's well

[derivative666]

Those are real nice, keep'em going

[daynym]

Yepp. Those look nice. Have fun!

[Seul]

Spectacular.

[bagley920]

Very nice!

[ohighyo]

Will these be seeing a restock in 34 anytime soon?

[Giles]

In about 10 minutes.  @Winchy is just checking numbers.

AND

We now have these in 35 waist too….....,

[Giles]

Added…..

[Giles]

Sizing for 35's added to size chart…..

[derivative666]

35 fuck!!!!

[nizzel55]

I am not a fan of the cracking honeycombs. Anyone got any tips of how to avoid them.
I have soaked them 5 times. Perhapps I have not agitated them enough during the soaks….?

Anyone got any tips on how to repair them. I have tried with a needle and thread. Just to adding some stitches by hand to prevent the cracks to grow. I also used my mothers sewing machine at one point. Picked the wrong colour and I was not very pleased by my results.

anyway I am not sure it worked. Seems like new cracks are appearing after every soak.

Click the pictures to see them in a bigger format.

They are still wet in the pictures above. 248 days. 5 Soaks.

[Max Power]

I get cracks on many Jeans as well, don't do anything to them and have no problems that way. But I would not know how to prevent or fix it, sorry. The slimmer the cut, the more likely it seems to get these cracks, at least in my collection.

[Giles]

That looks like to me they were worn for too long without a decent first wash/soak.  This typically happens when there is too much stiffness/starch left in the jean when first wearing them.  Nothing you can do to retro fix I am afraid….

[nizzel55]

Waited 124 days for the second soak. I think I was bad at agitating the jeans during the first two soaks.

[daynym]

I would´t give a damn. These look great!

[nizzel55]

254 days, 5 soaks and lots of love!

Click on it to make it larger.

Sorry. Only got paint on my computer. If I had photo shop I could do it properly.
I might get it and fix it. If I get the time.

[sabergirl]

I sure hope you entered that 1st pic in the 5-year anniversary competition.  Brilliant.

[daynym]

Nizzel. Your jeans look great, foshizzle.